Recent developments in biochemistry demand faster screening methods which can work with small volumes. This is equally true for estimation of proteins as well. Akins and Tuan [1] have suggested the use of microwaves for enhancing the sensitivity of protein estimation by Lowry's method [2]. Young et al. [3] have described an automated colorimetric microassay system for protein estimation using a...

Network integration studies try to assess the impact of future developments, such as the increase of Renewable Energy Sources or the introduction of Smart Grid Technologies, on large-scale network areas. Goals can be to support strategic alignment in the regulatory framework or to adapt the network planning principles of Distribution System Operators. This study outlines an approach for the aut...

Mismatch between the refractive indexes of immersion media and glass coverslips introduces spherical aberrations in microscopes especially for high numerical aperture objectives. This contribution demonstrates an automated adjustment of the coverslip correction collar in scanning confocal microscopy to compensate for spherical aberrations due to coverslip thickness mismatch. With a motorized co...

Multi-parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and specifically Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE) MRI, play increasingly important roles in detection and staging of prostate cancer (PCa). One of the actively investigated approaches to DCE MRI analysis involves pharmacokinetic (PK) modeling to extract quantitative parameters that may be related to microvascular properties of the tissue. It is well-k...

This paper describes a system for relative navigation and automated proximity operations for a microsatellite using continuous thrust propulsion and low-cost visible and infrared imagers. Image processing algorithms provide range, range rate, and spherical angle estimates relative to a target spacecraft using knowledge of the target spacecraft’s geometry. A differential correction batch filter ...

Pose estimation is an important part in human face recognition because head rotations will significantly affect the recognition accuracy. However, automated and accurate pose determination still remains an unsolved problem in the research community. In this paper, we propose a novel Elastic Energy Model to tackle this problem, which employs statistical energy contributions of a set of feature p...