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Cristian Castro Lagos

Profesor de Control Automático, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso
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Identification, Quantification, and Sensory Characterization of Steviol Glycosides from Differently Processed Stevia rebaudiana Commercial Extracts

…, JP Vincken, M Sanders, C Castro… - Journal of agricultural …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Stevia rebaudiana is known for its sweet-tasting ent-kaurene diterpenoid glycosides. Several
manufacturing strategies are currently employed to obtain Stevia sweeteners with the …

A wireless robot for networked laparoscopy

CA Castro, A Alqassis, S Smith, T Ketterl… - IEEE Transactions …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
State-of-the-art laparoscopes for minimally invasive abdominal surgery are encumbered by
cabling for power, video, and light sources. Although these laparoscopes provide good …

Specific interactions in blends containing chitosan and functionalized polymers. Molecular dynamics simulations

C Sandoval, C Castro, L Gargallo, D Radic, J Freire - Polymer, 2005 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CS)/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and Chitosan/poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (P2HEM)
blends have been studied through molecular dynamic simulations. In a previous work …

MARVEL: A wireless miniature anchored robotic videoscope for expedited laparoscopy

CA Castro, S Smith, A Alqassis, T Ketterl… - … on robotics and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the design and implementation of a Miniature Anchored Robotic
Videoscope for Expedited Laparoscopy (MARVEL) and Camera Module (CM) that features …

Clarifying the identity of the Cleistes rosea complex (Orchidaceae) based on integrative taxonomy

JAN Batista, C Castro, A Sambin… - Systematics and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Cleistes rosea and 10 other taxa comprise a complex widely distributed in various open
vegetation types from eastern South America to Panama. The taxonomic identity of most of these …

Blends containing chitosan and poly (sodium-4-styrene sulphonate). Compatibility behavior

C Castro, L Gargallo, D Radic, G Kortaberria… - Carbohydrate …, 2011 - Elsevier
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Cristian Castro thanks to CONICYT for a Ph.D. fellowship, and project AT-24060131 for …

[HTML][HTML] Dendrimers: amazing platforms for bioactive molecule delivery systems

C Sandoval-Yañez, C Castro Rodriguez - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Today, dendrimers are the main nanoparticle applied to drug delivery systems. The
physicochemical characteristics of dendrimers and their versatility structural modification make them …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical Modelling of Blasting Fragmentation Optimization in a Copper Mine

VFN Torres, C Castro, ME Valencia, JR Figueiredo… - Mining, 2022 - mdpi.com
The blasting operation considerably influences the overall productivity of opencast mines,
especially when blasting results in oversized fragments that impact the operations ranging …

Interactions in blends containing chitosan with functionalized polymers

C Castro, L Gargallo, A Leiva… - Journal of applied …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The phase behavior of blends containing chitosan with poly(vinyl‐alcohol) (PVA) and poly(2‐hidroxyethyl
methacrylate) (P2HEM) was analyzed. Blends were obtained by casting from …

Virtually transparent epidermal imagery for laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery

Y Sun, A Anderson, C Castro, B Lin… - … Conference of the …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel design, and prototype implementation, of a virtually transparent
epidermal imagery (VTEI) system for laparo-endoscopic single-site (LESS) surgery. The …