Abstract: An inspection device, in a radiation protection housing comprises an electromagnetic radiation-based inspection device, especially an X-ray device and a weighing device. The inspection device an endless conveyor belt for transporting products in a transport direction from an entry region to an inspection region, from there to a region for weighing, and from there to an exit region of the inspection device. An upper run of the endless conveyor belt in its path from the region for weighing to the exit region, traverses a height difference in in a height direction by means of an inclined region. The conveyor belt circulates around at least part of the inclined region and the weighing device, looking in the transport direction, is disposed immediately in front of the inclined region in the inspection device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a detection method. The detection method includes: acquiring information of at least two first positions through which a particle passes before penetrating an object under detection, and information of at least two second positions through which the particle passes after penetrating the object under detection, wherein the object under detection is a metal product; reconstructing, based on the information of the at least two first positions, a first track before the particle penetrates the object under detection; reconstructing, based on the information of the at least two second positions, a second track after the particle penetrates the object under detection; processing the first track and the second track to obtain feature information of the object under detection; and determining, according to the feature information and preset feature information of an object of a target type, a detection result of the object under detection.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for rotating a specimen about two orthogonal axes. According to the invention, the rotation is decoupled, i.e. the axes remain unchanged in their orientation to each other during rotations about the axes. A third rotation about a further axis is then also possible in a decoupled manner. All rotations can also be effected purely mechanically. The device comprises at least one base (18, 18?, 18?) and a socket (1), which is arranged on the base (18, 18?, 18?) rotatable about a first axis, and wherein a first axis T is defined by this first axis. The axis T lies in particular outside the socket (1). Further at least comprising a specimen holder (2), which is arranged rotatably about a second axis A on the socket (1) and wherein the second axis A is oriented perpendicular to the first axis T and wherein a center of a specimen receptacle (4) at one end of the specimen holder (2) coincides with the intersection of the axes A and T.

Abstract: A sample holder unit used for a single-crystal X-ray structure analysis apparatus, the sample holder unit comprising a sample holder for being attached to a goniometer in the single-crystal X-ray structure analysis apparatus, and an applicator that stores the sample holder, wherein the sample holder comprises a holding part that holds a porous complex crystal capable of soaking a sample in a plurality of fine pores formed therein, and the applicator comprises a space for soaking the sample in the porous complex crystal of the sample holder, wherein the applicator comprises a space for soaking the sample in the porous complex crystal of the sample holder, wherein the porous complex crystal is soaked only in a preserving solvent in the space.

Abstract: A method for training a neural network (NN), the method includes: receiving a training dataset including: (a) multiple pairs of: (i) a diffraction image indicative of X-ray photons diffracted from structures formed in a sample responsively to directing an incident X-ray beam at an angle relative to the sample, and (ii) a label, including: a first parameter indicative of at least a first property of the structures, and a second parameter indicative of at least a second property of the incident X-ray beam, and (b) multiple predefined outputs for the multiple pairs, respectively. The NN is trained to obtain the predefined outputs by: (i) applying the NN to at least a given pair of the pairs, and (ii) responsively to receiving from the NN an estimated output of the given pair, providing the NN with a given predefined output of the predefined outputs that corresponds to the given pair.

Abstract: An automated analyzer includes: a measurement device; at least one sample tray on which a plurality of sample containers is placed; a conveyance device configured to select one of the plurality of sample containers placed on the sample tray, convey the selected sample container to the measurement device, and return the sample container to an original sample tray on which the sample container was originally placed after measurement by the measurement device; a control device for controlling an operation of the conveyance device; and a retreat portion provided at a position different from positions where the measurement device and the sample tray are provided, the retreat portion being configured to temporarily place the sample container. The control device causes the sample container to retreat to the retreat portion in a case where the sample container cannot be returned from the measurement device to the sample tray.

Abstract: A method includes irradiating an energy storage device using an input radiation characterized by a first electromagnetic spectrum and detecting an output radiation reflected or backscattered by the energy storage device. The method also includes determining a second electromagnetic spectrum of the output radiation and comparing the second electromagnetic spectrum with a reference electromagnetic spectrum. The method further includes generating a sorting instruction based on comparison of the second electromagnetic spectrum with the reference electromagnetic spectrum.

