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aims: complication of diabetes mellitus (dm) is the most important impediment resulted from uncontrolled blood sugar. the patients should be educated on controlling their blood sugar and promoting their preventive behaviors, in order to reduce complications. the aim of the present study is to determine the effects of the basnef model-based educational programs on blood sugar control (diabetes t...

In a highly interesting, intricate, and novel paper in this issue of Blood, Fung and colleagues have extended their previous pioneering studies and now reveal that molecules such as ATP can promote platelet activation through the P2X1 receptor.

It is a great fortune to have Professor Y.C. Fung as the Honorary Editor for the journal “Mechanics and Chemistry of Biosystems”. It is also my great fortune that Professor Satya Atluri (Editor-in-Chief) has asked me to write a tribute to Dr. Fung and his contributions to mechanics of biosystems or biomechanics. In casting off the first volume of the journal, this dedication is most appropriate...

The non-uniform partitioning or phase separation of red blood cells (RBCs) at a diverging bifurcation of a microvascular network is responsible for RBC heterogeneity within the network. The mechanisms controlling RBC heterogeneity are not yet fully understood and there is a need to improve the basic understanding of the phase separation phenomenon. In this context, in vitro experiments can fill...

A geometrically and physically nonlinear model of a membrane cylindrical shell, which has been built tested, describes the behavior airbag made fabric material. Based on accurate relations "strain-displacement", it shown that equilibrium equations written in terms Biot stresses, together with boundary conditions acquire natural physical meaning are consequences principle virtual work. The prope...