A SIMPLIFIED KIDNEY PRESERVATION SYSTEM: DEVELOPMENT AND INITIAL RESULTS

This paper presents the research results of the first stage of the Marie Curie Project, MYMOSA (MotorcYcle and MOtorcyclist SAfety). One of the aims of MYMOSA is increasing safety of motorcycle’s rider by better understanding of its road behaviour. It can be achieved by simulations of the motorcycle-rider system during road manoeuvres and pre-/crash scenarios. The process of the motorcycle-rider system development and initial results of the road behaviour simulations are presented. The system is divided into three separate elements: controller, motorcycle and rider’s body models. The co-simulations of motorcycle, rider and controller, are performed to determine the behaviour of the system on the road. Obtained simulation results are compared with results from the system without multibody rider’s model. During further work, kinematic and dynamic properties of the rider’s body parts will be used as inputs for crash simulations with detailed rider’s model to determine positions and severity of injuries caused by crash.

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Hybrid Software and System Development in Practice: Initial Results from Austria

Product-Focused Software Process Improvement - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-69926-4_33 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 435-442 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Michael Felderer ◽

Dietmar Winkler ◽

Stefan Biffl

Keyword(s):

System Development ◽

Initial Results

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Electron Probe Analysis of Vertebrate Smooth Muscle: Distribution of Ca and Ci

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100091652 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 34 ◽

pp. 334-335 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Avril V. Somlyo ◽

H. Shuman ◽

A.P. Somlyo

Keyword(s):

Smooth Muscle ◽

Electron Probe ◽

Preliminary Report ◽

Cell Damage ◽

Electron Probe Analysis ◽

Perinuclear Space ◽

Probe Analysis ◽

High K ◽

Low K ◽

Initial Results

This is a preliminary report of electron probe analysis of rabbit portal-anterior mesenteric vein (PAMV) smooth muscle cryosectioned without fixation or cryoprotection. The instrumentation and method of electron probe quantitation used (1) and our initial results with cardiac (2) and skeletal (3) muscle have been presented elsewhere.In preparations depolarized with high K (K2SO4) solution, significant calcium peaks were detected over the sarcoplasmic reticulum (Fig 1 and 2) and the continuous perinuclear space. In some of the fibers there were also significant (up to 200 mM/kg dry wt) calcium peaks over the mitochondria. However, in smooth muscle that was not depolarized, high mitochondrial Ca was found in fibers that also contained elevated Na and low K (Fig 3). Therefore, the possibility that these Ca-loaded mitochondria are indicative of cell damage remains to be ruled out.

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Cross-sectional TEM specimen preparation from magneto-optical disk by ultramicrotomy

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100147028 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 236-237

Author(s):

F. Shaapur ◽

M.J. Kim ◽

Seh Kwang Lee ◽

Soon Gwang Kim

Keyword(s):

System Development ◽

Thin Foil ◽

Specimen Preparation ◽

Material System ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Protective Layers ◽

New Material ◽

Diamond Saw ◽

Original Production ◽

Thick Medium

TEM characterization and microanalysis of the recording media is crucial and complementary to new material system development as well as quality control applications. Due to the type of material generally used for supporting the medium, i.e., a polymer, conventional macro- and microthinning procedures for thin foil preparation are not applicable. Ultramicrotorny (UM) is a viable option and has been employed in previous similar studies. In this work UM has been used for preparation of XTEM samples from a magneto-optical (MO) recording medium in its original production format.The as-received material system consisted of a 4-layer, 2100 Å thick medium including a 300 Å TbFeCo layer enveloped by silicon nitride protective layers supported on a 1.2 mm thick × 135 mm (5.25 in.) diameter polycarbonate disk. Recording tracks had an approximate pitch of 1.6 μm separated by 800 Å deep peripheral grooves. Using a Buehler Isomet low-speed diamond saw, 1 mm wide and 20 mm long strips were cut out of the disk along the recording tracks.

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