Effect of contacts configuration and location on selective stimulation of cuff electrode.

abstract：:The selection of best material pair in the hip prosthetics design for improved performance and life relies on the estimation of hip joint contact stresses and contact pressure distribution during various dynamic loading cycles: Climbing Upstairs, Climbing downstairs and Knee bending. The maximum Von Mises stress, cont...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Kalayarasan M,Shankar S,Manikandan M,Adithan K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal stent compression (LSC) is a new failure mode not previously observed in coronary stents. This phenomenon occurs when the physician tries to cross the deployed stent with other devices. While this phenomenon has been observed with a number of stent designs, it seems more common with the Element stent. A c...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Hsiao HM,Yeh CT,Chiu YH,Wang C,Chen CP

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:This paper presents the single channel speech enhancement system using subband Kalman filtering by estimating optimal Autoregressive (AR) coefficients and variance for speech and noise, using Weighted Linear Prediction (WLP) and Noise Weighting Function (NWF). The system is applied for normal and Oesophageal speech si...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Ishaq R,García Zapirain B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(propylene fumarate-co-ethylene glycol) random (PPF-1) and block (PPF-2) copolymer oligomers were prepared. Comparing the setting characteristics of PPF-1 and PPF-2 with comonomer n-vinyl pyrrolidone (n-VP) and swelling characteristics of cured PPF-1 and PPF-2, lower setting temperature and setting time was observ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Jayabalan M,Thomas V,Sreelatha PK

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Age is the most important risk factor for primary osteoarthritis (OA). Members of the TGF-β superfamily play a crucial role in chondrocyte differentiation and maintenance of healthy articular cartilage. OBJECTIVE:We have investigated whether age-related changes in TGF-β superfamily signaling components play...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： van der Kraan PM

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:To better analyze images with the Gaussian white noise, it is necessary to remove the noise before image processing. In this paper, we propose a self-adaptive image denoising method based on bidimensional empirical mode decomposition (BEMD). Firstly, normal probability plot confirms that 2D-IMF of Gaussian white noise...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Guo S,Luan F,Song X,Li C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crystalline hydroxyapatite (HA) powder was coated on titanium substrate by radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering. The coating was homogeneous thin film and the thickness was 1microm. Crystallinity of the HA coating was low and Ca/P ratio was high as 3.0. Particle sizes were 40 to approximately 100 nm, and the crys...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Ozeki K,Yuhta T,Aoki H,Nishimura I,Fukui Y

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Intraocular lenses (IOL) made of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) lack an important yellowish pigment useful as a filter in the visual process and in the protection of the retina from short wavelength light. It was found that the PMMA used for IOL manufacturing can be tinted by dry exposure to mercury near-UV emitting l...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Babizhayev MA,Chumayevskii NA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Great potential of cellular therapies has generated extensive research in the field of cells harvesting and culturing. Transplantation of cell cultures has been used in a variety of therapeutic programs but in many cases it appeared that biomaterial scaffold or sheath would enhance cells regenerative potenti...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Marycz K,Szarek D,Grzesiak J,Wrzeszcz K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyapatite has been rubbed against ultra-high-molecular-weight-polyethylene (UHMWPE) under calcium-containg aqueous solutions. Further, hardness tests were carried out in air and in calcium-containing solutions whose pH ranged from pH 5 to pH 9. Hardness was found to vary with pH with a peak at around pH 7, i.e. -...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Mazeau G,Czernuszka JT

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnesium has attracted a lot of attention as a new class of biodegradable material. The surface properties of magnesium in simulated body fluid (SBF) were investigated in the current research work. Cast magnesium samples with different surface characteristics were prepared which were then placed in SBF for 2, 4 and 8...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Sana A,Malik I,Mujahid M,Akram MA,Adeel Umer M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA-binding proteins are involved and play a crucial role in a lot of important biological processes. Hence, the identification of the DNA-binding proteins is a challenging and significant problem. In order to reveal the intrinsic information correlated to DNA-binding, nine classes of candidate features based on diffe...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Guan C,Niu X,Shi F,Yang K,Li N

更新日期：2015-01-01 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 finite element (FE) method has been widely used to investigate the mechanism of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), because it is technically difficult to quantify the responses of the brain tissues to the impact in experiments. One of technical challenges to build a FE model of a human head is the modeling of the ce...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Wu JZ,Pan CS,Wimer BM,Rosen CL

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:Tissue engineering is a multidisciplinary field that applies the principles of engineering, life sciences, cell and molecular biology toward the development of biological substitutes that restore, maintain, and improve tissue function. In Western Countries, tissues or cells management for clinical uses is a medical ac...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： de Isla N,Huseltein C,Jessel N,Pinzano A,Decot V,Magdalou J,Bensoussan D,Stoltz JF

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of materials have been considered as sources of grafts to repair bone defects. Here, we examined the possibility of creating in situ-forming gels from sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) for use as an in vivo carrier of demineralized bone matrix (DBM). The interaction between ani...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Kim KS,Kang YM,Lee JY,Kim ES,Kim CH,Min BH,Lee HB,Kim JH,Kim MS

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Surface roughness has been considered as an important influencing factor for cell response. The aim of this study was to find out whether MC3T3-E1 cells, a mouse osteoblast-like cell line, can sense the amplitudes of surface topography of titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V), and if surface-dependent cell morphology would be pres...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Wu C,Chen M,Zheng T,Yang X

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to find a standard substance for use as a reference in the cytotoxicity assay of biomaterials, as an alternative to animal experiments in recent years. Eight kinds of rubber were made in a plate shape to keep their surface area at 1 cm2 against 10 ml of extract volume. They were ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Oshima H,Nakamura M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the organism epithelia perform perfect barrier functions. Strong rheological and mechanical influences constitute the normal environment of this tissue throughout life. Most epithelia are exposed to different fluids at the luminal and basal sides. To obtain realistic information about tissue development in modern b...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Minuth WW,Schumacher K,Strehl R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous literatures have indicated that hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) neurons are important for regulating the level of sympathetic and vagal nervous activity. Sympathovagal balance is closely related to heart rate variability (HRV). However, it still requires further elucidation regarding the effect of ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Deng X,Feng X,Li S,Gao Y,Yu B,Li G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Milkvetch root as a medicine has been used for more over 2000 years in China, can strengthen immune function, protect liver, promote urination, resist aging and stress, reduce blood pressure and extensively resist bacterium. This study explored the effects of milkvetch root on the immune function of patients with a de...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Jiang D,Wang X,Su Q,Jiang S,Yuan F,Zhang C,Gong F,Dong Q,Shi J,Chen B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the characteristics of the CaP/Col composites, in powder and fiber form, via scanning electron microscopy (SEM), pH and calcium release evaluation after immersion in SBF and to evaluate the performance of these materials on the bone repair process in a tibial bone defect model. For ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Ueno FR,Kido HW,Granito RN,Gabbai-Armelin PR,Magri AM,Fernandes KR,da Silva AC,Braga FJ,Renno AC

更新日期：2016-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:DMPC and DSPC liposomes were prepared via thin film hydration method followed by sonication. Propranolol solution was incorporated into liposomes at hydration stage. TEM images showed the sizes of DSPC and DMPC were around 88 and 137 nm, respectively. The highest encapsulation ratio of propranolol was approximately 70...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Teong B,Kuo SM,Chen CH,Chen YK,Cheng ZJ,Huang HH

更新日期：2014-01-01 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