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Biom 3110: Medical Physiology (Syllabus), Bradford D. Pendley Jan 2022

Biom 3110: Medical Physiology (Syllabus), Bradford D. Pendley

Biomedical Engineering Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Basic principles of human physiology and how these are applied in medicine and biomedical engineering problem and devices; physiological principles using appropriate mathematical and engineering models to construct an understanding of how the body works as an integrated system.

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Biom 2720: Experimental Design And Analysis For Biomedical Engineering (Syllabus), Stephen Strain Jan 2022

Biom 2720: Experimental Design And Analysis For Biomedical Engineering (Syllabus), Stephen Strain

Biomedical Engineering Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Application of probability, statistics, error analysis, uncertainty in design and performance of biomedical engineering experimentation; discussion and evaluation of common experimental designs for medical device development.

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Biom/Biol 4110: The Science Of Medicine (Syllabus), Bradford D. Pendley Jan 2022

Biom/Biol 4110: The Science Of Medicine (Syllabus), Bradford D. Pendley

Biomedical Engineering Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Integration of fundamental principles from physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics, and applications of these principles to solve problems in medicine.

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Engr 1010: Engineering Problem Solving (Syllabus), Stephen Strain Jan 2022

Engr 1010: Engineering Problem Solving (Syllabus), Stephen Strain

Biomedical Engineering Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Introduction to the methods of engineering problem solving. Application of mathematical concepts to solve engineering problems.

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Biom 3110(Honors): Medical Physiology (Syllabus), Bradford D. Pendley Jan 2022

Biom 3110(Honors): Medical Physiology (Syllabus), Bradford D. Pendley

Biomedical Engineering Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Basic principles of human physiology and how these are applied in medicine and biomedical engineering problem and devices; physiological principles using appropriate mathematical and engineering models to construct an understanding of how the body works as an integrated system.

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Biom 4906: Tissue Engineering (Syllabus), Gary L. Bowlin Jan 2022

Biom 4906: Tissue Engineering (Syllabus), Gary L. Bowlin

Biomedical Engineering Syllabi Archive

Course Description: To study the design, development, and implantation of tissue engineered components. Analysis of the basis for cell growth and differentiation, control of tissue development (in vivo & in vitro), models for tissue engineering, and transplantation of engineered cells and tissues. The emphasis of these analyses will be focused on the cardiovascular system (blood vessels and cardiac prostheses), musculoskeletal system (Bone, cartilage, and tendons), and skin.

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Biom 4801/6801: Introduction To Medical Imaging (Syllabus), Aaryani Sajja Jan 2022

Biom 4801/6801: Introduction To Medical Imaging (Syllabus), Aaryani Sajja

Biomedical Engineering Syllabi Archive

Course Description: This course will introduce fundamentals of the four most-important clinical medical imaging modalities: X-ray, Radionuclide, Ultrasound, and MRI. The primary focus is on the physical principles, instrumentation methods, imaging algorithms, and clinical applications of each imaging modality.

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Engr 1009: Preparation For Engineering Problem Solving (Syllabus), Stephen Strain Jan 2022

Engr 1009: Preparation For Engineering Problem Solving (Syllabus), Stephen Strain

Biomedical Engineering Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Applications of algebra and trigonometry to engineering problems. Accelerated preparation for an engineering or technology major.

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การเปรียบเทียบการวินิจฉัยโรคสมองเสื่อมด้วยภาพซ้อนทับ Pet-T1 และ Pet-Dti, ปรเมษฐ์ วงษา Jan 2022

การเปรียบเทียบการวินิจฉัยโรคสมองเสื่อมด้วยภาพซ้อนทับ Pet-T1 และ Pet-Dti, ปรเมษฐ์ วงษา

