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Characterizing Human Schwann Cell Behavior Using Hyaluronic Acid Material Properties, Christine Hampton

Wayne State University Theses

Schwann cells are the principal glia in the peripheral nervous system, supporting normal peripheral nerve function, particularly in the myelination of motor and sensory axons of the peripheral nerves. Disruptions in normal Schwann cell function such as injury and disease can lead to decreased motor function, sensory capability, and neuropathic pain. Efforts to treat this do not always have consistent or favorable outcomes, so there has been an increased interest in developing tissue engineering solutions to address these problems. Studies have been conducted on various cell types to characterize the cellular response to material properties such as topography and material …

Silk Fibroin - Hyaluronic Acid Nanofibers For Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, Madeline Rose Badrak

Wayne State University Theses

Peripheral neuropathy is common and is a major source of pain that can lead to debilitating loss of function. Healing often requires medical intervention through autologous nerve grafts. However, autografting is not always successful and can lead to increased debilitation through donor site morbidity. Tissue engineering seeks to improve nerve injury treatment though the use of nerve conduits. Conduits made from functional biomaterials can be implanted into a nerve injury site encouraging and controlling axonal regrowth without causing additional harm to the patient. Both silk fibroin (SF) and hyaluronic acid (HA) have proven successful in the field of neural tissue …

The Effect Of Phase-Separated Microstructures On Cell Migration In 3d Dextran Hydrogels, Jenifer Sidhwa

Honors Theses and Capstones

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Differences In Urine Creatinine And Osmolality Between Black And White Americans After Accounting For Age, Moisture Intake, Urine Volume, And Socioeconomic Status, Patrick B. Wilson, Ian P. Winter, Josie Burdin

Exercise Science Faculty Publications

Urine osmolality is used throughout research to determine hydration levels. Prior studies have found black individuals to have elevated urine creatinine and osmolality, but it remains unclear which factors explain these findings. This cross-sectional, observational study sought to understand the relationship of self-reported race to urine creatinine and urine osmolality after accounting for age, socioeconomic status, and fluid intake. Data from 1,386 participants of the 2009–2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were utilized. Age, poverty-to-income ratio (PIR), urine flow rate (UFR), fluid intake, estimated lean body mass (LBM), urine creatinine, and urine osmolality were measured. In a sex-specific manner, …

Design And Development Of A Robotic Articulating Laparoscopic Instrument, Francisco Emmanuel T. Munsayac Jr Iii

Biomedical, Manufacturing and Robotics Engineering Dissertations

Laparoscopy, a minimally invasive surgical technique, has revolutionized the field of surgery by replacing traditional open procedures with smaller incisions and reduced patient trauma. However, the current design of manual laparoscopic devices limits the range of motion for surgeons, restricting their maneuverability to only two degrees of freedom (DOF). This dissertation is a study aimed at addressing this limitation by designing and developing a robotic articulating laparoscopic instrument capable of providing 7-DOF movement.

The research aims to enhance surgical precision and dexterity by creating a tool that offers improved freedom of movement, allowing surgeons to navigate complex anatomical structures more …

Muscle Activation And Coordinated Movements Of Infant Rolling, Danielle N. Siegel, Safeer F. Siddicky, Wyatt D. Davis, Erin M. Mannen

Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Rolling is a critical step of infant development, encouraging muscle coordination and enabling independent exploration. Understanding muscle activity during infant rolling movements on a flat surface is necessary to more fully characterize how the rolling milestone is achieved. The purpose of this study was to determine infants’ muscle activation throughout roll initiation for six previously established coordinated movements. Thirty-eight healthy infants (age: 6.5 ± 0.7 months; 23M/15F) were enrolled in this IRB-approved in-vivo biomechanics study. Surface electromyography sensors recorded muscle utilization from the erector spinae, abdominal muscles, quadriceps, and hamstrings while infants rolled. Each rolling movement was categorized as one …

