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Detection of Denatonium Benzoate (Bitrex) Remnants in Noncommercial Alcoholic Beverages by Raman Spectroscopy
PublicationIllegal alcoholic beverages are often introduced into market using cheap technical alcohol, which is contaminated by denatonium benzoate (Bitrex) of very small concentration. Bitrex is the most bitter chemical compound and has to be removed before alcohol consumption. The home-made methods utilize sodium hypochlorite to disintegrate particles of denatonium benzoate in alcohol and to remove bitter taste before trading. In this experimental...
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Visual Features for Improving Endoscopic Bleeding Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks
PublicationThe presented paper investigates the problem of endoscopic bleeding detection in endoscopic videos in the form of a binary image classification task. A set of definitions of high-level visual features of endoscopic bleeding is introduced, which incorporates domain knowledge from the field. The high-level features are coupled with respective feature descriptors, enabling automatic capture of the features using image processing methods....
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The development of an indirect ELISA for the detection of goose parvovirus antibodies using specific VP3 subunits as the coating antigen
PublicationIn Poland, the leader in goose production in Europe, goose parovirus infection, or Derzsy’s disease (DD), must be reported to the veterinary administration due to the serious economic and epizootic threat to waterfowl production. Prophylactic treatment for DD includes attenuated live or inactivated vaccines. Moreover, the control of DD includes the monitoring of maternal derived antibody (MDA) levels in the offspring and antibody...
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MultiRegional PCA for leakage detection and localisation in DWDS - Chojnice case study
PublicationThis chapter considers pipe leakage detection and localisation in Drinking Water Distribution Systems (DWDS) by using a novel approach the MultiRegional Principal Component Analysis (MR-PCA). The MR-PCA is an extension of well known PCA method. The main idea of MR-PCA consists in designing a number of regional PCA models and analysing their responses caused by the pipe faults. Moreover, DWDS is decomposed into suitable subnetworks...
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Transformer-Capsule Model for Intent Detection
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Outlier Detection with the Use of Isolation Forests
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Workflow application for detection of unwanted events
PublicationZaprezentowano rozproszoną aplikację do wykrywania potencjalnie niebezpiecznych zdarzeń z wejściowych strumieni wideo. Rozpoznanie niepożądanych zdarzeń wywołuje alarmy i wysyła powiadomienia do odpowiednich służb, jak również powoduje zarejestrowanie filmu. Model aplikacji składa się z węzłów z kamerami, pobierajacych strumienie danych, przetwarzajacych dane, wysyłajacych powiadomienia i zapisujacych dane. Zaimplementowana aplikacja...
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Detection methods of dynamic spammer's behavior
PublicationPoczta elektroniczna ze względu na swoją naturę jest bardzo podatna na zjawisko spamu. Oddzielanie spamu od dobrych wiadomości jest zadaniem żmudnym i pracochłonnym. Dlatego jest rzeczą istotną opracowanie skutecznej metody walki ze spamem uwzględniającej nie tylko aktualne metody działania spamerów, ale również wzięcie pod uwagę dynamicznych aspektów zmieniających się stale ich zachowań.Artykuł opisuje metodę klasyfikacji wiadomości...
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Ontology oriented threat detection system
PublicationW niniejszym artykule przedstawiony jest projekt opartego o ntologię systemu wykrywania zagrożeń w różnego typu monitorowanych środowiskach (OOTDS). Zakłada się, że umieszczone w środowisku czujniki na bieżąco dostarczają systemowi zdarzeń odzwierciedlających zmiany zachodzące w środowisku. Korzystając z sieci asynchronicznych bloków rosnącej złożoności OOTDS dokonuje analizy otrzymanych zdarzeń. Bloki wstępnego przetwarzania konwertują...
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On-Board Detection, Classification and Evaluation of Nonlinearities
PublicationArtykuł prezentuje tester wbudowany BIT przeznaczony do wydobywania informacji diagnostycznej z sygnału generowanego przy zastosowaniu oscylacyjnej metody testowania. Układ bazujący na technice modulacji Sigma-Delta i sztucznych sieciach neuronowych może wykrywać nieliniowość w sygnale testującym, określać rodzaj nieliniowości i szacować zawartość harmonicznych.
