This paper reports on the development and preliminary testing of a three-dimensional implementation of an inverse problem technique for extracting soft-tissue elasticity information via non-rigid model-based image registration. The modality-independent elastography (MIE) algorithm adjusts the elastic properties of a biomechanical model to achieve maximal similarity between images acquired under...

Anion exchanger 1 (AE1) is the major erythrocyte membrane protein that mediates chloride/bicarbonate exchange across the erythrocyte membrane facilitating CO₂ transport by the blood, and anchors the plasma membrane to the spectrin-based cytoskeleton. This multi-protein cytoskeletal complex plays an important role in erythrocyte elasticity and membrane stability. An in-frame AE1 deletion of nine...

We formulate and analyze an adaptive algorithm for isogeometric analysis with hierarchical B-splines weakly-singular boundary integral equations. prove that the employed weighted-residual error estimator is reliable converges at optimal algebraic rate. Numerical experiments elements 3D Poisson problem confirm theoretical results, which also cover general elliptic systems like linear elasticity.

Electrically superior triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) using 3D fabric and PDMS show great application potential for biokinetic energy harvesting multifunctional self-power devices. In this study, TENG with fabric-PDMS-fabric structure was produced various fabrics PDMS. The peak-to-peak output voltage of compared. changes due to vertical fibers. Also, the coefficient surface friction between...

It is shown that three-dimensional periodic unit cells (3D PUC) representative of transport parameters involved in the description of long wavelength acoustic wave propagation and dissipation through real foam samples may also be used as a standpoint to estimate their macroscopic linear elastic properties. Application of the model yields quantitative agreement between numerical homogenization r...

The fully coupled approach for the solution of elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) point contact problems requires the numerical solution of the elasticity problem on a large 3D domain. A sufficiently fine computational mesh is required to obtain the elastic deformation solution to the necessary accuracy, and hence a sufficiently accurate EHL point contact solution. This paper discusses the ac...