Connective field modeling

Viscoelastic properties of bovine orbital connective tissue and fat: constitutive models.

Reported mechanical properties of orbital connective tissue and fat have been too sparse to model strain-stress relationships underlying biomechanical interactions in strabismus. We performed rheological tests to develop a multi-mode upper convected Maxwell (UCM) model of these tissues under shear loading. From 20 fresh bovine orbits, 30 samples of connective tissue were taken from rectus pulle...

The Future of Connective Technology: Greater Integration through Semantic Modeling†

New media urbanism: grounding ambient information technology

The design challenge of pervasive computing demands new emphasis on ambient, embodied, and habitual experiences. This emphasis connects the younger field of interaction design with the more venerable disciplines of the built environment. In terms of knowledge representation its central problem becomes location modeling. This turn from the universal aspects of computing to its situated practices...

Coarse-Grained Model of Collagen Molecules Using an Extended MARTINI Force Field

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body, providing mechanical stability, elasticity, and strength to connective tissues such as tendons, ligaments, and bone. Here, we report an extension of the MARTINI coarse-grained force field, originally developed for lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates, used to describe the structural and mechanical properties of collagen molecules. We ident...

Cortical connective field estimates from resting state fMRI activity

One way to study connectivity in visual cortical areas is by examining spontaneous neural activity. In the absence of visual input, such activity remains shaped by the underlying neural architecture and, presumably, may still reflect visuotopic organization. Here, we applied population connective field (CF) modeling to estimate the spatial profile of functional connectivity in the early visual ...