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Directional sonobuoy system for detection of submarines.
PublicationW artykule omówiono ogólnie hydroakustyczne metody wykrywania i lokalizacji okrętów podwodnych. Szczególną uwagę poświęcono systemowi lotniczemu wykorzystującemu sonoboje kierunkowe. Omówiono zasadę pracy takiego systemu, przedstawiono metodę detekcji i estymacji kierunku przyjścia fali akustycznej emitowanej przez okręt oraz stosowane w praktyce metody zobrazowania. Powodem podjęcia tej tematyki jest zakończenie budowy prototypu...
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The method of detection of electromagnetic fields in ground
PublicationW prezentowanej metodzie, detekcja pola polega na pomiarach i analizie zmian rozkładu potencjału. Różnice potencjałów są mierzone jako napięcie pomiędzy elektrodami umieszczonymi w różnych pozycjach na powierzchni ziemi. Analiza tych napięć przy pomocy krótkoczasowej transformaty Fouriera STFT umożliwia wyznaczenie zmian spektralnej gęstości mocy sygnału w funkcji czasu. Ten rodzaj łącznej analizy czasowo-częstotliwościowej daje...
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A New Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum Signal Detection Method for Underwater Acoustic Communications in Shallow-Water Channel
PublicationDirect-Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) is one of the modulation and coding techniques used in Underwater Acoustic Communication (UAC) systems for reliable data transmision even at low signal levels. However, in a shallow water channel, there is a strong multipath propagation which causes a phase fluctuation of the received signal, affecting the performance of the spread-spectrum system. The article presents a differential method...
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Ion Chromatography with Pulsed Amperometric Detection for Determining Cyanide in Urine and Meconium Samples
PublicationThe parents’ addictions and eating habits have a significant influence on the child’s growth. The first stool of a newborn baby provides a large amount of information about xenobiotics transmitted by the mother’s body. The analytical technique used in the study is ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (IC-PAD). The biological samples, which were obtained from women staying in a maternity ward and their partners,...
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How Integration of a Brain-Machine Interface and Obstacle Detection System Can Improve Wheelchair Control via Movement Image
PublicationThis study presents a human-computer interaction combined with a brain-machine interface (BMI) and obstacle detection system for remote control of a wheeled robot through movement imagery, providing a potential solution for individuals facing challenges with conventional vehicle operation. The primary focus of this work is the classification of surface EEG signals related to mental activity when envisioning movement and deep relaxation...
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Optical Detection of Ketoprofen by Its Electropolymerization on an Indium Tin Oxide-Coated Optical Fiber Probe
PublicationIn this work an application of optical fiber sensors for real-time optical monitoring of electrochemical deposition of ketoprofen during its anodic oxidation is discussed. The sensors were fabricated by reactive magnetron sputtering of indium tin oxide (ITO) on a 2.5 cm-long core of polymer-clad silica fibers. ITO tuned in optical properties and thickness allows for achieving a lossy-mode resonance (LMR) phenomenon and it can be...
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The database of localization and expression of classical aquaporins (AQPs) in the male reproductive system in cattle
Open Research DataThe data present research results being part of the OPUS-22 project entitled “In search of new markers of male fertility in cattle. Aquaporins expression in the reproductive organs and sperm of the bulls (Bos taurus)” financed by the National Science Center in Poland (grant no. 2021/43/B/NZ9/00204). The aim of this part of the project was (i) to determine...
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Rapid Assays for Specific Detection of Fungi of Scopulariopsis and Microascus Genera and Scopulariopsis brevicaulis Species
PublicationPurpose Fungi of Scopulariopsis and Microascus genera cause a wide range of infections, with S. brevicaulis being the most prevalent aetiological agent of mould onychomycosis. Proper identification of these pathogens requires sporulating culture, which considerably delays the diagnosis. So far, sequencing of rDNA regions of clinical isolates has produced ambiguous results due to the lack of reference sequences in publicly available...
