in the present work, the effect of ca(no3)2.4h2o and (nh4)2hpo4 primary solutions as the beginning materials in synthesis of a calcium phosphate phase, was examined. so, we investigated the wet chemical reactions in solution at different temperatures by a hydrothermal condition aimed at hydroxyapatite (ca10(po4)6(oh)2); (hap) synthesis. the powders were investigated by xrd,sem, fe-tem, hrtem, e...

This article describes the educational methodology related to the ‘Software and Protocols Engineering: Software for Medical Equipment’ subject, belonging to the Engineering School of the University of Navarra (TECNUN). The integral design of embedded systems is successfully overcome through the use of techniques from Software Engineering and Systems Engineering, and the novel use of the Rhapsod...

An important factor influencing the pace of research activity is the ability of researchers to discover and leverage heterogeneous resources. Usually, researcher profiles, laboratory equipment, data samples, clinical trials, and other research resources are stored in heterogeneous datasets in large organizations. Emergent semantic web technologies provide novel approaches to discover, annotate ...

When attached to surfaces, aggregated microorganisms (predominantly bacteria) and their extracellular polymeric substances are commonly known as biofilms. They are ubiquitous in nature and its formation is part of a strategy that bacteria use in order to survive in hostile environments. Although biofilms play crucial roles in many processes (biodegradation of environmental pollutants or the mic...

In many kinds of equipment, it is important to produce readily control accurate waveforms of various frequencies and profiles such as agile frequency sources with low phase noise and low spurious signal content for communications, and simply generated frequency for industrial and biomedical applications. A direct digital synthesizer (DDS) provides many significant advantages over the PLL approa...

Drosophila melanogaster has long been a prime model organism for developmental biologists. During their work, they have established a large collection of techniques and reagents. This in turn has made fruit flies an attractive system for many other biomedical researchers who have otherwise no background in fly biology. This review intends to help Drosophila neophytes in setting up a fly lab. It...

Detection of messenger RNA is an important part of current biomedical research, although utilized for decades. This communication endeavors to compare three most commonly used techniques of mRNA detection, i.e. Northern blot, ribonuclease protection assay (RPA), and real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Principles and general procedures of these methods are described, and advantages and...

The rapid progress of molecular imaging (MI) and the application of nanotechnology in medicine have the potential to advance the foundations of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases. Although MI and biomedical nanotechnology are still in a formative phase in China, much has been achieved over the last decade. This article provides a commentary on the development and current status of...

Multisensor fusion and integration is a rapidly evolving research area and requires interdisciplinary knowledge in control theory, signal processing, artificial intelligence, probability and statistics, etc. The advantages gained through the use of redundant, complementary, or more timely information in a system can provide more reliable and accurate information. This paper provides an overview...