Ralstonia eutropha strain E2 (previously Alcaligenes sp.) is a phenol-degrading bacterium expressing phenol-oxygenating activity with a low Ks (the apparent half-saturation constant in Haldane's equation) and an extremely high KSI (the apparent inhibition constant). To identify the molecular basis for these novel cellular kinetic properties, a 9.5 kb DNA fragment that allowed Pseudomonas aerugi...

In a recent work, Wyss [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 238303 (2007)] have noted a property of "soft solids" under oscillatory shear, the so-called strain-rate frequency superposition. We extend this study to the case of soft solids under large-amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS). We show results from LAOS studies in a monodisperse hydrogel suspension, an aqueous gel, and a biopolymer suspension and show ...

In this paper, we have investigated the feasibility of imaging the mechanical behavior of poroelastic materials using axial strain elastography. Cylindrical samples obtained from poroelastic materials having different elastic and permeability properties were subjected to a constant compression force (a classical creep experiment), during which poroelastographic data were acquired. For compariso...

Although the skin's mechanical properties are well characterized in tension, little work has been done in compression. Here, the viscoelastic properties of a population of mouse skin specimens (139 samples from 36 mice, aged 5 to 34 weeks) were characterized upon varying specimen thickness, as well as strain level and rate. Over the population, we observed the skin's viscoelasticity to be quite...

Nomenclature A Aperture area of the antenna (square meters) D Diameter of antenna aperture (meters) Ef Gravitational potential energy due to film (Joules) Ep Hydrostatic pressure potential energy (Joules) ET Total energy of the inflatable reflector system (Joules) F Focal length of antenna (meters) G Effective antenna gain GI Ideal antenna gain g Acceleration due to gravity (meters per square s...

As a first step in investigating a control mechanism regulating stress and/or strain in the embryonic heart, this study tests the hypothesis that passive mechanical properties of left ventricular (LV) embryonic myocardium change with chronically increased pressure during the chamber septation period. Conotruncal banding (CTB) created ventricular pressure overload in chicks from Hamburger-Hamilt...