Title of thesis: INTEGRATION OF BENZOCYCLOBUTENE POYMERS AND SILICON MICROMACHNED STRUCTURES FABRICATED WITH ANISOTROPIC WET ETCHING Nima Ghalichechian, Master of Science, 2005 Thesis directed by: Professor Reza Ghodssi Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Integration of low dielectric constant Benzocyclobutene (BCB) film with deep etched structures in silicon allows the fabricatio...

background: many studies reported that follicle size has an essential role in developmental potential of oocytes. also, the brilliant cresyl blue (bcb) test is one of the most important criteria in selection of more competent oocytes. objective: selection of developmentally competent bovine oocytes. materials and methods: a total of 1730 bovine cumulus oocyte complexes (cocs) were recovered fro...

The mitochondrion is explicitly involved in cytoplasmic regulation and is the cell's major generator of ATP. Our aim was to determine whether mitochondria alone could influence fertilisation outcome. In vitro, oocyte competence can be assessed through the presence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) as indicated by the dye, brilliant cresyl blue (BCB). Using porcine in vitro fertilisati...

Background: The developmental competence of oocytes matured in vitro (IVM) is yet far below than in vivo counterparts. Recent studies suggest that the asynchrony between nuclear/cytoplasmic maturation and the initial low/heterogeneous quality of oocytes are the most important factors affecting IVM success. We investigated whether selection of growing oocytes (based on their glucose 6- phosphate...

The Brief Cognitive Battery (BCB) developed by our group for cognitive assessment of low educated individuals has also shown to be highly accurate in diagnosing dementia of individuals with medium or high levels of education, making it a useful tool for populations with heterogeneous educational background. The application of BCB takes around eight minutes, a rather long period for a screening ...

This paper reports the characterization of a photosensitive benzocyclobutene (BCB), a low dielectric constant spin-on polymer for use as interlayer dielectric in the microelectronics industry. Research work is divided into three main sections. First, BCB thin film characterization was done to investigate the effects of curing conditions on BCB film thickness, dielectric properties, optical prop...

Title of Dissertation: BENZOCYCLOBUTENE MICRORING RESONATORS Wei-Yen Chen, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Dissertation Directed By: Professor Ping-Tong Ho Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) at optical carrier frequencies offers more capacity and flexibility of fiber networks and upgrades conventional point-topoint fiber-optic transmission links ...

Various micromachining techniques exist to realize integrated microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which include sensors, signal processing and/or driving circuits, and/or actuators in one small die. Post-processing techniques performed on foundry-fabricated circuits (e.g., MOSIS) are attractive since such an approach eliminates the need for an in-house integrated circuit fabrication line to ...

Resumo A partir da crítica à racionalidade instrumental, baseada em Weber, Habermas e Arendt, busca-se analisar, por meio de entrevistas das lideranças envolvidas na criação do Banco Central Brasil (BCB), a tensão entre política técnica sua formação como burocracia. pesquisa, história oral, foi feita com base realizadas pelo CPDOC/FGV, publicadas 2019, 25 volumes “Coleção História Contada Brasi...

Cell water permeability and cell wall properties are critical to survival of plant cells during freezing, however the underlying molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we report that a specifically cold-induced nuclear protein, Tolerant to Chilling and Freezing 1 (TCF1), interacts with histones H3 and H4 and associates with chromatin containing a target gene, blue-copper-binding protein (BC...