PURPOSE Adult T cell leukemia derived factor (ADF) is a human homologue of thioredoxin (hTx), which exhibits scavenging activity with reactive oxygen intermediates. In their previous study, the authors found that after transient retinal ischemia, the expression of thioredoxin in rat retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) layer increased markedly. The present investigation is to determine intracellula...

INTRODUCTION Experimentally, the stresses of articular cartilage have been found to depend on the loading rate [1,2]. Theoretically, the short-term transient behavior of cartilage in unconfined compression has been explored at strain rates of 0.01, 0.1 and 1%/s using a poroviscoelastic model [3]. In the present work, the transient stress-strain relationship, the dependence of stiffness on tissu...

Recent Bauschinger-type tests conducted on a twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) steel highlights the important contribution of internal stresses to work hardening [1]. Along this line we present Bauschinger experiments in a Fe-22Mn wt.%-0.6C wt.% TWIP steel. The mechanical behaviour upon load reversal shows transient and permanent softening effects. Determination of the internal stress from the...

This article is concerned with the theoretical analysis of the functionally graded magneto-electro-thermoelastic hollow sphere due to uniform surface heating. We analyze the transient thermoelastic problem for a functionally graded hollow sphere constructed of the spherical isotropic and linear magneto-electro-thermoelastic materials using a laminated composite mode as one of theoretical approx...

6.1 Abstract The relaxation processes of metallic glasses are investigated by observing the changes in material properties associated with the transient stress strain response of specimens subjected to isothermal deformations. The properties studied include the isoconfigurational shear modulus, configurational enthalpy, and the anelastic strain of the material. Conventional glass relaxation pro...