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

Description:
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 …
Year:
2015
Contributor:
Biercevicz, Alison M (creator)
Fleming, Braden (Director)
Crisco, Joseph (Reader)
Darling, Eric (Reader)
Deoni, Sean (Reader)
Thornton, Gail (Reader)
Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Orthopaedics
MRI
Ligament mechanics
T2* relaxometry
Linear Regression Modeling
Reconstruction
Injury
Orthopedics
Anterior cruciate ligament
Knee
Magnetic resonance imaging
Surgery
Biomechanics
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
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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

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

Description:
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 …
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Yin, Sheng (creator)
Kim, Kyung-Suk (Reader)
Kumar, Sharvan (Reader)
Gao, Huajian (Advisor)
Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Biomechanics
Molecular dynamics--Computer simulation
Nanowires
Plasticity
Dislocations in metals
Metals--Hydrogen embrittlement
Collection:
Engineering
Mechanics of Solids
Theses and Dissertations
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Biomechanics of Total Wrist Arthroplasty

Description:
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 …
Year:
2021
Contributor:
Akhbari, Bardiya (creator)
Crisco, Joseph (Advisor)
Fleming, Braden (Reader)
Kimia, Benjamin (Reader)
Laidlaw, David (Reader)
Weiss, Arnold-Peter (Reader)
Wolfe, Scott (Reader)
Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Biomechanics
Orthopedics
Wrist
Biplanar Videoradiography
Arthroplasty
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Theses and Dissertations
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Biomechanics of Traumatic Brain Injury in vitro and the Neuroprotective Effects of Mild Hypothermia Post-Injury

Description:
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. …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Scimone, Mark T (creator)
Franck, Christian (Advisor)
Hoffman-Kim, Diane (Reader)
Wong, Ian (Reader)
Crisco, J.J. Trey (Reader)
Raukar, Neha (Reader)
Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Fluorescence
Biomechanics
Confocal microscopy
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Theses and Dissertations
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Changes in Bone Morphology with Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis

Description:
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. …
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Warschun, Briana Michele (creator)
Schell, Jacquelyn (Reader)
Franck, Christian (Reader)
Crisco, Joseph J. (Advisor)
Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Biomechanics
Osteoarthritis
Upper Extremity
Trapezium (Anatomy)
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Theses and Dissertations
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Head Impact Exposure in Collegiate and Youth Football: Comparing Youth to Collegiate Players

Description:
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 …
Year:
2021
Contributor:
Choi, Grace (creator)
Crisco, Joseph (Advisor)
Dunsiger, Shira (Reader)
Kofron, Celinda (Reader)
Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Biomechanics
Football
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Theses and Dissertations
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Head Impact Exposure: The Biomechanics of Sports-Related Concussions

Description:
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 …
Year:
2014
Contributor:
Wilcox, Bethany J. (creator)
Crisco, Joseph (Director)
Fleming, Braden (Reader)
Franck, Christian (Reader)
Raukar, Neha (Reader)
Greenwald, Richard (Reader)
Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
concussion
sport
gender
Brain--Concussion
Biomechanics
Sex
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Theses and Dissertations
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Image-Based Analysis of Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Biomechanics in Health and Early Osteoarthritis

Description:
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 …
Year:
2015
Contributor:
Halilaj, Eni (creator)
Crisco, Joseph (Director)
Laidlaw, David (Director)
Sharon, Swartz (Reader)
Braden, Flemming (Reader)
Amy, Ladd (Reader)
Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
in vivo joint kinematics
computed tomography
shape analysis
orthopaedics
Ligaments
Cartilage
Tomography
Biomechanics
Orthopedics
Osteoarthritis
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Theses and Dissertations
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Mechanics and Evolution of Unsteady Flight Maneuvers in Bats

