This paper uses an orthotropic shell model to investigate in detail the long axial wavelength circumferential vibration of microtubules (MTs). The deformation patterns in the vibrations were explored and their phonon dispersion relations were presented for MTs with increasing radius. It was shown that with the growth of the axial wavelength, the associated frequency of MTs would finally approac...

Stricture frequently occurs after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for superficial esophageal carcinoma with near- or whole-circumferential mucosal defects, and post-ESD stricture is difficult to treat and usually requires multiple sessions of endoscopic balloon dilatation. Intralesional steroid injection has previously been used to prevent stricture; however, there have been few experien...

The effect of abrupt coronary artery occlusion on regional left ventricular (LV) function is well known, but serial changes in circumferential regional function over the first few hours have not been extensively investigated. Circumflex coronary artery occlusion was produced in nine closed-chest, conscious dogs and changes in LV circumferential function were assessed using two-dimensional echoc...

BACKGROUND Obesity is an increasing national public health issue that has reached epidemic proportions over the past several decades. With new surgical advances in bariatric surgery, the massive-weight-loss patient population is on the rise. The generalized redundancy of skin following massive weight-loss, including lateral flank rolls, abdominal excesses, and buttock ptosis, is a problem amena...

In epithelial cells, myosin-II-dependent forces regulate many aspects of animal morphogenesis, such as apical constriction, cell intercalation, cell sorting, and the formation and maintenance of the adherens junction. These forces are mainly generated by the circumferential actomyosin belt, which is composed of F-actin-myosin II bundles located along apical cell-cell junctions. Although several...

We characterized the in vivo mechanical properties of segments of upper descending thoracic aorta (UDTA) in terms of volume distensibility, which was derived from measurements of pulsatile intravascular pressure, inner wall radius, and length changes. Data for this analysis were obtained from six dogs at rest and during moderate treadmill exercise (8% grade, 4.5 miles/hr). Volume distensibility...

Normal, youthful arteries generally maintain constant radius/wall thickness ratios, with the relationship being described by the Laplace Law. Whether this relationship is maintained during aging is unclear. This study first examines the Laplace relationships in postmortem coronary arteries using a novel method to correct measurements for postmortem artifacts, uses data from the literature to pr...

The free vibration analysis ofhomogeneous isotropic micropolar thermoelastic cylindrical curved plate in circumferential direction has been investigated in the context of generalized themoelasticity III, recently developed by Green and Naghdi. The model has been simplified using Helmholtz decomposition technique and the resulting equations have been solved using separation of variable method. M...

Thermal stress analysis of a thick-walled cylinder reinforced with functionally graded (FG) single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is considered in radial direction. Thick-walled cylinder is subjected to a thermal field. Two layouts of variations in the volume fraction of SWCNTs were considered in the composite cylinder along the radius from inner to outer surface, where their names are increm...

This study examines how the relaxation of circumferential residual stress in the aortic tissue is altered with degradation of the tissue with in-vitro storage or circumferential expansion until failure. Results show that both treatments attenuate the effects of residual stress relaxation as assessed by opening angle. Possible reasons for such alteration are discussed considering the mechanical ...