Uncooled infrared thermal detectors are gaining increasing attention owing to their ability to operate at room-temperature and their low cost. This study proposes a plasmonic optomechanical resonator for ultrasensitive long-wave infrared wave sensing based on mode localization mechanism. The mode-localized effect confines the plasmonic energy in the resonators and induces a significant modal amplitude shift through infrared irradiation, thus achieving highly sensitive detection. The results show that the detection sensitivity can reach 1.304 /mW, which is three-order improvement compared to the frequency-shift sensing metrics. The research provides a new approach to further improve the detection sensitivity of uncooled infrared sensors.
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Int J Surg Case Rep
December 2024
Department of Internal medicine, Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia.
Introduction And Importance: Chordoma is an uncommon malignant tumor that originates from the remnants of the primitive notochord in the embryo. They account for 1 % of intracranial tumors and 4 % of primary bone tumors. It is a locally aggressive tumor with a low risk of metastasis.
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December 2024
School of Information Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been reported to exhibit altered local functional consistency. However, previous studies mainly focused on male samples and explored the temporal consistency in the ASD brain ignoring the spatial consistency. In this study, FOur-dimensional Consistency of local neural Activities (FOCA) analysis was used to investigate the sex differences of local spatiotemporal consistency of spontaneous brain activity in ASD.
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December 2024
OOO NBC «Pharmbiomed», Moscow, Russia.
Objective: To evaluate the toxic effects of the agent Relatox on mature outbred rats and mice in an acute experiment in comparison with the registered analogue Dysport.
Material And Methods: Based on the aim of experiment, the acute toxic effects of Relatox and Dysport were assessed on two animal species: rats and mice at intraperitoneal and intramuscular administration at dose levels that made it possible to calculate the toxicological parameter values (initially 10-150 U/kg with subsequent usage of additional doses 20 U/kg to 300 U/kg depending on the agent and route of administration). The LD values and other acute toxic parameters were calculated using probit analysis.
BMC Public Health
December 2024
Health Policy and Administration Department, Faculty of Public Health Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia.
Numerous NGOs and donors from high-income countries (HICs) offer diverse funding to assist LMICs. A collaborative effort in nutrition programs in urban communities was conducted by an international NGO with a local university, representing the NGO's first mode of partnership with academia. This study used realist evaluation to understand how and why Positive Deviance/Hearth intervention conducted by NGOs collaborated with university work or failed to work in urban population.
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December 2024
Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.
Objectives: To compare the mechanical performance of partially replaced (repaired) intra-coronal restorations to totally replaced ones in root canal-treated teeth.
Methods: Thirty maxillary second premolars were selected according to strict criteria, mounted on moulds, and had mesio-occluso-distal (MOD) cavities prepared. Resin composite restorative material was used to perform the initial restoration, followed by aging procedures using thermo-mechanical cycling fatigue to replicate six months of intraoral aging.
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