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Biomolecular influenza virus detection based on the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy using the nanocrystalline boron-doped diamond electrodes with covalently bound antibodies
PublicationNew rapid pathogen detection methods with improved cost-effectiveness and efficiency are currently in the focus of the scientists from all over the world. Based on the experiences from the rapid spread of the influenza virus pandemic in 2009 it is clear that the development of the system for early diagnosis of this infection is essential. The crucial stage of the treatment is the detection of the viral infection during its initial...
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Pupil detection supported by Haar feature based cascade classifier for two-photon vision examinations
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to present a novel method, called Adaptive Edge Detection (AED), of extraction of precise pupil edge coordinates from eye image characterized by reflections of external illuminators and laser beams. The method is used for monitoring of pupil size and position during psychophysical tests of two-photon vision performed by dedicated optical set-up. Two-photon vision is a new phenomenon of perception of short-pulsed...
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Determination of cyanide in urine and saliva samples by ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection
PublicationCommonly known as a highly toxic chemical, cyanide is also an essential reagent for many industrial processes. It naturally occurs in plant seeds as a cyanogenic glycosides. Another relatively common mode of cyanide exposure is inhalation of environmental tobacco smoke. This study concerns importance to determine cyanide ion in human biological samples. Urine and saliva samples were collected healthy volunteers exposed to tobacco...
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Feature Weighted Attention-Bidirectional Long Short Term Memory Model for Change Detection in Remote Sensing Images
PublicationIn remote sensing images, change detection (CD) is required in many applications, such as: resource management, urban expansion research, land management, and disaster assessment. Various deep learning-based methods were applied to satellite image analysis for change detection, yet many of them have limitations, including the overfitting problem. This research proposes the Feature Weighted Attention (FWA) in Bidirectional Long...
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CaZnO-based nanoghosts for the detection of ssDNA, pCRISPR and recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike antigen and targeted delivery of doxorubicin
PublicationOverexpression of proteins/antigens and other gene-related sequences in the bodies could lead to significant mutations and refractory diseases. Detection and identification of assorted trace concentrations of such proteins/antigens and/or gene-related sequences remain challenging, affecting different pathogens and making viruses stronger. Correspondingly, coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mutations/alterations and spread could lead to overexpression...
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Cellular senescence induced by DNA damage and its role in carcinogenesis and chemotherapy
PublicationUszkodzenia DNA indukują w komórce różne procesy, w tym starzenie komórkowe, co może uruchamiać proces karcinogenezy jak i być związane z odpowiedzią na leki przecinowotworowe. Biologiczna rola starzenia komórkowego nie jest jednak jasna. Zasugerowano, że proces starzenia komórkowego może hamować proces karcinogenezy poprzez indukcję nieodwracalnego zahamowania wzrostu przez czynniki genotoksyczne. Indukcja starzenia komórkowego...
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Prefabricated structures under earthquake excitation: damage and failure of connection joints
PublicationCelem artykułu jest analiza zachowania się złączy pomiędzy elementami belkowymi a słupami w konstrukcjach prefabrykowanych poddanych obciążeniom dynamicznym powstającym podczas trzęsień ziemi. Wyniki przedstawione w pracy, uzyskane na podstawie badań numerycznych przeprowadzonych dla wybranego modelu konstrukcji, pokazują, iż złącza są najsłabszym elementem wymagającym zwrócenia szczególnej uwagi przy projektowaniu konstrukcji...
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Oxidative DNA damage in cancer patients: a cause or a consequence of the disease development?
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Can the SARS-CoV-2 virus damage human hearing and balance?
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Modelling and FE-simulation of plastic ductile damage evolution in plates and shells
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Effects of Base π-Stacking on Damage to DNA by Low-Energy Electrons
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Moisture damage mechanism and material selection of HMA with amine antistripping agent
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Isotropic damage in viscoplastic flow conditions, fem applications with practical examples
PublicationW pracy omówiono niektóre zagadnienia zniszczenia w warunkach płynięcia lepkoplastycznego. Podano podstawowe prawa konstytutywne jakie mogą tu być zastosowane oraz sposoby identyfikacji parametrów materiałowych. Pokazano przykład zastosowania.
