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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.
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Forensic Investigation of Stamped Markings Using a Large-Chamber Scanning Electron Microscope and Computer Analysis for Depth Determination

Jones, Eric Douglas 01 May 2013 (has links)
All firearms within the United States are required by the Gun Control Act to be physically marked with a serial number; which is at least 0.003” in depth and 1/16” in height. The purpose of a serial number is to make each firearm uniquely identifiable and traceable. Intentional removal of a serial number is a criminal offense and is used to hide the identity and movements of the involved criminal parties. The current standard for firearm serial number restoration is by chemical etching; which is time & labor intensive as well as destructive to the physical evidence (firearm). It is hypothesized that a new technique that is accurate, precise, and time efficient will greatly aid law enforcement agencies in pursuing criminals. This thesis focuses on using a large chamber scanning electron microscope to take secondary electron (SE) images of a stamped metal plate and analyzing them using the MIRA MX 7 UE image processing software for purposes of depth determination. An experimental peak luminance value of 77 (pixel values) was correlated to the known depth (273 μm) at the bottom of the sample character. Results show that it is potentially possible to determine an unknown depth from a SEM image; using luminance values obtained in the MIRA analysis.
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Estudo dos estados imune e de portador em marrecos de pequim (Anas platyrhynchos) frente ao vírus da doença de Newcastle /

Nishizawa, Márcia. January 2007 (has links)
Orientador: Antonio Carlos Paulillo / Banca: Ruben Pablo Schoken-Iturrino / Banca: Laura Satiko Okada Nakaghi / Banca: Luciano Doretto Júnior / Banca: Maria Estela Gaglianone Moro / Resumo: Parâmetros imunológicos, clínicos, epidemiológicos e patológicos da vacinação em marrecos de Pequim foram avaliados por 3 experimentos. Para tanto, foram utilizadas amostras vacinais Ulster 2C, B1 e LaSota do vírus da doença de Newcastle (VDN). No experimento 1, foram utilizados 120 marrecos de Pequim de 1 dia de idade, distribuídos em 4 tratamentos de 30 animais cada, submetidos a diferentes programas imunoprofiláticos. A resposta imune foi avaliada pelo teste de HI, com posterior desafio frente a estirpe patogênica do VDN, aos 60 dias de vida das aves. Após o desafio, em todos os grupos, procedeu-se o reisolamento de vírus patogênico em embriões SPF. Independente do grupo experimental, sinais clínicos da reação vacinal não foram observados. Os resultados dos títulos de anticorpos (HI) mostraram que os programas imunoprofiláticos ensaiados foram igualmente eficientes no estímulo da resposta imune humoral. Os marrecos de Pequim desafiados mostraram-se refratários à enfermidade clínica com o VDN. Entretanto, ficou caracterizado o estado de portador de VDN nesta espécie decorridos até 30 dias da infecção experimental com este patógeno. Nos grupos vacinados, o reisolamento de vírus patogênico foi nulo, evidenciando -se assim a importância da imunoprofilaxia na supressão do estado de portador de VDN dos marrecos de Pequim. No experimento 2, aves SPF foram colocadas em contato íntimo com marrecos de Pequim inoculados com uma estirpe patogênica do VDN, decorridos cinco e 14 dias...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The clinical, epidemiological, immunological and pathological parameters of vaccination in white Pekin ducks were investigated using 3 experiments. Ulster 2C, B1 and LaSota vaccines strains of the Newcastle disease virus (NDV) were used. In experiment 1, 120 one-day-old white Pekin ducks were used, and divided into 4 different groups with 30 birds per group. They were submitted to different vaccination programs. The immunological responses in these birds were measured by HI test. These birds were also challenged with a pathogenic VDN strain at 60 days of age. After challenge, in all the groups, tracheal and cloacal swabs were collected for re-isolation of the virus in SPF embrionated eggs. Independent of the group, clinical signs of reaction to the vaccine were not observed. The antibody titers (HI) results showed that the immune vaccine programs adopted were equally efficient in stimulating protective levels of humoral immune responses. Challenged white Pekin ducks were refractory to the NDV clinical disease. However, a NDV carrier state was shown in this species until 30 days after experimental infection. The vaccinated groups of white Pekin ducks did not present any virus in the re-isolation of the pathogenic virus. Therefore, these results show the relevance of vaccination in suppressing a NDV carrier state in the white Pekin ducks. In experiment 2, SPF chickens housed with white Pekin ducks which were previously inoculated with a pathogenic NDV strain, developed severe and characteristic NDV lesions and died, after five and 14 days...(Complete abstract, acess undermentioned eletronic address) / Doutor
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Influência do peróxido de hidrogênio a 7,5% contendo cálcio, ACP, flúor e hidroxiapatita na microdureza, rugosidade superficial, alteração de cor e micromorfologia de esmalte humano / Influence of 7.5% hydrogen peroxide containing calcium, ACP, fluoride and hydroxyapatite on microhardness, surface roughness, color change and micromorphology of human enamel

