Smooth or with a Snap! Biomechanics of Trap Reopening in the Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
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DOI: 10.1002/advs.202201362
Abstract: Fast snapping in the carnivorous Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) involves trap lobe bending and abrupt curvature inversion (snap‐buckling), but how do these traps reopen? Here, the trap reopening mechanics in two different D. muscipula clones,… read more here.
Keywords: dionaea muscipula; venus flytrap; flytrap dionaea; trap reopening ... See more keywords
A novel approach to the quantification of aortic root in vivo structural mechanics.
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DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2849
Abstract: Understanding aortic root in vivo biomechanics can help in elucidating key mechanisms involved in aortic root pathologies and in the outcome of their surgical treatment. Numerical models can provide useful quantitative information. For this to… read more here.
Keywords: biomechanics; root; root vivo; geometry ... See more keywords
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic Modelling of the Cerebrospinal Fluid for Brain Biomechanics: Accuracy and Stability.
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DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3440
Abstract: The Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) can undergo shear deformations under head motions. Finite Element (FE) models, which are commonly used to simulate biomechanics of the brain, including traumatic brain injury, employ solid elements to represent the… read more here.
Keywords: brain biomechanics; biomechanics; smoothed particle; brain ... See more keywords
Impact of TEVAR on aortic biomechanics: integration of \textit{in-silico} and \textit{ex-vivo} analysis using porcine model.
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DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3594
Abstract: TEVAR is widespread in clinical practice for treating aortic disease but it has relevant systemic complications, such as increase of the cardiac work load due to post TEVAR aortic stiffening, and local issues such as… read more here.
Keywords: vivo; silico; tevar aortic; analysis ... See more keywords
Fluid-structure interaction study for biomechanics and risk factors in Stanford type A aortic dissection.
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DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3736
Abstract: Aortic dissection is a life-threatening condition with a rising prevalence in the elderly population, possibly as a consequence of the increasing population life expectancy. Untreated aortic dissection can lead to myocardial infarction, aortic branch malperfusion… read more here.
Keywords: fluid structure; aortic dissection; structure interaction; stanford type ... See more keywords
Discrete element models for understanding the biomechanics of fossorial animals
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9331
Abstract: Abstract The morphological features of fossorial animals have continuously evolved in response to the demands of survival. However, existing methods for animal burrowing mechanics are not capable of addressing the large deformation of substrate. The… read more here.
Keywords: understanding biomechanics; discrete element; fossorial animals; models understanding ... See more keywords
Novel Acoustic radiation force optical coherence elastography based on ultrasmall ultrasound transducer for biomechanics evaluation of in vivo cornea.
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DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202300074
Abstract: We developed a novel acoustic radiation force optical coherence elastography (ARF-OCE) based on an ultrasmall ultrasound transducer for quantitative biomechanics evaluations of in vivo cornea. A custom single-sided meta-ultrasonic transducer with an outer diameter of… read more here.
Keywords: transducer; novel acoustic; cornea; radiation force ... See more keywords
Bone Mass, Bone Microstructure and Biomechanics in Patients with Hand Osteoarthritis
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DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.4046
Abstract: The impact of primary hand osteoarthritis (HOA) on bone mass, microstructure, and biomechanics in the affected skeletal regions is largely unknown. HOA patients and healthy controls (HCs) underwent high‐resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR‐pQCT). We… read more here.
Keywords: vbmd; biomechanics; bone; hoa ... See more keywords
MRI and biomechanics multidimensional data analysis reveals R2‐R1ρ as an early predictor of cartilage lesion progression in knee osteoarthritis
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DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25750
Abstract: To couple quantitative compositional MRI, gait analysis, and machine learning multidimensional data analysis to study osteoarthritis (OA). OA is a multifactorial disorder accompanied by biochemical and morphological changes in the articular cartilage, modulated by skeletal… read more here.
Keywords: data analysis; biomechanics; analysis; multidimensional data ... See more keywords
Hip biomechanics during stair ascent and descent in people with and without hip osteoarthritis
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DOI: 10.1002/jor.23407
Abstract: Hip osteoarthritis (OA) is often associated with pain and impaired function. Understanding biomechanical alterations in patients with hip OA during challenging activities such as stair use is important to inform treatments. The aim of this… read more here.
Keywords: moment; hip osteoarthritis; hip; biomechanics ... See more keywords
Asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals with the same radiographic evidence of knee osteoarthritis walk with different knee moments and muscle activity
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DOI: 10.1002/jor.23465
Abstract: There is an established discordance between the structural joint damage and clinical symptoms of knee osteoarthritis; however, there has been little investigation into the differences in joint level biomechanics and muscle activation patterns during gait… read more here.
Keywords: individuals radiographic; asymptomatic symptomatic; biomechanics; osteoarthritis ... See more keywords