Works Published in 2017
Displaying works 61 - 80 of 203 in total
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2017 journal article
Analysis of muscle fiber conduction velocity during finger flexion and extension after stroke
Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 24(4), 262–268.
author keywords: Stroke; muscle; conduction velocity; finger; EMG; fiber
MeSH headings : Adult; Aged; Chronic Disease; Electric Conductivity; Electromyography; Female; Fingers / physiopathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / physiology; Stroke / physiopathology; Survivors
TL;DR:
Clinically, therapists may use this information to develop therapeutic exercises targeting loss of type-II fiber in extensor muscles, especially in extrinsic extensors, after stroke.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
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Source: Crossref
Added: February 24, 2020
2017 journal article
Intersegmental kinetics significantly impact mapping from finger musculotendon forces to fingertip forces
Journal of Biomechanics, 65, 82–88.
author keywords: Index finger; Finger posture; Musculotendon; Fingertip force; Moment arm; Extensor mechanism; Force distribution
MeSH headings : Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biomechanical Phenomena; Female; Finger Joint / physiology; Fingers / physiology; Humans; Kinetics; Models, Biological; Muscle, Skeletal / physiology; Posture / physiology; Tendons / physiology; Torque
TL;DR:
This work attempted to elucidate the postural effects on the mapping between musculotendon force and fingertip force through in vitro experiments, and found that intersegmental force transmission through a joint is affected by the posture of neighboring joints.
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Added: February 24, 2020
2017 journal article
Synthetic beta cells for fusion-mediated dynamic insulin secretion
Nature Chemical Biology, 14(1), 86–93.
MeSH headings : Animals; Artificial Cells; Biomimetic Materials / chemistry; Blood Glucose / analysis; Cell Engineering / methods; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / blood; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / drug therapy; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / blood; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / drug therapy; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Insulin / blood; Insulin / metabolism; Insulin Secretion; Insulin-Secreting Cells / metabolism; Male; Membrane Fusion; Mice, Inbred C57BL
TL;DR:
The construction of artificial beta cells with a multicompartmental 'vesicles-in-vesicle' superstructure equipped with a glucose-metabolism system and membrane-fusion machinery is described, which can effectively distinguish between high and normal glucose levels.
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Added: February 24, 2020
2017 journal article
An Adaptive Classification Strategy for Reliable Locomotion Mode Recognition
Sensors, 17(9), 2020.
Contributors: M. Liu n, F. Zhang n & H. Huang n
author keywords: locomotion mode recognition; powered prosthesis leg; adaptive pattern classifier; surface electromyography; and human-in-the-loop
TL;DR:
The online evaluation showed that the applied EBA effectively adapted to changes in input signals across sessions and yielded more reliable prosthesis control over time, compared with the LMR without adaptation.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
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Added: January 15, 2020
2017 conference paper
Musculoskeletal model for simultaneous and proportional control of 3-DOF hand and wrist movements from EMG signals
2017 8th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER), 325–328.
Contributors: L. Pan *, D. Crouch * & H. Huang*
Event: 2017 8th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER)
TL;DR:
The results demonstrated that the proposed musculoskeletal model could feasibly simultaneously estimate 3-DOF joint angles during either independent-DOf or simultaneous 3- DOF movements from EMG signals.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
(OpenAlex)
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Added: January 14, 2020
2017 conference paper
Comparing parallel and sequential control parameter tuning for a powered knee prosthesis
2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2017-January, 1716–1721.
Event: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC)
TL;DR:
The ability to simultaneously adjust all control parameters with ADP using a parallel strategy may be a preferred solution for the current high-dimension control challenge, which may lead to more advanced, adaptive powered knee prostheses.
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Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: January 14, 2020
2017 conference paper
NREL-Exo: A 4-DoFs wearable hip exoskeleton for walking and balance assistance in locomotion
2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017-September, 508–513.
Contributors: T. Zhang n, M. Tran n & H. Huang n
Event: 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
TL;DR:
A high-power, self-balancing, passively and software-controlled active compliant, and wearable hip exoskeleton to provide walking and balance assistance and a new balance controller based on the “extrapolated center of mass” (XCoM) concept is presented.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
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Added: January 14, 2020
2017 conference paper
A scalable shear and normal force sensor for prosthetic sensing
2017 IEEE SENSORS, 2017-December, 1–3.
Contributors: T. Agcayazi n, M. McKnight n, P. Sotory*, H. Huang* , T. Ghosh n & A. Bozkurt n
Event: 2017 IEEE SENSORS
TL;DR:
This work introduces the design and experimental results of a capacitive shear and normal force sensor that works with a single transduction point to ease the process of spatial scaling and is integrated seamlessly on the liner component of the prosthetic limb.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: January 14, 2020
2017 chapter
Macrophages’ role in tissue disease and regeneration
In Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation (Vol. 62, pp. 245–271).
Contributors: L. Gaffney n, P. Warren n, E. Wrona n, M. Fisher n & D. Freytes *
MeSH headings : Animals; Humans; Inflammation / immunology; Macrophages / immunology; Regeneration / immunology; Regenerative Medicine; Tissue Engineering; Wound Healing / immunology
TL;DR:
The role of macrophages in specific cases of injury and disease is described and enhanced therapeutic treatments can be developed that enhance the normal healing response as well as help the survival of therapeutic cells delivered to the site of injury.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: September 10, 2019
2017 journal article
BMP protein-mediated crosstalk between inflammatory cells and human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 11(5), 1466–1478.