Abstract: A method of examining a sample using a charged particle microscope is provided comprising scanning a charged particle beam over an area of the sample, detecting spectral emissions from the sample in response to scanning of the charged particle beam, and identifying a first plurality of substantially similar spectral emissions. A first chemical element is determined that is associated with the substantially similar spectral emissions. A first base spectral number value associated with said first chemical element is provided that is related to the number of similar spectral emissions that are required for confidently determining said first chemical element. The first base spectral number value is used for dividing at least a part of the scanned area of the sample into a first number of segments. The method includes providing a graphical representation of the sample, wherein said graphical representation includes said first chemical element and corresponding segments.

Abstract: A method and system for determining an uncorrupted NMR response from a sample at a predetermined measurement pressure is provided. The method includes obtaining a sample and a filler fluid with a negligible NMR response, determining a volume of filler fluid based on a dimension of the sample and an interior volume of a pressure cell, injecting the volume of filler fluid at a first temperature into the pressure cell and then changing the temperature of the volume of the filler fluid to a second temperature. The method also includes inserting the sample into the volume of filler fluid within the pressure cell, displacing an upper surface of filler fluid to a predetermined level within the interior volume of the pressure cell. The method still further includes establishing the predetermined measurement pressure within the pressure cell and determining the uncorrupted NMR response from the sample at the predetermined measurement pressure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for quantitative evaluation on a sensitivity of a shale oil and gas reservoir to injected fluids. The method includes the following steps: (I) preparation of rock samples; (II) quantitative evaluation on sensitivities of a shale porosity and a bedding fracture permeability to an injected fluid; and (III) quantitative evaluation on a sensitivity of a shale matrix permeability to an injected fluid. A method for comprehensive evaluation on a sensitivity of a shale oil and gas reservoir to injected fluids is innovatively provided based on the nuclear magnetic resonance testing technology with two basic physical property parameters: porosity and permeability. The method realizes quantitative evaluation on sensitivities of pores of different sizes and matrix of shale and a bedding fracture permeability to injected fluids, and realizes quantitative and accurate evaluation on a sensitivity of a shale oil and gas reservoir to injected fluids.

Abstract: Methods for non-invasively identifying substandard or counterfeit products, e.g., vaccines, using nuclear magnetic resonance. The methods provide manufacturers with new approaches to identify parameters to assist users with the identification of substandard or counterfeit products.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for biosensing using one-dimensional conducting polymer systems. The present disclosure also relates to one-dimensional sensors having substrates coated with conducting polymers such as polyaniline. The geometry of the substrates is configured to maximize the geometrical probability of detecting pathogens, aerosols, etc.

Abstract: A system and method for moisture sensing and methods for making and using same. The present disclosure describes a fluid sensing array that comprises a first and second set of conducting lines with a fluid layer disposed between the first and second set of conducting lines. Proximate intersections of the sets of conducting lines define a plurality of sensing regions. Reading the plurality of sensing regions may provide for calculating a value for fluid volume present, a value for surface area where fluid is present, or a determination of the identity, class or a characteristic of a fluid present.

Abstract: A monitoring device for measuring organic compounds may include a housing of the monitoring device. The housing may be defined by an outer peripheral wall. The outer peripheral wall may include at least a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The monitoring device may further include an interior cavity disposed within the housing. The monitoring device may further include a fan disposed within the interior cavity. The monitoring device may further include a plurality of slots in the first surface. The plurality of slots may be disposed directly above the fan and may be configured to allow the fan to pull ambient air from an environment outside of the housing into the interior cavity. The monitoring device may further include a visual indicator disposed on the first surface. The monitoring device may further include one or more buttons disposed on the first surface.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor system includes a pipe and a sensor. The sensor is configured to detect a detection target substance in the pipe. The sensor includes a base, a first detection part, and a second detection part. The base includes a first base region and a second base region. The first detection part includes a first support part, a first connection part, and a first detection element. The second detection art includes a second support part, a second connection part, and a second detection element.

Abstract: An RFID tag system includes an antenna, an integrated circuit electrically connected to the antenna, and a humidity or gas indicator being electrically connected to the antenna and the integrated circuit. The humidity or gas indicator includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a dielectric material, and a gap between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least a portion of the gap contains the dielectric material. The dielectric material is configured to have a change in its dielectric constant responsive to exposure to an environmental stimulus, which may be at least one of humidity or the presence of a gas. The change in the dielectric constant of the dielectric material changes a capacitance of the humidity or gas indicator, causing the integrated circuit to indicate the presence of the environmental stimulus.