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Simulation of damage process of containership's side structure due to collision with a rock
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki uproszczonego modelowania numerycznego procesu kolizji burty kontenerowca ze skałą. Analiza wyników modelowania pozwala wyciągnąć wnioski o charakterze zjawiska jak również określić obszar i głębokość uszkodzenia wywołanego przez penetrującą skałę w celu doboru wymiarów geometrii i wypełniacza dla drugiej bariery ochronnej.
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Methods of material parameters identification for isotropic damage in viscoplastic flow conditions
PublicationW pracy zaprezentowano trzy metody identyfikacji parametrów materiałowych dla izotropowego zniszczenia w warunkach lepkoplastycznego płynięcia. Przedstawiono wyniki identyfikacji dla dwóch stopów aluminium, które następnie zweryfikowano porównując wyniki symulacji numerycznych z wynikami eksperymentalnymi.
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Dabigatran: its protective effect against endothelial cell damage by oxysterol
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Evaluation of damage of polymeric toecaps used in protective footwear – case study
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Low velocity impact damage in glass/polyester composite sandwich panels
PublicationZbadano odporność udarową konstrukcji przekładkowych z laminatu poliestrowo szklanego pod kątem adhezji z rdzeniem (pianki PVC) przy polaczeniu dwoma rodzajami kleju lub łączanymi na ''mokro'' przy pomocy żywicy w trakcie utwardzania laminatu. Do oceny obszaru zniszczeń udarowych zastosowano metodę ultradźwiękową, która umożliwia wykrycie pola delaminacji nakładających się na siebie w poszczególnych warstwach .Obszary zniszczeń...
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Modeling incipient creep damage effects on Barkhausen noise and magnetoacoustic emission.
PublicationZaproponowano model fizyczny opisujący zmiany natężenia efektu Barkhausena i emisji magnetoakustycznej podczas procesu degradacji stali ekploatowanych w przemyśle energetycznym.
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Assessment of fatigue damage of organic coatings subjected to cyclic mechanical stress
PublicationTechnika szumu elektrochemicznego od ponad 20 lat stanowi przedmiot intensywnych badań mających na celu jej praktyczne zastosowanie w monitorowaniu korozji. U podstaw omawianej metody leży odpowiednia analiza rejestrowanych symultanicznie przebiegów prądowych i potencjałowych. W zależności od użytej techniki obróbki danych uzyskane mogą być informacje dotyczące ilościowych (szybkość) i jakościowych (rodzaj zaatakowania) cech procesu...
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Impact force spectrum for damage assessment of earthquake-induced structural pounding
PublicationCelem artykułu jest zastosowanie spektrum siły zderzenia do szacowania zniszczeń powstałych na skutek zderzeń pomiędzy konstrukcjami budowlanymi, do których dochodzi podczas trzęsień ziemi. Wyniki analizy wskazują, iż spektrum takie może być przydatnym narzędziem przy projektowaniu konstrukcji podatnych na zderzenia. Przykłady spektrów odpowiedzi pokazują, iż zapewnienie odpowiedniej przerwy dylatacyjnej lub zgranie parametrów...
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Robust Object Detection with Multi-input Multi-output Faster R-CNN
PublicationRecent years have seen impressive progress in visual recognition on many benchmarks, however, generalization to the out-of-distribution setting remains a significant challenge. A state-of-the-art method for robust visual recognition is model ensembling. However, recently it was shown that similarly competitive results could be achieved with a much smaller cost, by using multi-input multi-output architecture (MIMO). In this work,...
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Robust Object Detection with Multi-input Multi-output Faster R-CNN
PublicationRecent years have seen impressive progress in visual recognition on many benchmarks, however, generalization to the out-of-distribution setting remains a significant challenge. A state-of-the-art method for robust visual recognition is model ensembling. However, recently it was shown that similarly competitive results could be achieved with a much smaller cost, by using multi-input multi-output architecture (MIMO). In this work,...
