Milkvetch root improves immune function in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD.

abstract：:A layer of L-glycine-molecule-imprinted polyaniline (LMIP-PANI) polymer film has been modified on a carbon fiber electrode for the determination of L-glycine standard samples and L-glycine in cerebrospinal fluid of wistar mice. It has been found that a linear relationship exists between current and concentration for t...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zeng H,Wang D,Yu J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper explores mouse kidney imaging with diffraction enhanced imaging (DEI) and inline outline X-ray imaging (IOXI) technology, and evaluates latent value of kidney imaging with phase contrast imaging technology. In our experiment, spatial resolution and tissue contrast serve as element evaluation and comparison....

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Xia C,Peng YF,Arun KY,Xiao T,Zhu P,He W

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to evaluate whether the accumulation model developed by Zarfl et al. (2008) could be used to predict the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of a group of antibacterial fluoroquinolones (FQs) for Escherichia coli (E. coli). Our model, which is based on the "Fick-Nernst-Planck" equatio...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhang W,Wang C,Tam KY

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, clinicians face choices of restoration including amalgams (mercury-based, gallium-based alloys, or mercury-free silver-based substitutes), composite resins, ceramics, and gold alloy. In order to choose an appropriate restorative material, many parameters are involved; they include preparation time requireme...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Miyazaki M,Oshida Y,Xirouchaki L

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gabexate mesilate is a non-peptide protease inhibitor, developed in Japan, which is used in the treatment of acute pancreatitis and disseminated intravascular coagulation. This compound is readily hydrolyzed as it has ester bonds in its structure. It is now out of patent in Japan and there are many generic versions on...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Sakurai M,Abe H,Okamura N,Inoue Y,Akiyoshi T,Matsuyama K,Uchida T,Otsuka M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reoperation of aldehyde tanned bioprotheses due to calcific degeneration remains their major drawback. Based on experiments studying mechanisms and factors that influence the time phase, extent and progression of calcification and evaluating the efficiency of anticalcification treatments and the effects of surface see...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Dahm M,Rühe J,Berchthold B,Prüfer D,Prucker O,Chang BJ,Wallrath A,Oelert H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thrust of the present work is the demonstration of the feasibility of using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection and quantification of a monoclonal antibody human serum. The antibodies used, 7E3 and D3GP3, have been proposed as platelet receptor blockers, being directed specifically again...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Lewis G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The periodontal ligament (PDL), which maintains homeostasis in the periodontium, is a group of specialized connective tissue fibers attached to both the cementum and alveolar bone. Regeneration of periodontium with PDL cells has been investigated, and the chemical and molecular structures of scaffolds contro...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Fujita K,Nozaki K,Horiuchi N,Yamashita K,Miura H,Nagai A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most drug delivery systems as treatment modalities for osteomyelitis have not been evaluated for resistant infections. Tigecycline (TG) is an antimicrobial agent that could be used in the treatment of multi-drug-resistant orthopedic infections. The objective of this in vitro study has been to determine what dosage of ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Ignjatović NL,Ninkov P,Sabetrasekh R,Lyngstadaas SP,Uskoković DP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to design a statistical segmentation technique to allow extraction of grey matter, white matter and cerebral spinal fluid volumes from diffusion tensor imaging. Four channel maps of the DTI are used as the input features, which provide more information for brain tissue segmentation compared wi...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Wen Y,He L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the ability of assessing the refractive change induced by myopic laser surgery using the intrinsic data, obtained from a reference intrinsic to the cornea. Twenty-nine eyes with laser in situ keratomileusis for myopia were included in the study. Statistical analyses were performed to determine the relation...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Liu Y,Wang Z,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercially pure titanium (CPT) substrate was subjected to porcelain firing and bond strengths under three-point bending mode (span length: 15 mm; crosshead speed: 0.5 mm/min) were evaluated. Experimental variables included surface treatments of CPT and porcelain firing schedules. Variables for the surface treatments...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Oshida Y,Fung LW,Isikbay SC

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyaluronic acid (HA) was used as an internal phase additive to improve the loading efficiency of ofloxacin, a hydrophilic drug encapsulated by hydrophobic polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) materials, through a double emulsion (water-in-oil-in-water) solvent extraction/evaporation method. Results from laser distributi...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Wu G,Chen L,Li H,Wang YJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to assess mechanical properties of Superelastic Retraction Coil Springs for orthodontic use. To reach a goal, a test frame, comprising measuring force transducers was developed. To perform metallographic analyses of the nickel-titanium wire the samples of Superelastic Retraction C...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Rozman J,Mrvar P,Drevenšek M,Pečlin P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local strains acting across an area of skin loaded uniaxially in vivo are converted to stresses using the standard elastic formulae. The stress values are compared to those obtained using the classical Bossinesq and Michell stress functions. The results indicate that these functions are capable of describing the respo...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Wan Abas WA,Asseli MR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint is a critical component for normal walking. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of restricting the flexion-extension motion of the first MTP joint on human walking gait. Ten male participants were recruited to perform walking trials under barefoot (BF) and the f...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhang J,Si Y,Zhang Y,Liu Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Introduction of a new generation of artificial ligaments for ACL reconstruction, the Ligament Augmentation and Reconstruction System (LARS), gives promising clinical results [1]. The current literature supports the use of LARS from short to medium term. To go even further to improve the biocompatibility of t...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Lessim S,Migonney V,Thoreux P,Lutomski D,Changotade S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of carbonate in reducing the crystal size of precipitated hydroxyapatite by approximately an order of magnitude has not been used previously in the preparation of gel monoliths for the fabrication of carbonate hydroxyapatite ceramics. The aim of this study was to devise a method whereby gel monoliths of car...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Barralet JE,Best SM,Bonfield W

