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A Protocol for Bioinspired Design: A Ground Sampler Based on Sea Urchin Jaws
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2016
A protocol for bioinspired design is described for a sampling device based on the jaws of a sea urchin. The bioinspiration process includes observing the sea urchins, characterizing the mouthpiece, 3D printing of the teeth and their assembly, and bioexploring the tooth structure.
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Engineering Platform and Experimental Protocol for Design and Evaluation of a Neurally-controlled Powered Transfemoral Prosthesis
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2014
Neural-machine interfaces (NMI) have been developed to identify the user's locomotion mode. These NMIs are potentially useful for neural control of powered artificial legs, but have not been fully demonstrated. This paper presented (1) our designed engineering platform for easy implementation and development of neural control for powered lower limb prostheses and (2) an experimental setup and protocol in a laboratory environment to evaluate neurally-controlled artificial legs on patients with...
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Functional Complementation Analysis (FCA): A Laboratory Exercise Designed and Implemented to Supplement the Teaching of Biochemical Pathways
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2016
The validation of enzymatic activities involved in biochemical pathways can be elucidated using functional complementation analysis (FCA). Described in this manuscript is the FCA assay demonstrating the enzymatic activity of enzymes involved in the metabolism of amino acids, bacterial stringent response and bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis.
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A Detailed Protocol for Physiological Parameters Acquisition and Analysis in Neurosurgical Critical Patients
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2017
Recently, we have developed a portable multimodality monitoring system for the monitoring of various physiological parameters in neurosurgical critical patients. Detailed protocols on how to use this multimodality monitoring system are presented here.
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Critical Region, Critical Values and Significance Level
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2023
The critical region, critical value, and significance level are interdependent concepts crucial in hypothesis testing. In hypothesis testing, a sample statistic is converted to a test statistic using z, t, or chi-square distribution. A critical region is an area under the curve in probability distributions demarcated by the critical value. When the test statistic falls in this region, it suggests that the null hypothesis must be rejected. As this region contains all those values of the test...
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It distinguishes essential milestones from surrounding workflow by examining the dependencies among assessment, treatment, monitoring, and escalation decisions. A step becomes critical when its timing or completion influences subsequent actions. Mapping these relationships helps teams recognize where an interruption could alter care delivery and where closer coordination or monitoring may be needed.
Evidence-based recommendations establish what care should address, while workflow mapping shows how that care can be organized in practice. Combining them connects clinical guidance with responsibilities, timing, and decision points. This alignment helps reveal gaps between recommended care and actual implementation, supporting protocols that are both clinically grounded and operationally usable.
A delay or deviation can change the timing and sequence of downstream actions, particularly when later decisions depend on an earlier assessment, treatment, or monitoring result. Making these dependencies visible allows teams to identify vulnerable points in the protocol, examine where bottlenecks arise, and determine which pathway elements may require clarification or revision.
The pathway links assessment, treatment, monitoring, and escalation criteria into a coordinated sequence. These stages show how information gathered early can guide treatment, how subsequent monitoring informs ongoing decisions, and when escalation becomes appropriate. Organizing the stages this way gives teams a shared structure for reviewing whether required milestones occur in the intended relationship.
Designers use the pathway to associate essential milestones and decisions with the people or groups responsible for carrying them out. This makes handoffs and dependencies more visible across disciplines and supports consistent coordination. The resulting structure can help teams implement the same protocol across clinical settings while reducing uncertainty about who must act at each point.
It supports protocol development, quality improvement, resource planning, and evaluation of patient outcomes. Teams can use the mapped pathway to locate bottlenecks, examine how implementation affects care, and identify areas for adjustment. Because evidence and clinical conditions can change, reviewing the pathway over time helps keep its milestones, decisions, and workflow relationships relevant.