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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54098#.VO16-izQrzE Author(s)   Arghavan Shabani 1,2 , Christophe A. Marquette 3 , Rosemonde Mandeville 1 , Marcus F. Lawrence 2*   Affiliation(s) 1 Biophage Pharma, Montreal, Canada . 2 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada . 3 Laboratoire de Génie Enzymatique et Biomoléculaire, ICBMS UMR5246-Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France . ABSTRACT This review intends to present an overview of methods currently under development for the specific and sensitive detection of pathogenic bacteria that exist in a variety of human environments. Bacteria continue to be a major health threat in general, and much effort is being deployed to counteract this problem. In a first instance, current and efficient techniques in use for the detection of bacteria are described. In a second instance, this review serves to compare th...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50947#.VFCE1lfHRK0 Author(s)   Long Wu * , Ming-Cheng Chure , King-Kung Wu , Chia-Cheng Tung Affiliation(s) Department of Electronics Engineering, Far-East University, Tainan City, Chinese Taipei . ABSTRACT In this study the relation between the generated open circuit output voltages of the piezoelectric ceramics Cymbal transducers with applied impact mechanical energy is studied. The output voltages of piezoelectric ceramics Cymbal transducers are increased with the increasing of the applied mechanical energy. Under the same impact mechanical energy, the generated open circuit output voltages of the piezoelectric ceramics Cymb...