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Jan Hennigs, Alison Parker, Matt Collins, Ying Jiang + 4 more
'Athanasios Kolios' 'Ewan McAdam' 'Leon Williams' 'Sean Tyrrel'] Urban sanitation in growing cities of the Global South presents particular challenges, like the speed of their growth, the high population density, and, often, the lack of existing wastewater infrastructure. This led to the Bill & Melinda Gates…
Josip Lorincz, Katarina Barišić, Vjeran Vlahović, Maja Pušnik + 1 more
During the process of digital-system development from prototype to live implementation, differences in user interactions, perceived usability, and overall satisfaction can emerge. These differences often arise due to various factors, which may include the fidelity of the software prototype, the limitations of the…
Thiago Rocha Silva, Marco Winckler
Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) has emerged in the last years as a powerful methodology to specify testable and executable user requirements through stories and scenarios. With the support of external testing frameworks, BDD stories can be used to automatically assess the behavior of a fully functional software…
Bin Lin, Dejun Qian
Recently virtual platforms and virtual prototyping techniques have been widely applied for accelerating software development in electronics companies. It has been proved that these techniques can greatly shorten time-to-market and improve product quality. One challenge is how to test and validate a virtual prototype.…
Md. Abu Sayeed, Imrul Kayes Nabil, Piyash Bhattacharjee, Md. Shawkat Hossain + 9 more
Cholera rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are vulnerable to virulent bacteriophage predation. We hypothesized that an enhanced cholera RDT that detects the common virulent bacteriophage ICP1 might serve as a proxy for pathogen detection. We previously developed a monoclonal antibody (mAb) to the ICP1 major capsid protein.…
Nerea Arandia, Jose Ignacio Garate, Jon Mabe, Mia Folke + 3 more
'Maria Linden' 'Mats Björkman' 'Ning Xiong'] Embedded systems have become a key technology for the evolution of medical devices. However, the regulatory requirements that must be met make designing and developing these devices challenging. As a result, many start-ups attempting to develop medical devices fail.…
Nitish M. Devadiga
Many engineering processes exist in the industry, text books and international standards. However, in practice rarely any of the processes are followed consistently and literally. It is observed across industries the processes are altered based on the requirements of the projects. Two features commonly lacking from…
Erin Looney, Andre Buscariolli, Maria Yang, Geoffrey Raymond + 2 more
Hardware-based startups risk having longer times-to-market, deterring investment in critical fields such as cleantech, medical devices, and automation. We interviewed 55 leaders at hardware startups, mapped their development timelines, and found prototyping to be the longest development step (median of 19 weeks per…
Giacomo Garaccione, Tommaso Fulcini, Paolo Stefanut Bodnarescul, Riccardo Coppola + 1 more
Among various testing methodologies, Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing examines the behaviour of an entire application by simulating a user's interactions to identify issues and defects. Despite its importance, GUI testing is often neglected in practice, being perceived as a repetitive, error-prone activity that…
Chong Jiang, Wu Zhao, Miao Yu, Kai Zhang + 1 more
With the continued development of natural gas extraction technologies, the accurate determination of downhole temperature and pressure has become increasingly important. It is crucial for the optimization of gas well production and an important measure to prevent accidents. However, existing logging instruments have a…
Adrian Kuhn
—Software engineering methodologies propose that developers should capture their efforts in ensuring that programs run correctly in repeatable and automated artifacts, such as unit tests. However, when looking at developer activities on a spectrum from exploratory testing to scripted testing we find that many…
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The development of polymer materials for real-world applications requires careful assessment of material degradation over time and under environmental exposure. Such tests often necessitate frequent monitoring of test specimens, which can become burdensome for researchers. In this study, we present the application of a…
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Despite the promise of self-driving laboratories to accelerate discovery, their widespread implementation is hindered by prohibitive cost and technical complexity. We introduce BrickSDLab, a fully functional self-driving lab platform built entirely from LEGO® components, designed to bridge this accessibility gap.…
R. Scott Downen, Quan Dong, Julius Lee Chen, Zhenyu Li
This paper describes the design, fabrication, and preliminary testing of a low-cost, easy to manufacture microfluidics cartridge capable of fluid storage and manipulation through a custom pressure-driven check valve. Cartridge components are fabricated using a desktop CNC and laser cutter, the check valve is fabricated…
Appolinaire C. Etoundi, Alexander Dobner, Subham Agrawal, Chathura L. Semasinghe + 2 more
'Chathura L. Semasinghe' 'Ioannis Georgilas' 'Aghil Jafari'] Movement within the human body is made possible by joints connecting two or more elements of the musculoskeletal system. Losing one or more of these connections can seriously limit mobility, which in turn can lead to depression and other mental issues. This…
Cara G. Welker, Vincent L. Chiu, Alexandra S. Voloshina, Steven H. Collins + 1 more
We aimed to develop a system for people with amputation that non-invasively restores missing control and sensory information for an ankle-foot prosthesis. Methods: In our approach, a wrist exoskeleton allows people with amputation to control and receive feedback from their prosthetic ankle via teleoperation. We…
Matthias Täufer
Pooling of samples can increase lab capacity when using Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect diseases such as COVID-19. However, pool testing is typically performed via an adaptive testing strategy which requires a feedback loop in the lab and at least two PCR runs to confirm positive results. This can cost…
Ketaki Bachal, Shital Yadav, Prasanna Gandhi, Abhijit Majumder
Drug testing is a vital step in identification of the potential efficacy of any new/existing drug and/or combinations of drugs. The conventional methods of testing the efficacy of new drugs using multi-well plates are time consuming, prone to evaporation loss and manual error. Microfluidic devices with automated…
Ben D Grant, Caitlin E Anderson, Spencer H Garing, Luis F Alonzo + 6 more
Inexpensive, simple, rapid diagnostics are necessary for efficient detection, treatment and mitigation of COVID‑19. Currently, the primary diagnostic tool being utilized is reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). RT-PCR delivers results with good sensitivity and excellent specificity, but is…