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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
221

Part~I. Synthesis of the C38 to C51 region of halichondrin B. Part~II. An immunoassay for protein-bound levuglandin-derived pyrroles

DiFranco, Elso January 1994 (has links)
No description available.
222

Towards Reconfigurable Lab-on-Chip Using Virtual Electrowetting Channels

Banerjee, Ananda January 2013 (has links)
No description available.
223

Enhanced capture of magnetic microbeads using sequentially switched electroosmotic flow

Das, Debarun 02 June 2015 (has links)
No description available.
224

BEAD-BASED IMMUNOASSAYS WITH ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION

RONKAINEN-MATSUNO, NIINA JOHANNA January 2003 (has links)
No description available.
225

Protein Lab-on-a-Chips on Polyer Substrates for Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) of Cardiac Biomarkers

Kai, Junhai 02 October 2006 (has links)
No description available.
226

Effect of dissolved chlorine on an MS2 bacteriophage immunoassay and tryptophan side chain

Conklin, Natasha Mwale 21 July 2009 (has links)
No description available.
227

Polymer Lab-on-a-chips from Micro Blood Sampling to Immunoassay for Point-of-care testing of Neonates and Pediatrics in Intensive Care Unit

Jung, Wooseok 25 October 2013 (has links)
No description available.
228

Signal-Amplification in Multiplexed Immunoassays : Using the Signal-Amplification Technology BOLD, Earlier Detection Can Be Made

Niemi, Agnes, Seltborg, Lea, Isaksson, Jennifer, Wallén, William, Eirefors, Malin, Hedin, Ellen January 2024 (has links)
Analysis of biological samples plays a crucial role in disease diagnostics and monitoring, as well as in research. For the analysis, detection and quantification is of the essence, and can be performed with immunoassays. These immunoassays exploit antibodies, and their characteristic specificity, to target analytes. Furthermore, immunoassays can be either singleplex or multiplex, meaning they assess one single, or multiple analytes in parallel. As of today, singleplex methods such as ELISA dominate the market, favoured for their precision and reliability. However, multiplexing exhibit reductions in time, costs, and materials. Nevertheless, one common challenge is the detection of small amounts of analyte, possibly discovering and monitoring earlier stages of disease. For this purpose, Cavidi AB has developed a signal amplification technology, namely the binding oligo ladder detection (BOLD). Currently, this technique is applicable to the singleplex market, while the implementation on the multiplexing remains. Here,  we present a literature review of a selection of multiplexing techniques, and a thorough investigation of their possible compatibility with Cavidi AB’s signal enhancement technology BOLD. After undergoing a comprehensive analysis to evaluate various multiplexing technologies and theircompatibility with BOLD, a spectrum of compatibility levels were revealed. Some of the multiplexing technologies, exemplified by Luminex’s xMAP technology, demonstrated inherent compatibility. Contrarily, other platforms, including Olink’s PEA technology, exhibited incompatibility. Moreover, certain technologies, such as Standard Biotools’ CyTOF technology, were found to possess potential compatibility if modification to either BOLD or to the respective multiplexing technology were to be implemented. Furthermore, the need for signal amplification was identified to vary amongst the versatile technologies and the different analytes. This stems from the fact that the lowest detectable concentration level fluctuates between different analytes and technologies. Therefore, Cavidi AB should target companies with a generally high limit of detection (LOD). In addition, because of the fluctuations in LOD between analytes, specifying to which analytes an integration of BOLD would be beneficial, is recommended.
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Störungen bei Schilddrüsenhormonmessungen: Unklar erhöhte FT3 und FT4 Werte in klinisch euthyreoten Patienten

Külz, Martin 10 April 2024 (has links)
Objectives: We systematically investigated normally or subclinically increased thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) values associated with unexpectedly increased thyroxine (FT4) and free triiodothyronine (FT3) in findings of patients without any thyroid disease. Moreover, we looked for alternatives to overcome such states with an improved diagnostic procedure and to investigate the pathogenetic background of the respective patients. Methods: Samples with TSH concentrations within the range of 0.4–10 mU/L combined with increased concentrations of FT4 (n=120; Cobas, Roche) were collected over a period of around six years. Cobas FT4 results were compared with measurements from Liaison (DiaSorin) and Architect (Abbott) FT4 assays. For further validation all samples were measured for total thyroxine (TT4) (Cobas, Roche). Finally, FT3 and TT3 as complementary parameters were measured in samples with leftover material. To overcome potential analytical disturbances from stimulating heterophilic antibodies, we used heterophilic blocking tubes (HBTs). Results: From the 120 samples with increased FT4 concentrations by Cobas, 51/120 were also increased by Liaison, and 26/120 by Architect. However, the measurement of TT4 indicated only n=10/120 increased values. The number of increased FT3 (n=71) measurements was higher in Architect>Cobas>Liaison (28>27>9). TT3 levels of 70/71 samples were within the reference interval. HBTs were inappropriate to reduce unspecific immunoreactivity in our samples. No clear pathogenetic background could be elucidated in the anamnesis of individual patients. Conclusions: To overcome dubious constellations of TSH, FT4, and FT3, it is helpful to measure TT4 and TT3 for control or to use an immunoassay with an alternative assay design for the respective parameters.:I. Abkürzungsverzeichnis 4 I. Einleitung 5 1.1 Hintergrund 5 1.2 Regelkreis 7 1.3. Methodik zur Diagnostik von Schilddrüsenhormonen 8 1.5. Störfaktoren 9 1.6 Fragestellungen/Ziele 11 2 Publikationsmanuskript 13 3 Zusammenfassung der Arbeit 23 4 Literaturverzeichnis 27 II Anhang 37 III Darstellung des eigenen Beitrags 40 IV Erklärung über die eigenständige Abfassung der Arbeit 41 V Curriculum vitae 42 VI Publikationen 44 VII Danksagung 45
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Screening methodologies for the determination of water contaminant residues by compact disk technology