Dynamics Of Cell Membrane Lesions And Adaptive Conductance Under The Electrical Stress, Mantas Silkunas, Olga N. Pakhomova, Giedre Silkuniene, Andrei G. Pakhomov

Bioelectrics Publications

Exceeding physiological limits of the cell membrane potential compromises structural integrity, enabling the passage of normally impermeant solutes and disrupting cell function. Electropermeabilization has been studied extensively at the cellular scale, but not at the individual membrane lesion level. We employed fast total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) imaging of Ca(2+) entry transients to discern individual lesions in a hyperpolarized cell membrane and characterize their focality, thresholds, electrical conductance, and the lifecycle. A diffuse and momentary membrane permeabilization without a distinct pore formation was observed already at a -100 mV threshold. Polarizing down to -200 mV created focal pores with a …

Development Of Spinal Tethering Device For Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Finite Element Study, Nuttawut Janwimaluang

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Adjacent Segment Disease (ASDis) is the complication occurring after Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF) surgery due to increased mechanical stress at adjacent unfused segments. Tethering techniques have been studied to mitigate the risk of ASDis by adjusting the spinal load distribution. This study investigates the biomechanical effects of tethering with Finite Element Analysis (FEA), using a validated L1-L5 spine finite element model focusing on Intervertebral Disc (IVD) pressure and Range of Motion (ROM). The model was applied in four movement directions (Flexion, Extension, Lateral bending, Axial rotation) with tethering applied at the spinous process under two pretension forces (25 N …

Development Of Porous Poly(Methylmethacrylate) Beads For Toxic Cytokine Removal Application, Nutchanon Putthabucha

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Sepsis is a vital cause of death globally, primarily due to the uncontrolled secretion of cytokines that disrupt homeostasis. Hemoperfusion is an extracorporeal blood purification technique to treat sepsis that is uncomplicated and effective. The adsorbent material is the essence part of this technique. Since it has to direct contact with blood, the material requires necessary properties, including hemocompatibility, biocompatibility, mechanical stability, etc. Here in this thesis, we developed a new adsorbent material for hemoperfusion using PMMA beads suspension polymerization. Five different porogens, including ethyl acetate, tributyrin (short-chain triglycerides), MCT oil (medium-chain triglyceride), soybean oil (long-chain triglyceride), and toluene were …

การวิเคราะห์ผลกระทบทางชีวกลศาสตร์ของการใช้เครื่องมือผูกในการผ่าตัดเชื่อมข้อกระดูกสันหลังแบบสั้นด้วยวิธีการทางไฟไนต์เอลิเมนต์, ณัฐภัทร วิริยะ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มุ่งเน้นการทดสอบผลกระทบของการใช้อุปกรณ์ผูกมัดที่มีการปรับแต่งแต่ละรูปแบบต่อการผ่าตัดเชื่อมข้อแบบสั้นบริเวณกระดูกสันหลังส่วนเอวด้วยวิธีการทางไฟไนต์เอลิเมนต์ โดยจำลองลักษณะของกระดูกสันหลังส่วนเอวตั้งข้อ L1-L5 ของมนุษย์ และจำลองลักษณะการผ่าตัดด้วยวิธีการเชื่อมข้อผ่านลักษณะการผ่าตัดแบบ Posterior lumbar interbody fusion หรือ PLIF และ Posterolateral lumbar fusion หรือ PLF ซึ่งเป็นเทคนิคการผ่าตัดที่ได้รับความนิยมในการรักษาในปัจจุบัน ซึ่งจะเปรียบผ่านการใส่และไม่ใส่อุปกรณ์ผูกมัดรูปแบบใหม่นี้ ผลการวิจัยนำเสนอผ่านปัจจัยทางชีวกลศาสตร์ที่สำคัญได้แก่ ความสามารถในการเคลื่อนไหว (Range of motion, ROM), ความดันภายในหมอนรองกระดูกสันหลัง (Intradiscal pressure, IDP) และ แรงที่กระทำบนข้อต่อ Facet (Facet joints force, FJF) ซึ่งสูงขึ้นเมื่อผ่านการผ่าตัดด้วยวิธีการดังกล่าว ผ่านการปรับแต่งของตำแหน่งการตรึง, แรงตรึงตั้งต้น และ ลักษณะการตรึง จากผลการวิจัยพบว่าการใช้อุปกรณ์ผูกมัดดังกล่าวประกอบกับการผ่าตัดทั้ง 2 รูปแบบสามารถลดผลกระทบทางชีวกลศาสตร์ได้มากกว่าการผ่าตัดแบบไม่ใช้อุปกรณ์ควบคู่ ซึ่งให้ผลที่แตกต่างกันตามแต่ลักษณะการปรับแต่งของอุปกรณ์ดังกล่าว ซึ่งการค้นพบดังกล่าวสามารถต่อยอดและสร้างความเข้าใจมากขึ้นถึงปัจจัยหรือผลกระทบการใช้อุปกรณ์ผูกมัดประกอบกับการผ่าตัดเชื่อมข้อของกระดูกสันหลังเพื่อประโยชน์สูงสุดของการผ่าตัดและการรักษาให้มีประสิทธิภาพ

