This paper critically reviews and identifies gaps in the methodologies used to analyze the environmental impacts of mineral and metal global supply chains.Of specific focus are assessments of the extraction and production of minerals and metals needed for a low-carbon energy future.Current trends and projections suggest that the future low-carbon e
Dynamics of Tensegrity Robots With Negative Stiffness Elements
Tensegrity structures have unique features such as low mass to payload ratio, strength, and robustness.Therefore, they present great potential in robotics, aerospace, and civil engineering.The dynamics of tensegrity robots is highly nonlinear and constrained.As a result, their modeling, simulation, state estimation, and control are non-trivial.Stri
Validating serum S100B and neuron-specific enolase as biomarkers for the human brain - a combined serum, gene expression and MRI study.
INTRODUCTION: Former studies have investigated the potential of serum biomarkers for diseases affecting the human brain.In particular the glial protein S100B, a neuro- and gliotrophin inducing plasticity, seems to be involved in the pathogenesis and treatment of psychiatric diseases such as major depression and schizophrenia.Neuron-specific enolase
Accuracy Study of Kato-Katz and Helmintex Methods for Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis Mansoni in a Moderate Endemicity Area in Sergipe, Northeastern Brazil
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by blood flukes from the genus Schistosoma.Brazil hosts the main endemic area in the Americas, where Schistosoma mansoni is the only species causing the disease.Kato-Katz (KK) thick smear is the WHO recommended screening test for populational studies, but there is growing evidence for the