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Showing 1 to 20 of 234 for “"Disposable"”.
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Wearable Disposable Elecetrotherapy
… are often bulky and require users to connect disposable electrodes, initiate programs, and manage charging cycles, which hinders widespread adoption.</p> <p>We address these challenges by designing and validating a novel electrotherapy platform that is single-use, disposable, low-cost, and …
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Integrated Disposable Microfluidic Tissue Chips
… designed for high-throughput experiments, using disposable thermoplastic chips, and enabling precise control of channel pressures and flowrates. The platform can distribute up to 7 pneumatic signals to 4 microfluidic chips for control of high-throughput experiments in the incubator or on a …
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A disposable, self-administered electrolyte test
… the novel concept that it is possible to make a disposable, self-administered electrolyte test to be introduced to the general consumer market. Although ion specific electrodes have been used to perform point of care electrolyte tests in supervised health care environments since 1992, there has …
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Study of disposable microdevices for DNA electrophoresis
… sequencing or identification purposes. With a disposable version of such a chip, constraints on the gel type are relaxed and lifetime issues become nonexistent. Such a chip was created using polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS) as the plastic material, with a cast molding process. The chip was …
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Disposable Life: The Literary Imagination and the Contemporary Novel
… novel asks its readers to imagine and respond to disposable life as it emerges in our present-day biopolitical landscape. As the project frames it, disposable life is not just life that is disposed of; it is life whose disposal is routine and unremarkable, even socially and legally sanctioned for …
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Silicone microspheres and disposable separation technology for gaseous analytes
… in the development of a fully integrated, disposable, and portable gas chromatography column and detector. There is a pressing need for rapid, portable, and inexpensive technology for the on-site detection of gaseous analytes. Significant progress has been made towards this goal through the …
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Large group musical interaction using disposable wireless motion sensors
… sensor is inexpensive enough to be considered disposable, allowing it to be given away to participants at large dance events, enabling the dancers to participate concurrently in a realtime, interactive musical performance. The sensors are either worn or held by participants and transmit a short …
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A microelectronic design for low-cost disposable chemical sensors
… of integrated microelectronics for a low-cost disposable chemical sensor. The critical aspects of this chemical sensor are the performance of the microelectronic chip and how this chip integrates and interfaces with the resistive sensors that detect chemicals. The design, simulation, and …
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Moksha--design of disposable objects for second uses as construction components
… most common items that makes up "waste" - the "disposable" container, and the design changes which if incorporated, can ensure a second life as a building brick. What are the costs and what the benefits? Can generic principles can be derived; principles that would make such a design intervention …
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Evaluation of Dechlorinating Agents and Disposable Containers for Odor Testing of Drinking Water
… also evaluates the suitability of four types of disposable plastic containers for odor analyses.
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Electrochemical techniques for detection of Tnt and other explosives using disposable screen-printed carbon electrodes
Nitroaromatic and nitramine explosives have been found in the soil and water from many government military bases due to improper storage, weapons testing and production. Run-off from contaminated soil and water can enter underground water and potentially contaminate drinking water for near-by …
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The development of a soft and disposable cellulosic product by partial oxidation of cotton with oxides of nitrogen
Cotton absorbents because of their insolubility, create a problem in sewage disposal. As a solution to this problem, the partial oxidation of cotton with oxides of nitrogen to produce a textile which would disintegrate in sewage within a short time, has been investigated. Raw material for the …
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Optimization of warehouse operations and transport risk mitigation for disposable bioreactor bags to support launch of Amgen Singapore Manufacturing
… warehouse, and transportation risk mitigation of disposable bioreactor bags. Optimization of warehouse operations helps ensure the site can supply enough drug substance to meet the needs of patients worldwide. ASM has a warehouse that is 1/3 the size of a traditional biologics manufacturing …
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The Effect of Electroshock on the Passage of Bacteria From a Contaminated Transducer Past a Protective Membrane into a Disposable Chamber Dome
… not necessary. Since the development of these disposable chamber domes infection outbreaks have continued to occur. Epidemiological investigation has implicated contact transmission of bacteria due to poor handling techniques in some outbreaks. However, in other outbreaks the source of the …
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Penetration of Carcinogen Across Porcine Esophagus and Applications of Disposable Pipette Extraction for Forensic Toxicology and Food Safety by Gas and Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
… A rapid solid phase extraction method using disposable pipette extraction (DPX) was developed. Using DPX with LC/MS/MS and GC/MS methods, high recoveries were found in the range from 71-99 %. LODs were less than 10 ppb for all BZDs (%RSD < 10%).</p> <p>The screening for abused steroid with …
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Applications of Disposable Pipette Extraction for Analysis of Drugs of Abuse Vitamin D Metabolism Testosterone and Inborn Errors of Metabolism by Gas and Liquid Chromatography/mass Spectrometry
… method was developed by using an efficient disposable pipette extraction (DPX) technique, which could simultaneously analyze 51 drugs within 6 minutes. The method has an accuracy of 97 to 107%; a precision of less than 20% including the lowest concentration, a sensitivity with the lower …
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An investigation of the relationship between private consumption expenditure and lending rate in Namibia
… adopted. Two proxies for real wealth and real disposable income are used in the study. The results show that real private consumption expenditure in Namibia adjusts fast to changes in nominal lending rate, real wealth and real disposable income and that the effects wear off in the long run. The …
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Effects Of Serveware Materiality On Food Perceptions, Consumption, and Waste
… that consumers waste more food when eating with disposable plates and consume more food when eating with permanent plates. The effect persists whether participants choose their own type and quantity of food or are given the same amount of food, whether they are responsible for plate disposal or …
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