TY - JOUR A1 - Scholl, Fabio A1 - Morais, Paulo A1 - Gabriel, Rayla A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Siqueira, Jose Roberto, Jr. A1 - Caseli, Luciano T1 - Carbon nanotubes arranged as smart interfaces in lipid Langmuir-Blodgett films enhancing the enzymatic properties of penicillinase for biosensing applications JF - Applied Materials & Interfaces N2 - In this paper, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were incorporated in penicillinase-phospholipid Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) films to enhance the enzyme catalytic properties. Adsorption of the penicillinase and CNTs at dimyristoylphosphatidic acid (DMPA) monolayers at the air–water interface was investigated by surface pressure–area isotherms, vibrational spectroscopy, and Brewster angle microscopy. The floating monolayers were transferred to solid supports through the LB technique, forming mixed DMPA-CNTs-PEN films, which were investigated by quartz crystal microbalance, vibrational spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy. Enzyme activity was studied with UV–vis spectroscopy and the feasibility of the supramolecular device nanostructured as ultrathin films were essayed in a capacitive electrolyte–insulator–semiconductor (EIS) sensor device. The presence of CNTs in the enzyme–lipid LB film not only tuned the catalytic activity of penicillinase but also helped conserve its enzyme activity after weeks, showing increased values of activity. Viability as penicillin sensor was demonstrated with capacitance/voltage and constant capacitance measurements, exhibiting regular and distinctive output signals over all concentrations used in this work. These results may be related not only to the nanostructured system provided by the film, but also to the synergism between the compounds on the active layer, leading to a surface morphology that allowed a fast analyte diffusion because of an adequate molecular accommodation, which also preserved the penicillinase activity. This work therefore demonstrates the feasibility of employing LB films composed of lipids, CNTs, and enzymes as EIS devices for biosensing applications. Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b08095 SN - 1944-8252 VL - 9 IS - 36 SP - 31054 EP - 31066 PB - ACS CY - Washington ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schoenrock, Britt A1 - Muckelt, Paul E. A1 - Hastermann, Maria A1 - Albracht, Kirsten A1 - MacGregor, Robert A1 - Martin, David A1 - Gunga, Hans-Christian A1 - Salanova, Michele A1 - Stokes, Maria J. A1 - Warner, Martin B. A1 - Blottner, Dieter T1 - Muscle stiffness indicating mission crew health in space JF - Scientific Reports N2 - Muscle function is compromised by gravitational unloading in space affecting overall musculoskeletal health. Astronauts perform daily exercise programmes to mitigate these effects but knowing which muscles to target would optimise effectiveness. Accurate inflight assessment to inform exercise programmes is critical due to lack of technologies suitable for spaceflight. Changes in mechanical properties indicate muscle health status and can be measured rapidly and non-invasively using novel technology. A hand-held MyotonPRO device enabled monitoring of muscle health for the first time in spaceflight (> 180 days). Greater/maintained stiffness indicated countermeasures were effective. Tissue stiffness was preserved in the majority of muscles (neck, shoulder, back, thigh) but Tibialis Anterior (foot lever muscle) stiffness decreased inflight vs. preflight (p < 0.0001; mean difference 149 N/m) in all 12 crewmembers. The calf muscles showed opposing effects, Gastrocnemius increasing in stiffness Soleus decreasing. Selective stiffness decrements indicate lack of preservation despite daily inflight countermeasures. This calls for more targeted exercises for lower leg muscles with vital roles as ankle joint stabilizers and in gait. Muscle stiffness is a digital biomarker for risk monitoring during future planetary explorations (Moon, Mars), for healthcare management in challenging environments or clinical disorders in people on Earth, to enable effective tailored exercise programmes. KW - Ageing KW - Anatomy KW - Muscle KW - Musculoskeletal system KW - Physiology Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54759-6 SN - 2045-2322 N1 - Corresponding author: Dieter Blottner VL - 14 IS - Article number: 4196 PB - Springer Nature CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schneider, Oliver A1 - Al Hakim, Taher A1 - Kayser, Peter A1 - Digel, Ilya ED - Erni, Daniel ED - Fischerauer, Alice ED - Himmel, Jörg ED - Seeger, Thomas ED - Thelen, Klaus T1 - Development and trials of a test chamber for ultrasound-assisted sampling of living cells from solid surfaces T2 - 2nd YRA MedTech Symposium 2017 : June 8th - 9th / 2017 / Hochschule Ruhr-West Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-9814801-9-1 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.17185/duepublico/43984 N1 - A young researchers track of the 7th IEEE Workshop & SENSORICA 2017 SP - 96 EP - 97 PB - Universität Duisburg-Essen CY - Duisburg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schmitz, Annika A1 - Apandi, Shah Eiman