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Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 4: Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics , the fourth volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including:

Structure-Function & Design of Soft Biological Tissues

Soft Tissue Biomechanics: Nanoscale to Physiological Control

Bone Mechanics

Biomimetic Materials

Residual Stresses in Biological Materials

Cells

Cellulose Materials

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Study of the Transient Response of Tympanic Membranes Under Acoustic Excitation.- Directional Failure of Tendons in the Presence of a Notch Defect.- Age and Regional Dependence of Collagen Crimp in Heart Valves.- The Cohesive law and Toughness of Engineering and Natural Adhesives.- Comparing the Passive Biomechanics of Tension-pressure Loading of Porcine Renal Arteries and its First Branch.- Indentation Measurements on Soft Materials Using Optical Surface Deformation Measurements.- Cadaveric Femoral Fracture Experiment in a Fall on the Hip Configuration.- Correlation of Multi-scale Modeling and Experimental Results for the Elastic Modulus of Trabecular Bone.- Analysis Of Stress Distribution Caused By Orthodontic Correctional Devices.- Hierarchical Bionanomaterials Under the Hammer: High-rate Response of Silks.- A Novel Dental Restorative Composite Fabricated With Nanostructured poly(KAMPS)/aragonite Filler.- The Effect of Dilution in Natural and Bio-inspired Staggered Composites.- New Insight Into the Toughening Mechanisms of Nacre.- Heterogeneity in Microscopic Residual Stress in the Aortic Wall.- Measuring and Modeling Morphogenetic Stress in Developing Embryos.- Residual Stress and Structural Anisotropy of Cortical Bone.- Microcracking Morphology and Structure Optimization of Compact Bovine Bone Under Impact Loading.- Biomechanical Response of Blast Loading to the Head Using 2D-3D Cineradiographic Registration.- Dynamic Analysis of a Spread Cell Using Finite Element Method.- Imaging Targets to Identify Chromosomal Abnormalities in Cells.- 3D Neutrophil Tractions in Changing Microenvironments.- Correlations Between Quantitative MR Imaging Properties and Viscoelastic Material of Agarose Gel.- Electrostatic Actuation Based Modulation of Interaction Between Protein and Aptamer.- The Relation Between Crispness and Texture Properties of Wax Apple.- Fabrication and Mechanical Characterization of Jute Fiber/Epoxy Laminar Composites.- A Fractional Pressure-volume Model of Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics in Hydrocephalus.- Site-specific Diagnostic Evaluation of Hard Biological Tissues Using Solitary Waves.

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