Sasaki, Robson Tetsuo, 1980- 19 August 2018 (has links)
Orientador: Flávio Henrique Baggio Aguiar / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T14:51:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sasaki_RobsonTetsuo_M.pdf: 2754665 bytes, checksum: 23869c9999ee4e3552517da97aa3f84e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo in vitro foi determinar a microdureza, rugosidade superficial, micromorfologia e alterações de cor de esmalte dental humano submetido a tratamentos clareadores caseiros com peróxidos de hidrogênio a 7,5% (PH) adicionados de cálcio, fosfato de cálcio amorfo (ACP), flúor e/ou hidroxiapatita (HA). Três agentes de tratamento comerciais: (Pola Day 7,5% (PD), Day White ACP 7,5% (DW), White Class Calcium 7,5% (WC)), três agentes clareadores experimentais (PH 7,5% + NaF (PHF), PH 7,5% + HA (PHH) e PH 7,5% + NaF + HA (PHFH)) e os grupos controle positivo (gel de peróxido de hidrogênio a 7,5% - PC) e controle negativo (gel sem peróxido de hidrogênio a 7,5% - NC), foram avaliados (n=10). Os agentes de tratamento comerciais foram aplicados pelo prazo recomendado pelos fabricantes e os agentes experimentais por 1,5 hora por dia. Todas as amostras foram imersas em solução de saliva artificial pelo resto do dia, num total de 21 dias de tratamento. Após, ficaram armazenados em saliva artificial por 14 dias. Ensaios de microdureza, rugosidade superficial, micromorfologia do esmalte e análise de alteração de cor foram realizados nos tempos baseline, 7, 14, 21 dias de tratamento, 7 e 14 dias de pós-tratamento. Para análise estatística, as médias foram comparadas utilizando o teste de Tukey-Kramer com um nível de significância de 5%. Como resultados, no teste de rugosidade superficial (Ra) foi observado aumento em todos os grupos experimentais (PHF, PHH e PHFH) e nos grupos comerciais DW e WC ao longo do tempo. No teste de microdureza (KHN) observou-se um aumento significativo para o grupo PHH e redução significativa do grupo DW, enquanto os outros grupos não apresentaram alteração significativa ao longo do tempo de estudo. Para o teste de análise de alteração de cor, todos os agentes apresentaram efeito clareador, exceto o grupo NC, sendo que o grupo PHH foi o único que apresentou valores similares aos agentes clareadores comerciais em todos os tempos de estudo. Na análise morfológica observou-se alterações como a presença de porosidades na maioria dos grupos, exceto no grupo NC, além de deposição de cristais de hidroxiapatita nos grupos PHH e PHFH. Concluiu-se que o tratamento clareador contendo hidroxiapatita proporcionou alterações de cor similares aos agentes clareadores comerciais, foi capaz de aumentar a microdureza, e que quando este componente é formulado com ou sem flúor, pode levar a um aumento da rugosidade superficial, devido a deposição de cristais de hidroxiapatita na superfície de esmalte, como observado pela análise de microscopia eletrônica de varredura / Abstract: The aim of this in vitro study was to determine the microhardness, surface roughness, micromorphology and color change analysis of enamel submitted to with home-use bleaching treatment 7.5% hydrogen peroxide (HP) added with calcium, amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP), fluoride and/or hydroxyapatite (HA). Three commercial treatment agents: (Pola Day 7.5% (PD), Day White ACP 7.5% (DW), White Class 7.5% Calcium (WC)), three experimental bleaching agents (7.5% HP + NaF (PHF), HP + 7.5% HA (PHH) and PH + 7.5% NaF + HA (PHFH)), a negative control (Gel without 7.5% hydrogen peroxide - NC) and a positive control (Gel with 7.5% hydrogen peroxide - PC) groups were evaluated (n=10). The treatment agents were applied according to the manufacturer's recommendation and experimental agents were applied for 1,5 hour daily. Then all the specimens were immersed in artificial saliva for the rest of the day, in a total of 21 days of treatment. After the treatment phase, the specimens were stored in artificial saliva for 14 days. Microhardness tests, surface roughness, micromorphology of the enamel and color change analysis were performed at baseline, 7, 14, 21 days of treatment, 7 and 14 days post-treatment. For the statistical analysis, means were compared using the Tukey-Kramer test at a significance level of 5%. As results, the surface roughness test (Ra) presented increase in all experimental groups (PHF, PHH and PHFH) and commercial groups DW and WC in function of time. The microhardness test (KHN) showed a significant increase for the group PHH and a significant reduction on DW group, while the other groups did not show statistical difference in function of timespan study. For the color change analysis test, all the groups presented bleaching effectiveness, except the group NC, and the PHH group was the only one that showed similar values compared to the commercial bleaching agents at all times of study. In the morphological analysis, changes were observed as the presence of porosities in most groups, except on NC group, and deposition of hydroxyapatite crystals on groups PHH and PHFH. It was concluded that the bleaching treatment containing hydroxyapatite provided color changes similar to commercial bleaching agents, was able to increase the microhardness values, and that when this component is formulated with or without fluoride, it can lead to an increase in surface roughness due to deposition of hydroxyapatite crystals over the enamel surface, as observed by analysis of scanning electron microscopy / Mestrado / Dentística / Mestre em Clínica Odontológica
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Project NANO: Will Allowing High School Students To Use Research Grade Scanning Electron Microscopes Increase Their Interest in Science?

