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Antibody-based microarrays are among the new, rapidly emerging technologies within the field of proteomics that has the potential to evolve into a key proteomic research tool, providing novel means to perform early diagnostics, identify biomarkers and gain insights into disease biology. The aim of this thesis, based on five original papers, was to develop antibody microarrays based on human recom
The FFT processor is used for OFDM-based UWB wireless communication system. 64/128 points FFT is employed in the processor by using mixed-radix algorithm to meet the requirement of different UWB systems. The FFT processor, using the pipelined parallel structure, the register reusing architecture and the shift-add algorithm, can reach a device utilization of 100% and a 500MS/s throughput rate(FPGA
This paper presents the design and implementation of a coarse-grained reconfigurable architecture, targeting digital signal processing applications. The proposed architecture is constructed from a mesh of resource cells, containing separated processing and memory elements that communicate via a hybrid interconnect network. Parameterizable design of resource cells enables flexible mapping of arbitr
In this paper, a new approach to designing beamformers for voice control device is proposed. It is well-known that under a strong near-field noise with low signal-to-noise ratios (SNR), the performance of speech recognition is deteriorated significantly. However, designing the beamformer for enhancing speech recognition is a slow process and might not be adapted. easily to the changing noise envir
Today, a considerable portion of embedded systems, e.g., automotive and avionic, comprise several control applications. Guaranteeing the stability of these control applications in embedded systems, or cyber-physical systems, is perhaps the most fundamental requirement while implementing such applications. This is different from the classical hard real-time systems where often the acceptance criter
Modern high-voltage high-power pulsed modulators typically generate pulses by discharging energy stored in one or more capacitor banks into the load. The capacitor discharge manifests itself as output pulse droop which must be compensated for. To eliminate such droop, modulators utilizing pulse transformers require external circuitry and, typically, passive resonant bouncer circuits are used. For
PLCs are the core of most industrial automation systems (IAS). Modern IAS development emphasizes hardware unifica-tion and increased software significance. Remote PLC programming boosts efficiency by reducing time and travel costs, while supporting advanced training. Using safety controllers in the example of IAS, this paper presents hardware and PLC-specific software tools enabling remote PLC pro
This report describes the design and development of weather shield concepts for wall-mounted fixed dome surveillance cameras. The aim was to create concepts that would have better functionality against rain than current solutions while at the same time being attractive, non-obtrusive products. During the first phase the challenges of a weather shield were explored in detail. Areas such as differe
To seal a cable going into the chassis of a camera, a cable gasket is placed between the chassis and the gasket. This type of gasket is called a grommet. For this project, these grommets needed to be able to withstand a modular plug being pulled through and at the same time be as small as possible to fit into a small space. The purpose of this master thesis was to investigate how to make a grommet
The required moment of inertia for steel plate girders is commonly provided by using relatively slender webs to achieve high strength-to-weight ratio. A large part of the shear capacity of such plate girders depends on the post-buckling reserve strength of the web panels due to the diagonal tension field mechanism. The effectiveness of the tension field significantly depends on geometrical and mec
The influence of damage on the load-carrying capacity of thin-walled steel columns with channel sections is investigated. The axial load-carrying capacity is evaluated for different profiles, and different damage magnitudes are dealt with. The profiles selected for the analysis are commonly used as upright members in rack and shelving systems in industry. The type of damage corresponds primarily t
This work investigates the problem of how to reduce the prime cost of Grade Q125 Group 4 casing and tubing according to API 5CT and proposes process solutions to resolve it, consisting in the enhancement of series of mechanical properties without chemical alloying of steel with expensive elements such as chromium, molybdenum, vanadium, niobium and boron. During the investigation the process parame
The effect of additional shear on the asymmetric rolling (ASR) of an interstitial-free (IF) steel was studied by modeling and experiments. The asymmetry was introduced by making one roll idle. A 66 pct of total thickness reduction was performed in 6 passes with less than 16 pct reduction per pass. ASR was performed in two ways: monotonically and by rotating the sheet between passes by 180 deg arou
