The goal of this thesis was to use non-invasive quantifiable MR parameters of volume, signal intensity and T2* relaxation time to predict the biomechanical or …
The modern study of animal camouflage has received renewed interest in the past two decades. Rapid adaptive camouflage is particularly interesting because it allows us …
Over the past decade, nanotwinned metals have attracted considerable attention due to their exceptional mechanical properties, such as ultra-high strength, good tensile ductility, high fracture …
Total wrist arthroplasty (TWA) is a surgical solution that provides pain relief and preserves some wrist motion for patients with severe wrist pathology. However, TWA …
The underlying cellular mechanisms of traumatic brain injury (TBI) are both complex and poorly understood, resulting in no widely agreed-upon treatments and unreliable diagnosis strategies. …
Characterizing the morphology of the carpometacarpal (CMC) joint and how it changes with osteoarthritis progression is important for understanding the pathoetiology of this multifactorial disease. …
The relationship between head impact and subsequent brain injury for American football players is not well-defined, especially at the youth level. The objective of this …
In our approach to understanding the biomechanics of concussions, we have defined head impact exposure as a multifactorial term that includes the frequency, magnitude, and …
Humans have a unique opposable thumb that maintains a fine balance between mobility and stability to allow motions that span from precision handling to power …
The trapeziometacarpal (TMC) joint, responsible for much of the thumb’s mobility, is commonly affected by osteoarthritis (OA), especially in older female populations. This has extensive …
The environments in which animals live are complex and disruptive. These qualities contrast with the steady, smooth, and stereotyped movements that comprise foundational studies in …
An elongate ‘snake-like’ body form has evolved more than 65 times within vertebrates and is present within almost every major clade. Of the disparate taxa …
How nanomaterials interact with biological systems is of fundamental interest to a wide range of applications, including drug delivery, therapeutics, bioimaging, nanotoxicity and regulation. In …
Mechanical integrity is one of the most important goals which biological tissues and biomaterials aim to achieve in order to support the life processes inside …
Packing of flexible nanomaterials within soft confinement such as vesicles and cell membranes is of fundamental interest to the understanding of a wide range of …
Many fishes use their ‘swimming’ muscles to generate most of the power for suction feeding, an explosive behavior whereby fish ingest food by sucking water …
Cyprinidae, the largest freshwater fish family, is taxonomically, morphologically, and trophically diverse. Piscivory, detritivory, insectivory, molluscivory and herbivory are all niches occupied by one more …
Locomotion is an essential component of animal life history, and is strongly linked to morphology and physiology. Frog locomotion represents an ideal system in which …
This dissertation focuses on the functional morphology of the tongue in a nectar-feeding bat, Glossophaga soricina. To date, the tissue architecture of the tongue, the …
The studies presented in this dissertation describe and apply methods for using biplanar videoradiography to study dynamic in vivo knee motion. The techniques presented in …