Amzar Shah A1 - Spillner, Jan A1 - Hima, Flutura A1 - Behbahani, Mehdi ED - Digel, Ilya ED - Staat, Manfred ED - Trzewik, Jürgen ED - Sielemann, Stefanie ED - Erni, Daniel ED - Zylka, Waldemar T1 - Effect of different cannula positions in the pulmonary artery on blood flow and gas exchange using computational fluid dynamics analysis T2 - 4th YRA MedTech Symposium 2024 : February 1 / 2024 / FH Aachen N2 - Pulmonary arterial cannulation is a common and effective method for percutaneous mechanical circulatory support for concurrent right heart and respiratory failure [1]. However, limited data exists to what effect the positioning of the cannula has on the oxygen perfusion throughout the pulmonary artery (PA). This study aims to evaluate, using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the effect of different cannula positions in the PA with respect to the oxygenation of the different branching vessels in order for an optimal cannula position to be determined. The four chosen different positions (see Fig. 1) of the cannulas are, in the lower part of the main pulmonary artery (MPA), in the MPA at the junction between the right pulmonary artery (RPA) and the left pulmonary artery (LPA), in the RPA at the first branch of the RPA and in the LPA at the first branch of the LPA. Y1 - 2024 SN - 978-3-940402-65-3 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.17185/duepublico/81475 SP - 29 EP - 30 PB - Universität Duisburg-Essen CY - Duisburg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmitt, G. A1 - Werner, C. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Microelectrochemical efficiency evaluation of inhibitors for CO2 corrosion of carbon steel under high shear stress gradients JF - Corrosion 2002. Conference Proceedings. NACExpo, 57th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Denver, US, Apr 7-11, 2002 Y1 - 2002 N1 - Paper 02280 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - NACE International CY - Houston, Texas ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmitt, G. A1 - Schultze, J.-W. A1 - Faßbender, F. A1 - Buß, G. A1 - Lüth, H. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Passivation and corrosion of microelectrode arrays JF - Electrochimica Acta. 44 (1999), H. 21-22 Y1 - 1999 SN - 0013-4686 SP - 3865 EP - 3883 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmitt, G. A1 - Faßbender, F. A1 - Lüth, H. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Schultze, J. W. A1 - Buß, G. T1 - Passivation and corrosion of microelectrode arrays JF - Materials and Corrosion. 51 (2000), H. 1 Y1 - 2000 SN - 0947-5117 SP - 20 EP - 25 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schmidts, Oliver A1 - Kraft, Bodo A1 - Winkens, Marvin A1 - Zündorf, Albert T1 - Catalog integration of low-quality product data by attribute label ranking T2 - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications - Volume 1: DATA Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-989-758-440-4 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0009831000900101 SP - 90 EP - 101 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schmidts, Oliver A1 - Kraft, Bodo A1 - Winkens, Marvin A1 - Zündorf, Albert T1 - Catalog integration of heterogeneous and volatile product data T2 - DATA 2020: Data Management Technologies and Applications N2 - The integration of frequently changing, volatile product data from different manufacturers into a single catalog is a significant challenge for small and medium-sized e-commerce companies. They rely on timely integrating product data to present them aggregated in an online shop without knowing format specifications, concept understanding of manufacturers, and data quality. Furthermore, format, concepts, and data quality may change at any time. Consequently, integrating product catalogs into a single standardized catalog is often a laborious manual task. Current strategies to streamline or automate catalog integration use techniques based on machine learning, word vectorization, or semantic similarity. However, most approaches struggle with low-quality or real-world data. We propose Attribute Label Ranking (ALR) as a recommendation engine to simplify the integration process of previously unknown, proprietary tabular format into a standardized catalog for practitioners. We evaluate ALR by focusing on the impact of different neural network architectures, language features, and semantic similarity. Additionally, we consider metrics for industrial application and present the impact of ALR in production and its limitations. Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-030-83013-7 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83014-4_7 N1 - International Conference on Data Management Technologies and Applications, DATA 2020, 7-9 July SP - 134 EP - 153 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schmidts, Oliver A1 - Kraft, Bodo A1 - Siebigteroth, Ines A1 - Zündorf, Albert T1 - Schema Matching with Frequent Changes on Semi-Structured Input Files: A Machine Learning Approach on Biological Product Data T2 - Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-989-758-372-8 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0007723602080215 SP - 208 EP - 215 ER -