Abstract: A void fraction sensor for measuring a void fraction of a cryogenic liquid includes a pipe having a flow channel in which a cryogenic liquid flows, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed outside the flow channel, and at least one intermediate electrode disposed in the flow channel and between the first electrode and the second electrode, the at least one intermediate electrode measuring capacitance with the first electrode and/or the second electrode.

Abstract: A void fraction sensor for measuring a void fraction of a cryogenic liquid includes a pipe having a conduit in which the cryogenic liquid flows, and an electrode provided on the outer peripheral surface of the pipe to measure capacitance of the cryogenic liquid flowing in the conduit. The pipe is composed of an even number of dividable ceramic members, and among the even number of ceramic members, at least two ceramic members facing each other are each provided with the electrode.

Abstract: A pH sensor comprising pH sensing instrumentation, reference sensing instrumentation, an electrochemical junction, and a pH determination unit. The pH sensing instrumentation comprises a pH fluid, a pH fluid chamber, a pH sensing chamber, and a measuring electrode extending through the pH fluid chamber and comprising a tip that resides in the pH sensing chamber. The reference sensing instrumentation comprises a reference fluid, a reference chamber filled with the reference fluid, a reference electrode immersed in the reference fluid, and monitoring instrumentation. The monitoring instrumentation comprises a monitoring fluid, a monitoring fluid chamber, a monitoring sensing chamber filled with the monitoring fluid, and a monitoring electrode extending through the monitoring fluid chamber and comprising a tip that resides in the monitoring sensing chamber. The monitoring fluid chamber and the monitoring sensing chamber are immersed in the reference fluid.

Abstract: Provided is a gas sensor element or the like in which the diffusion mode of NOx that reaches a measurement electrode is changed from molecular diffusion to a mode of diffusing while repeatedly colliding with a wall face of a sufficiently narrow flow path. In a gas sensor element according to one aspect of the invention, a porous diffusion layer, which accounts for 70% or more of a cross-section of a flow path of a measurement target gas that is orthogonal to a flow direction of the measurement target gas, has a porosity of 5% or more and 25% or less, and is located at a position that is upstream of the measurement electrode and where the distance to the measurement electrode is 0.15 mm or less.

Abstract: Analyte sensor comprises a substrate having an upper surface including a first portion and a second exposed portion, an electrode layer disposed on the first portion and having an elongate body comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the electrode layer including an active working electrode area having a surface area of between 0.15 mm2 to 0.25 mm2, at least one sensing spot with at least one analyte responsive enzyme disposed on the active working electrode area. Additional analyte sensors are disclosed.

Abstract: A device and method for continuously sensing at least one target analyte in a sample fluid. The device 100 includes a plurality of electrochemical aptamer sensors 120, 122, 124, 126; and at least one gating component 132, 134, 136 associated with at least one electrochemical aptamer sensor of the plurality of electrochemical aptamer sensors. The method includes bringing a sample fluid 190 into contact with the device, and determining or measuring a change in an electrical current associated with the at least one electrochemical aptamer sensor to (1) determine the presence of an analyte in the sample fluid, or (2) measure the amount or concentration of an analyte in the sample fluid.

Abstract: A device and method for detecting the presence of, or measuring the concentration or amount of, at least one analyte in a sample fluid. The device 100 includes at least one electrode 150, a sensor fluid 18, a plurality of aptamers freely diffusing in the sensor fluid, and a plurality of redox tags associated with at least a subset of aptamers of the plurality of aptamers. The sensor fluid is capable of having a sample fluid 14 introduced thereinto, and the detection or measurement of any analyte may occur through a change in electron transfer from at least one redox tag of the plurality of redox tags.

Abstract: Provided is a gas sensor element or the like in which a diffusion mode of NOx reaching a measurement electrode is changed from molecular diffusion to a mode of diffusing while repeatedly colliding with a wall face of a sufficiently narrow flow path. In a gas sensor element according to one aspect of the present invention, a porous diffusion layer covering a measurement electrode has a porosity that is lower than the porosity of a leading end protection layer covering at least a face of an element substrate in which a gas inlet is open, and that is 5% or more and 25% or less.

