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A Translational Method to Quantify Anterior Cruciate Ligament Healing Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Research and Clinical Applications

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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 ...
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2015
Contributors:
Biercevicz, Alison M (creator) Fleming, Braden (Director) Crisco, Joseph (Reader) Darling, Eric (Reader) Deoni, Sean (Reader) Thornton, Gail (Reader) Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
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Orthopaedics MRI Ligament mechanics T2* relaxometry Linear Regression Modeling Reconstruction Injury Orthopedics Anterior cruciate ligament Knee Magnetic resonance imaging Surgery Biomechanics
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Adaptive edge design for visual camouflage: Biomechanics of morphing 3D skin papillae in cephalopods and changeable cryptic body patterning in the slender filefish

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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 ...
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2014
Contributors:
Allen, Justine Jeanne (creator) Hanlon, Roger (Director) Berson, David (Reader) Sheinberg, David (Reader) Thompson, Joseph (Reader) Brown University. Neuroscience (sponsor)
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cephalopod octopus papillae texture camouflage Cephalopoda Cuttlefish Biomechanics Camouflage (Biology)
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Atomistic Simulations of Deformation and Fracture Mechanisms in Nanotwinned Nanowires and Biomaterials

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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 ...
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2017
Contributors:
Yin, Sheng (creator) Kim, Kyung-Suk (Reader) Kumar, Sharvan (Reader) Gao, Huajian (Advisor) Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
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Biomechanics Molecular dynamics--Computer simulation Nanowires Plasticity Dislocations in metals Metals--Hydrogen embrittlement
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Changes in Bone Morphology with Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis

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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 ...
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2017
Contributors:
Warschun, Briana Michele (creator) Schell, Jacquelyn (Reader) Franck, Christian (Reader) Crisco, Joseph J. (Advisor) Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
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Biomechanics Osteoarthritis Upper Extremity Trapezium (Anatomy)
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Head Impact Exposure: The Biomechanics of Sports-Related Concussions

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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 ...
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2014
Contributors:
Wilcox, Bethany J. (creator) Crisco, Joseph (Director) Fleming, Braden (Reader) Franck, Christian (Reader) Raukar, Neha (Reader) Greenwald, Richard (Reader) Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
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concussion sport gender Brain--Concussion Biomechanics Sex
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Image-Based Analysis of Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Biomechanics in Health and Early Osteoarthritis

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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 ...
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2015
Contributors:
Halilaj, Eni (creator) Crisco, Joseph (Director) Laidlaw, David (Director) Sharon, Swartz (Reader) Braden, Flemming (Reader) Amy, Ladd (Reader) Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
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in vivo joint kinematics computed tomography shape analysis orthopaedics Ligaments Cartilage Tomography Biomechanics Orthopedics Osteoarthritis
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Musculoskeletal form, function, and constraint in the cyprinid pharyngeal jaw apparatus

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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 ...
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2012
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Gidmark, Nicholas John (creator) Brainerd, Elizabeth (Director) Gatesy, Stephen (Reader) Roberts, Thomas (Reader) Swartz, Sharon (Reader) Wainwright, Peter (Reader) Brown University. BIOMED: Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (sponsor)
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XROMM pharyngeal jaw molluscivory herbivory bite force length-tension osetichthyes ostariophysi ceratobranchial feeding durophagy Cyprinidae Mastication Biomechanics Catfishes Minnows Performance
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Performance, Mechanics, and Diversity of Anuran Jumping

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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 ...
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2014
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Astley, Henry Charles (creator) Roberts, Thomas (Director) Brainerd, Elizabeth (Reader) Gatesy, Stephen (Reader) Dunn, Casey (Reader) Brown University. BIOMED: Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (sponsor)
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anuran elastic Biomechanics Anura Jumping Muscles Tendons Elasticity
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The anatomy and mechanics of the tongue in a nectar-feeding bat, Glossophaga soricina

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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 ...
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2013
Contributors:
Harper, Caroline J (creator) Brainerd, Elizabeth (Director) Swartz, Sharon (Director) Roberts, Thomas (Reader) Edwards, Erika (Reader) Brown University. BIOMED: Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (sponsor)
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lingual papillae feeding mechanics Biomechanics
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The Application of Biplanar Videoradiography to the Study of Kinematic and Kinetic Factors Associated with Non-Contact Deceleration

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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 ...
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2012
Contributors:
Miranda, Daniel Leo (creator) Braden, Fleming (Director) Joseph, Crisco (Reader) Elizabeth, Brainerd (Reader) David, Laidlaw (Reader) Michael, Bey (Reader) Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
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kinetics ACL injury biplanar videoradiography optical motion capture computed tomography CT motion capture biomechanics recreational athletes anatomical coordinate system ACS bone model three-dimensional 3-D jump-cut gender ACL reconstruction error accuracy markerless tracking marker-based tracking muscle activity quadriceps hamstring gastrocnemius EMG elongation excursion ground reaction force force plate surface interactions Biomedical engineering Kinematics Dynamics Anterior cruciate ligament Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Biomechanics Tomography American Colonization Society Bones--Models Three-dimensional imaging Sex Modeling Medical errors Algorithms Quadriceps muscle Hamstring muscle Electromyography Ground reaction force (Biomechanics)
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The Role of Mechanical Properties in Stem Cell Adipogenesis

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Abstract of “The Role of Mechanical Properties in Stem Cell Adipogenesis” by Nicholas R. Labriola, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2017 The mechanical properties of ...
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2016
Contributors:
Labriola, Nicholas Ryan (creator) Darling, Eric (Advisor) Chickering, Donald (Reader) Morgan, Jeffrey (Reader) Franck, Christian (Reader) Tripathi, Anubhav (Reader) Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
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Stem cells--Research Mesenchymal stem cells molecular beacon Cell differentiation Polymers Atomic force microscopy Biomedical engineering Biomechanics Mimicry (Biology)
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