Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Co-Processing"”.
-
A timeshared, runtime reconfigurable hardware co-processing architecture
The constant desire for increased performance in microprocessor systems has led to the need for specialized hardware cores to accelerate specific computational tasks. In this thesis, we explore the potential of using FPGA partial reconfiguration to create a platform for customized hardware cores …
-
PROPOSIÇÃO DE UM SISTEMA DE GESTÃO NA ATIVIDADE DE CO-PROCESSAMENTO DE RESÍDUOS INDUSTRIAIS EM FORNOS DE CIMENTO
The current project emerges from the increasing concern regarding the practices of disposal of industrial waste in order to provide a sustainable development. The impossibility or lack of options when treating certain residues and the desire to eliminate risky environmental liabilities leads to the …
-
Applied HW/SW Co-design: Using the Kendall Tau Algorithm for Adaptive Pacing
<p>Microcontrollers, the brains of embedded systems, have found their way into every aspect of our lives including medical devices such as pacemakers. Pacemakers provide life supporting functions to people therefore it is critical for these devices to meet their timing constraints. This thesis …
-
Co-processing of drugs and co-crystal formers and its effect on pharmaceutical dosage-form performance. Co-crystallization of urea/ 2-methoxybenzamide, caffeine/ malonic acid, caffeine/ oxalic acid and theophylline/ malonic acid systems: Solid-state characterization including imaging, thermal, X-ray and Raman spectroscopic techniques with subsequent evaluation of tableting behaviour
… on the solid-state characterization of different co-crystal system as well as the effect of co-crystallization of these systems on pharmaceutical dosage form performance. Urea/ 2-MB, caffeine/ malonic acid, caffeine/ oxalic acid and theophylline/ malonic acid co-crystals were prepared using …
-
Role of Mechanical Stress, Excipients and Coprocessing On Tablet Mechanical Properties
… of this work was to understand the role of compression speed and powder co-processing on tablet mechanical properties. In the first chapter, the effect of compression speed on compressibility, tabletability, and compactibility profiles of various materials was explored. The advantage of …
-
Dataflow based design suite for the development and management of multi-functional reconfigurable systems
Embedded systems development constitutes an extremely challenging scenario for the designers since several constraints have to be meet at the same time. Flexibil- ity, performance and power efficiency are typically colliding requirements that are hardly addressed together. Reconfigurable systems …
-
Fundamental building blocks for a compact optoelectronic neural network processor
The focus of this thesis is interconnects within the Compact Optoelectronic Neural Network Processor. The goal of the Compact Optoelectronic Neural Network Processor Project (CONNPP) is to build a small, rugged neural network co-processing unit. This processor will be optimized for solving various …
-
Layer bonding of solvent-cast thin films for pharmaceutical solid dosage forms
In the pharmaceutical industry, the conventional tablet manufacturing process, a batch-based process based on solid powder handling, presents challenges such as inhomogeneous blending between Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and excipients, low yield, and low production rate. These …
-
Recycling of glass fibre reinforced polymer composite wind turbine blades in South Africa
… number of wind energy facilities (WEFs) being constructed in South Africa, largely supported by South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Program (REIPPPP), there is a growing need to identify feasible disposal pathways for decommissioned wind turbine blades. As a …
-
Flexible And Efficient Accelerator Architecture For Runtime Monitoring
Secure and reliable computing remains an open problem. Just in the past year, security vulnerabilities continued to be discovered in widely-used applications, and remote attacks that take advantage of these vulnerabilities can cause an enormous amount of damage. Runtime monitoring is a promising …
-
Efficient architectures of heterogeneous fpga-gpu for 3-d medical image compression
… images such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and ultrasound (US). Existing survey reveals the presence of a huge gap for further research in exploiting reconfigurable computing for 3-D medical image compression. This research …
-
Engineering composite particles to overcome the poor pharmaceutical performance of paracetamol
Tablets are the most common solid dosage forms because of their several advantages including the ease of administration, precise dosing, ease of manufacturing, good product stability in comparison to liquids, and tamper–proofness in comparison to capsules. Direct compression is the favoured smart …
-
Development of a platform for nasal delivery of peptides and vaccines using powder carriers based on starch/poly(acrylic) acid
… offers an interesting alternative for the conventional oral and parenteral drug delivery routes. In this thesis, the nasal route was selected as an alternative route for peptide and vaccine delivery. A spray-dried combination of maize starch (Amioca®) and a cross-linked acrylic acid-based …
-
Electrospinning for pharmaceutical applications
… industry is currently shifting from batch to continuous manufacturing, and for downstream processes, this shift can reduce costs and improve quality provided the new unit operations are chosen properly. Electrospinning, a method of making nanofiber mats from solutions of an active …
-
Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Plastic as an Alternative Recycling Method
As plastic pollution continues to escalate globally, the need for innovative recycling technologies becomes increasingly urgent. HTL is a thermochemical process that decomposes plastics feedstocks using water as a medium under near-critical conditions to produce valuable liquid products. This work …
-
Engineering of composite pharmaceuticals with improved physicochemical and mechanical properties
Tabletting by direct compression (DC) is the preferred method of tabletting as compared to granulation techniques because among other benefits it is simple, quick, and cost-effective. However, most pharmaceutical powders are not compressible via DC due to poor flowability, compactibility, …
-
Development of Co-processed Plasticized Cellulose Acetate for Sustained Release Matrix Tablets
… of cellulose acetate can be prepared by direct compression or wet granulation methods. However, previous studies showed that a large amount of CA was required to achieve the desired sustained release profile for a sparingly soluble drug and it was difficult to formulate a highly water soluble …
-
Coprocessamento de resíduos perigosos em uma indústria cimenteira no Brasil : a percepção dos trabalhadores e aspectos de saúde ocupacional
… onde 36 destas estão licenciadas para o coprocessamento. Em 2012, os resíduos coprocessados representaram a eliminação de um passivo ambiental de 1.320.000 toneladas. Desse montante, 38% foram utilizados como substitutos de matérias-primas, e os outros 62% como combustíveis alternativos. …