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Biomechanics at micro- and nanoscale levels. Volume II /
This volume contains the proceedings of the 8th Epioptics Workshop, held at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily. The book assesses the capabilities of state-of-the-art optical techniques in elucidating the fundamental electronic and structural properties o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hackensack, NJ ; London :
World Scientific,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. Cell mechanics. Heterogeneous expression of the motor protein prestin of cochlear outer hair cells / H. Wada [and others]. Effects of actin filaments on anisotropy and stiffness of aortic smooth muscle cells / T. Matsumoto and K. Nagayama. Micro-vessel network formation of endothelial cells with in vitro three dimensional model / K. Tanishita [and others]. Time-dependent mechanical behaviors of articular cartilage and chondrocytes under constant total compressive deformation / T. Murakami [and others]
- II. Cell response to mechanical stimulation. Threshold fiber strain that induces reorganization of cytoskeletal actin structure in osteoblastic cells / T. Adachi and K. Sato. Morphology of endothelical cells in response to hydrostatic pressure / M. Sato. Mechanosensing in intestinal villi: ATP signaling in subepithelial fibroblasts network / K. Furuya, S. Furuya and M. Sokabe
- III. Tissue engineering. Microelements for cartilage tissue engineering / K. Tsuchiya, K.S. Furukawa and T. Ushida. Interrelationship between water filtration velocity and the thickness of pseudointima formed at the wall of artificial vascular grafts implanted in the dog common carotid artery / T. Karino, M. Kaichi and T. Ishizaka. Strengthening of fibrous tissues under mechanical stimuli / K. Takakuda
- IV. Computational biomechanics. Assessment of cortical bone microstructure using monochromatic synchrotron radiation micro-CT / T. Matsumoto, M. Yoshino and M. Tanaka. Study on particle presentations of blood cells and the plasma in microvascular blood flow / T. Yamaguchi [and others]. Brief reviews of mechanical models of skeletal muscle and formulation of a muscle model taking into account microstructure and damage / E. Tanaka and D. Ito. Numerical simulation of the effects of actin binding and cellular deformation on the orientation of actin stress fibers under cyclic stretch / H. Yamada, H. Ando and D. Morita.