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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"F990 - Physical sciences not elsewhere classified"”.
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Intelligent Health Management for Micro-Scale Wind Turbine Bearings
The noticeable expansion of the wind turbine industry in the UK has been encouraged by the government, which announced a range of incentives to meet the increased demand for wind turbine technologies, as a contribution to the effects against climate change. The UK is embracing the challenge of …
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The Development and Evaluation of a Range of Phototherapeutic Dyes Towards Infection Control
The rise in antimicrobial resistance is threatening modern healthcare treatments, such as organ transplants and chemotherapy, due to the immunosuppressive nature of these procedures and the resulting dependency on antimicrobials. The discovery of new antimicrobial agents is happening at a too slow …
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Carbogenic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications
In this study we focus on the incorporation of an emerging class of non-toxic and photoluminescent materials, namely carbogenic nanoparticles or C-dots, to Pluronic® hydrogels.
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The Development and evaaluation of photo-antimicrobial isoalloxazine dyes towards infection control
… This most effective way to ensure a wound does not become infected is through cleanliness and continued disinfection of the wound site. There is a lack of new antimicrobial drugs coming to the market due to economical and clinical reasons, this is evident in Lord O’Neill’s 2016 report and is …
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Monte Carlo solution to the inverse problem of ultrasonic defect characterisation
… in terms of directly recovering the underlying physical description of the defect. The forward problem of modelling the ultrasonic echo signals is given by the Impulse Response Method, a frequency independent numerical solution to the acoustic wave equation. To solve the inverse problem, Markov …
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Investigation into the toxicity and DNA interactive properties of a range of cationic photosensitisers with potential application to photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy
… the therapeutic potential of a series of phenothiazinium-based photo-sensitisers (PhBP5) to act as novel antibacterial agents is investigated. It is shown that these PhBPs possess maximal light adsorption characteristics (A), which range from 536 nm - 648 nm, a characteristic, therapeutically …
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Comparative analysis of algorithms for identifying copy number variation in array CGH data
… and Cluster Along Chromosome (CLAC) which is not publicly available were studied and used for the analysis of array CGH data. Simulated data set was generated by adding signals of various intensities such as I unit, 11 units and III units representing gains in the copy number (Copy Number …
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Differences between expert and novice decision making as a function of presentation and elicitation modes
… this difference. Although the whole effect was not explained, it is clear that the subtle difference of the prior status of the hypotheses is important. In the original computer based design subjects were required to select which hypotheses were possible, and then to rate those possibilities. In …
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Improved qualification of vascular abnormalities in contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiographic images
… different points along the vessel. The most stenotic area is identified, and a reference region is manually selected. The degree of stenosis is then quantified based on the reference and stenosed area measurements, according to the NASCET criterion. This provides a fully automated methodology to …
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Nanotechnology in pulmonary drug delivery: Compressible proliposome formulations for nebulization
Liposomes are promising carriers for the encapsulation of drug molecules and subsequent delivery to the respiratory tract. The advantages of liposomes as carriers have been widely reported in literature, there are however associated disadvantages such as stability issues when suspended in aqueous …
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The evaluation of interactive multimedia in teaching and learning in undergraduate physical sciences
… future. It may be unrealistic and it is probably not desirable, but it is a possibility. Information technology is developing rapidly. It is becoming more accepted and more essential to our everyday lives. It is increasingly important that information can be accessed and communicated quickly, …