EBOOK Biomechanics At Micro- And Nanoscale Levels - Volume I

This book is essential reading for those interested in understanding current trends of research in the area of biomechanics at micro- and nanoscale levels. It details the research carried out to date in this field by fourteen prominent researchers as part of a four-year government supported project which commenced in 2003. It consists of four chapters entitled Cell Mechanics, Cell Response to Mechanical Stimulation, Tissue Engineering and Computational Biomechanics.Contents:Cell Mechanics:Imaging and Mechanical Properties of Guinea Pig Outer Hair Cells Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy (H Wada et al.)Development of a Novel Micro Tensile Tester for Single Isolated Cells and Its Application to Viscoelastic Analysis of Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells (T Matsumoto et al.)Shear Dependent Albumin Uptake in Cultured Endothelial Cells (K Tanishita et al.)Biomechanical and Biotribological Importance of Surface and Surface Zone in Articular Cartilage (T Murakami et al.)Cell Response to Mechanical Stimulation: Osteoblasts Mechanosensitivity to Localized Mechanical Stimulus Depends on Orientation of Cytoskeletal Actin Fibers (T Adachi & K Sato)Microbiomechanical Properties of Cultured Endothelial Cells Estimated by Atomic Force Microscopy (M Sato)Effects of Mechanical Stresses on the Migrating Behavior of Endothelial Cells (T Tanaka et al.)Tissue Engineering:Engineering Approaches to Regulate Cell Differentiation and Tissue Regeneration (T Ushida et al.)A New Theory on the Localization of Vascular Diseases (T Karino et al.)Automorphogenesis of Load Bearing Fibrous Tissues: Generation of Tensile Stress, Cell Alignment, and Matrix Deformation by Fibroblasts (K Takakuda)Computational Biomechanics:Note on Anisotropic Properties of Cancellous Bone and Trabeculae: Elasticity and Hardness (M Tanaka et al.)Application of Computational Biomechanics to Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine (T Yamaguchi)Biomechanical Study for Skeletal Muscle Injury and a View of Micro-Biomechanics for Microstructure of Muscle (S Yamamoto & E Tanaka)Mechanical Behavior and Structural Changes of Cells Subjected to Mechanical Stimuli: Deformation, Freezing, and Shock Waves (H Yamada et al.)Readership: Engineers, physiologists, biologists and medical doctors interested in biomechanics; graduate students.