Abstract: An electronic device including an olfactory detector including an array of olfactory sensors for determining scents proximate the electronic device, such as a smartphone, smart eyewear, and a smart watch. Each sensor in the array of olfactory sensors is tuned to detect the presence and concentration of one or more specific chemical compounds or molecules. A fan creates airflow of ambient air across the olfactory sensors. An analog to digital (A/D) converter receives and processes the sensor outputs of the olfactory sensors and provides the processed sensor output to a processor for further processing. Scent type and intensity can be classified by using the information from the scent sensors as input for a machine learning model, generated through supervised training using labeled example measurements from our sensor array.

Abstract: A silicon-based chip mounted on a graphene membrane that allows for more efficient DNA translocation measurements and nucleotide probing and analysis includes a Si substrate; a SiO2 layer on top of the Si substrate; a SiNx layer; an electrode; and a graphene membrane on top of a surface of the SiNx layer.

Abstract: Individual biological micro-objects can be deterministically selected and moved into holding pens in a micro-fluidic device. A flow of a first liquid medium can be provided to the pens. Physical pens can be structured to impede a direct flow of the first medium into a second medium in the pens while allowing diffusive mixing of the first medium and the second medium. Virtual pens can allow a common flow of medium to multiple ones of the pens.

Abstract: A system for capturing full resolution ion mobility data includes an ion mobility separation device that receives ions, guides a portion thereof, and separates the guided ions based on mobility. An ion detector receives the ions, detects ions having a predefined mass-to-charge ratio during a time period, and generates a responsive signal(s). A data acquisition system receives the signal(s) from the detector and generates a time dependent ion signal representing intensity of the signal(s) at different arrival time periods during the time period. A system for performing multi-analyte targeted data acquisition includes an ion mobility separation device that receives a stream of ions, guides a portion of the ions, and separates the ions based on mobility. An ion detector receives the ions and switches from detecting a first mass-to-charge ratio during a first arrival time to detecting a second mass-to-charge ratio during a second arrival time of a first scan.

Abstract: A detector includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode with a space and forming a flow path for charged particles as objects to be detected between the first electrode and the second electrode, a third electrode arranged side by side with the second electrode on a downstream side in the flow path with respect to the second electrode and configured to collect the charged particles, and a potential supply circuit configured to supply a potential to at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the potential supply circuit includes a first inductor including a first input portion and a first output portion, and a second inductor including a second input portion and a second output portion, the first input portion of the first inductor is connected to a DC power supply, and the second input portion of the second inductor is connected to the first electrode or the second electrode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a correction steel sheet for quickly and accurately correcting the sensitivity of a sensor during hardness measurement in which a sudden signal change does not occur. In one embodiment, the correction steel sheet is a steel sheet having a long side and a short side and is used for correcting a sensor and includes a first part having a first hardness and a second part having a second hardness greater than the first hardness. The first part and the second part are arranged at different positions in a short side direction, and have phases changed from austenite grains of the same composition.

Abstract: A system and method for assessing deterioration of a metallurgical runner using acoustic emissions. The system may be referred to as an acoustic emission runner integrity system (AERIS). The system comprises acoustic emission sensors mounted on the runner. At least some of the sensors can detect acoustic emission signals in the runner. The sensors may be able to emit acoustic emission signals into the runner. The sensors are in communication with a controller. The controller is configured to one or more of identify and monitor deterioration of the runner based on the acoustic emission signals of the sensors. The method comprises affixing AE sensors to the runner, detecting AE signals with the sensors, and assessing deterioration of the runner based on the AE signals of the sensors.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and an apparatus for non-destructively assessing composites. The behavior of propagating elastic waves through a structure can provide significant information on the structure and has thus been studied extensively for development of structural monitoring techniques. In thin plates guided waves can develop, which are inherently dispersive, with highly material dependent dispersion characteristics. The identification of the different parameters within a laminate that may affect their mechanical properties is an important step in the assessment of laminate structures.

Abstract: In the method for determining the depth of hardening dH, a predefinable number of at least 5 pulses of transverse ultrasonic waves are coupled into a component at a surface of the component. An individual pulse has at least one oscillation period. Between the individual pulses, the variance in the amplitude heights of ultrasonic waves backscattered or reflected back from the component is detected, during which the propagation time tL of the ultrasonic waves is determined. The difference between maxima and minima of the determined variances of the ultrasonic waves following the in-coupling is then formed, this value being multiplied by a factor between >0 and 1 and the product being summed with the minimum of the determined variances.

