1 Graduate Student, Department of Knowledge Engineering and Computer Sciences, Doshisha University ,1-3 Tatara Miyakodani,Kyo-tanabe, Kyoto, 610-0321, JAPAN [email protected] http://mikilab.doshisha.ac.jp/~sin/ 2 Department of Knowledge Engineering and Computer Sciences, Doshisha University ,1-3 Tatara Miyakodani,Kyo-tanabe, Kyoto, 610-0321, JAPAN [email protected],[email protected]...

The present study was aimed to construct a fusion plasmid harboring the extracellular domain of the influenza A M2-protein (M2e), which was fused to the N-terminus of the truncated HSP70 (HSP70359–610) molecule as a new approach for future vaccine research against influenza A. The amplified fragments, M2e and HSP70359-610 genes, were gel-purified. The products were then single digested with Bam...

The biomechanical properties of soft tissue derived from experimental measurements are critical for developing a reality-based model for minimally invasive surgical training and simulation. In our research, we focus on developing a biomechanical model of the liver under large tissue deformation. This paper presents the experimental apparatus, experimental data, and formulations to model the exp...

To protect passengers, large aircraft are equipped with multiple mechanisms to absorb impact energy during a crash. However, light aircraft rely only on the cabin structure to withstand the compression and energy generated during a crash. This study performed a topology optimization analysis on the model structure by using Abaqus/optimization and used strain energy as the objective function and...

Isogeometric analysis (IGA) has been developed for more than a decade. However, the usage of IGA is by far limited mostly within academic community. The lack of automatic or semi-automatic software platform of IGA is one of the main bottlenecks that prevent IGA from wide applications in industry. In this paper, we present a comprehensive IGA software platform that allows IGA to be incorporated ...

Optimal shapes are found for reduced beam section of a cantilever H-beam subjected to forced cyclic displacement at the free end. The beam is discretized to finite elements, and a commercial software package called ABAQUS is used for elastoplastic analysis. The numerical results are first compared with experimental results to verify the accuracy. The objective function to be maximized is the di...

A 3D finite element (FE) analysis technique using ABAQUS is chosen to explore the dynamic behavior of a beam under impact load. A beam, for which the impact dynamic test was conducted by Kishi (2004), is selected to develop a solid element FE model. FE analyses were performed implementing ABAQUS Explicit (2004) programming tool to predict the dynamic responses under the pressure amplitude intro...

In vivo studies could not detect a positive inotropy of endothelin (ET)-1 as described in in vitro experiments. ET-induced direct positive inotropy, which seems to be mediated by ETB receptors, may be antagonized in vivo by an indirect cardiodepressive effect owing to an ET-induced coronary vasoconstriction via ETA receptors. This study compares the effects of a dose of 1 nmol/kg ET-1 alone on ...

Concrete is a versatile material having number of desirable properties, so widely preferred in construction industry. But major disadvantage that under severe vibrations such as earthquakes it gets cracked and concrete has poor modification repair quality. Therefore some or strengthening must be performed damaged element stand for further useful life. Many civil structures are no longer conside...

Corresponding author: Young Ki Kim, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung Asan Hospital, 38, Bangdong-gil, Sacheon-myeon, Gangneung 210-711, Korea Tel: 82-33-610-3114, Fax: 82-33-610-3409, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licens...