Contributors: I. Pallotta*, B. Sun*, E. Wrona* & D. Freytes*
author keywords: cardiomyocytes; macrophages; inflammation; BMP; migration; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine
MeSH headings : Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 / metabolism; Cell Communication; Humans; Inflammation / metabolism; Inflammation / pathology; Macrophages / metabolism; Macrophages / pathology; Myocytes, Cardiac / metabolism; Myocytes, Cardiac / pathology; Pluripotent Stem Cells / metabolism; Pluripotent Stem Cells / pathology; Smad Proteins / metabolism
TL;DR:
A new role is proposed for CM‐ and macrophage‐derived BMP proteins during the recruitment ofmacrophage subtypes and the maturation of repair cells, representing an important step towards creating a functional cardiac patch with superior therapeutic properties.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: September 10, 2019
2017 book
High frequency piezo-composite micromachined ultrasound transducer array technology for biomedical imaging
TL;DR:
This monograph reports the current advancement in high frequency piezoelectric crystal micromachined ultrasound transducers and arrays and their biomedical applications, and describes challenges and future perspectives of this technique for biomedical applications.
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Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Macrophages' role in tissue disease and regeneration
Macrophages: Origin, Functions and Biointervention, 62, 245–271.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
A melanin-mediated cancer immunotherapy patch
SCIENCE IMMUNOLOGY, 2(17).
MeSH headings : Animals; Cancer Vaccines / immunology; Cancer Vaccines / metabolism; Cell Line, Tumor; Dendritic Cells / immunology; Dendritic Cells / metabolism; Female; Immunotherapy / instrumentation; Immunotherapy / methods; Infrared Rays; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Melanins / immunology; Melanins / metabolism; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Knockout; Mice, Transgenic; Needles; Neoplasms, Experimental / immunology; Neoplasms, Experimental / pathology; Neoplasms, Experimental / therapy; Transdermal Patch; Tumor Burden / immunology
TL;DR:
It is found that the spatiotemporal photoresponsive immunotherapy increases infiltration of polarized T cells and local cytokine release in mice after tumor challenge and elicited antitumor effects toward established primary tumor and distant tumor.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Smart materials and systems as artificial pancreas for diabetes treatment
Smart Materials for Tissue Engineering: Applications, 25, 358–381.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 conference paper
Enhancing gait balance via a 4-DoFs wearable hip exoskeleton
2017 International Symposium on Wearable Robotics and Rehabilitation (WEROB), 23–24.
TL;DR:
The present study is to develop a novel, high-power, self-balancing, and passively and software-controlled actively compliant hip exoskeleton that can assist with movement and maintain balance in both the sagittal and frontal planes.
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Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 conference paper
Characterization of hysteresis in resistive bend sensors
2017 International Symposium on Wearable Robotics and Rehabilitation (WEROB), 54–55.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
(OpenAlex)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 review
Engineering platelet-mimicking drug delivery vehicles
[Review of ]. FRONTIERS OF CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 11(4), 624–632.
author keywords: drug delivery; platelets; nanomedicine; bio-inspired; biomimetic
TL;DR:
This review highlights recent advancements made in the platelet-mimicking strategies and discusses the future opportunities and translational challenges.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 conference paper
Using monkey hand exoskeleton to explore finger passive joint movement response in primary motor cortex
Proceedings of annual international conference of the ieee engineering, 3624–3627.
MeSH headings : Animals; Finger Joint; Fingers; Haplorhini; Motor Cortex; Movement
TL;DR:
A custom exoskeleton is employed to drive index finger metacarpophalangeal joint of a macaque to follow sinusoid trajectories at 4 different frequencies and display sensitivity to direction, frequency, movement amplitude, and movement amplitude.
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Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 conference paper
Effects of output speed threshold on real-time continuous EMG human-machine interface control
Ieee international conference on systems man and cybernetics conference, 2017-January, 1375–1380.
Contributors: S. Chung n, D. Crouch n & H. Huang n
TL;DR:
An output speed threshold method to stabilize the movement prediction of a 2-DOF musculoskeletal model-based continuous EMG controller during a real-time virtual task was successful in reducing overshoot and trial failures and a threshold was preferred by all subjects over no threshold.
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Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2017 conference paper
ARFI variance of acceleration (VoA) for noninvasive characterization of human carotid plaques in vivo
Proceedings of annual international conference of the ieee engineering, 2984–2987.
MeSH headings : Carotid Arteries; Carotid Stenosis; Hemorrhage; Humans; Necrosis; Plaque, Atherosclerotic; Ultrasonography
TL;DR:
A new ARFI-based measurement, the variance of acceleration (VoA), is evaluated for differentiating among soft and stiff plaque components, and results were obtained in vivo for a human carotid plaque acquired in a previous study and matched to a histological standard analyzed by a pathologist.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
10. Reduced Inequalities
(OpenAlex)
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Added: August 6, 2018
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