Dobosz, Paulina Dorota 07 April 2017 (has links)
[EN] The contamination of water resources with many industrial, agricultural and other chemicals is one of the key environmental problems that humanity is facing nowadays. Despite the fact that they are usually present at very low concentration, they possess a significant risk to aquatic and human life. To address this issue many national and international institutions set different regulations to monitor and control the water quality. Currently, the monitoring of compounds included in official watch lists is conducted by chromatographic and mass spectroscopic methods. These techniques are approved as "gold standards" for analytical quantitation of organic residues in water. Although they are sensitive and reproducible, cannot be used on-site. The need of sampling and centralized laboratory measurements makes not only the overall cost high but lowering the efficiency of the analysis. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop suitable field methods to facilitate the in situ measurements at a low cost. Biosensors are therefore an alternative technology that can provide sensitive results in a fast and affordable way. This thesis has focused on the development of a biosensor based on immunoassays and compact disk technology, for the multiplex detection of priority water contaminants. As the methods based on the immunorecognition events are challenging in terms of the selectivity and sensitivity, the major part of the thesis was the selection of the immunoreagents, assay form and procedure. For the detection part, gold nanostructures were selected as sensitive tags for signal enhancement. Therefore, different nanoparticles were studied in order to select the optimal size in terms of the signal enhancement, sensitivity and antibody amount used. Also, the assays performances with signal enhancement and without any amplification were evaluated. The best immunoassay was selected for developing the multiplexed assay. Furthermore, an approach to improve the readout sensitivity of microimmunoassays based on used of gold nanoparticles as both capture and detection species was demonstrated. The method is based on the performance of the immunorecognition event in a homogeneous mode and detection part in the heterogeneous format. Finally, representative water samples were analysed to confirm the applicability of the multi-residue assay. The analytical properties have been established for each methodology and the obtained results have been validated by comparison with reference techniques. The investigations carried out in this work, have resulted in new insights in immunoassay technique that could be useful for screening applications. / [ES] La contaminación de aguas superficiales causada por plaguicidas y productos industriales es actualmente, uno de los grandes problemas medioambientales. Aunque estas sustancias están presentes a niveles muy bajos, tienen efectos perjudiciales en el medio en general y especialmente en humanos. Por este motivo, diferentes instituciones han regulado los niveles de contaminantes en áreas de controlar de la calidad de las aguas, creando listas prioritarias de sustancias peligrosas y tóxicas para el medio ambiente. Actualmente, la monitorización de los contaminantes incluidos en las listas oficiales se realiza mediante técnicas cromatográficas y espectrometría. Estos métodos analíticos están aprobados como técnicas de referencia para la determinación de residuos orgánicos presentes en aguas naturales. A pesar de ser técnicas fiables, reproducibles y sensibles, los métodos cromatográficos no están exentos de inconvenientes. Este tipo de metodologías requiere una instrumentación costosa y una laboriosa preparación de muestra, que hacen que el análisis sea en general complejo. Por ello, el desarrollo de métodos analíticos alternativos que faciliten hacer medidas in-situ a bajo coste y con gran capacidad de trabajo es de gran utilidad. En este sentido, las técnicas inmunoquímicas tienen un gran potencial analítico ya que son en general sensibles y selectivas, se pueden utilizar en el lugar de la toma de muestra y tienen capacidad multianalito. Esta tesis se ha centrado en el desarrollo de un sistema biosensor, basado en la tecnología de disco compacto, para la detección multianalito de diversos contaminantes prioritarios en aguas naturales. Las limitaciones más críticas para el desarrollo de un biosensor multianalito mediante métodos inmunoquímicos son los relacionados con su sensibilidad y selectividad. Por lo tanto, una parte importante de la tesis se ha centrado en la selección de inmunoreactivos, formato y optimización de diferentes parámetros claves del ensayo. Una estrategia utilizada para aumentar la sensibilidad de los ensayos ha consistido en marcar la inmunoreacción con nanopartículas