Biliary duct obstruction is an important clinical condition that stems from cholelithiasis, the neoplasm in the wall or, most commonly, gallbladder stones. The objective of this study is to understand the structural and mechanical remodeling of the common bile duct (CBD) postobstruction. Porcine CBD was ligated near the duodenum that increased the duct's pressure from 6.4 to 18.3 cmH(2)O in the...

Abstract Standard finite element formulation and implementation in solid dynamics at large strains usually relies upon indicial-tensor Voigt notation to factorized the weighting functions take advantage of symmetric structure algebraic objects involved. In present work, a novel component-free approach, where no reference basis, axes or components is made, implied required, adopted for formulati...

RESUMO: O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar o processo de apropriação, pelo surdo, da língua portuguesa como segunda em interlocução com uma professora bilíngue por meio do diário aprendizagem. Especificamente, foram caracterizadas as estratégias pedagógicas usadas pela para mediar ensino linguagem escrita e analisado apropriação pelos estudantes surdos. Foram coletados diários aprendizagem ...

Blade vortex interaction (BVI) noise has been recognized as the primary determinant of the helicopter’s far field acoustic signature. Given the limitations of design in eliminating this dynamic phenomenon, there exists a need for control. We believe that this paper is the first model-based effort to attempt the same. We present herein the application, first of feedback control strategies, and t...