Recent computational methods enabling patient-specific simulations of native and prosthetic
heart valves are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on two critical components of such methods: …

… Trung Bao Le was partially supported by a predoctoral fellowship from the Vietnam Education
Foundation and United States National Academies. The lead author (Fotis Sotiropoulos) is …

High-resolution numerical simulations are carried out to systematically investigate the effect
of the incoming flow waveform on the hemodynamics and wall shear stress patterns of an …

This research empirically examines the effect of entrepreneurial leadership, entrepreneurial
orientation, and technological innovation capability on SMEs' performance. Interestingly, this …

OBJECTIVE: To study the relationship between hypofibrinolysis, thrombophilia, and
osteonecrosis. We evaluated the frequency of abnormal concentrations of 9 coagulation factors in …

Two probiotic strains, Lactobacillus agilis JCM 1048 and L. salivarius subsp. salicinius JCM
1230 isolated from chicken intestine, exhibited probiotic characteristics that can be applied …

… simulation (LES) of geometrically complex turbulent flows. The details of the LES version of
… In this paper we will report the first application of the LES version of method to simulate FSI …

We develop a novel large-scale kinematic model for animating the left ventricle (LV) wall and
use this model to drive the fluid–structure interaction (FSI) between the ensuing blood flow …

We present Interactive Slice World-in-Miniature (WIM), a framework for navigating and
interrogating volumetric data sets using an interface enabled by a virtual reality environment …

Objective Breastfeeding has been linked to lower rates of childhood obesity. Human milk
contains cortisol, known to regulate glucose storage and metabolism. The aim of this study was …