... or screw loosening. There have been no studies that have addressed the multiobjective design optimization of the pedicle screws. The multiobjective optimization methodology was applied and it consisted of finite element method, Taguchi method, artificial neural networks, and genetic algorithms. Three...

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... atherosclerotic plaque formation. Atherosclerosis is a disease of large and medium sized arteries involving the development of fatty plaques on the inside surface of arterial walls. While lifestyle and genetics result in varied levels of disease development from one individual to the next, the focal...

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... . biochemistry biomechanics bone cellular biophysics enzymes genetics macromolecules molecular biophysics The capacity of bone to adapt to changes in mechanical loading over time is well recognized, but the cellular mechanisms and pathways involved have yet to be defined. Physiological loading...

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... nuclear deformation during cell rounding. Finally, we computed the stress components inside and along the nucleus, and found that they can be significant to genetic processes in the nucleus. Our concept of the forces deforming the nucleus in the process of cell rounding is based on observation...

...Naomi C. Chesler; John Thompson-Figueroa and; Ken Millburne Background: Robust techniques for characterizing the biomechanical properties of mouse pulmonary arteries will permit exciting gene-level hypotheses regarding pulmonary vascular disease to be tested in genetically engineered animals...

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