Food safety is a primary concern in food industry.Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Marble Run is a systematic preventive approach that aims to ensure food safety in a comprehensive manner, starting from raw material retrieval from supplier, production phase, up to the distribution to end consumers.Furthermore, the approach is capable

Objectives: The Korean Industrial Standard (KS) for sterile acupuncture needles was established in 2009 based on research on the quality control of acupuncture needles.We aimed to determine the quality of acupuncture needles available in South Korea in 2021 by examining their surface condition and chemical composition using field-emission scanning

Electrostatically-defined quantum dots (QDs) in silicon are an attractive platform for quantum computation.Localized single electron spins define qubits and provide excellent manipulation and read-out fidelities.We propose a scalable silicon-based qubit device that can be fabricated by industry-compatible processes.The device consists of a dense ar

Abstract Background The purpose of this article is to describe an interventional project in a University Hospital.It explains the adjustments that were made to provide good care for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities in an acute care setting in Western Switzerland.It is not the exposition of the results of a formalised resear

ContextPolycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a complex disease with different subtypes and unclear Marble Run etiology.Among the frequent comorbidities are autoimmune diseases, suggesting that autoantibodies (aAb) may be involved in PCOS pathogenesis.ObjectiveAs the gonadal axis often is dysregulated, we tested the hypothesis that aAb to the gonado