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A Laboratory Study on the Kinematic and Pressure Responses of an Internally Pressurized Novel Surrogate Headform Subjected to Blunt Impacts
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Instrumented surrogate head models – each of which exhibits varying degrees of complexity – are employed to study traumatic brain injury and mild traumatic brain injury. Despite advancements over the years, many existing surrogate head models lack a pressurized cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or...
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Fall 2020
Osteoarthritis is one of the most common medical conditions, mainly affecting older adults. The majority of cases are found within the hip or knee joint however, small joints, including the ankle, finger and facet joints are affected as well. The usual treatment for osteoarthritis is surgery...
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Spring 2024
Weerasinghe, Weerasinghe Mudiyanselage KS
Bones in the skull are connected by craniofacial sutures, which are joints made of collagen fibers, vasculature, and an extracellular matrix. Sutures are straight and flexible at an organism’s early ages and develop various morphological characteristics during growth. Patent (unfused) sutures...
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Fall 2022
Menisci are fibrocartilaginous structures of the knee that function in mechanical load transmission to protect articular cartilage from forces that may initiate osteoarthritic changes. A population of cells responsible for regulating the tissues’ biomechanical properties are meniscus...
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Development of a Finite Element Model to Examine the Response of the Advanced System for Implant Stability Testing (ASIST) in Dental Implants
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The health of the bone-implant interface (BII) of a dental implant is integral to the success of the implant. The evaluation of the development process of these tissues during the healing stages is important in analyzing the risks of failure and to determining when loading can be prescribed. The...
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Investigation on the Differences in the Mechanical Properties of Fresh, Frozen, and Vitrified Porcine Menisci
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The medial and lateral menisci are two semilunar-shaped fibrocartilaginous tissues in the knee that serve multiple important biomechnical functions. While removal of the menisci leads to progressive degenerative changes in the knee, meniscal transplantation is explored to restore normal knee...
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Mathematical and Experimental Modelling of the Dynamic Response of the Transfemoral Bone Implant System and Bone Anchored Hearing Aids and its Potential Application to the Non-invasive Evaluation of Implant Stability
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Osseointegrated implants rely on the direct structural and functional attachment of an implant to the surrounding bone tissues. These implants are used in various fields including dentistry, bone conduction hearing and lower-limb amputations. Determining the quality of the bond between the...
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Measuring Dental Implant Stability with the Advanced System for Implant Stability Testing (ASIST)
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A clinical way to non-invasively assess dental implant stability is important for long-term success of the implant. Dental implants are typically screw shaped prosthetics which fuse with the surrounding jaw bone through a process known as osseointegration, where newly formed bone is deposited on...
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The Effect of Upper Arch Expansion by clear aligners on Nasal Airway Volume in Children and Adults
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects more than 900 million people around the world (Benjafield et al., 2019). OSA occurs due to obstruction of the airway at different levels of the airway, including upper and lower pharyngeal constrictions due to narrow upper jaw and underdeveloped/backward...
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Fall 2020
Pelvic fractures are severe injuries that are associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity, especially in the elderly population. In severe cases of fracture, urgent surgical intervention may be required with the use of fixation plates to stabilize the fracture. The surgical planning...