Paper-based sensors have received increasing attention in the last decade, their use has
spread to various application fields, such as clinical diagnostic, food safety, environmental …

Human urine samples are non-invasive, readily available, and contain several components
that can provide useful indicators of the health status of patients. Hence, urine is a desirable …

Introduction: The development of point-of-care testing (POCT) has made clinical diagnostics
available, affordable, rapid, and easy to use since the 1990s. The significance of this …

Paper-based biosensors offer low-cost platforms for fast and easy detection of a biomarker
in clinical diagnostics and other fields such as food and environmental monitoring. Since …

Synbiotics intake can alter the composition of intestinal microbes beneficially. We aimed to
detect the changes in the intestinal microbiomes of 37 healthy elderly Korean women after …

Fermented red ginseng (FRG) has been used as a general stimulant and herbal medicine
for health promotion in Asia for thousands of years. Few studies have investigated the effects …

Urine analysis stands as a critical diagnostic tool, offering insights into health and disease.
However, current techniques demand sophisticated equipment or significant sample …

Proteinuria plays a central role in the diagnosis of kidney disease and has a high prognostic
value. The test methods used differ considerably regarding impact on test accuracy …

Background To address the situation that the accuracy of concentration intervals (CI)
corresponding to dipstick grades is not given by the manufacturers or literature, we …

Background and objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore which urinary markers
could indicate acute kidney injury (AKI) during prolonged trail running in outpatient settings …