A detection system (101, 101b) of enteric diseases in animals includes a sensor device (102) having suction (103) for suctioning air from the animals' environment (11, 12). A sensor is (104) configured to determine information about the type and concentration of smelling molecules in the air and further configured to emit a signal representative of the information of smelling molecules. A transmission device (105) is configured to convey the signal representative of smelling molecules. A self-learning processing device (108) is configured to receive and process the signal representative of smelling molecules, and to detect a risk of enteric diseases in the animals associated with the information about the type and concentration of the smelling molecules. A signaling device (111) is configured to report to a user (10) the risk of enteric diseases in the animals, before the enteric diseases arise. A relative method detects enteric diseases in animals.

An electronic environmental sensor tag includes microsensor elements using magnetic logic devices adapted to detect target chemical and/or target environmental conditions. The microsensor elements operate only periodically to save power, and also include non-volatile memories and communications circuits to allow interrogation and detection of a target condition.

A novel approach, based on hybrid nanostructure gas sensors, to correlate metrics related to specific medical conditions to a signature created by the sensor's response to the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) contained in human breath.

A uniformity property acquisition apparatus is the uniformity property acquisition apparatus configured to acquires a uniformity property of a mixture in which an insoluble solid matter is mixed in liquid, and the uniformity property acquisition apparatus includes: a pair of electrodes configured to apply the AC signal to the mixture; measurement unit configured to measure impedance of the mixture on the basis of a response signal flowing through the mixture when the AC signal is applied to the mixture; and processing unit configured to acquire the uniformity property of the mixture on the basis of the impedance measured by the measurement unit.

An apparatus for analyzing an exhaled breath according to an example embodiment includes: a sensor configured to obtain at least one signal related to the exhaled breath, the at least one signal including a first signal indicating a target gas contained in the exhaled breath; and a processor configured to obtain a concentration of the target gas based on at least one signal feature value of the at least one signal and shape information over time of the at least one signal.

A sensor arrangement includes a switchable voltage source having a source output for alternatively providing a first and a second excitation voltage, an integrator having an integrator input and an integrator output, a sensor resistor having a first terminal coupled to the source output, a reference resistor having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the sensor resistor and a second terminal coupled to the integrator input, and a comparator having a first comparator input coupled to the integrator output.

Techniques for environmental contaminant monitoring are disclosed. In some embodiments, a contaminant detection system electronically instigates a test circuit that shares an environment with another circuit to induce an electrical anomaly in the test circuit when environmental contamination is present. While electronically instigating the first circuit, the contaminant detection system monitors for an electrical anomaly indicative of the environmental contamination. Responsive to detecting an electrical anomaly in the test circuit that is indicative of environmental contamination, the contaminant detection system generates an alert that indicates that the second circuit has likely been exposed to the environmental contamination. The contaminant detection system may provide early warning of potentially caustic environments before creep corrosion or similar phenomena manifest in expensive hardware resources. Thus, hardware outages may be mitigated or avoided.

A sensor relating to one aspect of the present invention includes a first electrode, a second electrode arranged relative to the first electrode with a gap being provided therebetween, a sensor body having the first and second electrodes arranged therein, and a catching portion arranged in the gap and having an outer peripheral surface made of an insulating material. Electric connection is established along the outer peripheral surface via conductive particles gathering to the catching portion.

Techniques for environmental contaminant monitoring are disclosed. In some embodiments, a contaminant detection system electronically instigates a test circuit that shares an environment with another circuit to induce an electrical anomaly in the test circuit when environmental contamination is present. While electronically instigating the first circuit, the contaminant detection system monitors for an electrical anomaly indicative of the environmental contamination. Responsive to detecting an electrical anomaly in the test circuit that is indicative of environmental contamination, the contaminant detection system generates an alert that indicates that the second circuit has likely been exposed to the environmental contamination. The contaminant detection system may provide early warning of potentially caustic environments before creep corrosion or similar phenomena manifest in expensive hardware resources. Thus, hardware outages may be mitigated or avoided.

A sulfurization detection resistor includes: a rectangle-shaped insulating substrate; pair of front electrodes formed at both ends facing each other on a surface of the insulating substrate; plurality of sulfurization detection conductors arranged in parallel between the paired front electrodes; plurality of resistors connected between the ends of each of the sulfurization detection conductors and the paired front electrodes; and sulfide gas impermeable protective film that covers all of the resistors and some of the sulfurization detection conductors, wherein each of the sulfurization detection conductors has a sulfurization detection unit exposed from a window hole in the protective film; and by covering the sulfurization detection units with different types of sulfurization rate adjustment layers formed of an acrylic resin, a silicon resin, and the like, timing of disconnection is set so as to vary in response to a cumulative amount of sulfurization in each of the sulfurization detection units.