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Rbc Lifespan Uncertainty: Models And Anemia Management Robustness, Rui Dai
Rbc Lifespan Uncertainty: Models And Anemia Management Robustness, Rui Dai
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
This thesis discusses the modeling of uncertainty of red blood cell (RBC) lifespan distribution in patients suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease(CKD) patients, whose anemia is managed through periodic dosing of erythropoietin (EPO).
In healthy individuals, RBCs containing hemoglobin (Hgb) are produced in the bone marrow. When oxygen carried by hemoglobin is transported to human tissues throughout the body, the kidneys sense reduced level of Hgb and secretes EPO that simulates proliferation of red cell precursors and eventually producing red blood cells. However, in CKD patients, their kidneys fail to secrete enough EPO, so that too few of RBCs are produced …
Robust Signaling Techniques For Through Silicon Via Bundles, Krishna Chaitanya Chillara
Robust Signaling Techniques For Through Silicon Via Bundles, Krishna Chaitanya Chillara
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
3D circuit integration is becoming increasingly important as one of the remaining techniques for staying on Moore’s law trajectory. 3D Integrated Circuits (ICs) can be realized using the Through Silicon Via (TSV) approach. In order to extract the full benefits of 3D and for better yield, it has been suggested that the TSVs should be arranged as bundles rather than parallel TSVs. TSVs are required to route the signals through different dies in a multi-tier 3D IC. TSVs are excellent but scarce electrical conductors. Hence, it is important to utilize these resources very efficiently.
In high performance 3D ICs, signaling …