In this paper, we investigate a design of biological excitable media based on non-excitable cells and intercellular calcium signaling mechanisms. The calcium induced calcium release mechanism in non-excitable cells is exploited to transform the non-excitable cells into excitable media that propagate calcium signals cell-to-cell. The biological excitable media investigated in this paper represen...

A comparison of chain-of-states based methods for finding minimum energy pathways (MEPs) is presented. In each method, a set of images along an initial pathway between two local minima is relaxed to find a MEP. We compare the nudged elastic band (NEB), doubly nudged elastic band, string, and simplified string methods, each with a set of commonly used optimizers. Our results show that the NEB an...

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In a certain kind of eye surgery, the human eyeball is deformed sustainably by the application of an elastic band. This article presents a mathematical model for the mechanics of the combined eye/band structure along with an algorithm to compute the model solutions. These predict the immediate and the lasting indentation of the eyeball. The model is derived from basic physical principles by min...

The activation energies associated with the formation of a superlattice intrinsic stacking fault (SISF) from an antiphase domain boundary (APB) and the formation of a superlattice extrinsic stacking fault (SESF) from a complex stacking fault (CSF) in g 0 phase of Ni-based superalloys are calculated using a microscopic phase field dislocation model in combination with the nudged elastic band (NE...

The atomic simulation environment (ASE) is a software package written in the Python programming language with the aim of setting up, steering, and analyzing atomistic simulations. In ASE, tasks are fully scripted in Python. The powerful syntax of Python combined with the NumPy array library make it possible to perform very complex simulation tasks. For example, a sequence of calculations may be...

BACKGROUND We examined the effects of detraining after blood flow-restricted (BFR) low-load elastic band training on muscle size and arterial stiffness in older women. FINDINGS Fourteen women were divided into BFR training (BFR-T) or non-BFR training (CON-T). Each group participated in 12 weeks of arm curl and press down training using an elastic band either with (BFR-T) or without BFR (CON-T...

Firstly, the crushed ice is filled in unsterile gloves and they are closed using a thread or rubber band. Then, a sterile double‐layered polythene sheet is rolled and closed at one end and the gloves are laid down in a line by another person inside rolled polythenesheet. Afterwards, the sheet is completely rolled with the sterile surface exposed and other end is also closed. Now, a sterile clin...

The main objective of this paper is to introduce one of the promising Rapid Prototyping (RP) technology as a potential application for the fabrication and development of a Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle (a rubber band powered Ornithopter). The conventionally constructed Ornithopter of Balsa Wood has been compared with an Ornithopter of ABSM30 constructed using RP technology (Fused Deposition M...