Abstract: A “partial activation” method of magnetostrictive guided wave testing of a structure. A coil-wrapped magnetostrictive strip is acoustically coupled to the surface of the structure. A permanent magnet is placed over a portion of the strip, such that the permanent magnet covers all or most of the width of the strip but only a portion of its length. A pulsed alternating current source activates the magnetostrictive strip, thereby producing magnetostrictive vibrations in the magnetostrictive strip, and thereby resulting in guided waves in the structure. Response signals are received, then the permanent magnet is moved to a next position along the length of the magnetostrictive strip. As the magnet is moved along the strip, the strip is activated and response signals are received, thereby testing a desired portion of the structure under the strip. The response signals are analyzed to determine the presence of anomalies in the structure.

Abstract: A biosensor assembly includes a plurality of biosensor units which are juxtaposed next to one another. Respective portions of a continuous piezoelectric monocrystal layer are dedicated to the biosensor units, and Bragg solid bulk structures are arranged on the piezoelectric layer between the portions thereof that pertain to neighboring biosensor units. Each Bragg structure has a pattern repetition direction that is parallel to the piezoelectric layer, and is designed for confinement of elastic vibrations and suppressing cross-talk between the biosensor units. The biosensor assembly can be manufactured from a piezoelectric wafer with low cost price.

Abstract: A system and method for improved, non-intrusive material identification includes a vessel holding or transporting at least one quantity of a fluid. At least one acoustic transducer is positioned on an exterior surface of a sidewall of the vessel. At least one coupling layer is positioned between the at least one acoustic transducer and the exterior surface of the sidewall of the vessel, wherein the at least one coupling layer is formed, at least in part, from nanotubes, wherein the nanotubes improve a reflection of an acoustic signal emitted from the at least one acoustic transducer. A computerized device is in communication with the at least one acoustic signal. The computerized device has a processor and a memory, and determines a material identification of the quantity of fluid based on, at least in part, the reflection of the ultrasonic signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging method including the following steps—successively transmitting first and second waves in response to the successive application of first and second electrical excitation signals in separate first and second frequency bands contained in a range of excitation frequencies of the transmitter/receiver, receiving and converting respective first and second acoustic or electromagnetic echoes into respective first and second electrical reception signals, —digitising (100) the first and second electrical reception signals, —mixing (200) the first and second digital signals at different demodulation frequencies, —filtering (300) the first and second demodulated signals, —decimating (400) the first and second filtered signals.

Abstract: A fluid valve, for a sample separation device such as for liquid chromatography, includes a rotor, a stator, and external terminals for fluidically connecting one or more components. By rotating the rotor, different fluidic coupling and/or decoupling states between components are adjustable. Ports are connectable with one or more external terminals. A first channel is formed along a first circular path. A second channel includes a first coupling point located on the first circular path and a second coupling point located on a second circular path. By rotating the rotor, a fluidic coupling between a first port and a second port can be established, by the first channel being connected with the first port and at least the first coupling point with the second channel, and by the second channel being connected at least via the second coupling point with the second port.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fitting for fluidic coupling in a chromatography system includes welding a tube sleeve and an inner tube at an endface of each of the tube sleeve and the inner tube to create a tube assembly having a welded tube assembly endface and polishing the welded tube assembly endface.

Abstract: A nebulizer includes a gas transport conduit having a gas inlet for receiving a nebulizer gas and an outlet, the gas transport conduit defining a longitudinal axis along flow direction of the nebulizer gas; and an analyte supply conduit extending into the gas transport conduit along the longitudinal axis, the analyte supply conduit having at least one side aperture configured to emit analyte from the analyte supply conduit into the gas transport conduit in a direction off-axis from the longitudinal axis of the gas transport conduit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reactor assembly (1) for an industrial water analysis device (2), particularly using a high temperature oxidation method, the reactor assembly (1) comprises an outer reactor tube (6) and an inner reactor tube (8), the inner reactor tube (8) being removably inserted into the outer reactor tube (8). The invention further relates to an industrial water analysis device (2) comprising a housing (4) and the aforementioned reactor assembly (1), wherein the outer reactor tube (6) is fixedly mounted to the housing (4). Moreover, the invention relates to an inner reactor tube (8) for the reactor assembly (1).