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Design, Synthesis, and Enzymatic Evaluation of Novel ZnO Quantum Dot-Based Assay for Detection of Proteinase 3 Activity
PublicationHerein, the synthesis and application of functionalized quantum dot-based protease probes is described. Such probes are composed of nontoxic ZnO nanocrystals decorated by amino groups followed by linker and labeled peptide attachment. Spherical NH2-terminated ZnO quantum dots (QDs) with the average size ranging from 4 to 8 nm and strong emission centered at 530 nm were prepared using the sol−gel method. The fluorescence of ZnO...
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New PCR test for detection of Candida glabrata based on the molecular target chosen by the RAPD technique
PublicationRapid, reliable diagnosis is a necessary condition for the successful treatment of infections. Such diagnostic assays are continually being developed. #e paper presents a method for selecting the molecular target for PCR-based diagnostics based on the comparison of RAPD patterns. A sequence encoding Candida glabrata CBS138 hypothetical protein was selected. The limit of detection for PCR and real-time PCR reactions with DNA extracted...
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H2O˙+ and OH+ reactivity versus furan: experimental low energy absolute cross sections for modeling radiation damage
PublicationRadiotherapy is one of the most widespread and efficient strategies to fight malignant tumors. Despite its broad application, the mechanisms of radiation-DNA interaction are still under investigation. Theoretical models to predict the effects of a particular delivered dose are still in their infancy due to the difficulty of simulating a real cell environment, as well as the inclusion of a large variety of secondary processes. This...
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Rapid determination of multiple aminoglycoside antibiotics in veterinary formulations by ion-pair chromatography coupled with evaporative light scattering detection
PublicationA fast and simple method for simultaneous determination of eight aminoglycoside antibiotics using ion-pairing liquid chromatography (IPLC) coupled with evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD) has been developed and validated. Separation of amikacin, apramycin, gentamicin (as a sum of gentamicin C1, C2 and C1A), kanamycin A, neomycin B, paromomycin, streptomycin and tobramycin was achieved using C18 column with H2O and MeOH/acetone,...
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Detection of People Swimming in Water Reservoirs with the Use of Multimodal Imaging and Machine Learning
PublicationEvery year in many countries, there are fatal unintentional drownings in different water reservoirs like swimming pools, lakes, seas, or oceans. The existing threats of this type require creating a method that could automatically supervise such places to increase the safety of bathers. This work aimed to create methods and prototype solutions for detecting people bathing in water reservoirs using a multimodal imaging system and...
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Boron-doped carbon nanowalls for fast and direct detection of cytochrome C and ricin by matrix-free laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry
PublicationDetecting proteins via surface assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (SALDI-MS) method is still highly challenging, and only few examples of nanomaterials have been demonstrated to perform such detection so far. In this study, carbon nanowalls (CNWs), vertically aligned graphene sheet-based materials, presenting specific morphology, dimensions, and boron doping levels have shown improved performances for both qualitative...
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Energy requirements for methods improving gas detection by modulating physical properties of resistive gas sensors
PublicationAbstract. One of the most important disadvantage of resistive gas sensors is their limited gas selectivity. Therefore, various methods modulating their physical properties are used to improve gas detection. These methods are usually limited to temperature modulation or UV light irradiation for the layers exhibiting photocatalytic effect. These methods cause increased energy consumption. In our study we consider how much energy...
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Performance Evaluation of Selected Parallel Object Detection and Tracking Algorithms on an Embedded GPU Platform
PublicationPerformance evaluation of selected complex video processing algorithms, implemented on a parallel, embedded GPU platform Tegra X1, is presented. Three algorithms were chosen for evaluation: a GMM-based object detection algorithm, a particle filter tracking algorithm and an optical flow based algorithm devoted to people counting in a crowd flow. The choice of these algorithms was based on their computational complexity and parallel...
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Analysis of exhaled breath for dengue disease detection by low-cost electronic nose system
PublicationThis paper presents a procedure and a set-up of an electronic nose system analyzing exhaled breath to detect the patients suffering from dengue – a mosquito-borne tropical disease. Low-power resistive gas sensors (MiCS-6814, TGS8100) were used to detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the exhaled breath. The end-tidal phase of patients exhaled breath was collected with a BioVOCTM breath sampler. Two strategies were assessed...