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

จุดประสงค์ของงานวิจัยนี้ เพื่อสร้างแม่แบบภาพเพทมาตรฐานบริเวณสมองขึ้นมาใหม่ และเพื่อเปรียบเทียบประสิทธิภาพในการกระบวนการซ้อนทับภาพเพทระหว่างแม่แบบภาพเพทบริเวณสมองที่สร้างขึ้นกับแม่ภาพเพทบริเวณสมองแบบเดิมที่มีการใช้งานอยู่ในปัจจุบัน แม่แบบภาพเพทมาตรฐานบริเวณสมองสร้างขึ้นมาจากภาพเพท กับภาพเอ็มอาร์ไอแบบ DTI จากข้อมูลภาพถ่ายทางรังสีจากกลุ่มอาสาสมัครที่มีภาวะความจำปกติ จำนวน 24 คน อายุระหว่าง 42-79 ปี ซึ่งกลุ่มอาสาสมัครดังกล่าวจะต้องทำการถ่ายเพทบริเวณสมองที่มีการฉีดสารเภสัชรังสี 11C-PIB เข้าไปในร่างกาย และทำการถ่ายภาพเอ็มอาร์ไอบริเวณสมองด้วยเทคนิค T1 และเทคนิค DTI จากนั้นทำการแก้ไขค่ากระแสไฟฟ้ารบกวน การกำจัดคลื่นสัญญาณรบกวน และการสร้างแผนที่โดยวิธี Whole-brain probabilistic tractography จากภาพถ่ายเอ็มอาร์ไอเทคนิค DTI โดยแผนที่ดังกล่าวที่ถูกสร้างขึ้นมาจะถูกนำไปใช้ในขั้นตอนการซ้อนทับ และขั้นตอนการ Normalize กับภาพเพทเพื่อช่วยในการกำหนดขอบเขตภายในบริเวณเนื้อสมอง หลังจากนั้นทำการประเมินความถูกต้องของการซ้อนทับของภาพแม่แบบภาพเพทมาตรฐาน โดยการประเมินการซ้อนทับกับภาพเพทในกลุ่มผู้ป่วยที่มีภาวะสมองเสื่อมในระยะเริ่มต้นที่เข้ารับการถ่ายภาพเพทบริเวณสมองด้วยการตรวจแบบเดียวกัน จากนั้นทำการประเมินและให้คะแนนความถูกต้องในการซ้อนทับของภาพเพทกับแม่แบบภาพเพทมาตรฐานบริเวณสมองโดยรังสีแพทย์ผู้เชี่ยวชาญทางด้านเวชศาสตร์นิวเคลียร์จำนวน 3 คน ด้วยวิธีการแบบปกปิดข้อมูล แล้วทำการเปรียบเทียบค่าคะแนนดังกล่าวโดยใช้การทดสอบทางสถิติแบบ Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test การประเมินความสอดคล้องภายในโดยใช้สถิติ Fleiss Kappa test และสถิติ Cohen’s weighted Kappa test ผ่านโปรแกรม SPSS ที่ระดับความเชื่อมั่น ร้อยละ 95 นอกจากนี้ในงานวิจัยได้ทำการหาค่า Dice similarly coefficient เพิ่มเติม เพื่อเปรียบเทียบความถูกต้องของการซ้อนทับดังกล่าว ผลการศึกษาวิจัยพบว่าคะแนนประเมินความถูกต้องในการซ้อนทับของภาพเพทกับแม่แบบมาตรฐานภาพเพทบริเวณสมองที่สร้างขึ้นด้วยวิธีการใหม่มีค่าสูงกว่าแม่แบบมาตรฐานภาพเพทบริเวณสมองที่สร้างขึ้นด้วยวิธีการเดิมอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ ซึ่งสอดคล้องกับค่า Dice similarly coefficient ที่พบว่ามีค่าสูงสุดในแม่แบบมาตรฐานภาพเพทบริเวณสมองที่สร้างขึ้นด้วยวิธีการใหม่ อย่างไรก็ตามพบว่าผลการประเมินค่าความสอดคล้องภายในอยู่ในระดับสอดคล้องกันแบบเล็กน้อย ซึ่งจากผลการศึกษาวิจัยดังกล่าวสรุปได้ว่า แม่แบบมาตรฐานภาพเพทบริเวณสมองที่สร้างขึ้นมาใหม่โดยใช้ภาพเอ็มอาร์ไอเทคนิค DTI มาร่วมด้วย มีการซ้อนทับของภาพที่ดีกว่าเดิมและเหมาะสมในการที่จะนำไปใช้ในการช่วยวินิจฉัยผู้ป่วยที่มีสภาวะโรคสมองเสื่อม

