This paper proposes a Micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) capacitive pressure sensor that relies on the movable electrode displaced like a flat plate equal to the maximum center deflection of diaphragm. The diaphragm, movable electrode and mechanical coupling are made of polysilicon, gold and Si3N4, respectively. The fixed electrode is gold and the substrate is Pyrex glass. This proposed method inc...

Bone loss associated with musculoskeletal trauma or metabolic diseases often require bone grafting. The supply of allograft and autograft bones is limited. Hence, development of synthetic bone grafting materials is an active area of research. Chitosan, extracted from chitin present in crawfish shells, was tested as a delivery vehicle for osteoblasts in a 2-3 mm size defect model in rats. Twenty...

An analytical Mason equivalent circuit is derived for a circular, clamped plate piezoelectric micro-machined ultrasonic transducer (pMUT) design in 31 mode considering an arbitrary electrode configuration at any axisymmetric vibration mode. The explicit definition of lumped parameters based entirely on geometry, material properties and defined constants enables straightforward and wide ranging ...

Squeeze-film damping plays a significant role in the performance of micro-resonators because it determines their quality factors. Perforations in microstructures are often used to control the squeeze-film damping in micro-resonators. To model the perforation effects on the squeeze-film damping, many analytical models have been proposed, however, most of the previous models have been concerned w...

IANDERSTR0M-LANG AND HOLTER [1931] have described a micro-technique of great beauty, which they have used, amongst other things, for the estimation of reducing sugars [1933]. With the help of this technique, the Pfluiger [1904] method for the quantitative precipitation of glycogen was adapted to the estimation of small amounts of this substance. A number of difficulties were met with, and the e...

the effect of a distributed patch mass on the natural frequency of vibration of a laminated rectangular plate with simply supported boundaries is investigated. the third order displacement field of a composite laminated rectangular plate is defined using the two variable refined plate theory. equations of motion of the plate are obtained with the help of calculus of variation. parametric study ...

In this article the control problem of a micro-actuator (μ − A) is considered. The μ − A is composed of a micro-capacitor, whose one plate is clamped while its other flexible plate’s motion is constrained by hinges acting as a combination of springs and dashpots. The distance of the plates is varied by the applied voltage between them. The flexibility of the moving plate coupled to the dynamics...

OBJECTIVES Recombinant protein production processes in Escherichia coli are usually operated in fed-batch mode; therefore, the elaboration of a fed-batch cultivation protocol in microtiter plates that allows for screening under production like conditions is particularly appealing. RESULTS A highly reproducible fed-batch like microtiter plate cultivation protocol for E. coli in a micro-bioreac...

OBJECTIVE This study was planned to investigate the effects of exogenous leptin on the pain threshold. METHODS Adult male Wistar rats weighing 250-300 g and mice weighing 25-30 g were used in this study. Leptin was intracerebroventricularly (i. c. v.) injected in a dose of 3.5 micro g/rat. Mice were intraperitoneally (i. p.) injected with leptin in a dose of 25 micro g/mouse. Control animals ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous environmental pollutants and the main toxicants found in cigarettes. Women are often exposed to PAHs before pregnancy, typically via prepregnancy smoking. To determine how prepregnancy exposure affects the fetoplacental vasculature of the placenta, we exposed female mice to PAHs before conception, perfused the fetoplacental arterial trees w...