Whole brain EEG synchronization likelihood modulated by long term evolution electromagnetic fields exposure.
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Jan 1, 2014
This conference paper examined whether LTE radiofrequency EMF exposure affects whole-brain EEG functional connectivity. Ten participants completed a crossover, double-blind real versus sham exposure protocol with 30 minutes of exposure per session while 32-channel EEG was recorded. Using synchronization likelihood,…
[The effect of weak low-frequency magnetic fields on the intracellular calcium-dependent proteinases of fish].
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Jan 1, 2013
This animal study examined in vivo and in vitro effects of weak, low-frequency magnetic fields described as having resonance parameters for calcium ions. The authors report a considerable decrease in activity of calcium-dependent proteinases (calpains) in fish skeletal muscle and brain following exposure. The…
Influence of pulsed magnetic field on soybean (Glycine max L.) seed germination, seedling growth and soil microbial population.
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Jan 1, 2013
This laboratory study examined pulsed magnetic field (PMF) pretreatment of soybean seeds (1500 nT) at 0.1–100 Hz for 5 hours/day over 20 days. The abstract reports increased germination rates for all PMF treatments, with 10 and 100 Hz showing the strongest responses, and improvements in several seedling growth and…
[Modulation of Ca(2+)-dependent proteinase activity in invertebrates and fish under the action of weak low-frequency magnetic fields].
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Jan 1, 2013
This study examined whether weak low-frequency magnetic fields affect Ca2+-dependent proteinases (calpains) in fish and invertebrates using in vivo and in vitro experiments. The authors report a significant decrease in calpain activity in animals exposed to a field tuned to Ca2+ parametric resonance, and substantial…
A preliminary examination of cell phone use and helping behavior.
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Jan 1, 2013
This preliminary study examined whether talking on a cell phone is associated with reduced helping behavior in a staged situation. Among 62 participants, those talking on a cell phone were less likely to offer help to a confederate who dropped magazines than those not talking on a phone. The authors interpret this as…
Effect of puerarin on matrix metalloproteinase-2 in human fetal scleral fibroblasts treated with low frequency electromagnetic fields.
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Jan 1, 2013
This in vitro study examined whether extremely low frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF) exposure alters MMP-2 expression in cultured human fetal scleral fibroblasts and whether puerarin modifies this response. The authors report increased MMP-2 mRNA and protein expression after 0.2 mT ELF-EMF exposure for 24…
Investigation of electric field enhancement between metal blocks at the focused field generated by a radially polarized beam.
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Jan 1, 2013
This engineering/optics study examines focusing properties of a radially polarized beam interacting with gold metal cubes arranged along the beam propagation direction. It reports >20d7 electric field enhancement between two cubes separated by bb/10 on the optical axis, linked to a strong longitudinal field and…
Optimized flash light-emitting diode spectra for mobile phone cameras.
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Jan 1, 2013
This engineering study examines how the spectral mismatch between mobile phone flash LEDs and modern display gamuts influences smartphone camera color reproduction. Using a CIECAM02-based metric and an evaluation method grounded in raw camera data and a Digital ColorChecker SG, the authors propose optimized flash LED…
Cancellation properties in Hall magnetohydrodynamics with a strong guide magnetic field.
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Jan 1, 2013
This paper analyzes compressible Hall magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with an external strong guide magnetic field using signed measure analysis. In simulations varying ion skin depth to modulate the Hall term, increasing the Hall term is reported to reduce the fractal dimension of current and vorticity sheets. The…
Convection patterns in a liquid metal under an imposed horizontal magnetic field.
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Jan 1, 2013
This laboratory study examined Rayleigh-Bénard convection in liquid gallium under varying strengths of a uniform imposed horizontal magnetic field. Using ultrasonic velocity profiling and temperature monitoring, the authors mapped a regime diagram across Ra and Q and identified five flow regimes. The results describe…
Three-dimensional dynamics of a particle with a finite energy of magnetic anisotropy in a rotating magnetic field.
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Jan 1, 2013
This paper presents a theoretical model of a single ferromagnetic particle with finite coupling between its magnetic moment and particle body in a rotating magnetic field. It describes synchronous and asynchronous motion regimes, including planar motion at low frequencies and a precession regime at high frequencies,…
Motion properties of the sanals of the primo vascular system under a magnetic field.
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Jan 1, 2013
This animal/lab study examined motion of ~1 μm sanals from the rabbit primo vascular system under a low static magnetic field (100 Oe). The reported average velocity of five sanals in saline was ~1.0 pixel/second in random directions relative to the field. The authors suggest the applied magnetic field weakens sanal…
Simulation of colloidal fouling by coupling a dynamically updating velocity profile and electric field interactions with Force Bias Monte Carlo methods for membrane filtration.
