Fabrication and characterization of an injectable reinforced composite scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering: An in vitro study

, Article Biomedical Materials (Bristol) ; Volume 16, Issue 4 , 2021 ; 17486041 (ISSN) Khozaei Ravari, M ; Mashayekhan, S ; Zarei, F ; Sayyahpour, F. A ; Taghiyar, L ; Eslaminejad, M. B ; Sharif University of Technology

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There are limitations in current medications of articular cartilage injuries. Although injectable bioactive hydrogels are promising options, they have decreased biomechanical performance. Researchers should consider many factors when providing solutions to overcome these challenges. In this study, we created an injectable composite hydrogel from chitosan and human acellular cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) particles. In order to enhance its mechanical properties, we reinforced this hydrogel with microporous microspheres composed of the same materials as the structural building blocks of the scaffold. Articular cartilage from human donors was decellularized by a combination of physical,...

Fabrication of Composite Scaffold Composed of Cartilage Extracellular Matrix/Chitosan with High Mechanical Strength for Cartilage Tissue Engineering

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Khozaei Ravari, Mojtaba (Author) ; Mashayekhan, Shohreh (Supervisor) ; Baghban Eslami Nejad, Mohammad Reza (Supervisor)

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Methods that has been used for articular defects are faced with many limitations, so new therapies based on tissue engineering were taken into consideration in recent years. However, tissue engineering also encounters challenges regarding optimal scaffold construction and suitable cell source selection. Mature harvested chondrocytes are limited in number and may lose their chondrogenic potential in several cultures, leading to dedifferentiation. In addition, using stem cells also presents unique challenges associated with them, among which hypertrophic differentiation is the most substantial problem. Choosing the appropriate biomaterial similar to the cartilage structure with sufficient...

Measurement of Radionuclide Transport Parameters for Soil Samples Taken from Naein Radioactive Waste Disposal Site by Using Column Experiment and Determining the Concentration Profile through the Column

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Poursharifi Ravari, Mohadese (Author) ; Samadfaam, Mohammad (Supervisor)

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Radioactive wastes are generated at different stages of the nuclear fuel cycle and other activities related to the handling of the radioactive substances. In order to protect human being and the environment from any harmful effects of ionizing radiation, it’s necessary to isolate radioactive waste by disposing them in near surface or deep geological formations (depending on the radioactive hazard). To ensure that the waste is properly isolated from the environment for required periods of time, the safety assessment of the disposal site is essential. Transport of radionuclides from the disposal site to the environment is the essential part at any safety assessment program. Therefore,...

Optical Conductivity of Fermi Arc States

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Hamidi Ravari, Zeinab (Author) ; Jafari, Akbar (Supervisor)

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Recently, some materials, such as Weyl and Dirac semimetals, have been found in condensed matter physics whose band structure behaves like Weyl fermions of elementary particles near some points of the first Birillouin zone. The Weyl equation that governs these materials, have boundary because they are finite. By applying proper boundary conditions, two-dimensional surface states have been emerged. these states are called fermi arc sates because the surface corresponding to the fermi energy is not a closed surface. Surface states are mixed with bulk states because by getting close to the end of fermi arcs, surface states tend to bulk states con-tinuously. Being able to distinguish between...

A semantic aware access control model with real time constraints on history of accesses

, Article Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology, IMCSIT 2008, 20 October 2008 through 22 October 2008, Wisla ; Volume 3 , 2008 , Pages 827-836 ; 9788360810149 (ISBN); 9788360810149 (ISBN) Noorollahi Ravari, A ; Amini, M ; Jalili, R ; Sharif University of Technology

2008

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With the advent of semantic technology, access control cannot be done in a safe way unless the access decision takes into account the semantic relationships among the entities in a semantic-aware environment. SBAC model considers this issue in its decision making process. However, time plays a crucial role in new computing environments which is not supported in the model. In this paper we introduce the Temporal Semantic Based Access Control model (TSBAC), as an extension of SBAC, which enhances the specification of user-defined authorization rules by constraining time interval and temporal expression over users' history of accesses. A formal semantics for temporal authorizations is provided...

