Browsing Colleges and Schools by Department "Biomedical Engineering"
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(2014-05-09)Cerebral aneurysms are unstable localized dilations of an artery wall located in the vasculature of the brain that are susceptible to rupture. Current treatments of aneurysms, both surgical and endovascular, involve isolation ...
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(2017-05-31)Shape memory polymer (SMP) polyurethanes have been proposed for a variety of vascular devices due to their biocompatibility, stimuli-responsiveness, and tunable properties. While this technology shows promise, a primary ...
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(2011-02-22)Bone quality and the conditions that affect it make up a large field of study. One specific area of interest is the loss in bone strength during exposure to microgravity. The femoral neck (FN) region in particular is an ...
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(2011-02-22)Skin turbidity limits light based medical applications while increasing the risk of epidermal thermal injury. Collagen fibers are responsible for the majority of light scattering within skin. Chemicals, known as clearing ...
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(2014-08-05)Biopsy and histopathology remain the standard method for diagnosis of oral cancer in the clinic today. Early detection of oral cancer is fundamental to a higher survival rate, and a non-invasive method is preferred. This ...
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(2011-02-22)Cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage has high morbidity and mortality. Mathematical modeling of the progression of the condition provides insight to improve clinical treatment of patients post subarachnoid ...
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(2022-08-23)Gestational diabetes is one of the most common disorders associated with pregnancy. If the blood sugar levels of the pregnant women are left unregulated during the course of a pregnancy, gestational diabetes can have several ...
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(2010-10-12)Arteries possess the ability to grow and remodel in response to sustained alterations in biomechanical loading, likely via mechanisms that are similarly involved in diverse arterial pathologies and responses to treatment. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)In this study, trabecular architecture is considered as a cellular solid structure, including both intact and damaged bone models. ??Intact?? bone models were constructed based on ideal versions of 25, 60 and 80-year-old ...
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(2020-04-22)Oral cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the US, killing around 8,000 people each year. Patients diagnosed at advanced stages have only a 40% chance of survival and commonly require painful and highly ...
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(2023-05-16)Biological data is filled with rich information about complex and multifaceted processes, making it challenging to analyze and extract useful quantitative information. The purpose of this work is to develop and apply ...
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(2023-05-16)Biological data is filled with rich information about complex and multifaceted processes, making it challenging to analyze and extract useful quantitative information. The purpose of this work is to develop and apply ...
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(2021-07-05)The nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) of the 1918 Spanish influenza A virus hijacks N-terminal Src-homology 3 (nSH3) domain of host’s cellular CrkII with exceptionally high affinity through its proline-rich motif (PRM NS1). ...
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(2016-05-04)Heart failure is consistently one of the top causes of death each year worldwide. Ventricular assist devices (VADs) have become common alternatives for patients with severe, end-stage heart failure; VADs take a significant ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)The lymphatic system acts to return fluid from the interstitial space back into the blood circulation. In normal conditions, lymphangions, the segment of lymphatic vessel in between valves, cyclically contract and can pump ...
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(2014-08-06)Over the last decade, soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are being exposed to blasts from powerful explosives with improvised detonation techniques. These blasts put them at high risk of closed head non-impact ...
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(2018-04-30)To mitigate the risk of intracranial aneurysm rupture, which can lead to severe debilitation or death, embolic devices (e.g., bare metal coils or polymeric open-celled foams) are often delivered via catheter to the aneurysm ...
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(2022-07-28)Cardiovascular disease and Diabetes Mellitus are chronic diseases that affect the quality of life of tens of millions of Americans and result in hundreds of billions of dollars in economic impact within the United States. ...
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(2012-02-14)Alpha-helical coiled-coils are common protein structural motifs with varied mechanical roles, such as, tropomyosin in muscle contraction or neck-stalks of kinesins and myosins, in motor proteins. Using computer simulations, ...
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(2012-10-19)Hydration is known to be crucial in biomolecular interactions including ligand binding and self-assembly. In our earlier studies we have shown the key role of water in stabilizing the specific parts of the collagen triple ...