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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"monitoring technologies"”.
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Incident-response monitoring technologies for aircraft-cabin air quality
Poor air quality in commercial aircraft cabins can be caused by volatile organophosphorus (OP) compounds emitted from the jet engine bleed air system during smoke/fume incidents. Tri-cresyl phosphate (TCP), a common anti-wear additive in turbine engine oils, is an important component in today’s …
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Impact of automated condition monitoring technologies on railroad safety and efficiency
… inspection. As a result, automated condition monitoring technologies (ACMT) have been developed to monitor rolling stock condition and facilitate predictive maintenance strategies. Through improved railcar condition monitoring, these technologies have the potential to reduce: equipment-caused …
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Characterizing monitoring for the diagnosis and resuscitation of shock patients
… clinical and market need for an improved shock monitoring technology. Shock occurs when there is not enough blood flow to adequately perfuse the body's organs. In the United States, about 500,000 patients go into sudden shock every year and half of these patients die. For millions of additional …
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Novel micro/nanofluidic system for separation and monitoring of cells and proteins in perfusion
… cell separation and nanofluidic protein quality monitoring technologies. The novel micro/nanofluidic system enables reliable and efficient microfiltration and robust online rapid product quality monitoring during continuous biomanufacturing. This technology overcomes the limitations of the …
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Water quality monitoring of biological contaminants -- rapid, on-site detection technologies
… across the globe. Conventional water quality monitoring technologies are slow, often taking at least two days to produce results. In recent years, there has been extensive research into emerging technologies that provide real-time results; however, there is no technology which detects all …
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Utilization of Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy and Rheology for Sludge Characterization and Monitoring
… for in-line and real-time characterization and monitoring of sludge. Two methods that were examined in this thesis that have potential to be used as monitoring technologies were ultraviolet/visible spectrophotometry and torque rheology. Effluent and filtrate absorbance measurements in the …
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Effectiveness of microseismic monitoring for optimizing hydraulic fracturing in California
… Some of these companies use microseismic monitoring technologies to maximize production from hydrocarbon reservoirs. In this study, the effectiveness of microseismic monitoring to maximize production in California is explored. This is accomplished by comparing trends in oil and gas …
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Evaluation of continuous glucose monitoring systems
… research and development of continuous glucose monitoring technologies, driven by the enormous and rapidly expanding glucose monitoring market and the large and growing base of diabetes patients. Continuous glucose monitoring has shown significant benefits over traditional intermittent blood …
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Characterization of organics for anaerobic digestion by modelling augmented biological methane potential test results
… systems. Currently, only expensive or complex monitoring technologies can provide adequate parameter concentrations to determine when unstable digester conditions are imminent.
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Policy implications of ubiquitous technologies in the car : privacy, data ownership, and regulation
… analyzes the relationship between feedback technologies and driver behavior. Based on the findings, policy recommendations were made to help ensure that the privacy and trust of the public are not compromised, as ubiquitous technologies become a reality in automobiles. The thesis provides an …
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GUARDIAN : automated patient monitoring system
… medical information via wireless communication technologies. This thesis describes the design and implementation of a new automated patient monitoring system. In many cases, vital signs, location data, and other patient information are currently not tracked in a real-time automated fashion. The …
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Low-cost air particulate monitor based on particle capture and imaging
… measurement. However, today's air particulate monitoring technologies suffer from high cost, high power requirements, or large size, which presents an opportunity to create low-cost, compact, and low-power sensors that are desired for block-level, household, automobile, or even personal-level …
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Analysis and validation of an artifact resistant design for oxygen saturation measurement using photo pletyhsmographic ring sensors
Recent advances in continuous noninvasive health monitoring technologies provide clinicians and researchers with a previously unrealistic opportunity for closely tracking the developments and treatments of various pathologies both within and outside of a clinical setting. At the same time, …
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Using Optical Imaging and Image Processing to Verify a Layer in a Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process
… crucial powder layer properties with in-process monitoring equipment. Such properties are currently verified by unquantifiable means and can be classified within two categories of failure. This project investigates and analyzes possible sensor technologies that can provide in-process data to …
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Oil reservoir characterization using ensemble data assimilation
… hydrocarbon resources. Advances in drilling and monitoring technologies have introduced intelligent oilfields that provide real-time measurements of reservoir conditions. These measurements can be used for more frequent reservoir model calibration and characterization that can lead to improved …
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A comprehensive system for non-intrusive load monitoring and diagnostics
Energy monitoring and smart grid applications have rapidly developed into a multi-billion dollar market. The continued growth and utility of monitoring technologies is predicated upon the ability to economically extract actionable information from acquired data streams. One of the largest …
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Design guidelines for behavioral feedback visualizations to support health behavior change
A variety of self-monitoring technologies (e.g., wristbands, mobile applications) enable users to monitor personal health behaviors (e.g., daily steps, medication taking) and visualize the behavioral data as feedback via interactive or ambient displays to support health behavior change. The …
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Demonstration of Optical Microscopy and Image Processing to Classify Respirable Coal Mine Dust Particles
… changing through the shift. Currently, monitoring technologies such as the continuous personal dust monitor allow real-time measurements, but they are limited to total dust concentration and provide no information about dust composition. More recently, the National Institute for …
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A Deep Learning Study on the Retrieval of Forest Parameters from Spaceborne Earth Observation Sensors
The efficient and timely monitoring of forest dynamics is of paramount importance and requires accurate, high-resolution and time-tagged predictions at global scale. Despite numerous methodologies have been proposed in the literature, existing approaches often compromise on accuracy, resolution, …
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Development and evaluation of a coaxial cable sensing system for CO₂ sequestration wellbore integrity monitoring
<p>"Downhole monitoring plays a crucial part in geological carbon dioxide (<sub>2</sub>) sequestration. Various downhole monitoring technologies have been explored and applied, but they are either expensive or have system longevity issues. To address this issue, a robust and cost-effective downhole …
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