Open-ended or closed-ended case study design schemes offer different educational advantages. Anatomy and physiology faculty members who participated in a conference workshop were given an identical case about blood doping and asked to build either an open-ended study or a closed-ended study. The workshop participants created a rich array of case questions. Participant-written learning objective...

Good performance testing requires good tests and good procedures. This paper discusses experiences creating and using an automated test environment. The paper also describes work done at Open Source Development Labs (OSDLTM) in rewriting and modernizing the AIM7 and AIM9 benchmarks. The intent is to make the benchmarks relevant for modern hardware by making it flexible and extensible. This pape...

Articular cartilage plays an important role in the function of diarthrodial joints. Computational methods have been used to study the biphasic mechanics of cartilage, and Abaqus has been one of the most widely used commercial software packages for this purpose. A newly developed open-source finite element solver, FEBio, has been developed specifically for biomechanical applications. The aim of ...