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การพัฒนาระบบฝึกเดินพร้อมการประเมินผลการเดินด้วยอุปกรณ์ไลดาร์, ศุภรักษ์ ศักดารักษ์ Jan 2022

การพัฒนาระบบฝึกเดินพร้อมการประเมินผลการเดินด้วยอุปกรณ์ไลดาร์, ศุภรักษ์ ศักดารักษ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การศึกษานี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อพัฒนาอุปกรณ์ฝึกเดินที่มีการนำอุปกรณ์วัดระยะทางด้วยแสง หรือ อุปกรณ์ไลดาร์ มาประยุกต์ใช้ในการเก็บข้อมูลการเดิน และนำข้อมูลการเดินที่อุปกรณ์ไลดาร์เก็บได้ มาทำการประมวลผลเป็นตัวแปรการเดินต่าง ๆ ได้อย่างแม่นยำโดยไม่จำเป็นต้องทำการปรับเทียบทุกครั้งก่อนใช้งาน และ ไม่จำเป็นต้องติดวัตถุลงบนร่างกายของผู้ใช้งานก็สามารถเก็บข้อมูลได้อย่างแม่นยำ โดยในการศึกษาครั้งนี้ ได้ทำการทดสอบความถูกต้องและความแม่นยำในการเก็บข้อมูลโดยเปรียบเทียบกับอุปกรณ์ถ่ายภาพความเคลื่อนไหวทางคลินิก โดยจากการทดสอบพบว่า จากความคลาดเคลื่อนในการวิเคราะห์ตัวแปรเชิงระยะทาง และ ความคลาดเคลื่อนในการวิเคราะห์ตัวแปรเชิงเวลา ที่ต่ำกว่า 10% โดยสรุป จากการทดสอบกับระบบเก็บข้อมูลการเดินมาตรฐานทางการแพทย์ มีความเป็นไปได้ที่จะนำอุปกรณ์ฝึกเดินพร้อมระบบวัดระยะทางด้วยแสงที่พัฒนาขึ้นนี้ มาใช้งานในการเก็บข้อมูลการเดินจริงได้ ซึ่งระบบฝึกเดินที่พัฒนาขึ้นนี้ จะมีประโยชน์ในการกายภาพบำบัดและการฟื้นฟูร่างกายแบบทางไกล

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The Role Of Pro-Longevity Micrornas In Aging, Sarah Noureddine Jan 2022

The Role Of Pro-Longevity Micrornas In Aging, Sarah Noureddine

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Cellular senescence, a hallmark of aging, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many major age-related disorders, including atherosclerosis, metabolic disease, and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD is characterized by increased cognitive impairment and treatment options available provide minimal disease attenuation. Additionally, diagnostic methods for AD are not conclusive with definitive diagnoses requiring postmortem brain evaluations. Therefore, miRNAs, a class of small, non-coding RNAs, have garnered attention for their ability to regulate a variety of mRNAs and their potential to serve as both therapeutic targets and biomarkers of disease. Several miRNAs have already been implicated with AD …

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Exploring Cell Differentiation Vs. Localization In Engineered Ligament-To-Bone Entheses, Saagar N. Sheth, Michael E. Brown, Jennifer L. Puetzer Jan 2022

Exploring Cell Differentiation Vs. Localization In Engineered Ligament-To-Bone Entheses, Saagar N. Sheth, Michael E. Brown, Jennifer L. Puetzer

UROP Posters

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) connects to bone via structurally complex insertions known as entheses that translate load from elastic ligament and stiff bone via gradients in organization, composition, and cell phenotype [1]. These gradients are not recreated in graft repair or engineered replacements, yielding limited repair options and high failure rates [2]. Previously, we developed a culture system that uses a tensile-compressive interface to guide ligament fibroblasts to develop early postnatal-like entheses by 6 weeks [3]; however, cells used were isolated from the entirety of the neonatal bovine ACL from bone to bone and likely contained multiple cell phenotypes …

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Patient-Specific Cardiovascular Superelastic Niti Stents Produced By Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Valentina Finazzi, Francesca Berti, Roger J. Guillory Ii, Lorenza Petrini, Barbara Previtali, Ali Gökhan Demir Jan 2022