Abstract: A method for determining the concentration of a compound in ultrapure water is provided. The method includes dividing the ultrapure water into a first part and a second part and decomposing the compound in the first part, so that the first part includes a characteristic substance. The method also includes measuring a first concentration of the characteristic substance in the first part and a second concentration of the characteristic substance in the second part and calculating the difference between the first concentration and the second concentration. The method further includes obtaining the concentration of the compound in the ultrapure water based on the difference.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a hydrogen sensor (100) having a housing (101) that includes a cavity (102) and has a passage opening (103) from the cavity (102) to a gas connection of the hydrogen sensor (100) or an environment, having a first hydrogen sensor element (104), disposed in the cavity (102), for measurement of a hydrogen content in the cavity (102), having a first sorption element (105) for sorption of water and/or water vapor, especially an adsorption element (105) for adsorption of water and/or water vapor, and having a first heater (106) for bakeout of the first sorption element (105), wherein the first sorption element (105) has open pores and is disposed in the passage opening (103).

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for testing or screening individuals for symptoms of disease, exposure to restricted chemical or bio-hazards. The device may be configured as a compact box or tubular assay chamber. A sluice or walkway is provided for assaying moving animals. The present device assays volatile compounds, especially volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitting from a subject individual. Different VOCs are produced as metabolic activity changes as an individual addresses a pathogenic, chemical or biological stress or progresses through normal biologic cycles such as sleepwake, seasonal, fertility, etc. The system is especially advantageous for timing breeding events and apportioning feed for desired levels of milk production and calf health. Nanosensor elements within the device provide assessment of multiple VOCs to a system with integrated analysis capacities that rapidly compares instant data to a developed database.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hydrogen sensing device capable of visually detecting the presence of hydrogen through a color change according to a water-forming reaction by inducing the water-forming reaction between hydrogen and oxygen at the interface between a lower metal layer and a dielectric layer under a structure in which a lower metal layer, a dielectric layer, and an upper metal layer are sequentially stacked, and visually sensing the color change caused by the generated water.

Abstract: In one illustrative configuration, a method of locating an emission source of a target substance at a site is disclosed. The method may include obtaining predicted substance concentrations of the target substance from a prediction model to generate a mapping of a weighted mean of the plurality of the predicted substance concentrations grouped in a predetermined number of feature groups. A simulated plume model is generated for each emission source present at the site to calculate representative circular normal distributions for each air quality monitor. By performing an analysis of the plurality of representative circular normal distributions in relation to the mapping, a target emission source is identified.

Abstract: A method of building upstream-and-downstream configuration of sensors includes determining two sets of geographic position data of a target sensor and a candidate sensor, obtaining pollution-associated periods according to pieces of flow field data, the sets of geographic position data and pieces of target sensing data of the target sensor to determine a pollution-associated period, calculating a correlation between target sensing data obtained by the target sensor during the pollution-associated period and candidate sensing data obtained by the candidate sensor during the associated air pollution period to obtain sensor correlations, and determining the target sensor and the candidate sensor having a upstream-and-downstream relationship with the candidate sensor being used as a satellite sensor of the target sensor when a quantity ratio of sensor correlations being larger than or equal to a correlation threshold is larger than or equal to a default ratio.

Abstract: A system for assessing biological tissue is disclosed. The system contains an illumination hardware arrangement comprising transmission and sensing hardware, the illumination hardware arrangement configured to inspect a biological tissue using at least two modes from a group containing: a three dimensional stereo imaging mode; a fluorescence imaging mode; a reflectance imaging mode; and a thermal imaging mode; and processing hardware configured to operate the illumination hardware arrangement according to a protocol comprising inspection settings of the at least two modes, wherein the processing hardware receives scan results for the at least two modes from the illumination hardware arrangement and identifies attributes of the biological tissue by constructing a three dimensional dataset from the scan results for the at least two modes and analyzing the three dimensional dataset.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for the non-destructive determination of the juice content of a juice fruit includes collecting first data related to the estimated volume and the actual weight of the juice fruit; collecting a first plurality of pairs of reference data for the juice fruit; calculating, based on the first data, the density of the juice fruit; and processing, based on the first plurality of pairs of reference data and the calculated density value, a value related to an amount of an estimated juice amount.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and system for intelligent source tracing of organic pollution of a water body, which belongs to the technical field of environmental analytical chemistry. The method comprises: acquiring organic matter analysis and detection data from water samples of a polluted water body through high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; performing high-throughput screening on the organic matter in the water samples according to said data to determine pollutants; identifying pollution sources by means of network analysis according to the determined pollutants; and according to the identified pollution sources and the organic pollutants, determining key pollutants and quantifying the pollution contributions thereof by using a machine learning classification model.