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Experimental Study and Prediction of Vancomycin Partitioningin Surfactant-Salt Aqueous Two-Phase Systems

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Shirvani, Sara (Author) ; Vosughi, Manouchehr (Supervisor) ; Rashtchian, Davood (Supervisor) ; Pazuki, Gholamreza (Supervisor)

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In the past years, upstream processes have been receiving a considerable R&D investment and commercial attention. The downstream processes have, however, been overlooked causing a production bottleneck that is shifting the costs of production from up to downstream. The need to develop more efficient and cost-effective separation and purification processes is, thus, crucial in order to improve process efficiency and economics keeping the required high standards of quality for market approval. In this research, promising aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) containing Tween 20 as a quite biocompatible non-ionic surfactant and different salts (K3Citrate and NaH2PO4) were prepared and their...

Drug Delivery in Cardiovascular System with Multi Scale Approach

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Rahmati, Mahmood (Author) ; Vosughi, Manouchehr (Supervisor) ; Saeedi, Mohammad Saeed (Supervisor) ; Firoozabadi, Bahar (Supervisor)

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Particle retention and clearance is a major concern in the treatment of pulmonary diseases. Inhaled materials into the nasal and lung airways include gases/vapors, liquid droplets and soluble/insoluble particulate matter which can be toxic or therapeutic (or both). For example, nanoparticles (NPs), as part of nanomedicine, are now being used as drug carriers for passive and active targeting of solid tumors and inflamed tissue. However, natural and especially manmade NPs can also be harmful, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), asbestos fibers and ambient toxic pollutants, based on epidemiological and pathological studies of occupational and environmental exposures. In fact, ultrafine particles...

A Learning Method Inspired by the Human Motor Learning

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Davoudi, Heydar (Author) ; Vosughi Vahdat, Bijan (Supervisor)

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Recently, the computational algorithms underlying in the nervous system of vertebrates have been attracting scientists and engineers. Therefore, a number of artificial learning methods are proposed for mathematical interpretation of these algorithms. In this thesis, by investigating the latest findings about the nervous system, and the motor system in particular, a novel machine learning scheme inspired by human motor learning is proposed. Basic theoretical aspects of this method in conjunction with some of state-of-theart artificial learning methods are discussed. Finally, this method is evaluated in a variety of engineering problems ranging from curve fitting and function approximation to...

Modeling of Human Decision Making in Problem Solving Based on Physiological Models of Neuron

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Shirzadeh, Hossein (Author) ; Vosughi Vahdat, Bijan (Supervisor)

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How the human nervous system works is one of the most important topics in science and in this topic providing a model of it is scientists' main concern. The human brain that has been formed from a large number of nerve cells lets it do complex computations. The structure of cognition, memorizing and processing which are some of human features are being studied in many fields of science named "brain and cognitive science".
In this study, we will point to modeling of one of the human cognitive phenomena (decision making in problem solving). In this modeling, we aim to connect the microscopic and macroscopic levels of the nervous system to each other.
First, we will give an introduction...

Speed Optimization In Hardware Implementation Of JPEG2000

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Bayat, Mina (Author) ; Vosughi Vahdat, Bijan (Supervisor)

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According to needs for high quality pictures with high compression, in variety of applications such as Satellite communications, in this thesis some parts of JPEG2000 standard with computation and time complexity, have been implemented on FPGA. This parts are:
1- Two dimensional Discrete wavelet transform (2D-DWT)
2- Bit Plan Coding
3- Context-based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (MQ-Coder)
Each of these parts is implemented on basis of the best architectures in papers with some improvement on its hardware; and the results are compared with other similar works. Other parts, such as “Packet Creation” that are intrinsically software-based, are not implemented and it is...

Investigation of Multidimensional Recording Brain Signal (ECoG) For Estimation of 3D Arm Trajectory

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Babolhavaeji, Ali (Author) ; Vosughi Vahdat, Bijan (Supervisor)

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The main idea in this project is investigation of multidimensional recording brain signal (ECoG) for estimation of 3D arm trajectory. First we introduce a general structure with variable blocks, in this structure we have many ways to estimate hand trajectory and obtain different result. By statistical test we find the best state of this structure and apply it on other dtae set trials. Electrocorticography (ECoG) has seen recent use in this regard because it offers a higher spatiotemporal resolution than non-invasive EEG and is less invasive than intracortical microelectrodes and have been shown to contain reliable information about the direction of arm Trajectory and movements. We using...

