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Preface |
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1 Molecular Simulations of Complex Membrane Models |
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1.2 Unsaturated Carbon Chains |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (1) |
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1.6 Prokaryotic Membranes |
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10 | (1) |
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1.9 Graphitic Nanomaterials |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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1.12 Outlook and Conclusion |
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14 | (5) |
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2 Microbial Strategies for Oil Biodegradation |
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19 | (2) |
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2.2 Overview of the Biodegradation Process |
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21 | (4) |
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2.3 Microbial Growth Modes on Oily Substrates |
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25 | (8) |
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2.4 Microscale Modeling Considerations |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (7) |
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3 Modeling and Measurement of Biomolecular Transport and Sensing in Microfluidic Cell Culture and Analysis Systems |
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41 | (1) |
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3.2 Basic Principles of Microscale Cell Culture |
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42 | (2) |
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3.3 Theory and Equations: Fluid Flow, Mass Transport, and Biochemical Reactions |
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44 | (8) |
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3.4 Review of Microfluidic Transport Models |
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3.5 Review of Theoretical Model Experimental Validation |
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68 | (3) |
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3.6 Summary and Conclusions |
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71 | (6) |
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4 Coupling Microscale Transport and Tissue Mechanics: Modeling Strategies for Arterial Multiphysics |
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4.2 Brief on Arterial Tissues |
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4.3 Arterial Multiphysics Modeling |
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4.4 An Axisymmetric Case Study |
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94 | (11) |
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105 | (8) |
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Appendix A Along-the-Chord Collagen Fiber Tangent Modulus |
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106 | (2) |
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Appendix B Microstructure of Aortic Media Layer |
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108 | (5) |
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5 Modeling Cystic Fibrosis and Mucociliary Clearance |
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5.1 Mucociliary Clearance and Cystic Fibrosis |
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113 | (7) |
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5.3 Rheology of Mucus and Non-Newtonian Models |
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137 | (12) |
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149 | (6) |
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6 Intracellular Microfluid Transportation in Fast Growing Pollen Tubes |
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155 | (2) |
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6.2 Modeling Fluid Flow of Fountain Streaming in Pollen Tubes |
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157 | (3) |
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6.3 Modeling Intracellular Microfluid Transportation in Pollen Tubes |
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160 | (1) |
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6.4 Results and Discussion |
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161 | (7) |
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168 | (3) |
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7 Microorganisms and Their Response to Stimuli |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (6) |
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7.4 Non-Flowing Suspensions |
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181 | (9) |
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190 | (12) |
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202 | (5) |
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8 Nano-Swimmers in Lipid-Bilayer Membranes |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (6) |
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214 | (3) |
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217 | (4) |
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9 Phase Field Modeling of Inhomogeneous Biomembranes in Flow |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (2) |
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224 | (3) |
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9.4 Inhomogeneous Membranes |
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227 | (4) |
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231 | (1) |
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9.6 The Phase Field Method |
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232 | (3) |
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9.7 Phase Field Models for Inhomogeneous Membranes |
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235 | (8) |
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10 Modeling and Experimental Analysis of Thermal Therapy during Short Pulse Laser Irradiation |
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243 | (5) |
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248 | (5) |
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10.3 Results and Discussion |
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253 | (4) |
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257 | (4) |
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11 Micro-Scale Bio-Heat Diffusion Using Green's Functions |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (8) |
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11.3 Dual-Phase Lag Bio-Heat Diffusion Equation |
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270 | (7) |
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11.4 Boundary and Initial Conditions |
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277 | (6) |
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11.5 Temperature Solution with Homogeneous Boundary Conditions |
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283 | (4) |
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11.6 Temperature Solution with Non-Homogeneous Boundary Conditions |
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287 | (2) |
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11.7 Green's Functions for Finite Regular Tissues |
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289 | (4) |
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11.8 Temperature Distribution in a Laser-Irradiated Biological Tissue |
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293 | (9) |
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302 | (9) |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (5) |
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12 Microstructural Influences on Growth and Transport in Biological Tissue--- A Multiscale Description |
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311 | (2) |
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12.2 Formulation: Nutrient-Limited Microscale Growth of a Porous Medium |
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313 | (5) |
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12.3 Multiple Scales Analysis |
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318 | (4) |
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322 | (10) |
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332 | (3) |
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13 How Dense Core Vesicles Are Delivered to Axon Terminals -- A Review of Modeling Approaches |
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335 | (1) |
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13.2 Review of Relevant Literature |
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336 | (3) |
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13.3 Mathematical Models of DCV Transport and Accumulation in Axon Terminals |
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339 | (5) |
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13.4 Results and Discussion |
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344 | (5) |
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349 | (1) |
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14 Modeling of Food Digestion |
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353 | (1) |
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14.2 The Complexity of Food Digestion and Absorption |
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353 | (3) |
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14.3 Development of Digestion and Absorption Modeling |
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356 | (3) |
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14.4 Microscale Modeling of Food Digestion and Absorption |
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359 | (10) |
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Index |
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