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Optiseen sensoriteknologiaan pohjautuvan pulssimittarin hyödyntäminen maksimaalisen hapenottokyvyn ja energiankulutuksen arvioinnissa

2015

Ihmisten kiinnostus oman hyvinvoinnin ja terveyden mittaamiseen on viime aikoina lisääntynyt. Erityisesti Suomessa on perustettu uusia innovatiivisia hyvinvointi- ja terveysteknologian alan yrityksiä. PulseOn – yksi näistä startupeista – on kehittänyt optiseen sensoriteknologiaan pohjautuvan rannekkeen, jonka avulla voidaan mitata pulssia analysoimalla veren liikettä suonissa. Rannekkeen kautta kerätty data lähetetään älypuhelimeen, jossa se jalostetaan edelleen käyttäjäpalautteeksi. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää, miten tarkasti maksimaalista hapenottokykyä (VO2max) ja energiankulutusta voidaan arvioida optisen sensoriteknologian avulla kerätyn pulssi- sekä matkapuhelimella …

Precīza biezuma poraina anodēta alumīnija oksīda kārtiņas optisko sensoru veidošanai

2020

Šajā darbā aplūkota metode poraina anodēta alumīnija oksīda (PAAO) optisko raksturlielumu pētīšanai un tā oksīda slāņa biezuma noteikšanai. Darbā pētītie paraugi iegūti anodēšanas procesā. Izpētes metode veidota no parauga atstarotās gaismas spektra uzņemšanas un tālākas analīzes, izmantojot vairākslāņu sistēmas matemātisko modeli. Modelis balstās uz gaismas elektromagnētiskā (EM) viļņa mijiedarbību ar parauga slāņu robežvirsmām un lauka izplatīšanos vidē. Ar modeli iegūst gaismas atstarošanās koeficienta atkarību no gaismas viļņa garuma un alumīnija oksīda slāņa biezumu. Rezultātus iegūst aproksimācijas ceļā, pielīdzinot aprēķinus eksperimenta datiem. Eksperimentālā daļa sastāv no optiskās…

FRET fluorescento proteīnu balstītu pH sensoru izveide

2018

Iekššūnas vides pH ir būtisks parametrs, kas raksturo šūnā notiekošos procesus, kā arī šūnas vitalitāti. Fluorescento proteīnu pielietošana pH noteikšanai ir daudzsološa metode. Pieejami atšķirīgas pH jutības fluorescentie proteīni, tie neuzrāda augstu toksicitāti un invazivitāti, padarot tos piemērotus dzīvu šūnu pētījumiem. Maģistra darba mērķis bija izveidot fluorescento proteīnu saturošus konstruktus ar atšķirīgu pH jutības slieksni, izmantojot Aquamarine, ECFP, EYFP un Citrine fluorescentos proteīnus, kas darbosies kā pH sensoru sistēma dzīvās šūnās, izmantojot FRET metodi. Trīs konstrukciju izveide (pAqua-HL3-Citrine, pAqua-HL3-EYFP, pECFP-HL3-EYFP) veikta ar dažādām metodiskajām piee…

Emotions and Activity Recognition System Using Wearable Device Sensors

2021

Nowadays machines have become extremely smart, there are a lot of existing services that seemed to be unexpectable and futuristic decades or even a few years ago. However, artificial intelligence is still far from human intelligence, machines do not have feelings, consciousness, and intuition. How can we help machines to learn about human feelings and understand their needs better? People take their devices wherever they go, what can devices tell us about their owners? Personal preferences and needs are dependent on emotional and situational contexts. Therefore, emotional and activity aware gadgets would be more intuitive and provide more appropriate information to users. Contemporary weara…

Implementation of participatory sensing approach in mobile vehicle based sensor networks

2013

In this paper author describes his research with the goal to develop and experimentally verify specific data recording and processing methodologies based on participatory sensing approach implementation in mobile vehicle based sensor networks. To reach this goal, author performed study of literature, testing of hypothesis using general purpose computer devices, adaptation of smartphones for participatory sensing, development of special purpose embedded devices, practical experiments with selected technical equipment and software as well as gathering of experimental results and following statistical analysis. The result of this research are several data acquisition and processing methodologi…