Patient-Specific Cardiovascular Superelastic Niti Stents Produced By Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Valentina Finazzi, Francesca Berti, Roger J. Guillory Ii, Lorenza Petrini, Barbara Previtali, Ali Gökhan Demir

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

To date, there is a general lack of customizability within the selection of endovascular devices for catheter-based vascular interventions. Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) has been flexibly exploited to produce customized implants using conventional biomedical alloys for orthopedic and dental applications. Applying LPBF for cardiovascular applications, patient-specific stents can be produced with small struts (approximately 100-300 µm), variable geometries, and clinically used metals capable of superelastic behaviour at body temperature (eg. equiatomic nickel-titanium alloys, NiTi). Additionally, the growing availability and use of patient-specific 3D models provides a unique opportunity to outline the necessary manufacturing process that would be required for …

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The Lognometer: A New Normalized And Computerized Device For Assessing The Neurodevelopment Of Fine Motor Control In Children, Christian O'Reilly, Rejean Plamondon, Nadir Faci Jan 2022

The Lognometer: A New Normalized And Computerized Device For Assessing The Neurodevelopment Of Fine Motor Control In Children, Christian O'Reilly, Rejean Plamondon, Nadir Faci

Publications

Motor skills are fundamental for the development of children. Neurodevelopmental tests currently used by professionals for measuring motor control maturity exhibit several limitations. To address some of these, we have designed the Lognometer, a tablet-based device that can run computerized neuromotor tests. To normalize this tool against a representative population, we collected handwritten triangles from 780 children. We used the Sigma-Lognormal model and a prototype-based parameter estimation algorithm to analyze these movements. To ensure clinical acceptance, we developed an explainable solution relying on statistical regression. We evaluated how well the proposed lognormal decomposition captures the motor control maturation between 6 …

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Advancing Combined Radiological And Optical Scanning For Breast-Conserving Surgery Margin Guidance, Samuel Stewart Streeter Jan 2022

Advancing Combined Radiological And Optical Scanning For Breast-Conserving Surgery Margin Guidance, Samuel Stewart Streeter

Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations

Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide, and standard-of-care for early-stage disease typically involves a lumpectomy or breast-conserving surgery (BCS). BCS involves the local resection of cancerous tissue, while sparring as much healthy tissue as possible. State-of-the-art methods for intraoperatively evaluating BCS margins are limited. Approximately 20% of BCS cases result in a tissue resection with cancer at or near the resection surface (i.e., a positive margin). A two-fold increase in ipsilateral breast cancer recurrence is associated with the presence of one or more positive margins. Consequently, positive margins often necessitate costly re-excision procedures to …

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The Aquatic Particle Number Quandry, Alexander B. Bochdansky, Huanqing Huang, Maureen H. Conte Jan 2022

The Aquatic Particle Number Quandry, Alexander B. Bochdansky, Huanqing Huang, Maureen H. Conte

OES Faculty Publications

Optical surveys of aquatic particles and their particle size spectra have become important tools in studies of light propagation in water, classification of water masses, and the dynamics of trophic interactions affecting particle aggregation and flux. Here, we demonstrate that typical settings used in image analysis vastly underestimate particle numbers due to the particle – gel continuum. Applying a wide range of threshold values to change the sensitivity of our detection system, we show that macrogels cannot be separated from more dense particles, and that a true particle number per volume cannot be ascertained; only relative numbers in relation to …

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In-Flow Dynamics Of An Area-Difference-Energy Spring-Particle Red Blood Cell Model On Non-Uniform Grids, Brendan Walsh, Fergal Boyle Jan 2022

In-Flow Dynamics Of An Area-Difference-Energy Spring-Particle Red Blood Cell Model On Non-Uniform Grids, Brendan Walsh, Fergal Boyle

Articles

In this paper the area-difference-energy spring-particle (ADE-SP) red blood cell (RBC) structural model developed by Chen and Boyle is coupled with a lattice Boltzmann flux solver to simulate RBC dynamics. The novel ADE-SP model accounts for bending resistance due to the membrane area difference of RBCs while the lattice Boltzmann flux solver offers reduced computational runtimes through GPU parallelisation and enabling the employment of non-uniform meshes. This coupled model is used to simulate RBC dynamics and predictions are compared with existing experimental measurements. The simulations successfully predict tumbling, tank-treading, swinging and intermittent behaviour of an RBC in shear flow, and …