Stimulus Signal Improvement in Order to Alleviate the Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease in Rat

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Gholipour, Saman (Author) ; Vosughi Vahdat, Bijan (Supervisor)

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Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. The motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease result from the death of dopamine-generating cells in the substantia nigra. The cause of this cell death is unknown. Early in the course of the disease, the most obvious symptoms are movement-related. Some of the symptoms are: shaking, rigidity, slowness of movement and difficulty with walking and gait. Modern treatments are effective at managing the early motor symptoms of the disease, mainly through the use of levodopa and dopamine agonists. As the disease progresses these drugs eventually become ineffective and produce a complication called dyskinesia, marked by...

Improving the Method of Face Recognition

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Rabiepour, Siavash (Author) ; Vosughi Vahdat, Bijan (Supervisor)

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Face recognition is one of the best biometrics in computer vision. Although researchers introduced this method many years ago, the most important improvement has occurred in the biometrics last decade. Face recognition was employed in areas such as passport checking, security issues and identification. It facilitates our daily life as we use it in our mobile phones and computers for unlocking our devices. Many approaches were employed in the face recognition applications. Some of them were single-modal like PCA, ICA and LDA and some others were multimodal like Visual + 3D or 3D + IR. Still, most of Face recognition methods suffer from environment changes like variations in illumination and...

Epileptic seizure detection using AR model on EEG signals

, Article 2008 Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, CIBEC 2008, Cairo, 18 December 2008 through 20 December 2008 ; February , 2008 ; 9781424426959 (ISBN) Mousavi, R ; Niknazar, M ; Vosughi Vahdat, B ; Sharif University of Technology

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This study presents a new method for epilepsy detection based on autoregressive (AR) estimation of EEG signals. In this method, optimum order for AR model is determined by Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) and then AR parameters of EEG signals (from EEG data set of epilepsy center of the University of Bonn, Germany) and their sub-bands (created with the help of wavelet decomposition) are extracted based on it. These parameters are used as a feature to classify the EEG signals into Healthy, Interictal (seizure free) and Ictal (during a seizure) groups using multilayer perceptron (MLP) classifier. Correct classification scores at the range of 91% to 96% reveals the potential of our approach...

Modeling of Ethanol Production Technologies From Solid Waste and Evaluation of Ethanol Based Biofules in Energy System

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Hashemi, Nasim (Author) ; Vosughi, Manoochehr (Supervisor) ; Saboohi, Yadollah (Supervisor)

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Considering finish ability of fossil fuels and their polluting effects accordingly a need of renewable energies is felt. Among these clean energies biomass considering economical and environmental advantages is one of bests. Therefore a sufficient energy¬-¬efficient process with a good efficiency is needed. In this study an analysis of different mechanism to produce bioethanol from biomass has been done. According to the results from simulation the recovery step of bioethanol from the existing dilute solution from fermentation consumes the most energy in the process. Therefore substituting saline extractive column can result in saving energy. Finally in order to get more accurate result the...

Designing a 32-Bit Fault-Tolerant ALU Using EDAC

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology (Author) ; Vosughi Vahdat, Bijan (Supervisor) ; Mortazavi, Mohammad (Supervisor)

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Reliable communication has become very crucial in the transmission applications. Hence, to design hardware to handle reliability is the most important part of communication. In this work, we propose a new secured ALU (Arithmetic and Logic Unit) against fault attacks that is used in ARM processor which can correct any 5-bit error in any position of 32-bit input registers of ALU. We also designed a BCH (Bose, Chaudhuri, and Hocquenghem) codec (encoder, decoder) using the prototyping FPGA. Further, in this thesis we designed (63, 36) the BCH encoding and decoding system to tolerate the 5-bit faults. The codec system and ALU system are based on using Verilog description language. Since...

Developing a Correspondent Information Security Management System for Electronic Banking in Iran

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Iravani, Yousef Esmaeil (Author) ; Vosughi Vahdat, Bijan (Supervisor)

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Growing need for the use of modern technologies in the field of information and communication reveals the necessity to establish an information security management system more than before. It is totally proven that information is an asset which, like other important assets of the organization is so momentous that should be crucially protected. Nowadays, with the proliferation of security threats, which can lead to undesirable events with possible damage to systems or organizations intentionally or inadvertently, by human factors or inhuman cause, existence of a safe structure has become more necessary for all organizations and agencies. One of the most critical areas of information security...

Design and Implementation of Multi-Lead ECG Holter Monitoring and Cardiac Arrhythmia Classification

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Mousavi Bandarabadi, Hassan (Author) ; Vosughi Vahdat, Bijan (Supervisor)

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Cardiovascular diseases are currently the most common disease and the first cause of death in Iran and the world. It will increase in the future due to improper diet and lifestyle. Therefore, the prevention and treatment of these diseases is very important for the health of the country. One of the effective ways to diagnose heart diseases is to analyze the electrical signals of the heart and detect heart rhythm irregularities from it. The electrical signal of the heart called ECG is created by the electro-mechanical activity of the atria, ventricles and the valves between them. Therefore, this signal is useful for detecting the correct functioning of different parts of the heart and...

