Radiofrequency radiation-induced gene expression
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Jan 1, 2025
This review summarizes studies reporting radiofrequency radiation (RFR)-associated changes in gene expression across biological systems. Reported affected genes relate to cellular stress responses, oxidative processes, apoptosis, DNA damage detection/repair, protein repair, and neural function regulation. The authors…
Active matter as the underpinning agency for extraordinary sensitivity of biological membranes to electric fields
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Jan 1, 2025
This biophysics paper presents a nonequilibrium (active matter) statistical mechanics model for electromechanical biological membranes. It argues that energy-driven activity in membranes could enable detection of electric fields far below equilibrium thermal-noise limits, and reports that the model can reproduce…
In-Depth Analysis of Chlorophyll Fluorescence Rise Kinetics Reveals Interference Effects of a Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Field (RF-EMF) on Plant Hormetic Responses to Drought Stress.
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Jan 1, 2025
This experimental study assessed chlorophyll fluorescence rise kinetics in lettuce plants exposed to RF-EMFs and subjected to a short drought treatment. Using a conventional JIP test and a machine learning-assisted anomaly-detection approach, the authors report that RF-EMF exposure weakened drought-induced hormetic…
Personal exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in various occupations in Spain and France.
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Jan 1, 2023
This study conducted personal full-shift RF-EMF measurements in 333 workers across 46 occupations in Spain and France. Most 1-second measurements of electric and magnetic fields were below the device detection limit (≥1% of 1998 ICNIRP standards), though many workers had at least one detectable reading. A small…
Evaluating the Intrinsic Electromagnetic Field Generated by Neurons From Repetitive Motor Activities in Humans With a Non-contact Non-invasive Electromagnetic Helmet.
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Jan 1, 2022
This study reports a non-contact, non-invasive helmet system intended to measure intrinsic electromagnetic fields generated by the human brain during stereotyped motor tasks. Volunteers performed repetitive tapping, and the authors report discernible wave changes compared with rest and baseline measurements without a…
Non-conductive and miniature fiber-optic imaging system for real-time detection of neuronal activity in time-varying electromagnetic fields.
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Jan 1, 2017
This paper describes a non-conductive, miniature fiber-optic imaging system designed to record neuronal activity in real time during repetitive, long-term time-varying EMF exposure. Using the system, the authors report that short exposures (
Automated ABO Rh-D blood type detection using smartphone imaging for point-of-care medical diagnostics.
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Jan 1, 2016
This conference paper describes an automated method for ABO and Rh-D blood typing using images captured by low-cost mobile phones of a fabric strip rapid diagnostic test. The approach applies morphological image processing steps including noise reduction, range filtering, and empirically derived heuristics to…
Stable radio frequency dissemination by simple hybrid frequency modulation scheme.
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Jan 1, 2014
This engineering paper describes a fiber-based method for stable radio-frequency dissemination using a hybrid frequency modulation approach. Two RF components are transmitted simultaneously using a single laser diode, with one component used for phase fluctuation detection and the other providing a compensated stable…
Real Time Processing and Transferring ECG Signal by a Mobile Phone.
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Jan 1, 2014
This paper presents an engineering approach for real-time ECG signal processing on a mobile phone with remote transmission to a medical center. The method uses an IIR low-pass filter and Hilbert transform to support R-peak detection and arrhythmia alerting. Reported algorithm performance includes 96.97% sensitivity…
Enhancement of LIBS emission using antenna-coupled microwave.
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Jan 1, 2013
This engineering study describes using antenna-coupled microwave radiation to enhance laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) emission from a Gd2O3 sample at reduced pressure. The authors report substantially increased plasma emission intensity, higher-temperature plasma, and longer emission lifetime when…
Historical building monitoring using an energy-efficient scalable wireless sensor network architecture.
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Jan 1, 2011
This engineering paper describes low-power wireless sensor nodes and a cluster-based dynamic-tree hierarchical WSN architecture for monitoring historical buildings and wooden artifacts for early pest detection. The authors report simulation and demonstration results indicating improved scalability and reliability…
Focused-ion-beam-assisted magnet fabrication and manipulation for magnetic field detection applications.
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Jan 1, 2009
This engineering study describes a focused-ion-beam-assisted technique for fabricating reduced-size NdFeB nanomagnets and integrating them onto a thin-film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR). After bonding the magnet, the FBAR showed a downshift in resonance frequency and a reduced quality factor. The magnetic behavior…
Enhanced Detection Resonance Frequency Shift of a Piezoelectric Microcantilever Sensor by a DC Bias Electric Field in Humidity Detection.
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Jan 1, 2009
This engineering study examined how a DC bias electric field affects the resonance frequency shift of a PMN-PT/tin piezoelectric microcantilever sensor during humidity detection. The authors report that applying a bias field enhanced the relative resonance frequency shift, with a maximum enhancement of more than…