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Minimally Invasive In Vivo Endoscopic Monitoring Of Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Murine Colitis, Elizabeth A. Bullard, Ariel I. Mundo, Shelby N. Bess, Kathryn Miller Priest, Timothy J. Muldoon Jan 2022

Minimally Invasive In Vivo Endoscopic Monitoring Of Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Murine Colitis, Elizabeth A. Bullard, Ariel I. Mundo, Shelby N. Bess, Kathryn Miller Priest, Timothy J. Muldoon

Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a gastrointestinal, autoimmune disease that causes ulceration and inflammation of the colon with an incidence of 10 out of every 100,000 people in North America and Western Europe. Though the specific cause is unknown, several studies have demonstrated that inflammatory cells as well as environmental variables, genetics, and lifestyle behaviors can play a role in the long-term inflammatory response. Researchers have commonly used immunohistochemistry, western blotting and gene sequencing to establish the cellular processes behind UC relapse and remission. However, because these destructive methods necessitate the removal of a sample, they can only be used on …

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Raman Spectroscopy Reveals Phenotype Switches In Breast Cancer Metastasis, Santosh Kumar Paidi, Joel Rodriguez Troncoso, Mason G. Harper, Zhenhui Liu, Khue G. Nguyen, Sruthi Ravindranathan, Lisa Rebello, David E. Lee, Jesse D. Ivers, David A. Zaharoff, Narasimhan Rajaram, Ishan Barman Jan 2022

Raman Spectroscopy Reveals Phenotype Switches In Breast Cancer Metastasis, Santosh Kumar Paidi, Joel Rodriguez Troncoso, Mason G. Harper, Zhenhui Liu, Khue G. Nguyen, Sruthi Ravindranathan, Lisa Rebello, David E. Lee, Jesse D. Ivers, David A. Zaharoff, Narasimhan Rajaram, Ishan Barman

Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

The accurate analytical characterization of metastatic phenotype at primary tumor diagnosis and its evolution with time are critical for controlling metastatic progression of cancer. Here, we report a label-free optical strategy using Raman spectroscopy and machine learning to identify distinct metastatic phenotypes observed in tumors formed by isogenic murine breast cancer cell lines of progressively increasing metastatic propensities. Methods: We employed the 4T1 isogenic panel of murine breast cancer cells to grow tumors of varying metastatic potential and acquired label-free spectra using a fiber probe-based portable Raman spectroscopy system. We used MCR-ALS and random forests classifiers to identify putative spectral …

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An Antimicrobial Polydopamine Surface Coating To Reduce Biofouling On Telemetry Tags Used In Marine Conservation Practices, Ariana Smies Jan 2022

An Antimicrobial Polydopamine Surface Coating To Reduce Biofouling On Telemetry Tags Used In Marine Conservation Practices, Ariana Smies

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Satellite telemetry tags are used to track the migration patterns of large cetaceans. These tags penetrate the dermis and remain embedded in the underlying blubber tissue. As the dermis of cetaceans is host to a diverse microbiome, and it is impossible to clean the skin before implanting the devices, the potential for infection is increased when the tags penetrate through the skin. H2O2 is a potential antimicrobial agent that, in addition to showing broad-spectrum efficacy against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, can promote wound healing outcomes by promoting proliferative factors and peptides that protect against oxidative stress. However, …

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Multimodal Ultrasound Imaging For Improved Metastatic Lymph Node Detection, Sidhartha Jandhyala Jan 2022

Multimodal Ultrasound Imaging For Improved Metastatic Lymph Node Detection, Sidhartha Jandhyala

Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and is complex in nature due to the variety of organs located in the head and neck region. Knowing the metastatic state of the lymph nodes is paramount in accurately staging and treating HNSCC patients. Currently, metastatic lymph node detection involves the use of magnetic resonance imaging and/or x-ray computed tomography, followed by biopsies for histological confirmation. The main diagnostic criteria is the size of the nodes; however, current imaging methods are not 100% accurate due natural lymph node variability. Ultrasound imaging is able to provide …

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Phase-Changing Nanodroplets As Nanotheranostic Platform For Combination Cancer Therapy, Catalina-Paula Spatarelu Jan 2022