Recognizing Influential Macro Environmental Factors in Home Medical Equipments Industry and Proposing Domestic Guideline for Successful Marketing Strategy and Marketing Mix Planning

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Tourani, Nazanin (Author) ; Najmi, Manouchehr (Supervisor)

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Diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases. Blood glucose control provides diabetics with the opportunity to keep their normal lifestyle, being a productive resource in the society, while ignoring to do so impose a huge cost to the society. Hence, it is of vital importance to find an appropriate approach to control and prevent the subsequent complications of diabetes. One of the most effective approaches is self monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG), which is now available through the commitment of a number of medical equipment companies to introduce SMBG products to the market. Some of the noted companies appointed Iran medical equipment market as a target for their market...

Evaluating Effect of Major Approach Median on Minor Approach Drivers’ Behavior at Major-Minor Intersections With Stop Control

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Azari, Keyvan (Author) ; Vaziri, Manouchehr (Supervisor)

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At major-minor intersections with no timing and signal control, with comparison to those with signal control, a lower level of control is imposed on intersection’s traffic. So the driver’s behavior has more effective and important role on geometric and traffic design of intersection. Therefore, recognizing drivers’ behavior at this kind of intersections seems to be vital. In this research drivers’ behavior in big cities in Iran at major-minor intersections has been studied. For this purpose, 7 major-minor intersections which have stop control at minor approach and median at major approach have been selected and shot. After extraction of primary data from taken digital video films and...

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Omrani, Reza (Author) ; Vaziri, Manouchehr (Supervisor)

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As petroleum resources are not steadily distributed in the world and all industries and manufacturing sections are dependent on these resources, petroleum transportation is very important to the extent that availability of these resources occurs in the fastest time and costing the least possible. The objective of this study is to study the petroleum distribution through time in the world and assess its transportation efficacy during 1965-2005 in 173 countries. Collecting information about petroleum distribution between exporting countries to importing ones helped to complete the study data base. Also in this study two transportation networks, sea and land multimodal transportation network...

A Study of Trade and Transportation Trends in Asia

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology khademi, Elahe (Author) ; Vaziri, Manouchehr (Supervisor)

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Considering the extensive developments achieved up to now in the fields of trade and international transportation, as well as the key role of the freight transportation in the economical development of a zone or a country, the present research, titled “A Study of the Trade and Transportation Trends”, was planned. The available data concerning the trade of six types of the goods according to The United Nations Classification (SITC), within the period 1965-2005, have been analyzed in this research. The study has been focused on the Asian Multimodal Network constituted of 31 countries. Trading centre of each country in the selected network is assumed to be located in its capital town. The...

Activity-based Travel Demand Modeling in Rural Areas; Case Study of Villages Far-from-city in Fars Province

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Salimi, Farzam (Author) ; Vaziri, Manouchehr (Supervisor)

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Although rural inhabitants constitute a large portion of developing countries’ population, they have always been neglected in many ways. Expansion of equity, calls for a new concern in adequacy of rural development. The problem could be considered in two aspects: Firstly, there is a great tendency for immigration to nearby cities, hoping for a better life. This would result in more crowded cities, extended poverty and an increasing rate of crime mainly in suburban areas. On the other hand, the evacuation of farms and fertilized lands imposes great economical loss to the country. Therefore, development of rural facilities should be integrated into national policies to assure a homogeneous and...

An Integrated Methodology for Business Process Reengineering In Project-Based Organizations

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Nouri, Saeed (Author) ; Najmi, Manouchehr (Supervisor)

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The Study of antecedents and considering the status of Project-Based Organizations (PBOs) in our country such as MSA, Azarab, Sadad Machine, etc indicates that they are facing lots of problems in different aspects. This bad situation is in a way that amendment of part of sections guarantees the continuity of bad performance of these companies and we have to apply Business Process Reengineering and establishing a radical change in these firms. So the present research according to managers and experts opinions, several year observations of the writer and review of the literature of BPR, Project Management (PMBOK) and PBOs; and based on a library research, introduces the processes of PBOs in 3...

Minimising Conflict in Concurrent Channels: Solico Groups Case Study

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Karimi, Saman (Author) ; Najmi, Manouchehr (Supervisor)

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Increasingly adopting of multiple channels by companies in order to achieve greater market coverage and more sale, has made managers to deal with a new challenge of avoiding conflict in multiple channels. The importance of the issue and lack of empirical research provided motivation to study approaches to minimize multiple channel conflict and explore how they reduce conflict. Therefore a qualitative study using a single case (Solico Group) was conducted. After reviewing the literature 7 approaches were identified to minimize multiple channel conflict: Superordinate goals (goals that achieving them requires efforts and resources of more than one channel), Brand (using products with different...