TY  - CHAP
A1  - Frotscher, Ralf
A1  - Goßmann, Matthias
A1  - Raatschen, Hans-Jürgen
A1  - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül
A1  - Staat, Manfred
T1  - Simulation of cardiac cell-seeded membranes using the edge-based smoothed FEM
T2  - Shell and membrane theories in mechanics and biology. (Advanced structured materials ; 45)
N2  - We present an electromechanically coupled Finite Element model for cardiac tissue. It bases on the mechanical model for cardiac tissue of Hunter et al. that we couple to the McAllister-Noble-Tsien electrophysiological model of purkinje fibre cells. The corresponding system of ordinary differential equations is implemented on the level of the constitutive equations in a geometrically and physically nonlinear version of the so-called edge-based smoothed FEM for plates. Mechanical material parameters are determined from our own pressure-deflection experimental setup. The main purpose of the model is to further examine the experimental results not only on mechanical but also on electrophysiological level down to ion channel gates. Moreover, we present first drug treatment simulations and validate the model with respect to the experiments.
Y1  - 2015
SN  - 978-3-319-02534-6 ; 978-3-319-02535-3
SP  - 187
EP  - 212
PB  - Springer
CY  - Heidelberg
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Srivastava, Alok
A1  - Knolle, Friedhart
A1  - Hoyler, Friedrich
A1  - Scherer, Ulrich W.
A1  - Schnug, Ewald
T1  - Uranium Toxicity in the State of Punjab in North-Western India
T2  - Management of Natural Resources in a Changing Environment
N2  - Lately there has been an increasing concern about uranium toxicity in some districts of Punjab State located in the North Western part of India after the publication of a report (Blaurock-Busch et al. 2010) which showed that the concentration of uranium in hair and urine of children suffering from physical deformities, neurological and mental disorder from Malwa region (Fig. 1) of Punjab State was manifold higher than the reference ranges. A train which connects the affected region with the nearby city of Bikaner which has a Cancer Hospital has been nicknamed as Cancer Express due to the frenzy generated on account of uranium related toxicity.
Y1  - 2015
SN  - 978-3-319-12559-6
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12559-6_21
SP  - 271
EP  - 275
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  -