Smith, Leslie TenEyck 24 January 2014 (has links)
In this study, one AP Biology curriculum unit and one general Biology curriculum unit that included tabletop Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) technology provided by Project NANO, a grant-funded, collaborative initiative designed to integrate cutting-edge nanotechnology into high school classrooms were implemented at a public high school in rural Oregon. Nine students participated in the AP unit and 52 students participated in the general Biology unit. Each student completed an opinion-based pre and post survey to determine if using the SEM as a part of the curriculum unit had an impact on his or her interest in science or in nanoscience. Interviews were conducted to add to the data. The results indicate that using the SEM can increase a student's interest in science. Recommendations for improving student experience were identified.
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A Study of the Selling Strategy of the Metrology-- Case Study of Coordinate Measuring Machine

Chen, Cheng-Tung 16 August 2011 (has links)
ABSTRACT(­^ ¤å ºK ­n) The mother of the industrial machinery industry, often regarded as a national benchmark assessment of industrial competitiveness, the traditional concept of the cutting and forming machine tools for the spindle, including optoelectronics, semiconductors, automobiles, 3C electronics and aerospace industries, the relevant production or processing equipment, all belong to this category. With the evolution of technology, increasingly stringent product quality requirements, such as the appearance of the size of the high precision requirements and the material surface, gradually the importance of testing equipment and manufacturing go hand in hand, on behalf of the state's technology industry is expected in the near The future will be an important assessment of industrial competitiveness indicators. On the other hand, the mainland market after ten years of cross-strait exchange, itself played a significant change, from the early to the extreme dependence on imported equipment to produce the world-famous cottage products, no matter how the people of Taiwan to the mainland products exclusion, in the free under the natural law of market competition, the consumer market in Taiwan has long been filled with many mainland-made products. Their number and variety of the broad, deep penetration, simply makes hard to detect, and many exclusive products in the mainland business executives, the factory uses a lot of their own system of equipment are still unaware of the mainland, and even know, but also not find to alternative products. Indeed, many products have to meet the continent needs, these needs is not only reflected in the consumer goods market, is also rapidly spreading to the industrial market. Most of the countries with advanced manufacturing technology in the world, more or less with metrology industry. Taiwan alone will not only have no metrology manufacturing base, and even the Taiwan metrology companies in , mainland China, the increasing decline in ability to survive, the market that introduced by the Taiwan factories in the past swallowed gradually and easily by the local vendors. Worry about the future of Taiwan metrology industry. If Taiwan metrology industry can not get a good position in the world, can we be famous just by create a brand? Case is a company with more than 30 years of metrology sales background, in southern Taiwan. Because the relatively small market, it is difficult to obtain the dominant position of advantage. However, with the rise in the mainland market, the case company is full of many opportunities. This paper will research the sale strategy during these changeable situations. Bisides, metrology includes wide range products, this paper choose Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM) as the basis of the primary products, mainly because of higher prices, the level of broader considerations in business, relatively high barriers to entry, in addition, it also has many features quite representative of the industry's products. Key words: Metrology, Coordinate Measuring Machines, CMM, hardness, surface roughness measuring instrument, roundness measuring instrument, the contour profile instrument, caliper, height gauge, optical flatness gauge, indicating scale, micrometer , microscopes , projectors , block gauge
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Διερεύνηση διεπιφανειακών φαινομένων μεταξύ βακτηρίων και βιοϋλικών

