Adhesive Wearable Sensors for Electroencephalography from Hairy Scalp.

Electroencephalography has garnered interest for applications in mobile healthcare, human-machine interfaces, and Internet of Things. Conventional electroencephalography relies on wet and dry electrodes. Despite favorable interface impedance of wet electrodes and skin, the application of a large amount of gel at their interface with skin limits the electroencephalography spatial resolution, increases the risk of shorting between electrodes, and makes them unsuited for long-term mobile recording.

Developing a toll-like receptor biosensor for Gram-positive bacterial detection and its storage strategies.

The biorecognition ability of hybridized toll-like receptors (TLRs) 2 and 6 proteins on electrode surfaces has been studied. TLR biosensors have been designed to be non-specific to particular bacterial strains but rather to provide broad spectrum detection of cells and toxins containing relevant pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). Our electrochemical TLR2/6 biosensors demonstrated selective detection towards Gram-positive bacterial whole-cells and a synthetic diacylated lipopeptide (Pam2CSK4), a PAMP.

Embryo transfer practices in the United States: a survey of clinics registered with the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology.

Objective: To gain a better understanding of factors influencing clinicians' embryo transfer practices.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Web-based survey conducted in December 2008 of individuals practicing IVF in centers registered with the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART).