Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Analytical Evaluation of Simulated Kidney-Disease Profiles: Comparison of a Portable Near-Infrared Spectrophotometer with a Benchtop FT-NIR

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is commonly assessed using blood biomarkers such as creatinine, urea and albumin. This study compared a portable six-channel near-infrared (NIR) analyzer (miniNIR; 1300–2100 nm) with a benchtop Fourier-transform near-infrared (FT-NIR) instrument for t...

A comparative study of mechanistic and hybrid model structures for microalgae-based tertiary wastewater treatment systems

Microalgae-based wastewater treatment (WWT) systems are a sustainable approach to nutrient removal with biomass valorisation. However, accurately modelling these systems remains complex due to the intricate relations between environmental input variability and biological processe...

Multifunctional CMC–Nanographene Oxide Hydrogels Couple Fluorophore-Free Cancer Cell Imaging with Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity

Background: The development of sustainable biomaterials that combine imaging capability with complementary biological functions without relying on incorporated drugs or exogenous fluorophores represents an attractive strategy for multifunctional biomedical platforms. Methods: Her...

Salience Network Dynamics Across Spontaneous Attacks, Interictal Rest and Interictal Pain Imagery in Menstrually Related Migraine

The persistent sensitivity to sensory and painful stimuli of people with migraine has been associated with disruption of the salience network (SN). Although migraine is characterized by severe head pain attacks, brain changes have been observed in people with migraine in between...

Promoting Circular Economy Concerns in Medical Device Procurement Through Structured Collaborative Processes

ABSTRACT Healthcare systems face rising expenditure and growing scrutiny over their environmental impact, to which single‐use medical devices contribute substantially. Because procurement determines which devices enter clinical use, it is a key lever for addressing both pressures...

A multi-level framework for type-safe topological structures with efficient connectivity queries

We present a framework for representing and querying multi-type topological structures with applications to finite element meshes, hypergraphs, and hierarchical data. The framework introduces a four-level architecture—O2M (One-to-Many), M2M (Many-to-Many), MM2M (Multi-type Many-t...

Impaction and Mineralization Status of the Mandibular Third Molar: A Retrospective Study

Chronological age estimation is used in legal contexts to determine the transition between minor and adult status, with the third molar (3M) being a primary biological indicator. This retrospective study aimed to analyze the relationship between the topographic position of impact...