Phase-Changing Nanodroplets As Nanotheranostic Platform For Combination Cancer Therapy, Catalina-Paula Spatarelu

Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations

Cancer is a cluster of diseases, and 1.8 million Americans are newly diagnosed each year. Treatment issues such as drug instability, the occurrence of severe side effects, as well as resistance make the need for solutions to improve conventional methods, like chemotherapy, apparent. Nano-sized drug-delivery platforms, particles loaded with therapeutic molecules that escape the immune system clearance and accumulate at the tumor site, were proposed as one of these solutions. Despite the expansion of the field, several aspects still need to be addressed: inconsistent delivery of the drugs, inability of measuring the effective dose being delivered to the tumor, lack …

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An Investigation Into The Plate Fixation For Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures, Xiang Chen Jan 2022

An Investigation Into The Plate Fixation For Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures, Xiang Chen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Periprosthetic femoral fractures are the third most reason for reoperation after the total hip arthroplasty with an incident rate of approximately 6%. The Vancouver type B periprosthetic femoral fractures account for over 70% of all cases, while the sub-type B1 fracture (when the total hip stem is stable) has remained a clinical challenge due to incidences of severe complications after the standard plate-screw fixation. To seek biomechanically sound fixations for the Vancouver type B1 fracture, this dissertation developed a combined modeling and testing framework to investigate the efficacy of fixation for a Vancouver type B1 fracture using different construct lengths …

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Immunomodulatory Functions Of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Are Enhanced When Cultured On Hep/Col Multilayers Supplemented With Interferon-Gamma, Mahsa Letter-Mahsa Haseli, David A. Castilla-Casadiego, Luis Carlos Pinzon-Herrera, Alexander Hillsley, Katherine A. Miranda-Munoz, Srikanth Sivaraman, Adrianne M. Rosales, Raj R. Rao, Jorge Almodovar Jan 2022

Immunomodulatory Functions Of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Are Enhanced When Cultured On Hep/Col Multilayers Supplemented With Interferon-Gamma, Mahsa Letter-Mahsa Haseli, David A. Castilla-Casadiego, Luis Carlos Pinzon-Herrera, Alexander Hillsley, Katherine A. Miranda-Munoz, Srikanth Sivaraman, Adrianne M. Rosales, Raj R. Rao, Jorge Almodovar

Chemical Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Human mesenchymal stromal cells (hMSCs) are multipotent cells that have been proposed for cell therapies due to their immunosuppressive capacity that can be enhanced in the presence of interferon-gamma (IFN-γ). In this study, multilayers of heparin (HEP) and collagen (COL) (HEP/COL) were used as a bioactive surface to enhance the immunomodulatory activity of hMSCs using soluble IFN-γ. Multilayers were formed, via layer-by-layer assembly, varying the final layer between COL and HEP and supplemented with IFN-γ in the culture medium. We evaluated the viability, adhesion, real-time growth, differentiation, and immunomodulatory activity of hMSCs on (HEP/COL) multilayers. HMSCs viability, adhesion, and growth …

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Comparing Symbolic And Connectionist Algorithms For Correlating The Age Of Healthy Children With Sigma-Lognormal Neuromuscular Parameters, Zigeng Zhang, Christian O'Reilly, Rejean Plamondon Jan 2022

Comparing Symbolic And Connectionist Algorithms For Correlating The Age Of Healthy Children With Sigma-Lognormal Neuromuscular Parameters, Zigeng Zhang, Christian O'Reilly, Rejean Plamondon

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It is important to accurately evaluate the motor control maturity to help physicians diagnose delayed or abnormal motor development in children. Traditionally, it has been challenging to design assessment methods that are practical and accurate at the same time. This study aims to develop an effective algorithm to predict motor control maturity based on the Kinematic Theory of rapid human movements. We used handwritten pen strokes made on an electronic tablet by 513 children (5.5 to 13 years of age). We considered two types of movements: a single stroke and a triangle drawing test. For the analysis, Sigma-Lognormal parameters were …

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Totally Tubulair - Adjustable Nasal Cannula, Megan Bruns, Emily Mcgrath, Angelina Marchio, Olivia Renkel Jan 2022

