JSME International Journal Series C
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Volume 45, No.4 December 2002
Series C: Mechanical Systems,Machine Elements and Manufacturing

 

Contents

◆◆Special Issue on Bioengineering◆◆

●Foreword
Hiroshi WADA

Proceedings of the Switzerland-Japan Workshop on New Directions in Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics

●Preface
Jean-Jacques MEISTER and Kozaburo HAYASHI

Reviews

●Mechanisms of Protrusion and Cell Locomotion (Actomyosin-based Contraction in the Cell Body and Uropod Rather than Actin-based Motors at the Leading Front Drives Locomotion of Walker Carcinosarcoma Cells)
Hansuli KELLER

●Recent Advances in Cartilage Tissue Engineering: From the Choice of Cell Sources to the Use of Bioreactors
Ivan MARTIN, Olivier DE´MARTEAU and Alessandra BRACCINI

Papers

●Active Force Generated by the Motility of the Outer Hair Cell
Hiroshi WADA, Daisuke MIYAMOTO and Michiko SUGAWARA

●Tensile Properties of Contractile and Synthetic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
Hiroshi MIYAZAKI, Yoshitaka HASEGAWA and Kozaburo HAYASHI

●Numerical Simulation of Stress Fiber Orientation in Cultured Endothelial Cells under Biaxial Cyclic Deformation Using the Strain Limit Hypothesis
Hiroshi YAMADA, Daisaku MORITA, Jin MATSUMURA, Tohru TAKEMASA and Takami YAMAGUCHI

●Simultaneous Measurement of [Ca2+]i and Membrane Potential under Mechanical or Biochemical Stimulation
Minoru SANO, Katsuaki IMURA, Takashi USHIDA and Tetsuya TATEISHI

●Specific Mechanical and Structural Responses of Cortical and Cytosolic Cytoskeleton in Living Adherent Cells
Vale´rie M. LAURENT, Redouane FODIL, Patrick CAN‾ADAS, Emmanuelle PLANUS and Daniel ISABEY

●Analysis of Stress and Strain Distribution in the Artery Wall Consisted of Layers with Different Elastic Modulus and Opening Angle
Takeo MATSUMOTO and Masaaki SATO

●A Computational Fluid Mechanical Study on the Effects of Opening and Closing of the Mitral Orifice on a Transmitral Flow Velocity Profile and an Early Diastolic Intraventricular Flow
Masanori NAKAMURA, Shigeo WADA, Taisei MIKAMI, Akira KITABATAKE and Takeshi KARINO

●Microwave Therapy for Bone Tumors
Kazuo TAKAKUDA, Shuken INAOKA, Hirokazu SAITO, Moinuddin HASSAN, Yoshikazu KOYAMA, Hiroshi KURODA, Tomohiro KANAYA, Toshifumi KOSAKA, Shigeo TANAKA, Hiroo MIYAIRI and Kenichi SHINOMIYA

●Micromechanics of Minor Cervical Spine Injuries
Peter F. NIEDERER, Kai-Uwe SCHMITT, Markus H. MUSER and Felix H. WALZ

●Morphological and Mechanical Properties of Bone Structural Units: A Two-Case Study
Stefan HENGSBERGER, Georges BOIVIN and Philippe K. ZYSSET

●New Approaches to Solute Transport Measurement in Mechanically Loaded Articular Cartilage
Thomas M. QUINN, Amy E. DUNLOP and Robin C. EVANS

●Panoramic Measurement and Analysis of Strain Distribution in the Human ACL Using a Photoelastic Coating Method
Shunji HIROKAWA, Kouji YAMAMOTO and Takashi KAWADA

●Microcomputer-based Acceleration Sensor Device for Swimming Stroke Monitoring
Yuji OHGI, Hiroshi ICHIKAWA and Chikara MIYAJI

●A Magnetic Tracking System based on Highly Sensitive Integrated Hall Sensors
Vincent SCHLAGETER, Predrag DRLJACA, Radivoje S. POPOVIC and Pavel KUCERA

