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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Microtechnology"”.
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Leveraging Microtechnology to Study Multicellular Microvascular Systems and Macromolecular Interaction
… characteristics of microfabrication technology (microtechnology) along with its ability to manipulate biological species at the micro-scale makes it an ideal tool to elucidate the mechanisms leading to the formation of emergent properties at the macro-scale. In this dissertation, by combining …
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Athlete Monitoring in American Collegiate Football
… movement profiles through the use of integrated microtechnology metrics and heart rate indices, 2) to determine the positional differences in the physical practice demands of American collegiate football athletes, 3) to examine which integrated microtechnology metrics might be used to most …
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Nanostructuring with diblock copolymers
… will ultimately replace and supersede silicon microtechnology. On the nanoscale, where functionality depends on size, one of those emerging new technologies is directed self-assembly. In this thesis directed self-assembly of diblock copolymers was demonstrated to facilitate the defined and …
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Design and optimization of a macro-micro manipulator featuring a 3-UPS compliant parallel mechanism
Micromanipulation in microtechnology is highly needed for microfabrication and biomedical applications. Specifically, high manipulation resolution combined with accurate macromotions plays a more crucial role especially in the production of semi-conductors, assembly of integrated circuits as well …
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Microfluidic Methods for Investigating Cell Migration and Cell Mechanics
… use of quantitative approaches that span from microtechnology, live imaging, computer vision and computational modelling enabled me to investigate novel biological processes as well as to explore new diagnostic technologies that aim to promote the improvement of the future healthcare.
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Development, assessment and application of a novel algorithm to automatically detect change of direction movement and quantify its associated mechanical load in elite Australian Football
… movement efforts. Despite widespread use of microtechnology devices (the vast majority containing a global navigation satellite system receiver and inertial sensors) in elite level team-sport, a valid solution to automatically detect COD events and quantify the associated biomechanical load …
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Development of a Biosensor to Predict Activated Sludge Deflocculation, and the Link Between Chlorination and Potassium Efflux
… deflocculation biosensor incorporates novel microtechnology with a whole cell biological element to predict deflocculation from electrophilic sources. This sensor utilizes microfluidic channels to conduct influent wastewater across a biofilm of Eschericia coli K 12 and monitors the bacterial …
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Implantation und Explantation von inaktiven, epiretinal fixierten Retina Implant Systemen am Minipig
… at. Thanks to progress made in the fields of microtechnology and microsurgery different approaches emerge, particularly those where stimulation of the retina is performed via epiretinal, subretinal or transscleral electrodes. Preliminary studies suggest that electric stimulation at the level …
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Aspect of Code Cloning Towards Software Bug and Imminent Maintenance: A Perspective on Open-source and Industrial Mobile Applications
As a part of the digital era of microtechnology, mobile application (app) development is evolving with lightning speed to enrich our lives and bring new challenges and risks. In particular, software bugs and failures cost trillions of dollars every year, including fatalities such as a software bug …
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The design and formative evaluation of computer based qualitative modelling environments for schools
… King's College London and the Advisory Unit for Microtechnology in Education, Hertfordshire County Council. A prototype of the software, Expert Builder, was implemented by software engineers from the Modus team. The initial stage of evaluation, based on a questionnaire survey and widespread …
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Van der Waals magnetic materials for spintronic device applications
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Fabrication and testing of silicon integrated nanofluidic channels for neurochemical transport
Several neurosensing techniques have been developed to study neurological activity in mammalian brains, though none of these methods fully satisfy the requirements for high-resolution neurochemical sensing. Therefore, to fulfill this need, we have developed a process to build a monolithic …
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Microtechnologies for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
Cardiovascular disease is a rising epidemic worldwide, and curative therapies remain elusive. Heart and vascular disease remain some of the hardest to cure due to the limited capacity of the heart to repair itself, necessitating a cell or organ based therapy to cure the inevitable descent into …
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On acoustic particle and cell manipulation in microfluidic systems
The combination of laminar flows in microfabricated channels and acoustic forces induced in ultrasonic standing wave fields offers new possibilities for advanced particle and cell manipulation in lab-on-a-chip applications as well as in relatively high throughput applications. Acoustic particle …