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- Description:
- As a versatile joint, the wrist remains stable through large motions under a variety of loading conditions. Wrist motion is achieved through the individual articulations …
- Year:
- 2012
- Contributor:
- Rainbow, Michael John (creator)
- Crisco, Joseph (Director)
- Buczek, Frank (Reader)
- Fleming, Braden (Reader)
- Laidlaw, David (Reader)
- Roberts, Thomas (Reader)
- Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
- Genre:
- theses
- Subject:
- Computed Tomgraphy
- Simulation
- Carpus Kinematics
- In Vivo
- Simulation methods
- Ligaments
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Biology and Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering
- Theses and Dissertations
- Description:
- Polymeric fibers have been long been used in the medical field to aid in maintaining and improving the quality of life. It is therefore not …
- Year:
- 2012
- Contributor:
- Lavin, Danya Marie (creator)
- Mathiowitz, Edith (Director)
- Hoffman-Kim, Diane (Reader)
- Morgan, Jeffrey (Reader)
- Tripathi, Anubhav (Reader)
- Hopkins, Richard (Reader)
- Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
- Genre:
- theses
- Subject:
- wet spinning
- drug delivery
- release kinetics
- mechanical properties
- Fibers
- Drug delivery systems
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Biology and Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering
- Theses and Dissertations
- Description:
- This dissertation focuses on the development of new drug delivery platforms using carbon nanotubes. Two nanotube systems, namely single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and multi-walled …
- Year:
- 2012
- Contributor:
- Wu, Chia-Hsuan (creator)
- Xu, Jimmy (Director)
- Tripathi, Anubhav (Reader)
- Hurt, Robert (Reader)
- Marshall, John (Reader)
- Wanebo, Harold (Reader)
- Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
- Genre:
- theses
- Subject:
- drug delivery
- controlled release
- Carbon nanotubes
- Drug delivery systems
- Therapeutics
- Cancer
- Drugs--Controlled release
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Biology and Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering
- Theses and Dissertations
- Description:
- This thesis is centered around a novel computer navigation experience. A computer game was developed to study how humans navigate from a start position to …
- Year:
- 2012
- Contributor:
- Raiti, John G (creator)
- Daniels, Jerry (Director)
- Anderson, James (Reader)
- Engbretson, Gustav (Reader)
- Stein, John (Reader)
- Zia, Rashid (Reader)
- Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
- Genre:
- theses
- Subject:
- estimation
- Perception
- Navigation
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Biology and Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering
- Theses and Dissertations
- Description:
- Microfluidic devices have the potential to transform diagnostic assays by reducing error, complexity, time, and cost. Furthermore, the miniaturization of multiple assay steps onto a …
- Year:
- 2012
- Contributor:
- McCalla, Stephanie Ellen (creator)
- Tripathi, Anubhav (Director)
- Opal, Steven (Reader)
- Rothstein, Jonathan (Reader)
- Morgan, Jeffrey (Reader)
- Palmore, Tayhas (Reader)
- Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
- Genre:
- theses
- Subject:
- NASBA
- assay
- transport
- RNA amplification
- Transcription
- Microfluidics
- Influenza
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Biology and Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering
- Theses and Dissertations
- Description:
- Nerves must navigate through complex environmental cues during development and after injury to connect and reconnect with their proper targets to generate and regenerate function …
- Year:
- 2012
- Contributor:
- Richardson, Julie Ann (creator)
- Hoffman-Kim, Diane (Director)
- Morgan, Jeffrey (Reader)
- Tripathi, Anubhav (Reader)
- Darling, Eric (Reader)
- Mulvaney, Shawn (Reader)
- Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
- Genre:
- theses
- Subject:
- neurite
- guidance
- topography
- molecular
- Nerves
- Medical geography
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Biology and Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering
- Theses and Dissertations
