Suture materials and surgical knot tying techniques have improved dramatically since their first use over five millennia ago. However, the approach remains limited by the ability of the suture to transfer load to tissue at suture anchor points. Here, we predict that adhesive-coated sutures can improve mechanical load transfer beyond the range of performance of existing suture methods, thereby s...

This paper studies the lap shear, in which both adhesive and adherends are elastic, but is much softer than adherends. The shear lag model identifies a length, called length Ls. energy release rate of debond crack affected by elasticity Their relative importance characterized ratio remaining joint, L, to In short-joint limit, L/Ls→0, do not deform, gives rate. long-joint L/Ls→∞, interior does a...

Mechanical foundations and pavements design need a perfect prediction of the response of the material to reach a reliable and safe structure. This work deals with the thermoelastic response of microbeams rested on a two-parameter viscoelastic foundation due to a magnetic field in the context of the dual - phase lag thermoelasticity model. The solutions of the governing equations are attained us...

In this paper, a neural-network-based control scheme is developed for the tracking control problem of a class of switched strict-feedback nonlinear systems with uncertain input delay and external time-varying disturbances. First, the auxiliary signals are obtained by masterly constructing a filter and a virtual observer. Then the adaptive backstepping technique and neural network (NN) are emplo...

APPENDIX BIPHASIC RESPONSE AS A MECHANISM AGAINST MUTANT 4 TAKEOVER IN TISSUE HOMEOSTASIS CIRCUITS ............................................................. 1 5 Appendix Section S1. Modeling the growth rate of cells in tissue homeostasis circuits. .............. 2 6 Appendix Section S2. Modeling input delay in feedback homeostasis circuits. ............................ 4 7 Appendix Section ...

This study uses the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model to study the dynamic determinant factors that influence both long and short-term international tourism demand in Cambodia from 12 countries. The annual time series data (1994–2013) are used in this study. The study finds that only the international tourism demand model of Australia, Canada, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and USA are...