Browsing USN Open Archive by Author "Yang, Zhaochu"
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A review of wearable technologies for elderly care that can accurately track indoor position, recognize physical activities and monitor vital signs in real time
Wang, Zhihua; Yang, Zhaochu; Dong, Tao (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Rapid growth of the aged population has caused an immense increase in the demand for healthcare services. Generally, the elderly are more prone to health problems compared to other age groups. With effective monitoring and ... -
A Dynamic Threshold Cancellation Technique for a High-Power Conversion Efficiency CMOS Rectifier
Godinho, António; Yang, Zhaochu; Dong, Tao; Gonçalves, Luís; Mendes, Paulo; Wen, Yumei; Li, Ping; Jiang, Zhuangde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Power conversion efficiency (PCE) has been one of the key concerns for power management circuits (PMC) due to the low output power of the vibrational energy harvesters. This work reports a dynamic threshold cancellation ... -
Mitigating hook effect in one-step quantitative sandwich lateral flow assay by timed conjugate release
He, Guozhen; Dong, Tao; Yang, Zhaochu; Jiang, Zhuangde (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Sandwich lateral flow assay (LFA) is one of the most successfully commercialized paper-based biosensors, which offers a rapid, low-cost, one-step assay. Despite its advantages, conventional sandwich LFA is fundamentally ... -
Monitoring aquaculture water quality: Design of an early warning sensor with Aliivibrio fischeri and predictive models
da Silva, Luis Filipe B. A.; Yang, Zhaochu; Matos Pires, Nuno Miguel; Dong, Tao; Teien, Hans-Christian; Storebakken, Trond; Salbu, Brit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)A novel toxicity-warning sensor for water quality monitoring in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) is presented. The design of the sensor system mainly comprises a whole-cell biosensor. Aliivibrio fischeri, a luminescent ... -
PDMS microlenses for focusing light in narrow band imaging diagnostics
Costa, Adriana C; Pimenta, Sara; Ribeiro, João F.; Silva, Manuel F; Wolffenbuttel, Reinoud F; Dong, Tao; Yang, Zhaochu; Correia, José H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Minimally invasive medical devices can greatly benefit from Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) diagnostic capabilities, as different wavelengths allow penetration of distinct layers of the gastrointestinal tract mucosa, improving ... -
Photodynamic therapy review: Principles, photosensitizers, applications, and future directions
Correia, José H.; Rodrigues, José A.; Pimenta, Sara; Dong, Tao; Yang, Zhaochu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive therapeutic modality that has gained great attention in the past years as a new therapy for cancer treatment. PDT uses photosensitizers that, after being excited by light ... -
Temperature-dependence in battery management systems for electric vehicles: Challenges, criteria, and solutions
Karlsen, Haakon; Dong, Tao; Yang, Zhaochu; Carvalho, Rui (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Owing to a global effort towards reducing carbon emissions, electric vehicles (EVs) have emerged to replace the petroleum-fueled vehicles. However, the battery is a bottleneck restricting EVs from being utilized in the ...