endometriosis is a common gynaecological disease that can cause severe pelvic pain such as dysmenorrhoea and dyspareunia, however the mechanisms by which pain is generated are not well understood. nerve fibres in endometriotic plaques have been reported by several authors. we have recently demonstrated the presence of unmyelinated sensory nerve fibres (using the pan-neuronal marker pgp9.5) in t...

Skeletal muscle is an anisotropic soft biological tissue composed of fibres embedded in a structurally complex, hierarchically organised extracellular matrix. In recent work (Kuravi et al., 2021) we have developed 3D finite element models from series histological sections. Moreover, based on decellularisation fresh samples, novel set experimental data the direction dependent mechanical properti...

In this paper, we show exceptional three-dimensionally preserved fossilized muscle tissues in 380-384 Myr old placoderm fish (Late Devonian), offering new morphological evidence supporting the hypothesis that placoderms are the sister group to all other gnathostomes. We describe the oldest soft tissue discovered in gnathostomes, which includes striated muscle fibres, circulatory and nerve tissu...

rutting in asphalt concrete is a very common form of distress in asphalt concrete pavement which unfortunately has been incurable to date. one of the prime reasons of rutting is attributed to the behaviour of asphalt binder at elevated temperature. this study has investigated the performance of polypropylene fibres modified asphalt concrete mix against rutting. two types of asphalt concrete sam...

in this work, we define a fuzzy soft set theory and its related properties. we then define fuzzy soft aggregation operator that allows constructing more efficient decision making method. finally, we give an example which shows that the method can be successfully applied to many problems that contain uncertainties.

in this paper, based in the l ukasiewicz logic, the definition offuzzifying soft neighborhood structure and fuzzifying soft continuity areintroduced. also, the fuzzifying soft proximity spaces which are ageneralizations of the classical soft proximity spaces are given. severaltheorems on classical soft proximities are special cases of the theorems weprove in this paper.

BACKGROUND Computational models of Achilles tendons can help understanding how healthy tendons are affected by repetitive loading and how the different tissue constituents contribute to the tendon's biomechanical response. However, available models of Achilles tendon are limited in their description of the hierarchical multi-structural composition of the tissue. This study hypothesised that a p...

It is attractive to control the properties of macro objects and films by employing simple nanolayer composites, as in the case of nanoarchitectured Layer-by-Layer (LbL) coating. In this paper, we use chitosan as a surface-based pH buffer to protect adsorbed supramolecular fibres from pH-mediated disassembly. Protons are generated on a titania surface under illumination at 405 nm leading to an a...

"It is sufficient to know that all the Parts of the associated with epithelial and other tissues. Body are made up of Threads, or Fibres, of which The apparent scarcity of cellular elements in some there be different Kinds; for there are some soft, connective tissue has led to a comparative neglect of flexible, and a little elastick; and these are either this component. The fibrocyte or fibrobl...

We examined soft tissue biopsies from 26 patients with symptomatic nerve root fibrosis and arachnoiditis after a previous laminectomy. Dense fibrous connective tissue was found about the nerve roots and in 14 cases (55%) fibrillar foreign material was seen within it. This material had the histochemical characteristics of cotton fibres from swabs and neurosurgical patties. In two other cases ner...