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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.
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Design železniční drezíny / Design of Railway Track Inspection Vehicle

Budík, Marek January 2015 (has links)
This thesis explores narrow category of railroad universal maintenance vehicles, or draisines. It focuses specifically on the long tradition of czech models. The goal of the work is to take this analysis, and use this knowledge to synthesise a new draisine design, which will bring a set of specific advantages, especially from the point of aesthetics and user comfort.
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Hochaufgelöste Magnetresonanz-Bildgebung der Mäuseaorta zur Bestimmung der Dynamik funktioneller Parameter durch Laufrad-Training bei ApoE-Knock-Out-Mäusen / High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Murine Aorta in the evaluation of dynamic functional vessel changes through running wheel exercise in ApoE-knock-out mice.

Offenberger, Wolfgang January 2009 (has links) (PDF)
Einführung: Atherosklerose ist eine führende Ursache von Morbidität und Mortalität weltweit. Die ApoE-Knock-Out-Maus (ApoE-/-) ist das wichtigste Tiermodell für das Studium der Atherosklerose und von Interventionen auf diese Erkrankung. Mittels hochaufgelöster Magnet-Resonanz-Bildgebung ist es möglich, eine nicht-invasive in-vivo Gefäß-Charakterisierung bei Mäusen durchzuführen. In dieser Arbeit wurden die Auswirkungen von Sport auf die Gefäßfunktion der Aorta ascendens und abdominalis bei ApoE-/--Mäusen mittels hochaufgelöster MR-Cine-FLASH-Bildgebung untersucht. Methodik und Ergebnisse: 18 ApoE-/--Mäuse mit oder ohne Lipid-reicher „Western Type Diet“ (WTD) führten 4-6 Wochen lang Laufrad-Training durch. Vor Laufrad-Training wurde zweimal (Validität) und nach Laufrad-Training einmal mittels EKG- und Atmungs-getriggerter Magnet-Resonanz-Cine-FLASH-Bildgebung an einem 7-Tesla-Scanner unter Isofluran-Inhalationsnarkose die Compliance von Aorta ascendens und abdominalis gemessen. Aufnahme-Parameter: TR/TE = 4,3/1,4 ms; Field of View (FOV) = 3,0 x 3,0 cm2; Matrixgröße = 256 x 256; Pixel-Größe = (FOV / Matrix) = (30 mm / 256) = 0,0117 mm2; Schichtdicke = 1,0 mm, Auflösung von 0,0137 mm3. Die Resultate wurden verglichen mit 9 Wildtyp-Mäusen vom Stamm C57BL/6J, und mittels der Auswerte-Software Interactive Data Language (IDL) prozessiert. Es zeigten sich gewisse positive Effekte hinsichtlich Compliance der Aorta ascendens durch Sport, die Ergebnisse waren für ApoE-/--Mäuse ohne WTD jedoch wesentlich konsistenter als für ApoE-/--Mäuse mit WTD, wo die Ergebnisse teilweise widersprüchlich erscheinen. Dasselbe gilt für die Aorta abdominalis, die sich zudem in vielen MR-Untersuchungen nicht auswerten ließ, was zu nicht interpretierbaren Ergebnissen führte. Bezüglich der Validität zeigte sich eine sehr hohe Intra-Observer- und Inter-Observer-Übereinstimmung der Ergebnisse, dies zeigte sich auch für Messungen zu zwei Zeitpunkten. Schlussfolgerung: Die Ergebnisse erscheinen insgesamt kritisch beleuchtet nicht signifikant und zeigen allenfalls Besserungs-Tendenzen für die Compliance der Aorta ascendens und abdominalis bei ApoE-/--Mäusen durch Sport. Weitere MRT-Studien mit höheren Feldstärken und weiterentwickelten MR-Protokollen sind notwendig, um die Aussage dieser Doktorarbeit, dass Atherosklerose bei ApoE-/--Mäusen durch Sport teilweise reversibel ist, zu bestätigen. / Introduction: Atherosclerosis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. The apoE-knock-out mice is the most important animal model of studies on atherosclerosis and of interventions on atherosclerotic diseases. High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows to non-invasively provide in-vivo murine vessel characterization. This work aims to determine the impact of sports training on vessel function of the ascending and abdominal aorta in hypercholesterinemic apoE-knock-out mice by high-resolution CINE MR-Flash-imaging. Methods and Results: 18 ApoE-knock-out mice with or without lipid-rich "Western Type Diet" (WTD) performed 4-6 weeks of running wheel training. Using ECG- and breathing-triggered CINE MR-Flash-imaging on a 7-Tesla-MR-Scanner under isofluran anesthesia the compliance of the ascending and abdominal aorta was examined twice (validity) before and once after running wheel training. MR-paramter: TR/TE = 4,3/1,4 ms; field of view 3,0 x 3,0 cm2; matric size 256-256; Pixel size = 0,0117 mm2; slice thickness 1,0 mm, resulting resolution 0,0137 mm3. The results were compared with 9 wild type mice (C57Bl/6J), and analyzed by means of software (Interactive Data Language, IDL). The results showed positive effects in respect to the compliance of the ascending aorta after training, being much more consistent for apoE-knock out mice without WTD than in mice with WTD, where the results seem contradictory. The same goes for the abdominal aorta, where many MRI-examinations were not evaluable. A high inter- and intra-observer-validity could be shown for analyzation of the results. Conclusion: The results do not seem to be significant and at most show a tendency of improvement in respect to the complicance of the ascending and abdominal aorta in apoE-knock-out mice after training. Further MRI studies with higher strengths of field and advanced MR-protocolls will be necessary to confirm the results of this work, that atherosclerosis can be partially reversible through exercise training.
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The Single-Track Three Legged Mobile Robot

Goulding, John January 2013 (has links)
Unstable legged robots fall over without active stabilization, typically by repositioning the feet to maintain/regain stability of balance. This dissertation concerns the development of a Single-Track Three Legged Mobile Robot (ST3LMR) and control system. A proof-of-concept was demonstrated through digital simulation and experimentation with physical prototypes. The ST3LMR comprises a body and three articulated legs arranged in a narrow profile, one behind the other, to walk and maneuver along narrow trails and paths. The ST3LMR walks by placing successive footfalls in a generally single-track or in-line fashion. It achieves the form and function of a motorcycle but with the added benefit of legs and robotic control. That is, the feet are stationary with respect to footholds during the support period, thus eliminating the drawback of wheels, which require continuous support (especially when used in rugged terrain). By always having at least two feet on the ground, the ST3LMR is inherently stable in the pitch axis (in the forward/backward direction of motion), which allows for decoupling stability of balance control to only the roll axis (in the left/right direction).Suggested by recent developments in high-performance computing, walking robot locomotion and stabilization is considered from a new perspective, that of the Monte Carlo (MC) method. A high-speed MC simulation is used in a model-predictive control system to determine footholds that provide stability of balance. Stability of balance, maneuverability, and control is demonstrated through experimental results from physical prototypes and a simple digital simulation of an impulse response, avoidance maneuver, and leaning-into-the-turn maneuver.

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