Bert S. Ivey, Karthik Devarajan, Chandru P. Sundaram

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.17, No.2, pp. 5131-5134, 2010

Abstract Introduction: Renal oncocytoma represents a diagnostic challenge to urologists. We present three patients with bilateral renal oncocytomas.
Cases: All three patients presented with bilateral renal masses and through surgical means, were diagnosed with oncocytoma. Renal biopsies were used to diagnose oncocytoma in the contralateral kidney.
Discussion: Considering oncocytoma represents up to 16% of renal masses, there is overtreatment of benign disease due the difficulty in distinguishing between histologies on radiographs. Even when the diagnosis of oncocytoma is made, concurrent renal cell carcinoma can be found in a small subset of patients. The value of renal biopsy in these… More >

Li Chen, Hui-Bao Luan, Wen-Quan Tao^*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.1, No.2, pp. 1-11, 2010, DOI:10.5098/hmt.v1.2.3002

Abstract Multi-phase lattice Boltzmann method is applied to investigate liquid water transport in th GDL and GC. The liquid water transport processes in the GDL, near the GDL-GC interfaces and in the GC are discussed. The effects of channel land on liquid water dynamic behaviors and distribution in the GDL and GC are investigated. It is found that channel land covers the GDL-GC interface where liquid water reaches changes the water distribution near the GDL-GC interface and in the GC. While channel land is apart from the GDL-GC interface where liquid water reaches changes the effects More >

Ixtaina¹ VY y MM Mujica^1,2

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.79, pp. 95-100, 2010, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2010.79.095

Abstract The slow initial growth of Lotus tenuis limits its use to improve the Flooding Pampas grasslands by mean of its intersowing. Research on the inter and intra-population variability of seedling vigor under changing environmental conditions, and the population x environment interaction, contribute to design sowing strategies and selection criteria. The objective of this study was to evaluate the inter and intra-population phenotypic variability, under different plant densities and planting dates. Variables measured included the number of stems (Nt), and the shoot dry weight (PSa) in L. tenuis seedlings. Crown stems and PSa were determined in 5 populations… More >

Ahmad¹ S, S Gul², AKK Achakzai², M Islam¹

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.79, pp. 19-23, 2010, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2010.79.019

Abstract Seedling growth and development of Seriphidium quettense were examined under water stress (WS) and non-water stress (NWS) conditions. Seedlings were grown in pots to investigate their response to NWS conditions. Impact of WS on seedling growth was assessed in pre-existing plants grown under a semi-arid, natural environment. Seedling growth attributes were recorded on a monthly basis. Seedling growth exhibited a significant positive response under NWS conditions. Length of the main root axis at the first leaf emergence stage was 5.69 cm under NWS conditions; however, it was 4.8 cm in the natural environment (WS). At the… More >

Lovey¹ RJ, P Perissé², C V ieyra³, JC Coraglio³

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.79, pp. 5-10, 2010, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2010.79.005

Abstract Cologania broussonetii (Balb.) DC. (Fabaceae) grows from the Bolivian eastern Andes to the north west of Argentina, Cordoba hills and San Luis Province. It is recognized as a native forage. The objectives of this study were to characterize the seed, the germination and the seedling of C. broussonetii. Seed structure was characterized through free hand sections and analyzed with optical and stereoscopic microscopy. The germination assay treatments were: (1) intact non-scarfied seeds at 25 °C constant, (2) scarified seeds at 25 °C constant, (3) intact non-scarified seeds at 20-30 °C alternating, and (4) scarified seeds at 20-30… More >

Ning Wang^*

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.7, No.1, pp. 33-44, 2010, DOI:10.3970/mcb.2010.007.033

Abstract Professor Y.C. Fung has shown that living tissues remodel extensively in response to mechanical forces such as blood pressure variations. At the cellular level, those mechanical perturbations must be perceived by individual cells. However, mechanisms of mechanochemical transduction in living cells remain a central challenge to cell biologists. Contrary to predictions by existing models of living cells, we reported previously that a local stress, applied via integrin receptors, is propagated to remote sites in the cytoplasm and is concentrated at discrete foci. Here we report that these foci of strains and stresses in the cytoplasm More >

S.L. Li^1,2, S.Y. Long¹, G.Y. Li¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.60, No.1, pp. 73-94, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.060.073

Abstract A new implementation of topology optimization for the plate described by the Reissner-Mindlin theory based on the meshless natural neighbour Petrov-Galerkin method (NNPG) is proposed in this work. The objective is to produce the stiffest plate for a given volume by redistributing the material throughout the plate. We try to couple the advantages of the meshless numerical method with the topology optimization of moderately thick plate. The numerical approach presented here is based on the solid isotropic material with penalization (SIMP) formulation of the topology optimization problem. The natural neighbour interpolation shape function is employed More >

A. Papacharalampopoulos², G. F. Karlis², A. Charalambopoulos³, D. Polyzos⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.58, No.1, pp. 45-74, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.058.045

Abstract A Boundary Element Method (BEM) for solving two (2D) and three dimensional (3D) dynamic problems in materials with microstructural effects is presented. The analysis is performed in the frequency domain and in the context of Mindlin's Form II gradient elastic theory. The fundamental solution of the differential equation of motion is explicitly derived for both 2D and 3D problems. The integral representation of the problem, consisting of two boundary integral equations, one for displacements and the other for its normal derivative is exploited for the proposed BEM formulation. The global boundary of the analyzed domain More >

D.P. Boso¹, M. Lefik²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.55, No.3, pp. 319-338, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.055.319

Abstract In this paper we study numerically the mechanical behaviour of wire ropes, particularly the influence of the geometrical configuration on the overall stiffness of the cables. Modelling the behaviour of a cable is a difficult problem, given the complexity of the geometrical layout, contact phenomena occurring among wires and possible yielding of the material. For this reason we pursue a "hierarchical beam approach", to substitute recursively, at each cabling stage, the bundle of wires with an equivalent single strand, having the characteristics computed from the previous level. We consider the first two levels of the… More >

Veturia Chiroiu¹, Ligia Munteanu¹, Pier Paolo Delsanto²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.16, No.1, pp. 75-100, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2010.016.075

Abstract Conventional continuum theories are unable to capture the observed indentation size effects, due to the lack of intrinsic length scales that represent the measures of nanostructure in the constitutive relations. In order to overcome this deficiency, the Toupin-Mindlin strain gradient theory of nanoindentation is formulated in this paper and the size dependence of the hardness with respect to the depth and the radius of the indenter for multiple walled carbon nanotubes is investigated. Results show a peculiar size influence on the hardness, which is explained via the shear resistance between the neighboring walls during the More >