It is well known that sexual selection is the main driving force of substantial diversity of genitalia found in animals. However, how it facilitates the diversity is still largely unknown, because genital morpho/physical features and motions/functional morphology of the structures in sexual intercourse are not linked for the vast majority of organisms. Here we showed the presence of material gr...

Filopodia have a key role in sensing both chemical and mechanical cues in surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM). However, quantitative understanding is still missing in the filopodial mechanosensing of local ECM stiffness, resulting from dynamic interactions between filopodia and the surrounding 3D ECM fibers. Here we present a method for characterizing the stiffness of ECM that is sensed by f...

This paper studies the random eigenvalue problem of systems governed by the one dimensional wave equation. The mass and stiffness properties of the system are taken to vary spatially in a random manner. The probability distribution function of the natural frequencies is characterized in terms of the solution of a first order nonlinear stochastic differential equation. Analytical solutions are o...

The development of a novel system for the generation and representation of haptic information in virtual reality is described. With this system the stiffness distribution of mechanically inhomogeneous objects can be detected and made perceivable for users at distant locations. The sensor part is based on ultrasonic elastography and the actuator part utilizes the ability of electrorheological fl...

background loss of motion is a well-known complication after elbow trauma and in severe cases, arthrolysis of elbow is the procedure of choice. the posterior approach might have some advantages especially in post-traumatic patients who have undergone the same surgical approach in the past. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the short-term outcomes of elbow arthrolysis through post...

The forced frequency analysis is very important in the design of automotive structures. In particular, the Frequency Response Functions (FRF) computation is an important step in determining Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) of any automotive vehicle. In general, the CAE engineer must address the severity and compliance of the design limits set in the NVH environment. Usually, a CAE engineer ...

The importance of surface tension effects is being recognized in the context of soft composite solids, where they are found to significantly affect the mechanical properties, such as the elastic response to an external stress. It has recently been discovered that Eshelby's inclusion theory breaks down when the inclusion size approaches the elastocapillary length L≡γ/E, where γ is the inclusion/...

Medical Tactile Imaging uses an array of pressure sensors mounted on a rigid scanhead to record the surface pressures that result when the scanhead is pressed into biological tissue. The resulting tactile data quantifies palpation, and contains information on the stiffness of the underlying tissue as well as the geometric distribution of the stiffness. Tactile imaging shows promise for clinical...

BACKGROUND Lack of fracture movement could be a potential cause of periprosthetic femoral fracture (PFF) fixation failures. This study aimed to test whether the use of distal far cortical locking screws reduces the overall stiffness of PFF fixations and allows an increase in fracture movement compared to standard locking screws while retaining the overall strength of the PFF fixations. METHOD...