A temporal semantic-based access control model

, Article 13th International Computer Society of Iran Computer Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Engineering, CSICC 2008, Kish Island, 9 March 2008 through 11 March 2008 ; Volume 6 CCIS , 2008 , Pages 559-568 ; 18650929 (ISSN); 3540899847 (ISBN); 9783540899846 (ISBN) Noorollahi Ravari, A ; Amini, M ; Jalili, R ; Sharif University of Technology

2008

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With the advent of semantic technology, access control cannot be done in a safe way unless the access decision takes into account the semantic relationships between entities in a semantic-aware environment. SBAC model considers this issue in the decision making process. However, time plays a crucial role in new computing environments which is not supported in this model. In this paper we introduce temporal semantic based access control model (TSBAC), as an extension of SBAC model, which enhances the specification of user-defined authorization rules by constraining time interval and temporal expression over users' history of accesses. A formal semantics for temporal authorizations is provided...

Broadcast Efficient Verifiable Secret Sharing

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Hosseini Beghayi Ravari, Amir (Author) ; Izadi, Mohammad (Supervisor)

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Verifiable secret sharing (VSS) is one of the basic problems in the theory of distributed cryptography and has important role in secure multi-party computation. In this case, it is tried to share a confidential data as secret, between multiple nodes in a distributed system, in the presence of an active adversary that can destroy a number of nodes, such that the secret can be reconstructed with the participation of certain size of honest nodes. There are two types of active adversary; Static and dynamic which the latter can change it’s corrupted nodes among the protocol. VSS protocols have different types of algorithmic complexity and one of these definitions, is the use of broadcast channel...

Reinforcement Learning Approach in Self-Assembly Systems to Acquire Desired Structures

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Ravari, Amir Hossein (Author) ; Bagheri Shouraki, Saeed (Supervisor)

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Self-Assembly (SA) plays a critical role in the formation of different phenomena in nature. This phenomenon can be defined as an arrangement of meaningful patterns with the aggregate behavior of simpler structures. One of the examples of Self-Assembly can be considered of the formation of ice crystals from ice molecules. Previous works mainly focus on graph grammar and self-assembly in fully observable environments. These algorithms mainly consist of two main stages: first, constructing simpler structures and then joining these simpler structures to form a complex structure. The challenges of the previous work can be considered as the necessity of a central controller in the formation of...

GTHBAC: A generalized temporal history based access control model

, Article Telecommunication Systems ; Volume 45, Issue 2-3 , 2010 , Pages 111-125 ; 10184864 (ISSN) Noorollahi Ravari, A ; Haadi Jafarian, J ; Amini, M ; Jalili, R ; Sharif University of Technology

2010

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Time plays a crucial role in access control for new computing environments, which is not supported in traditional access control models. In this paper, we propose a Generalized Temporal History Based Access Control (GTHBAC) model, aimed at integrating history-based constraints along with a generic access control model. GTHBAC enhances the specification of user-defined authorization rules by constraining time interval and temporal expression over users' history of accesses. Due to different application needs, GTHBAC uses two different time schemes, i.e., real time and logical time, in its authorization rules. A formal semantics for temporal authorizations is provided, and conflicting...

A history based semantic aware access control model using logical time

, Article Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, ICCIT 2008, 25 December 2008 through 27 December 2008, Khulna ; 2008 , Pages 43-50 ; 9781424421367 (ISBN) Noorollahi Ravari, A ; Amini, M ; Jalili, R ; Jafarian, J. H ; Sharif University of Technology

2008

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With the advent of semantic technology' access control cannot be done in a safe way unless the access decision takes into account the semantic relationships among the entities in a semantic-aware environment. The SBAC model (Semantic Based Access Control model) considers this issue in its decision making process. However' time plays a crucial role in new computing environments'which is not supported in SBAC. In this paper' we propose the Temporal Semantic Based Access Control (TSBAC) model' as an extension of SBAC' which enhances the specification of user-defined authorization rules by constraining time interval and temporal expression over users' history of accesses. TSBAC uses logical...