Totally Tubulair - Adjustable Nasal Cannula, Megan Bruns, Emily Mcgrath, Angelina Marchio, Olivia Renkel

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Many individuals require short-term and long-term oxygen therapy. These users experience discomfort and problems with the standard nasal cannula that are compounded by issues with oxygen sources being heavy with limited supply and tubing getting tangled, kinked, or not providing enough mobility. The objective of this project was to address ergonomic issues with oxygen therapy devices to increase the ease of use for healthcare workers, patients, and families. By following the engineering design process, a prototype was developed for a nasal cannula with interchangeable prongs. The new design allows users to select a prong size that is more comfortable for …

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Reconstruction Of Vectorcardiogram From Standard 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Using Convolutional Neural Network, Tanawan Tearwattanarattikal Jan 2022

Reconstruction Of Vectorcardiogram From Standard 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Using Convolutional Neural Network, Tanawan Tearwattanarattikal

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

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Effects Of Thai Silk Fibroin Content On Properties Of Bioactive Glass-Silk Fibroin Hybrid Scaffolds, Ayuth Vejpongsa Jan 2022

Effects Of Thai Silk Fibroin Content On Properties Of Bioactive Glass-Silk Fibroin Hybrid Scaffolds, Ayuth Vejpongsa

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Hybrid scaffolds of bioactive glass (BG) and silk fibroin (SF) were fabricated. 70S30C (70% mol Si, 30% mol Ca) BG is a ceramic biomaterial with natural bone bonding and osteoconductivity potentials. SF is a natural polymer from the silk cocoon of bombyx mori with many desirable properties for tissue engineering applications. Hybridisation between these two biomaterials could mitigate the brittle characteristic of ceramic, enabling the scaffold to resist cyclic load better. This study varied the ratio between BG and SF (BG:SF; 100:0, 95:5, 90:10, 85:15, 80:20, 0:100) and characterized the scaffolds, noting the difference between the scaffolds as a result …

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Load Sharing Assessment Of Osseoligamentous Structures Within A Thoracic Spine Segment During Surgical Release, Michael Polanco, James Bennett, Austin Tapp, Michel Audette, Stacie Ringleb, Sebastian Bawab Jan 2022

Load Sharing Assessment Of Osseoligamentous Structures Within A Thoracic Spine Segment During Surgical Release, Michael Polanco, James Bennett, Austin Tapp, Michel Audette, Stacie Ringleb, Sebastian Bawab

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Spinal surgical procedures often require release of intervertebral discs and ligaments to optimally achieve postural correction on a patient-specific basis. In this paper, a T7-T8 Finite Element (FE) model is utilized to examine internal load sharing during resection steps performed in a Ponte osteotomy. The FE model was rotated bidirectionally along three anatomical planes using an externally applied moment. In each step, the Ranges of Motion (RoM), Instantaneous Centers of Rotation (ICR), and forces from ligaments, discs, facet, and costovertebral joints were calculated. The product of each component’s force and the distance between the ICR and their position were used …

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Neuromotor Changes In Participants With A Concussion History Can Be Detected With A Custom Smartphone App, Christopher K. Rhea, Masahiro Yamada, Nikita A. Kuznetsov, Jason T. Jakiela, Chanel T. Lojacono, Scott E. Ross, F. J. Haran, Jason M. Bailie, W. Geoffrey Wright Jan 2022

Neuromotor Changes In Participants With A Concussion History Can Be Detected With A Custom Smartphone App, Christopher K. Rhea, Masahiro Yamada, Nikita A. Kuznetsov, Jason T. Jakiela, Chanel T. Lojacono, Scott E. Ross, F. J. Haran, Jason M. Bailie, W. Geoffrey Wright

Rehabilitation Sciences Faculty Publications

Neuromotor dysfunction after a concussion is common, but balance tests used to assess neuromotor dysfunction are typically subjective. Current objective balance tests are either cost- or space-prohibitive, or utilize a static balance protocol, which may mask neuromotor dysfunction due to the simplicity of the task. To address this gap, our team developed an Android-based smartphone app (portable and cost-effective) that uses the sensors in the device (objective) to record movement profiles during a stepping-in-place task (dynamic movement). The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which our custom smartphone app and protocol could discriminate neuromotor behavior between …

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