Timely information of soil water content is urgently required for monitoring ecosystem processes and functions at various scales. Although remote sensing has already provided many practical applications of retrieving soil moisture, it is largely limited to visible/near infrared or microwave domains and few studies have ever been conducted on the thermal infrared. In addition, soil salinization ...

The in vitro activity of KP-103, a novel triazole derivative, against pathogenic fungi that cause dermatomycoses and its therapeutic efficacy against plantar tinea pedis and cutaneous candidiasis in guinea pigs were investigated. MICs were determined by a broth microdilution method with morpholinepropanesulfonic acid-buffered RPMI 1640 medium for Candida species and with Sabouraud dextrose brot...

Soil nitrogen is an essential nutrient element for crop growth and development, important indicator of soil fertility characteristics. This study proposed a method based on pyrolysis artificial olfaction to quickly accurately determine the total (STN) content. A muffle furnace was used pyrolyze samples, ten different types oxide semiconductor gas sensors were construct sensor array detect sampl...

The aim of this study was to develop a simple and rapid method based on colorimetric sensor array (CSA) for evaluation of warmed-over flavour (WOF) in cooked chicken. All samples were classified according to storage time by CSA coupled with principle component analysis (PCA) or hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA). The CSA data were used to establish prediction models with thiobarbituric acid re...

ABSTRACT Historical rainfall records are relevant in hydrometeorological studies because they provide information on the spatial features, frequency, and amount of precipitated water a specific place, therefore, it is essential to make an adequate estimation missing data. This study evaluated four methods for estimating monthly data at 46-gauge stations southwestern Colombia covering 1983-2019....

Optical remote sensing (RS) with robust algorithms is needed for accurate assessment of crop canopy features. Despite intensive studies on algorithms, their performance using RS needs to be improved. We evaluated five different (partial-least-squares regression (PLSR), support vector (SVR), random forest (RFR), locally-weighted-PLSR (PLSRLW) and PLSR feature selection (PLSRFS)) rapid leaf area ...

OBJECTIVE To measure the delivered fractional oxygen concentration (F(DO(2))) from preterm-size Laerdal silicone resuscitators (PLSR) without a reservoir. BACKGROUND The North American Neonatal Resuscitation Program manual states that self-inflating bags without a reservoir deliver approximately 40% oxygen, differing from the PLSR manufacturer's specifications. METHODS A neonatal test lung ...

On-line monitoring of wastewater parameters is a major scientific and technical challenge because of the great variability of wastewater characteristics and the extreme physical-chemical conditions that endure the sensors. Wastewater treatment plant managers require fast and reliable information about the input sewage and the operation of the different treatment stages. There is a great need fo...

Hyperspectral imaging technique was employed to determine spatial distributions of chlorophyll (Chl), and carotenoid (Car) contents in cucumber leaves in response to angular leaf spot (ALS). Altogether, 196 hyperspectral images of cucumber leaves with five infection severities of ALS were captured by a hyperspectral imaging system in the range of 380-1,030 nm covering 512 wavebands. Mean spectr...