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Modulation of human uterine smooth muscle cell collagen contractility by thrombin, Y-27632, TNF alpha and indomethacin
(Springer, 2009-01-08)
Background: Preterm labour occurs in approximately 10% of pregnancies and is a major cause of infant
morbidity and mortality. However, the pathways involved in regulating contractility in normal and preterm labour
are ...
Expression of RHOGTPase regulators in human myometrium
(Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2008-01-11)
Background: RHOGTPases play a significant role in modulating myometrial contractility in
uterine smooth muscle. They are regulated by at least three families of proteins, RHO guanine
nucleotide exchange factors (RHOGEFs), ...
Engineering assisted surgery: A route for digital design and manufacturing of customized maxillofacial implants
(Elsevier, 2007)
Rapid prototyping (RP) and more recently rapid manufacturing (RM) as a
part of Engineering Assisted Surgery enables manufacturing of customised
implants and prostheses prior to surgical procedures. Beginning with CT
...
Dependence of mechanical properties of polyamide components on build parameters in the SLS process
(Elsevier, 2007)
Customised properties of parts manufactured using the selective laser sintering process are achievable by variation of build parameters. The energy density, controlled by laser power, distance between scan lines and speed ...
Finite element predictions compared to experimental results for the effective modulus of bone tissue engineering scaffolds fabricated by selective laser sintering
(Springer Verlag, 2009)
A current challenge in bone tissue engineering is to create scaffolds with suitable mechanical properties, high porosity, full interconnectivity and suitable pore size. In this paper, polyamide and polycaprolactone scaffolds ...
Extension of the finite volume particle method to viscous flow
(Elsevier, 2009-03-20)
The finite volume particle method (FVPM) is a mesh-free method for fluid dynamics which allows simple and accurate implementation of boundary conditions and retains the conservation and consistency properties of classical ...
Models of flow-induced loading on blood cells in laminar and turbulent flow, with application to cardiovascular device flow
(Springer, 2007-08)
Viscous shear stress and Reynolds stress are often used to predict hemolysis and thrombosis due to flow-induced stress on blood elements in cardiovascular devices. These macroscopic stresses are distinct from the true ...
Effect of eddy length scale on mechanical loading of blood cells in turbulent flow
(2009)
Non-physiological turbulent blood flow is known to occur in and near implanted cardiovascular devices, but its effects on blood are poorly understood.
The objective of this work is to investigate the effect of turbulent ...
Permeable and Non-reflecting Boundary Conditions in SPH
(Wiley, 2009-11)
Inflow and outflow boundary conditions are essential for the application of computational fluid dynamics to many engineering scenarios. In this paper we present a new boundary condition implementation that enables the ...
Truncation error in mesh-free particle methods
(2006-06-25)
A truncation error analysis has been developed for the approximation of spatial derivatives in smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and related first-order consistent methods such as the first-order form of the reproducing ...