Reviewed Papers Accepted for Publication in this Special Issue

Papers

●Transit Characteristics of a Neutrophil Passing Through a Circular Constriction in a Cylindrical Capillary Vessel (Effect of Mechanical Properties of the Cell and Constriction Geometry)
Atsushi SHIRAI, Ryo FUJITA and Toshiyuki HAYASE

●Shear Evaluation by Quantitative Flow Visualization Near the Casing Surface of a Centrifugal Blood Pump
Masahiro NISHIDA, Takashi YAMANE, Yuki TSUKAMOTO, Kazuyuki ITO, Yoshiaki KONISHI, Toru MASUZAWA, Tomonori TSUKIYA and Seiko ENDOand Yoshiyuki TAENAKA

●An Image-Based Computational Fluid Dynamic Method for Haemodynamic Simulation
Nami MATSUNAGA, Hao LIU and Ryutaro HIMENO

●Modeling of the Human Aortic Arch with Its Major Branches for Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of the Blood Flow
Daisuke MORI, Tomoaki HAYASAKA and Takami YAMAGUCHI

●Computer Simulation of Blood Flow, Left Ventricular Wall Motion and Their Interrelationship by Fluid-Structure Interaction Finite Element Method
Hiroshi WATANABE, Toshiaki HISADA, Seiryo SUGIURA, Jun-ichi OKADA and Hiroshi FUKUNARI

●Geometric Optimization for Non-Thrombogenicity of a Centrifugal Blood Pump through Flow Visualization
Masahiro TOYODA, Masahiro NISHIDA, Osamu MARUYAMA, Takashi YAMANE, Tatsuo TSUTSUI and Yoshiyuki SANKAI

●Numerical Simulation for Mechanism of Airway Narrowing in Asthma
Kiyoshi BANDO, Daisuke YAMASHITA and Kenkichi OHBA

●Profile Measurement of Worn Acetabular Cup by Holographic Contouring
Satoshi KAKUNAI, Tohoru SAKAMOTO, Daisuke SAKURAI, Yuuki AOTA and Julia SHELTON

●Anatomical and Functional Images of in vitro and in vivo Tissues by NIR Time-domain Diffuse Optical Tomography
Huijuan ZHAO, Feng GAO, Yukari TANIKAWA, Kazuhiro HOMMA, Yoichi ONODERA and Yukio YAMADA

●Computer Simulation Study of Human Locomotion with a Three-Dimensional Entire-Body Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Model (I. Acquisition of Normal Walking)
Kazunori HASE and Nobutoshi YAMAZAKI

●Computer Simulation Study of Human Locomotion with a Three-Dimensional Entire-Body Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Model (II. Biomechanical Relationship between Walking Stability and Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal System)
Kazunori HASE and Goro OBINATA

●Computer Simulation Study of Human Locomotion with a Three-Dimensional Entire-Body Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Model (III. Simulation of Pathological Walking and Its Application to Rehabilitation Engineering)
Kazunori HASE and Shuichi OBUCHI

●Computer Simulation Study of Human Locomotion with a Three-Dimensional Entire-Body Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Model (IV. Simulation of Running Motion and Its Transition Process)
Kazunori HASE and Takashi YOKOI

●Biomechanics of Rowing (I. A Model Analysis of Musculo-Skeletal Loads in Rowing for Fitness)
Kazunori HASE, Motoshi KAYA, Nobutoshi YAMAZAKI, Brian J. ANDREWS, Amy B. ZAVATSKY and Suzanne E. HALLIDAY

●Biomechanics of Rowing (II. A Control Model for the Simulation Study of Rowing and Other Human Movement)
Kazunori HASE, Brian J. ANDREWS, Amy B. ZAVATSKY and Suzanne E. HALLIDAY

●Design of Alarm Sound of Home Care Equipment Based on Age-related Auditory Sense
Jun-ichi SHIBANO, Shigeru TADANO and Hirotaka KANEKO

●A Study on the Surface Shape of Fish Scales
Seiichi SUDO, Koji TSUYUKI, Yoshiyasu ITO and Toshiaki IKOHAGI


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