de oro. Para ello, se ha estudiado diferentes tipos (esféricas y cilíndricas) de distinto tamaño y se han comparado sus prestaciones analíticas (relación señal ruido, sensibilidad etc.) También, se han desarrollado inmunoensayos cuantitativos sin necesidad de amplificación de la señal. Por otro lado, se ha desarrollado una aproximación que hemos denominado "inmunocaptura" basada en el uso de nanopartículas de oro como especie de captura de analitos en disolución y que actúa como marcador de la inmunointeracción que tiene lugar en la fase sólida. Finalmente, se han analizado muestras de agua naturales dopadas con distintos niveles de los analitos objeto de estudio para evaluar la utilidad de las metodologías desarrolladas como herramienta de screening masivo en el área medioambiental. Los resultados obtenidos han sido comparados con los obtenidos mediante las técnicas de referencia. Las investigaciones realizadas han permitido desarrollar nuevos formatos de ensayo y conocimientos inmunoquímicos aplicados a la tecnología de disco compacto, aportando nuevas herramientas de screening que permiten la determinación simultánea de contaminantes en aguas naturales por debajo de las concentraciones establecidas en la normativa europea de calidad de agua. / [CA] La contaminació d'aigües superficials causada principalment per plaguicides i altres productes industrials és un dels grans problemes mediambientals actuals. Malgrat que aquestes substàncies estan presents en nivells molt baixos, tenen efectes perjudicials en humans i animals. Per aquest motiu, diferents institucions estatals han regulat els nivells de contaminants en àrees de control de la qualitat de l'aigua, creant llistes prioritàries de substàncies perilloses i tòxiques per al medi ambient. Actualment, la monitorització dels contaminants inclosos en les llistes oficials es realitza mitjançant tècniques cromatogràfiques i d'espectroscòpia de masses. Aquests mètodes analítics estan aprovats com a tècniques de referència per a la determinació de residus orgànics presents en aigües naturals. Malgrat ser tècniques fiables, reproduïbles i sensibles, els mètodes cromatogràfics no estan exempts d'inconvenients. Aquest tipus de metodologies requereix una instrumentació costosa i una laboriosa preparació de mostres que fan que l'anàlisi sigui, en general, complex. Per això, el desenvolupament de mètodes analítics alternatius que facilitin la possibilitat de fer mesures in-situ a baix cost i amb gran capacitat analítica és de gran utilitat. En aquest sentit, les tècniques inmunoquímiques tenen un gran potencial analític ja que són, en general, sensibles i selectives, es poden utilitzar en el lloc de presa de la mostra i tenen capacitat multianalit. Aquesta tesi s'ha centrat en el desenvolupament d'un sistema biosensor, basat en la tecnologia de disc compacte, per a la detecció multianalit de diversos contaminants prioritaris en aigües naturals. Les limitacions més crítiques per al desenvolupament d'un biosensor multianalit mitjançant mètodes inmunoquímics són sensibilitat i selectivitat. Per tant, una part important de la tesi es va centrar en la selecció de inmunoreactius, format i optimització de diferents paràmetres clau de l'assaig. La detecció es va dur a terme mitjançant l'ús de nanopartícules d'or com a marcadors de la inmunointeracció i amplificació de la senyal analítica. S'han estudiat diferents estructures d'or (esferes i cilindres) de diferents tamanys, i s'han comparat les seves prestacions analítiques (relació senyal-soroll, sensibilitat, etc.). També s'han desenvolupat immunoassaigs quantitatius sense necessitat d'amplificació del senyal. Per altra banda, s'ha desenvolupat una aproximació que hem denominat "inmunocaptura", basada en l'ús de nanopartícules d'or com a espècie de captura d'analits en dissolució i que actua com a marcador de la inmunointeracció que té lloc en la fase sòlida. Finalment, s'han analitzat mostres d'aigües naturals dopades amb diferents nivells dels analits objecte d'estudi per avaluar la utilitat de les metodologies desenvolupades com a eina de "screening" massiu en l'àrea mediambiental. Els resultats obtinguts han sigut avaluats per comparació amb els obtinguts mitjançant tècniques de referència. Les investigacions realitzades han permès desenvolupar nous formats d'assaig i coneixements inmunoquímics aplicats a la tecnologia de disc compacte, aportant noves eines de "screening" que permetin la determinació de contaminants en aigües naturals per sota dels límits de concentració establerts per les normes internacionals de la qualitat de l'aigua. / Dobosz, PD. (2017). Screening methodologies for the determination of water contaminant residues by compact disk technology [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/79548

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