Published in Applied Rheology
Thixotropy is a reversible time-dependent phenomenon in fluids, in which an internal structure grows due to flocculation and breaks down under shear action. Numerous fluids are thixotropic, e.g. concretes and cementitious suspensions. Pumping of concrete is an important application. Since current approaches omit thixotropic effects, we aim to devel...
Transcriptional control of hematopoiesis involves complex regulatory networks and functional perturbations in one of these components often results in malignancies. Loss-of-function mutations in PHF6, encoding a presumed epigenetic regulator, have been primarily described in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and the first insights into it...
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Direct numerical simulation on the turbulent flow between two parallel walls under constant heat flux reveals that, adding neutrally buoyant finite-size particles at volume fractions of 0.1 and 0.3 and vebulk Reynolds numbers of 3800 and 5600 in general reduces the Nusselt number on average but enhances it near the walls. The enhancement is contrib...
alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) is a protein associated with the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common neurodegeneration disease with no effective treatment. However, how alpha-syn drives the pathology of PD remains elusive. Recent studies suggest that alpha-syn oligomers are the primary cause of neurotoxicity and play a crit...
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the pulpal repair potential of an experimental zirconium-oxide containing tricalcium-silicate cement, referred to as 'TCS 50'. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The effect of TCS 50 on viability, proliferation, migration, and odontoblastic differentiation of human dental pulp cells (HDPCs) was assessed using XTT assay, in-vitro woun...
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alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) is a protein associated with the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common neurodegeneration disease with no effective treatment. However, how alpha-syn drives the pathology of PD remains elusive. Recent studies suggest that alpha-syn oligomers are the primary cause of neurotoxicity and play a crit...
Published in Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
The mitral valve (MV) apparatus is a complex mechanical structure including annulus, valve leaflets, papillary muscles (PMs) and connected chordae tendineae. Chordae anchor to the papillary muscles to help the valve open and close properly during one cardiac cycle. It is of paramount importance to understand the functional, mechanical, and microstr...
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