... to the experimental data. This work concludes with the complexity of tendons’ mechanical properties due to various microphysical mechanisms of deformation involved in loading such as the recruitment of collagen fibers, the rearrangement of the microstructure (i.e., collagens type I and III, proteoglycans, and water...

...Alptekin Aksan; Allison Hubel; John C. Bischof Biotransport, by its nature, is concerned with the motions of molecules in biological systems while water remains as the most important and the most commonly studied molecule across all disciplines. In this review, we focus on biopreservation...

... from those of the original biomaterials. These chemical additives include cryoprotective agents (CPAs), antifreeze protein (AFP), or cryosurgical adjuvants like sodium chloride (NaCl). In the present study, phase change behavior and thermal properties of saline solutions–either water-NaCl or phosphate...

... was applied to the data via inverse analysis in order to determine the plasma membrane permeability to water and to methanol. The data were also used to determine the elastic modulus of the cell wall and its effect on cell volume. A three-parameter (hydraulic conductivity L p , solute permeability; (ω...

... of 350 MPa/s. Water loss, matrix axial deformation, dynamic impact modulus (DIM), and cell viability were measured immediately after impaction. The water loss through the articular surface (AS) was small and ranged from 1% to 6% with increasing peak stress. The corresponding axial strains ranged from 2.5...

...W. G. Van Dorn A thermodynamic heat flow model for the human body gives survival time as a function of water temperature, assuming constant specific heat and thermal conductance. [S0148-0731(00)01305-4] Contributed by the Bioengineering Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL...