Electroporation is characterized by formation of structural changes within the cell membrane, which are caused by the presence of electrical field. It is believed that "pores" are mostly formed in lipid bilayer structure; if so, planar lipid bilayer represents a suitable model for experimental and theoretical studies of cell membrane electroporation. The breakdown voltage of the lipid bilayer i...

High step-up voltage gain nonisolated DC-DC converter have attracted much attention in photovoltaic, fuel cells and other renewable energy system applications. In this paper, by combining input current ripple-free boost cell with coupled-inductor voltage-doubler cell, an input current ripple-free high voltage gain nonisolated converter is proposed. In addition, passive lossless clamp circuit is...

Both the voltage-dependent anion channel and the glucose-regulated protein 78 have been identified as plasminogen kringle 5 receptors on endothelial cells. In this study, we demonstrate that kringle 5 binds to a region localized in the N-terminal domain of the glucose-regulated protein 78, whereas microplasminogen does so through the C-terminal domain of the glucose-regulated protein 78. Both p...

In order to achieve a longer battery life suppression of energy consumption is vital. A demand for design methods for less energy consumption is increasing. The subthreshold scaling can reduce energy per cycle significantly by the scaling of supply voltage (VDD) below threshold voltage (Vth). Threshold voltage of CMOS technology represents the value of the gate-source voltage when the current i...

In the developing context of distributed generation and flexible smart grids, in order to realize electrochemical storage systems, Modular Multilevel Converters (MMCs) represent an interesting alternative more traditional Voltage Source Inverters (VSIs). This paper presents a novel analytical investigation cell power losses MMCs their dependence on injected common mode voltage. Steady-state are...

In this study, an electrochemical-thermal coupled model was developed to investigate the electrical and thermal behaviors of commercial NCR18650b Li-ion cell during three different discharge rates. The 1-dimensional electrochemical consists a positive electrode, electrolyte, negative electrode employs related mass charge transfer equations for both solid liquid phases predicting cell's voltage ...

Background: The consideration of neurons as coupled mechanical-electrophysiological systems is supported by a growing body experimental evidence, including observations that cell membranes mechanically deform during the propagation an action potential. However, short-term (seconds to minutes) influence membrane voltage on mechanical properties neuron at single-cell level remains unknown. Materi...

Voltage-gated Ca 21 channels of the plasma membrane open in response to changes in cell membrane potential, providing an important pathway for regulated entry of extracellular Ca ions. Ca channels comprise a family of structurally related proteins displaying tissueand stage-specific expression. They are classified as either high voltage-activated (HVA) or low voltage-activated (LVA) and can be ...

In this paper, a new single-port five-transistor (5T) Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cell and associated read/write assist circuitries is proposed. Amongst them, a voltage level conversion circuit is to provide a voltage of the respective connected word line to be lower than or equal to a power supply voltage VDD such that the read/write-ability of the cell can be improved. Furthermore, a v...

In this paper, a novel single-port five-transistor (5T) Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cell and associated read/write assist is proposed. Amongst them, a word line suppression circuit is to provide a voltage of the respective connected word line to be lower than the power supply voltage VDD, as such the read/writeability of the cell can be improved and the half-selected cells disturbance ca...