Description:
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 …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Boerma, David Bruce (creator)
Swartz, Sharon (Advisor)
Breuer, Kenneth (Reader)
Roberts, Thomas (Reader)
Gatesy, Stephen (Reader)
Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Biomechanics
Bats
Animal flight
Evolution (Biology)
Animal locomotion
Unsteady
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Ecological and Evolutionary Biology
Theses and Dissertations
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Mechanics and Functional Innovations of Snakes

Description:
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 …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
Capano, John George (creator)
Brainerd, Elizabeth (Advisor)
Roberts, Thomas (Reader)
Gatesy, Stephen (Reader)
Kley, Nathan (Reader)
Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Biomechanics
Functional Morphology
Evolution (Biology)
Anatomy, Comparative
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Ecological and Evolutionary Biology
Theses and Dissertations
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Mechanics of Biological Materials, Structures and Tissues at Multiple Scales

Description:
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 …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
Liu, Yue (creator)
Gao, Huajian (Advisor)
Henann, David (Reader)
Wong, Ian (Reader)
Brown University. School of Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Biomechanics
Biomedical materials
Cell membranes
Tissues--Mechanical properties
Membrane Mechanics
Collection:
Engineering
Theses and Dissertations
Available to Brown-affiliated users only
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Mechanics of Cellular Packing of Flexible Nanomaterials

Description:
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 …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Zou, Guijin (creator)
Kim, Kyung-Suk (Reader)
Hurt, Robert (Reader)
Gao, Huajian (Advisor)
Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Biomechanics
Molecular dynamics--Computer simulation
Cell membranes
Anti-infective agents
cell-nanomaterial interaction
vesicle packing
Collection:
Engineering
Mechanics of Solids
Theses and Dissertations
Available to Brown-affiliated users only
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Musculoskeletal Biomechanics of the Dual-Function Axial Musculature of Fishes in Swimming and Suction Feeding

Description:
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 …
Year:
2021
Contributor:
Jimenez, Yordano (creator)
Roberts, Thomas (Reader)
Marsh, Richard (Reader)
Biewener, Andrew (Reader)
Brainerd, Elizabeth (Advisor)
Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
suction feeding
Biomechanics
Fishes
Muscles
Animal locomotion
Swimming
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Ecological and Evolutionary Biology
Theses and Dissertations
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Musculoskeletal form, function, and constraint in the cyprinid pharyngeal jaw apparatus

Description:
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 …
Year:
2012
Contributor:
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)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
XROMM
pharyngeal jaw
molluscivory
herbivory
bite force
length-tension
osetichthyes
ostariophysi
ceratobranchial
feeding
durophagy
Cyprinidae
Mastication
Biomechanics
Catfishes
Minnows
Performance
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Ecological and Evolutionary Biology
Theses and Dissertations
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Performance, Mechanics, and Diversity of Anuran Jumping

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

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

Description:
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 …
Year:
2012
Contributor:
Miranda, Daniel Leo (creator)
Braden, Fleming (Director)
Joseph, Crisco (Reader)
Elizabeth, Brainerd (Reader)
David, Laidlaw (Reader)
Michael, Bey (Reader)
Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
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)
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Theses and Dissertations
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The Hydrostatic Skeleton of Muscle

Description:
Abstract of “The Hydrostatic Skeleton of Muscle” by David A. Sleboda, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2019 Fluid accounts for over 70% of muscle mass, and …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Sleboda, David Andrew (creator)
Roberts, Thomas (Advisor)
Brainerd, Elizabeth (Reader)
Gatesy, Stephen (Reader)
Marsh, Richard (Reader)
Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Biomechanics
Extracellular matrix
Muscles
Physiology
Biology
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Ecological and Evolutionary Biology
Theses and Dissertations
Available to Brown-affiliated users only
Full Record

The Role of Mechanical Properties in Stem Cell Adipogenesis

Description:
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 cells …
Year:
2016
Contributor:
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)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Stem cells--Research
Mesenchymal stem cells
molecular beacon
Cell differentiation
Polymers
Atomic force microscopy
Biomedical engineering
Biomechanics
Mimicry (Biology)
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Theses and Dissertations
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