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical testing has been performed to characterize the locking strength of Morse taper locks used for reconstruction of large bone defects. Taper joint pairs were locked with a series of compressive loads increasing from 500 to 3500 N. Following each load application the taper locks were distracted with either an a...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Duda GN,Elias JJ,Valdevit A,Chao EY

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modeling of thermal-induced mechanical behaviors of soft tissues is of great importance for thermal ablation. This paper presents a method by integrating the heating process with thermal-induced mechanical deformations of soft tissues for simulation and analysis of the thermal ablation process. This method combines bi...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Li X,Zhong Y,Jazar R,Subic A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cuff electrodes have been widely used chronically in different clinical applications. Advancements have been made in selective stimulation by using multi-contact cuff electrodes. Steering anodic current is a strategy to increase selectivity by reshaping and localizing electric fields. There are two configura...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Taghipour-Farshi H,Frounchi J,Ahmadiasl N,Shahabi P,Salekzamani Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A driver's response to a front-coming vehicle collision consists of braking reaction time and braking behavior. The purpose was to investigate drivers' responses at different speeds, relative distances, and particularly the behavior on the accelerator at the collision moment. Twelve young men participated in driving s...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Gao Z,Li C,Hu H,Zhao H,Chen C,Yu H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a novel multicomponent nano-hydroxyapatite-poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide)-collagen biomaterial (nHAP-PLGA-collagen) with mechanical properties similar to human cancellous bone. To demonstrate the bone forming capacity of nHAP-PLGA-collagen prior to in vivo experiments, nHAP-PLGA-collagen films and 3D...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Bhuiyan DB,Middleton JC,Tannenbaum R,Wick TM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to explore the effects of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) on myocardial fibrosis in diabetic rats and its underlying mechanisms, intraperitoneal injections of streptozotocin were used to establish the diabetes models and sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS) was used as an exogenous donor of H2S. Eight weeks later, Van Gieson st...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Xiao T,Zeng O,Luo J,Wu Z,Li F,Yang J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electrospinning is a highly effective method in order to generate nano-scaled fibers. In conventional electrospinning technique, geometry of nanofibers are mostly random due to the chaotic behavior of polymer jet. OBJECTIVE:Purpose of this study is to produce aligned nanofibers from PVP polymers with advanc...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Karayeğen G,Koçum IC,Çökeli Ler Serdaroğlu D,Doğan M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Chondrocytes hypertrophy is a physiological process observed in endochondral ossification during development until adolescence in human. It can also be observed during pathophysiological conditions such as osteoarthritis. Hypertrophic chondrocytes synthesise collagen X and express matrix metalloproteinase 13...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Filip A,Bianchi A,Mainard D,Lacolley P,Magdalou J,Mercier N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One goal of functional tissue engineering is to manufacture scaffolds infiltrated with chondrocytes which are suitable for transplantation into the lesion areas of articular cartilage. Various research strategies are used to fabricate cartilage transplants which would have the correct phenotype, contain enough extrace...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Pulkkinen H,Tiitu V,Lammentausta E,Laasanen MS,Hämäläinen ER,Kiviranta I,Lammi MJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Level set method has been widely used in medical image analysis, but it has difficulties when being used in the segmentation of left ventricular (LV) boundaries on echocardiography images because the boundaries are not very distinguish, and the signal-to-noise ratio of echocardiography images is not very high. In this...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhang Y,Gao Y,Li H,Teng Y,Kang Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioartificial liver support provides a bridge to transplantation which is at present the only proven specific treatment for acute liver failure. In this paper, a novel multi-coaxial hollow fiber bioreactor so-called "Fibre-in-Fibre FIF Bioartificial liver device" with three compartments is experimentally and mathemati...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Hilal-Alnaqbi A,Mourad AH,Yousef BF,Gaylor JD

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this investigation, ultrasonic parameters of kidney stones are measured, in vitro, using a double probe ultrasonic-through-transmission technique. Due to the complex chemical structure of these stones, a large variation in the values of the ultrasonic parameters is found. A correlation between ultrasonic properties...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Singh VR,Dhawan JB

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00