Transition-edge sensors for particle-induced X-ray emission spectrometry

2018

A transition-edge sensor array has been applied to particle-induced X-ray emission. We have characterized the detector for quantitative analysis and obtained minimum detection limit over two orders of magnitude better compared to a silicon drift detector. We have also studied chemical effects in analysis of Ti, TiO2 and TiN using proton and heavy ion beams. A chemical shift for TiO2 was observed in proton measurements, and relative multiple ionization X-ray satellite line intensities changed between metallic Ti and other compounds with heavy ions. Detection of low energy X-rays down to 0.5 keV was achieved by installing a polycapillary lens in front of the transition-edge sensor array in ex…

Self-cleaning ZnO/ITO/PET Bending Sensors

2022

The design of multifunctional materials is of pivotal importance for developing wearable biosensors. In particular, the advancement in self-cleaning materials suitable for bending sensors, i.e. devices able to track human body movements for healthcare monitoring [1], has raised much interest in recent pandemic times. Such technology can be facilitated by leveraging piezo-photocatalytic cleaning effects under visible light [2]. Herein, we show a new class of ZnO-based nanosheets (NSs) synthesized in aqueous solution (85 °C, 24 hours) onto seeded or seedless ITO/PET surfaces that couple sensing to photocatalysis. UV-vis and FT-IR spectroscopies show the typical absorption peaks of ZnO. A nano…

Piezoresistive semi-transparent flexible sensors by bithiophene fulleropyrrolidine thin films

Piezoresistive sensors are considered among the fundamental components of the future wearable electronic devices, given their potential applications in artificial skin, motion capture and personalized medicine.[1-5] Here, we present a cost-effective, viable fabrication approach to realize piezoresistive sensors using a novel polymeric biotiophene fulleropyrrolidine system (bis-C60Bi) synthesized on flexible ITO/PET supports by electrochemical chronoamperometry. By applying an anodic potential (1.5 V) to a solution containing the monomer, it is possible to obtain a homogeneous semi-transparent thin film on the ITO/PET surface (see Figure). AFM, XPS, UV-vis have been employed to characterize …

Hydrogeologinen WSN-ympäristömonitorointi : tapaustutkimus Kaitforsin patoalueen pohjavesien korkeusseurannan pilottijärjestelmästä

2017

Tämän pro gradu -tutkielman tavoitteena on selvittää Kaitforsin patoalueelle toteutetun pohjavesien monitorointiin Kokkolan yliopistokeskus Chydeniuksessa kehitetyn pilottijärjestelmän näkökulmasta, millaisin menetelmin vedenkorkeuksien ja veden laadun monitorointia voidaan IoT:n ja langattomien sensoriverkkojen asettamista lähtökohdista automatisoidusti suorittaa. Tämän lisäksi tutkimuksen tavoitteena on selvittää automatisoidun ympäristömonitoroinnin nykytilaa ja siihen kytkeytyviä kehityssuuntauksia. Tutkimuksessa perehdytään myös Kaitforsin patoalueelle asennetun pilottijärjestelmän IEEE 802.15.4 -standardiin perustuvaan langattoman sensoriverkon toimintaan ja siihen kytkeytyneiden sens…

Amperometric Biosensor and Front-End Electronics for Remote Glucose Monitoring by Crosslinked PEDOT-Glucose Oxidase

2018

Focusing on the interplay between interface chemistry, electrochemistry, and integrated electronics, we show a novel low-cost and flexible biosensing platform for continuous glucose monitoring. The amperometric biosensing system features a planar three-electrode structure on a plastic substrate, and a wireless near-field communication-powered electronic system performing sensor analog front-end, A/D conversion, digital control, and display tasks. The working electrode is made of electropolymerized poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) film onto a polyethylene terephthalate/gold electrode followed by immobilization of cross-linked glucose oxidase by glutaraldehyde. The advantages offered by such…