การพัฒนาท่อถ่างขยายทางเดินอาหารชนิดย่อยสลายได้ที่เคลือบผิวด้วยโปรตีนไฟโบรอินไหม, ธันยพร ฉันทโรจน์ศิริ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีจุดมุ่งหมายในการพัฒนาท่อขยายหลอดอาหารชนิดย่อยสลายได้จากวัสดุ polydioxanone (PDO) ให้มีการย่อยสลายช้าลง โดยทำการขึ้นรูปด้วยเทคนิคการถักทอแบบ Hook cross เพื่อให้ได้ท่อถ่างขยายที่มีสมบัติเชิงกลเหมาะสมสำหรับการใช้ในทางเดินอาหาร ทำการศึกษาการบำบัดด้วยพลาสม่าเพื่อเปลี่ยนแปลงโครงสร้างพื้นผิว ทดสอบสมบัติเชิงกลของท่อถ่างขยายที่ขึ้นรูปด้วยโครงสร้างที่ต่างกัน การเคลือบโปรตีนไฟโบรอินลงบนเส้นไหม PDO และทดสอบอัตราการย่อยสลายของท่อถ่างขยายทางเดินอาหารที่เคลือบผิวด้วยโปรตีนไฟโบรอิน การศึกษานี้พบว่า มีการเพิ่มขึ้นของแรงขยายออกด้านข้างของท่อถ่างขยายเมื่อมีการเพิ่มความหนาแน่นของการถัก แต่เมื่อเพิ่มความหนาแน่นของการถักมากขึ้นจะทำให้แรงขยายลดลง และการขึ้นรูปแบบ Hook cross จะสามารถปรับรูปร่างของท่อถ่างขยายขึ้นกับรอยตีบได้ดีกว่าวิธีถักแบบ braided การบำบัดด้วยพลาสมานั้นถึงแม้จะช่วยเปลี่ยนแปลงสมบัติพื้นผิวของเส้นไหม PDO แต่ไม่ได้ช่วยเรื่องการเคลือบโปรตีนไฟโบรอิน การที่จะเคลือบโปรตีนไฟโบรอินลงบนท่อถ่างขยาย PDO ต้องใช้วิธีการเคลือบโดยใช้ไนโตรเจนเหลวและเอธานอล เมื่อผ่านการเคลือบด้วยโปรตีนไฟโบรอินแล้ว เส้นไหม PDO มีการเปลี่ยนแปลงสมบัติพื้นผิวทั้งในด้านโมเลกุลพื้นผิวและความชอบน้ำ และท่อถ่างขยายทางเดินอาหาร PDO ที่ผ่านการเคลือบด้วยโปรตีนไฟโบรอินมีการย่อยสลายช้ากว่าท่อถ่างขยายทางเดินอาหารที่ไม่ได้เคลือบด้วยโปรตีนไฟโบรอิน 4 สัปดาห์ และมีการละลายของโปรตีนไฟโบรอินออกมาอย่างรวดเร็วใน 4-8 สัปดาห์แรก และได้ทดสอบการใส่ท่อถ่างขยายทางเดินอาหาร PDO ในลำไส้สุกร ซึ่งพบว่าการเคลือบโปรตีนไฟโบรอินอาจทำให้การกางของท่อถ่างขยายนั้นน้อยกว่าแบบที่ไม่ได้ผ่านการเคลือบ ซึ่งจะสามารถนำไปพัฒนาใช้ในทางคลินิกได้ต่อไป

