Publications related to Nominalism

Derivation of the σ-w relationship for SFRC from prism bending tests

The material characterization of steel fibre-reinforced concrete (SFRC), which is required for its implementation in design codes, should be based on nominal properties that describe its postcracking strength in tension. In the case of brittle and quasi-br ...

2015

k(L)a as a predictor for successful probe-independent mammalian cell bioprocesses in orbitally shaken bioreactors

Florian Maria Wurm, David Hacker, Lucia Baldi Unser

The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of orbitally shaken bioreactors (OSRs) operated without controllers for pH and dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration. We used cylindrical OSRs with working volumes ranging from 250mL to 200L to determi ...

Elsevier2012

How Important is the Detection of Changes in Active Constraints in Real-Time Optimization?

Dominique Bonvin, Saurabh Anand Deshpande

In real-time optimization, enforcing the constraints that need to be active is important for optimality. In fact, it has been established in the context of parametric variations that, if these constraints are not satisfied, the optimality loss would be O($ ...

2011

Determination of a scale-up factor from mixing time studies in orbitally shaken bioreactors

Christos Comninellis, Florian Maria Wurm, Mohamed Farhat, David Hacker

Efficient mixing in bioreactors is essential in order to avoid concentration gradients which can be harmful for mammalian cells. To study mixing and its scalability in orbitally shaken cylindrical bioreactors, we measured mixing times in containers with no ...

Elsevier2010

Efficient oxygen transfer by surface aeration in shaken cylindrical containers for mammalian cell cultivation at volumetric scales up to 1,000 liters

Alfio Quarteroni, Florian Maria Wurm, David Hacker, Xiuwei Zhang, Marco Discacciati, Mathieu Benjamin Stettler, Nicola Parolini

Cylindrical containers agitated by orbital shaking are being developed as simple and cost-effective bioreactor systems for the cultivation of mammalian cells. Here the oxygen transfer capacities of containers with nominal volumes from 50 mL to 2000 L were ...

2009

Novel orbital shake bioreactors for transient production of CHO derived IgGs

Florian Maria Wurm, David Hacker, Mathieu Benjamin Stettler

Large-scale transient gene expression in mammalian cells is being developed for the rapid production of recombinant proteins for biochemical and preclinical studies. Here, the scalability of transient production of a recombinant human antibody in Chinese h ...

American Chemical Society2007