Innovative Infrared Spectroscopic Technologies for the Prediction of Deoxynivalenol in Wheat.

Mycotoxin contamination in cereals is a global food safety concern. One of the most common mycotoxins in grains is deoxynivalenol (DON), a secondary metabolite produced by the fungi and . Exposure to DON can lead to adverse health effects in both humans and animals including vomiting, dizziness, and fever.

Machine Learning Approaches for the Fusion of Near-Infrared, Mid-Infrared, and Raman Data to Identify Cartilage Degradation in Human Osteochondral Plugs.

Vibrational spectroscopy methods such as mid-infrared (MIR), near-infrared (NIR), and Raman spectroscopies have been shown to have great potential for in vivo biomedical applications, such as arthroscopic evaluation of joint injuries and degeneration. Considering that these techniques provide complementary chemical information, in this study, we hypothesized that combining the MIR, NIR, and Raman data from human osteochondral samples can improve the detection of cartilage degradation. This study evaluated 272 osteochondral samples from 18 human knee joins, comprising both healthy and damaged tissue according to the reference Osteoarthritis Research Society International grading system.

Global biochemical profiling of fast-growing Antarctic bacteria isolated from meltwater ponds by high-throughput FTIR spectroscopy.

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a biophysical technique used for non-destructive biochemical profiling of biological samples. It can provide comprehensive information about the total cellular biochemical profile of microbial cells. In this study, FTIR spectroscopy was used to perform biochemical characterization of twenty-nine bacterial strains isolated from the Antarctic meltwater ponds.

Prediction of Deoxynivalenol Contamination in Wheat via Infrared Attenuated Total Reflection Spectroscopy and Multivariate Data Analysis.

The climate crisis further exacerbates the challenges for food production. For instance, the increasingly unpredictable growth of fungal species in the field can lead to an unprecedented high prevalence of several mycotoxins, including the most important toxic secondary metabolite produced by spp., i.

Laser-irradiating infrared attenuated total reflection spectroscopy of articular cartilage: Potential and challenges for diagnosing osteoarthritis.

Objective: A prototype infrared attenuated total reflection (IR-ATR) laser spectroscopic system designed for classification of human cartilage tissue according to its histological health status during arthroscopic surgery is presented. Prior to real-world applications, this so-called osteoarthritis (OA) scanner has been tested at conditions revealing the challenges associated with complex sample matrices and the accordingly obtained sparse spectral datasets.

Methods: studies on human knee cartilage samples at different contact pressures (i.