Κατσικογιάννη, Μαρία 12 January 2009 (has links)
Ένα από τα σημαντικότερα προβλήματα που προκύπτουν από την χρήση εμφυτευμάτων και ιατρικών συσκευών και που εμποδίζουν την μακροχρόνια χρήση τους είναι η εμφάνιση νοσοκομειακών σηψαιμικών επεισοδίων σχετιζόμενων με λοιμώξεις που προκαλούνται από πηκτάση αρνητικούς σταφυλόκοκκους, και κυρίως από τον S. epidermidis. Με δεδομένο ότι η εκτεταμένη χορήγηση αντιβιοτικών έχει οδηγήσει στην επικράτηση πολυανθεκτικών βακτηριακών στελεχών της φυσιολογικής χλωρίδας, η κατασκευή αντιβακτηριακών ή και βακτηριοστατικών βιοϋλικών κρίνεται επιβεβλημένη. Για το σκοπό αυτό απαραίτητη είναι η μελέτη και η κατανόηση του μηχανισμού προσκόλλησης των βακτηρίων στην επιφάνεια του βιοϋλικού. Στην κατεύθυνση αυτή διερευνήθηκε η επίδραση των φυσικοχημικών αλληλεπιδράσεων βακτηρίων-υλικών, του ρυθμού διάτμησης και της σχετικής συνεισφοράς τους στην ικανότητα των βακτηρίων να προσκολλώνται στην επιφάνεια του βιοϋλικού αλλά και να ενεργοποιούν τα γονίδια ica που είναι υπεύθυνα για την παραγωγή της εξωκυττάριας βλεννώδους ουσίας (slime) και συγκεκριμένα μιας πολυσακχαρικής φύσεως προσκολλητίνης (polysaccharide intercellular adhesin, PIA). Για τη μελέτη αυτή τροποιήθηκαν επιφανειακά με τεχνικές πλάσματος υπάρχοντα βιοϋλικά, παρασκευάστηκαν αυτό-οργανούμενα μονοστρωματικά συστήματα σε γυαλί και χαρακτηρίστηκαν φυσικοχημικά. Ελέγθηκε επίσης εάν οι θεωρίες κολλοειδών συστημάτων, και συγκεκριμένα η θερμοδυναμική, η DLVO και η εκτεταμένη DLVO μπορούν να εξηγήσουν τα πειραματικά αποτελέσματα. Τα αποτελέσματα έδειξαν ότι η βακτηριακή προσκόλληση μειώνεται με την αύξηση της επιφανειακής ενέργειας και του πολικού χαρακτήρα των υλικών, ενώ δεν επηρεάζεται σημαντικά από το μη πολικό τους χαρακτήρα. Η θερμοδυναμική θεωρία εξήγησε ικανοποιητικά τα αποτελέσματα για υψηλής ιοντικής ισχύος διαλύματα, ενώ η DLVO για χαμηλής. Η εκτεταμένη DLVO θεωρία εξήγησε ικανοποιητικά την επίδραση της φυσικοχημείας τόσο του διαλύματος όσο και της επιφάνειας στη βακτηριακή προσκόλληση. Η αύξηση του ρυθμού διάτμησης μείωσε την προσκόλληση των βακτηρίων με τρόπο που εξαρτώνταν από τις φυσικοχημικές αλληλεπιδράσεις βακτηρίων-υλικών, ενώ παράλληλα μείωσε την προβλεψιμότητα των παραπάνω θεωριών. Επομένως, η βακτηριακή προσκόλληση θεωρήθηκε ως αποτέλεσμα του συνδιασμού φυσικοχημικών αλληλεπιδράσεων και σχηματισμού μακρομοριακών δεσμών. Τα αποτελέσματα από τη μελέτη της έκφρασης των γονιδίων ica έδειξαν ότι η έκφρασή τους αυξάνεται με την μείωση της επιφανειακής ενέργειας του υλικού και την αύξηση του ρυθμού διάτμησης. / One of the major problems arising from the use of implants and medical devices and impeding their long-term use is the emergence of nosocomial septic incidents related to infections caused by Coagulase negative staphylococci, most notably by S. epidermidis. The extensive use of antibiotics has resulted in multi-resistant bacterial strains of normal flora, making the need for developing antibacterial biomaterials of great importance. For this purpose it is necessary to study and understand the mechanism of bacterial adhesion to the surface of biomaterials. In this direction, we investigated the influence of the physicochemical interactions between bacteria and materials, the shear rate and their relative contribution on the ability of bacteria to adhere to the biomaterial surface and to activate the ica genes, which are responsible for the production of extracellular polymeric (slime), and in particular for the production of polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA), that mediates cell-cell interactions. For this study, the surface of existing biomaterials was modified by plasma methods, self-assembled monolayers were prepared on glass, and the materials were physicochemicaly characterized. The applicability of the colloidal theories, such as the thermodynamic, the DLVO and the extended DLVO, for the prediction of bacterial adhesion was examined as well. The results showed that the increase in material surface energy and its polar component reduced bacterial adhesion, whereas adhesion was not significantly influenced by the non-polar character of the material surface. The thermodynamic theory explained satisfactorily the results for high ionic strength solutions, while DLVO for solutions with low ionic strength. The extended DLVO theory explained well the effects of both the solution and material surface properties to bacterial adhesion. The increase in shear rate reduced the number of adherent bacteria in a manner that depended on the bacteria-material physicochemical interactions, but not in the way that the above theories predicted. Therefore, bacterial adhesion considered as the result of a combination of the physicochemical and hydrodynamic interactions, and the formation of macromolecular bonds. The investigation of ica genes expression showed that the expression enhanced by the decrease in the material surface energy the increase in shear rate.
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Bioanalytical Applications of Real-Time ATP Imaging Via Bioluminescence