Financial Contagion ,Interbank Market, and Central Bank Policy

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Rashidi Ravari, Pooya (Author) ; Madanizadeh, Ali (Supervisor) ; Mahmoodzadeh, Amineh (Supervisor)

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Financial distress can propagate through different channels such as bank run, deposit interbank market,networks and asset prices. In this paper, with the assumption of deposit insurance, no linkages between banks, no deposit interbank market and fixed asset prices, we show that asset-side shocks might propagate through both loan interbank market and deposit market. However, when there is aggregate liquidity surplus in the banking system, loan interbank market results in the first best allocation. In contrast, aggregate liquidity shortage does not result in optimum allocation. In the presence of deposit and loan interbank market, not only shocks propagate but also they are magnified with the...

Position Error of Resolver in a Closed Loop Control

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Khajueezadeh Ravari, Mohammad Sadegh (Author) ; Nasiri Gheidari, Zahra (Supervisor)

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Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs) are more conventional and widely employed in Electric Vehicles (EVs) applications. The rotor position performed an essential role through PMSMs drive; therefore, any deviation in the detected position will be evaded in coordinate transformations, originating from external or inherence sources. Subsequently, the discussed faults will be conducted to three-phase currents and output torque through erroneous transformations. Resolver’s estimated rotor position due to fault occurrence will be defined as aggregating ideal and non-ideal components. Moreover, based on inherence periodic in resolvers’ principle, non-ideal components could be written by the...

Preparation, Surface Modification and Application of Nanocomposite Membranes Based on Transition Metals- Dichalcogenide Nanoparticles in Forward Osmosis Desalination Process

, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology Nikkhoo, Mohammad (Author) ; Bagherzadeh, Mojtaba (Supervisor) ; Ahadian, Mohammad Mahdi (Supervisor) ; Amini, Mojtaba (Supervisor)

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Different parts of this research are focused on developing FO membranes and improving their performance. For this purpose, thin film composite (TFC) membranes with fixed composition of polyethersulfone/polyamide (PES/PA) have been used to investigate the effect of nanocomposites containing transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) on their performance. The support layer in all cases is PES, which is prepared through the phase inversion process and does not contain any nanofillers. The modification process takes place in the polyamide layer by dispersing the desired nanoparticles in the aqueous monomer solution necessary to form this active layer. Identification and characterization of...

Synthesis and Study of Catalytic Activity of Iron (III)-bis(2-oxazolinyl) Methane complex by Urea Hydrogen Peroxide in Oxidation of Sulfides

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Kazem, Nasrin (Author) ; Bagherzadeh, Mojtaba (Supervisor)

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Considerable effort has been directed in recent years towards the transition metal complex catalyzed oxidation of organic compounds. Herein the synthsis of the iron complex of bis(oxazoline) ligand as a novel catalyst is reported, and the catalytic activity of this complex in oxidation of sulfides is investigated. Bis(2-oxazolynil)methane as ligand is prepared by condensation of diethylmalonate with 2-aminoethanole in 1:2 molar ratio and finally corresponding complex is synthesized by the reaction between FeCl3.6H2O and Bis(2-Oxazolynil)methane in 1:1 molar ratio. The complex is characterized by using IR, UV-Vis, cyclic voltametery, conductometery and elemental analysis data. Moreover,...

Design of a Low Noise Amplifier without On-Chip Inductor

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Behmanesh, Baktash (Author) ; Atarodi, Mojtaba (Supervisor)

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In this project a wide-band inductorless Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) has been designed using 0.18 micrometer CMOS technology. The specification of this amplifier has been explored in frequency band of 330MHz to 10GHz. Wide-band input and output impedance matching, low Noise-Figure (NF), reasonable voltage gain and low power consumption are the main challenges of Low Noise Amplifier design. Without using an inductor a better overall performance of LNA in a wide frequency band as well as a lower chip area has been achieved. In this design a novel noise cancellation technique in common-gate topology has been used for lowering the Noise Figure of the LNA. Group Delay of the designed LNA, which is...