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Jan 1, 2013
This engineering simulation study models colloidal particle transport and deposition in a membrane filtration channel at a particle volume fraction of 10%. The model couples a dynamically updating crossflow velocity field with particle-particle and particle-membrane interaction potentials (electrostatic double layer…
Raman spectral analysis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line CNE2 after microwave radiation.
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Jan 1, 2013
This in vitro study used Raman spectroscopy to assess microwave radiation effects on the CNE2 nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line across exposure times from 2 to 25 minutes. The authors report detectable spectral changes (including C-H deformation and amide I) and significant PCA differences after 10 minutes of…
Non-thermal continuous and modulated electromagnetic radiation fields effects on sleep EEG of rats.
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Jan 1, 2013
This animal study examined whether chronic low-level non-thermal 900 MHz electromagnetic radiation alters rat sleep EEG. Rats were exposed for 1 month (1 h/day) to either unmodulated 900 MHz or 900 MHz modulated at 8 and 16 Hz. The abstract reports that REM sleep measures were more affected than slow wave sleep,…
The movement of actin-myosin biomolecular linear motor under AC electric fields: an experimental study.
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Jan 1, 2013
This in vitro experimental study examined how an AC electric field influences actin filament (F-actin) movement on a myosin-coated substrate. The authors report that the field induces electro-orientation torque that aligns movement perpendicular toward electrode edges, with alignment increasing with field strength.…
Citrate-capped gold nanoparticle electrophoretic heat production in response to a time-varying radiofrequency electric-field.
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Jan 1, 2012
This in vitro study examines RF-induced heat production in citrate-capped gold nanoparticle suspensions while minimizing confounding Joule heating from ionic buffers. It reports size-dependent heating detectable only for ≤10 nm particles, with heating scaling with concentration and surface area and being attenuated…
Prenatal and Postnatal Cell Phone Exposures and Headaches in Children.
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Jan 1, 2012
This cohort analysis from the Danish National Birth Cohort examined whether prenatal and/or postnatal cell phone exposure was associated with headaches in children at age seven. Using maternal questionnaire data for 52,680 children, the study reports higher odds of migraines and headache-related symptoms among…
Nanocomposite dielectrics in PbO-BaO-Na2O-Nb2O5-SiO2 system with high breakdown strength for high voltage capacitor applications.
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Jan 1, 2012
This engineering materials study reports fabrication and characterization of nanocomposite dielectrics in a PbO-BaO-Na2O-Nb2O5-SiO2 glass-ceramic system. X-ray diffraction and microstructural observations describe temperature-dependent phase formation with nanometer-sized crystallites dispersed in a glass matrix. The…
Quasiuniversal transient behavior of a nonequilibrium Mott insulator driven by an electric field.
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Jan 1, 2012
This paper presents a theoretical description of nonequilibrium dynamics in a three-dimensional Fermi-Hubbard model driven by an external electric field. The authors report direction-dependent damping of Bloch oscillations and the emergence of a long-lived transient prethermalized state over a broad range of field…
Model for magnetic flux patterns induced by the influence of in-plane magnetic fields on spatially inhomogeneous superconducting interfaces of LaAlO3-SrTiO3 bilayers.
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Jan 1, 2012
This study examines how spatial inhomogeneity affects a two-dimensional noncentrosymmetric superconductor in an in-plane magnetic field, motivated by LaAlO3-SrTiO3 interfaces. The authors report that spatial variation of Rashba spin-orbit coupling can generate local magnetic flux patterns through a field-induced…
Simulations of magnetic field generation in unmagnetized plasmas via beat-wave current drive.
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Jan 1, 2012
This paper reports the scientific basis and 2D electromagnetic particle-in-cell simulation results for magnetizing an initially unmagnetized plasma using beat-wave current drive. Simulations across different angles between injected waves show beat-wave generation consistent with theoretical predictions and reveal…
New insights into bioprotective effectiveness of disaccharides: an FTIR study of human haemoglobin aqueous solutions exposed to static magnetic fields.
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Jan 1, 2012
This in vitro FTIR study examined human haemoglobin aqueous solutions exposed to a 200 mT static magnetic field for 3 and 7 hours, with and without the disaccharides sucrose and trehalose. The authors report spectral changes (amide A decrease and reduced CH(3) stretching) in haemoglobin dissolved in bi-distilled…
Electric Field Controlled Self-Assembly of Hierarchically Ordered Membranes.
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Jan 1, 2012
This in vitro study examined how an externally applied electric field influences the self-assembly of oppositely charged molecules in water into an ordered membrane. The authors report that electric fields changed the kinetics of membrane formation and altered membrane thickness, nanofiber growth orientation, and…
Low-frequency electromagnetic fields do not alter responses of inflammatory genes and proteins in human monocytes and immune cell lines.
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Jan 1, 2012
This in vitro study examined whether low-frequency electromagnetic fields (a complex multiple waveform field and a 50 Hz sine wave) alter inflammatory gene and protein responses in human immune cells. Across time course experiments in THP-1 cells and primary monocytes/macrophages, the authors report no significant…