Jason Alan Gruenhagen January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.); Submitted to Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (US); 12 Dec 2003. / Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information. "IS-T 2604" Jason Alan Gruenhagen. 12/12/2003. Report is also available in paper and microfiche from NTIS.
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Charakterizace autoemisních zdrojů pro elektronovou mikroskopii / Characterisation for the cold field-emission sources intended for electron microscopy

Vašíček, Martin January 2013 (has links)
This work deals with the theoretical foundations of electron emission into vacuum, various types of emissions, focused on the cold-emission and Schottky emission and the principle of quantum tunneling. The next part deals with the technical implementation of electron sources with a detailed study of the methodology of laboratory production of cathodes by electrochemical etching and construction of electron microscopes, using field-emission sources. This work also contains methods for measuring, processing and evaluation of electrical characteristics of emission sources.
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Cantilever properties and noise figures in high-resolution non-contact atomic force microscopy

Lübbe, Jannis Ralph Ulrich 03 April 2013 (has links)
Different methods for the determination of cantilever properties in non-contact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM) are under investigation. A key aspect is the determination of the cantilever stiffness being essential for a quantitative NC-AFM data analysis including the extraction of the tip-surface interaction force and potential. Furthermore, a systematic analysis of the displacement noise in the cantilever oscillation detection is performed with a special focus on the thermally excited cantilever oscillation. The propagation from displacement noise to frequency shift noise is studied under consideration of the frequency response of the PLL demodulator. The effective Q-factor of cantilevers depends on the internal damping of the cantilever as well as external influences like the ambient pressure and the quality of the cantilever fixation. While the Q-factor has a strong dependence on the ambient pressure between vacuum and ambient pressure yielding a decrease by several orders of magnitude, the pressure dependence of the resonance frequency is smaller than 1% for the same pressure range. On the other hand, the resonance frequency highly depends on the mass of the tip at the end of the cantilever making its reliable prediction from known cantilever dimensions difficult. The cantilever stiffness is determined with a high-precision static measurement method and compared to dimensional and dynamic methods. Dimensional methods suffer from the uncertainty of the measured cantilever dimensions and require a precise knowledge its material properties. A dynamic method utilising the measurement of the thermally excited cantilever displacement noise to obtain cantilever properties allows to characterise unknown cantilevers but requires an elaborative measurement equipment for spectral displacement noise analysis. Having the noise propagation in the NC-AFM system fully characterised, a proposed method allows for spring constant determination from the frequency shift noise at the output of the PLL demodulator with equipment already being available in most NC-AFM setups.
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Johann Friedrich von Uffenbach. Sammler – Stifter – Wissenschaftler / Johann Friedrich von Uffenbach. Collector - Donor - Scientist

Meyerhöfer, Dietrich 28 January 2020 (has links)
No description available.

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