Diurnal Variation in Distal Femoral Cartilage Thickness

Diurnal Variation in Distal Femoral Cartilage Thickness.

The Effects of Smoking on Ultrasonographic Thickness and Elastosonographic Strain Ratio Measurements of Distal Femoral Cartilage.

Although adverse effects of smoking on bone health are all well known, data on how smoking interacts with cartilage structure in otherwise healthy individuals remains conflicting. Here, we ascertain the effects of cigarette smoking on sonoelastographic properties of distal femoral cartilage in asymptomatic adults. Demographic characteristics and smoking habits (packets/year) of healthy voluntee...

Hyperelastic modeling of location-dependent human distal femoral cartilage mechanics

Knee articular cartilage exhibits complex mechanical behavior, even under high strain rates, which poses a challenge to developing accurate and efficient cartilage models. In particular, the tissue's stress–strain response is non-linear and the stiffness of the response is location-dependent. Hyperelastic models such as those of Alan Gent and others have increasingly found use in soft tissue bi...

Diurnal Variation of Smoke Optical Thickness from Goes-8

Each year more than 100Tg of smoke aerosols are released into the atmosphere from biomass burning out of which 80% is in the tropical regions (Hao and Liu, 1994). These aerosols affect the radiative energy balance of the earthatmosphere system both on regional and global scales. Satellite remote sensing plays a key role in biomass burning research by identifying fire sources and the spatial dis...

Diurnal variation in the nitrate content of parsley foliage

The diurnal fluctuation of nitrate concentration in the foliage of three parsley subspecies (plain-leafed, curly-leafed and turnip rooted parsley) cultivated in the spring and autumn of two consecutive years was examined. Nitrogen was applied at 30 (Control), 75, 150, 300 mg kg-1 in both years, but with the addition of 450 mg kg-1 in year 2. Harvest was carried out at 08:30, 12:30 and 17:30 on ...