Synthesis, Structure and Catalytic Application of Mn, Fe and Mo Complexes with Schiff base and Oxazoline ligands and Theoretical Mechanistic Studies on the Role of Heme and non-Heme Iron(IV)-Oxo Species in Hydroxylation and Epoxidation Reactions

, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology Tahsini , Laleh (Author) ; Bagherzadeh, Mojtaba (Supervisor)

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The first part of this thesis describes the synthesis and characterization of several Mn, Fe and Mo complexes containing tridentate Schiff base and oxazoline ligands and their reactivities as catalysts in the oxidation of organic compounds like olefins and sulfides, as well. The crystal structures of newly prepared cis-dioxo-bis[2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)-oxazolinato]molybdenum(VI), cis-[MoO2(phox)2] and (N-hydroxyphenyl-salicylidenamine)(acetylacetonato)ethanol iron(III), [FeIII(N-OPh-sal)(acac)EtOH] complexes have been described by X-ray crystallography. Due to the difficulties in the preparation of suitable single crystals of novel...

Designing and Fabricating the Active Phase Shifter

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology asoodeh, Alireza (Author) ; Atarodi, Mojtaba (Supervisor)

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In this project, issues related to designing and fabricating active phase shifter blocks on the silicon substrate have been examined. Phase shifter circuits are designed in a way that have the most bandwidth and the less sensitivity to process characteristics changes and environmental conditions. The purpose of this research, is designing an active 6 bits phase shifter. The active phase shifter synthesizes the required phase using a phase interpolation process by adding quadrature phased input signals. It uses a new quadrature all-pass filter for quadrature signaling with a wide bandwidth. Also substitute structure has been suggested to this filter which is the main block in determining...

Wideband Frequency Synthesizer for Digital Video Tuners

, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology Saeedi, Saeed (Author) ; Atarodi, Mojtaba (Supervisor)

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Integration of radio transceivers results in developing low power low cost wireless systems and allows delivery of multimedia contents to battery-powered mobile terminals. Portable reception of digital video for hand-held devices is one of the applications, for which, some telecommunications standards have been developed in the recent years. This research deals with the integrated implementation of the radio frequency parts of the digital video receiver, especially the frequency synthesizer. The key aspects of the digital video reception system are the required signal to noise ratio, which is relatively high, wide band input signals and strong interferers in the receiving band.
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Design and Fabrication of RFID Front END Transceiver single chip with 2.5W Output Power

, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology Javidan, Javad (Author) ; Atarodi, Mojtaba (Supervisor)

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This thesis deals with the front-End of an Integrated RFID Reader operated in 860MHz to 960MHz, which integrates a RF transceiver including PA, LNA and Mixer. In the receiver part, a power amplifier was fabricated and measured and in the transmitter part, LNA and Mixer were designed. There is a growing interest in utilizing CMOS technologies for RF power amplifiers (PAs). Although several advances have been made recently to enable full integration of PAs in CMOS, it is still among the most difficult challenges in achieving a truly single-chip radio system in CMOS. This is exacerbated by supply voltage reduction due to CMOS technology scaling and on-chip passive losses due to the conductive...

Synthesis and Study of Catalytic Reactivity Oxo Vanadium (IV)& (V) Complexes with N,N'-Ethylenebis(Salicylimine)Ligand in Oxidation of Sulfides and Epioxidation of Olfins by Urea Hydrogen Peroxide (UHP) and Tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide (TBHP)

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Nadiri, Siheila (Author) ; Bagherzadeh, Mojtaba (Supervisor)

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The selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides is an important method in organic synthesis because sulfoxides are useful synthetic intermediates for the construction of various chemically and biologically significant molecules. To date, the most important method of preparation involves the oxidation of sulfides. Various oxidizing agents are used for this purpose. Oxovanadium(IV)(Salen) and oxovanadium(V)(Salen)Cl were synthesised and screened in the vanadium-catalysed oxidation of sulfides to solfuxides with urea hydrogen peroxide(UHP) as terminal oxidant. Both complexes showed good activity and selectivity trough the catalytic reaction.characterized by elemental analyses, IR, 1H and 13C...