- Description:
- Forces play an important role in physiology and pathology. Throughout development, cellular forces aid in the creation of tissues and organs. In wound healing, cellular …
- Year:
- 2012
- Contributor:
- Youssef, Jacquelyn (creator)
- Morgan, Jeffrey (Director)
- Tripathi, Anubhav (Reader)
- Shenoy, Vivek (Reader)
- Darling, Eric (Reader)
- Billiar, Kristen (Reader)
- Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
- Genre:
- theses
- Subject:
- Self-assembly
- mechotransduction
- microtissue
- contractile forces
- Self-assembly (Chemistry)
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Biology and Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering
- Theses and Dissertations
- Description:
- Bacterial infections caused by antibiotic resistant strains are of deep concern due to an increasing prevalence, and are a major cause of morbidity in the …
- Year:
- 2012
- Contributor:
- Taylor, Erik N (creator)
- Webster, Thomas (Director)
- Tarquinio, Keiko (Reader)
- Tripathi, Anubhav (Reader)
- Hurt, Robert (Reader)
- Banerjee, Rinti (Reader)
- Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
- Genre:
- theses
- Subject:
- Antibacterial; Biofilm; Infection; Nanotechnology; Superparamagnetic
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Biology and Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering
- Theses and Dissertations
- Description:
- Particulate zinc oxide (ZnO) is a well-known antibacterial agent. Studies have shown that reducing the size of ZnO particles to nanoscale dimensions further enhances their …
- Year:
- 2012
- Contributor:
- Seil, Justin T (creator)
- Webster, Thomas (Director)
- Tarquinio, Keiko (Reader)
- Bennett, Richard (Reader)
- Tripathi, Anubhav (Reader)
- Basu, Bikramjit (Reader)
- Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
- Genre:
- theses
- Subject:
- nanomaterials
- Nanostructured materials
- Bacteria
- Zinc oxide
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Biology and Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering
- Theses and Dissertations
- Description:
- The studies presented in this dissertation describe and apply methods for using biplanar videoradiography to study dynamic in vivo knee motion. The techniques presented in …
- Year:
- 2012
- Contributor:
- Miranda, Daniel Leo (creator)
- Braden, Fleming (Director)
- Joseph, Crisco (Reader)
- Elizabeth, Brainerd (Reader)
- David, Laidlaw (Reader)
- Michael, Bey (Reader)
- Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
- Genre:
- theses
- Subject:
- kinetics
- ACL
- injury
- biplanar videoradiography
- optical motion capture
- computed tomography
- CT
- motion capture
- biomechanics
- recreational athletes
- anatomical coordinate system
- ACS
- bone model
- three-dimensional
- 3-D
- jump-cut
- gender
- ACL reconstruction
- error
- accuracy
- markerless tracking
- marker-based tracking
- muscle activity
- quadriceps
- hamstring
- gastrocnemius
- EMG
- elongation
- excursion
- ground reaction force
- force plate
- surface interactions
- Biomedical engineering
- Kinematics
- Dynamics
- Anterior cruciate ligament
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
- Biomechanics
- Tomography
- American Colonization Society
- Bones--Models
- Three-dimensional imaging
- Sex
- Modeling
- Medical errors
- Algorithms
- Quadriceps muscle
- Hamstring muscle
- Electromyography
- Ground reaction force (Biomechanics)
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Biology and Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering
- Theses and Dissertations
- Description:
- This thesis highlights our advances across many disciplines developing a fully implantable, low power, broadband, and wireless neural recording platform for use in persons with …
- Year:
- 2012
- Contributor:
- Borton, David Allenson (creator)
- Nurmikko, Arto (Director)
- Donoghue, John (Reader)
- Tripathi, Anubhav (Reader)
- Darling, Eric (Reader)
- Denison, Timothy (Reader)
- Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
- Genre:
- theses
- Subject:
- Neuroengineering
- Brain-Machine Interface
- Neuroprosthetics
- Neurosciences
- Brain-computer interfaces
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Biology and Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering
- Theses and Dissertations