Plasma Protein Signatures Of Adult Asthma, Gordon J. Smilnak, Yura Lee, Abhijnan Chattopadhyay, Annah B. Wyss, Julie D. White, Sinjini Sikdar, Jianping Jin, Andrew J. Grant, Alison A. Motsinger-Reif, Jian-Liang Li, Mikyeong Lee, Bing Yu, Stephanie J. London

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Publications

Background: Adult asthma is complex and incompletely understood. Plasma proteomics is an evolving technique that can both generate biomarkers and provide insights into disease mechanisms. We aimed to identify plasma proteomic signatures of adult asthma.

Methods: Protein abundance in plasma was measured in individuals from the Agricultural Lung Health Study (ALHS) (761 asthma, 1095 non-case) and the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study (470 asthma, 10,669 non-case) using the SOMAScan 5K array. Associations with asthma were estimated using covariate adjusted logistic regression and meta-analyzed using inverse-variance weighting. Additionally, in ALHS, we examined phenotypes based on both asthma and seroatopy (asthma with …

Integrative Machine Learning Approaches For Enhanced Classification Of Genomic Sequences: A Next-Generation Sequencing Perspective, Sujatha Alla, Nagesh Bheesetty, Sai Gireesh Komaragiri, Prasanthi Chidipudi, Joshit Mohanty, Sathish Kumar Chintala, Jubin Thomas, Jayapal Vummadi, Hemanth Volikatla, Navin Kamuni

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

The advent of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) techniques has revolutionized genomic research by enabling the rapid sequencing of DNA and RNA. This data can be used for various applications, including genome sequencing, transcriptome profiling, metagenomics, and epigenetics studies. For this study, DNA classifier dataset was extracted from UCI repository of machine learning databases. This vast amount of genomic data necessitates the development of sophisticated machine learning (ML) models for effective classification and analysis. This study presents a comprehensive comparison of various ML models, including Support Vector Machines (SVM), Random Forests (RF), and Neural Networks (NNs), approaches, in classifying genomic data. We …

Developing An Immunomodulatory Strategy Using Biophysical Cues To Modulate Macrophage Phenotype For Fracture Healing And Bone Regeneration, Harshini Suresh Kumar

Theses and Dissertations--Biomedical Engineering

Chronic inflammation is a major cause of the pathogenesis of musculoskeletal diseases such as fragility, fracture, and nonunion. Studies have shown that modulating the immune phenotype of macrophages from proinflammatory to pro-healing can heal recalcitrant bone defects. Current therapeutic strategies predominantly apply biochemical cues, which often lack target specificity, and controlling their release kinetics in vivo is challenging spatially and temporally. We have developed a magnetic iron-oxide nanocomplexes (MNC)-based therapy for resolving chronic inflammation in the context of promoting fracture healing. Here, we show that MNC internalized macrophages, when coupled with an external magnetic field, can exert an intracellular magnetic …

Relating Temperature, Sleep, And Pathology In Mouse Models Of Alzheimer's Disease, Jun Wang

