Cell contractility facilitates alignment of cells and tissues to static uniaxial stretch [PDF]
Biophysical Journal 112 (4): 755-766 (2017), 2016 During animal development and homeostasis, the structure of tissues, including muscles, blood vessels and connective tissues adapts to mechanical strains in the extracellular matrix (ECM). These strains originate from the differential growth of tissues or forces due to muscle contraction or gravity.
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Strain-dependent internal parameters in hyperelastic biological materials [PDF]
, 2016 The behavior of hyperelastic energies depending on an internal parameter, which is a function of the deformation gradient, is discussed. As an example, the analysis of two models where the parameter describes the activation of a tetanized skeletal muscle tissue is presented.
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Ultrawide color gamut single-pixel dynamic color manipulation based on yarn muscles-graphene MEMS [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 This work investigated the single pixel color modulation in a composite structure of yarn muscles graphene mechanical system and photonic crystal multimode microcavity. The position of graphene in the microcavity is modified by changing the yarn muscles stretching using different current levels.
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Slow Limb Movements Require Precise Control of Muscle Stiffness [PDF]
arXiv, 2015 Slow and accurate finger and limb movements are essential to daily activities, but their neural control and governing mechanics are relatively unexplored. We consider neuromechanical systems where slow movements are produced by neural commands that modulate muscle stiffness.
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The model of circular and longitudinal smooth muscle motions in the motility of intestinal segment [PDF]
arXiv, 2014 Coordination in circular and longitudinal muscle motions are of crucial importance in the motor function of gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Intestinal wall motions depend on myogenic-active properties of smooth muscles layers of intestinal wall, which is the ability to create active contractile forces in response to distension.
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Structural Changes of Active Skeletal Muscles: Modelling, Validation and Numerical Experiments [PDF]
arXiv, 2015 The purpose of this study was to report numerical validation of a 3D finite element model of contracting muscle. The model was based on continuum theory for fibre-reinforced composite materials. Here we simulated contractions for an idealized medial gastrocnemius muscle in man, using the model.
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A consistent model for cardiac deformation estimation under abnormal ventricular muscle conditions [PDF]
arXiv, 2014 Deformation modeling of cardiac muscle is an important issue in the field of cardiac analysis. For this reason, many approaches have been developed to best estimate the cardiac muscle deformation, and to obtain a practical model to use in diagnostic procedures.
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Finite Element Method Based Modeling of Cardiac Deformation Estimation under Abnormal Ventricular Muscle Conditions [PDF]
arXiv, 2014 Deformation modeling of cardiac muscle is an important issue in the field of cardiac analysis. Many approaches have been developed to better estimate the cardiac muscle deformation, and to obtain a practical model to be used in diagnostic procedures.
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The recognition of material present in horse muscle affecting the formation of α-toxin by a strain of Clostridium welchii [PDF]
, 1946 H. J. Rogers, B. C. J. G. Knight
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Characteristics of skeletal muscle growth and protein turnover in a fast-growing rat strain [PDF]
, 1981 P. C. Bates, D. J. Millward
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