A framework for development of constitutive models based on semi-micromechanical aspects of plasticity is proposed. The resulting of this model for material employed friction type failure criterion, sub-loading surface, and associated flow rule. This model is capable of predicting effects of the rotation of principal stress/strain axes and consequent plastic flow, induced anisotropy of strength...

Experience-dependent plasticity is limited in the adult brain, and its molecular and cellular mechanisms are poorly understood. Removal of the myelin-inhibiting signaling protein, Nogo receptor (NgR1), restores adult neural plasticity. Here we found that, in NgR1-deficient mice, whisker experience-driven synaptic α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid receptor (AMPAR) insertion i...

objective brain abscesses represent organized foci of suppuration within the parenchyma. here we report a 3 month-old girl with a very huge complicated cerebral abscess, and the course of treatment given. the patient's recovery was excellent. the follow up mri showed only subtle porencephalic changes as the only parenchymal sequelae, which may be due to cns plasticity in infants.

migraine is a primary headache which is very common in the society. although it is usually starts in a salient point in life span of an individual diagnostically, the repetition of acute stress response such as sleep abnormalities, anxiety, and depression are not new in this population. therefore, they have had almost a long diary of these abnormalities. in order to understand the role/s of str...

Steel undergoes multiple phase transformations during casting and various forces of technological origin affect a slab in the casting machine. As a consequence of these infl uences, various types of defects arise during the casting process [1 5]. The slab surface quality is a crucial factor for quality of the end products, especially of the fl at ones. Plasticity of the steel is a further, very...