Theses and Dissertations--Biomedical Engineering

It is well established that sleep plays an important role in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology. There is growing evidence that sleep issues may accelerate AD pathology by interrupting the physiological clearance of amyloid‐β (Aβ) from the brain, which mainly occurs in normal sleep. As the over-accumulation of amyloid‐β (Aβ) is believed to lead the cascade effect that eventually causes neurodegeneration in AD patients, development of therapeutic strategies for improving sleep quality may help slow disease progression. It is well documented that the composition and dynamics of sleep are sensitive to changes in ambient temperature. We therefore developed a sleep enhancement …

Development Of Iron Oxide Nanozyme For Cancer Therapy, Zhongchao Yi

Theses and Dissertations--Biomedical Engineering

Cancer therapies that leverage reactive oxygen species (ROS) have shown potential for cancer inhibition due to their ability to induce oxidative stress in tumor cells. Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) have garnered significant attention as a promising platform for ROS-dependent disease treatment, owing to their remarkable biocompatibility and Fenton catalytic activity. However, the low catalytic activity of IONPs has been a major hurdle in their clinical translation. To overcome this challenge, IONPs of different compositions are examined for their Fenton reaction under pharmacologically relevant conditions in this work. The results show that wüstite (Fe_1-xO) nanoparticles exhibit higher catalytic activity …

Implementation Of Bayesian Statistics To Answer Diverse Engineering Questions: Applications In Cancer Immunology And Engineering Education, Anika C. Pirkey

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP) refers to a mechanistic modeling approach used for assessing potential therapeutics by linking the molecular and cellular level mechanisms of the disease and therapeutic to the system-wide dynamics and clinical endpoints relevant to the disease. Although the field of QSP is still in its relative infancy, the mathematical methodology employed to predict the kinetics of these systems are not new and can be applied to a wide variety of systems. For instance, similar to QSP’s goal of guiding the development of novel therapeutics for various disease states, there exists a need to develop novel interventions in …

Mobile Robot Adhesion Methodology And Development Of An Automatous Robot Module, Lauren Baird, Zachariah Stone, Madison Lemons, Jonathon Moody

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Due to the increasing availability of space travel as not only a scientific exploration but a commercial exploration, there is a need for an onsite repair station that can be deployed in the event of aircraft maintenance, damage, or failure. We have been tasked with researching and creating a prototype of an automatous robot that can be attached to a spacecraft body, move along the surface while avoiding obstacles, scan for damage, 3D print a repair piece, and then make the repair, all without the need of direct human input. Our team, as will be discussed throughout, was tasked with …

An In-Vitro Model For Visualizing Intraocular Lens And Lens Capsule Interaction In Posterior Capsule Opacification, Amjad Chatila

Bioengineering Dissertations - Archive

Posterior Capsule Opacification (PCO) is a common complication post cataract surgery. It is believed that Intraocular Lens (IOL) physical and chemical properties would affect their PCO potential. The tight binding between IOL and posterior lens capsule (PLC) is believed to have a negative impact on PCO formation, as suggested in the “No space, no cell, no PCO” hypothesis. To test the hypothesis, we have recently developed an in vitro 3D system to simulate IOL and PLC physical interaction. To expand the function and capability of this system, one objective of my work was to develop the next generation adhesion force …

Novel Engineering Approaches For Orthopedic Injury Treatment And Infection Diagnosis, Cynthia Co

Bioengineering Dissertations - Archive

Bioengineering has made significant contributions to the treatment of orthopedic injury through interdisciplinary approaches. Central to these advancements are many orthopedic implants, including anchors and joint replacements, which have been designed to restore mobility. Despite their functional efficacy, these products have limited lifespan and are associated with many complications, such as implant-associated infection. The success of implant design and function, both in the short and long term, is paramount for enhancing patient outcomes and overall well-being. Therefore, my thesis work is dedicated to addressing these critical challenges, aiming to maximize their treatment effect while minimizing the implant-associated complications.

Long-term patient …