This article presents a generalization of the recently proposed finite cell method to three-dimensional
problems of linear elasticity. The finite cell method combines ideas from …

Numerous numerical methods have been developed in an effort to accurately predict stresses
in bones. The largest group are variants of the h-version of the finite element method (h-…

Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the major risk factors of disability and death
worldwide. Despite of the protective role of ligustilide (LIG) in many cell types, we aimed to …

Background: Evidence for the effect of dietary sodium intake on the risk of cardiovascular
disease has been controversial. One of the main explanations for the conflicting results lies in …

Environmental exposure is widely recognized as the primary sources of Cadmium (Cd) in the
human body, and exposure to Cd is associated with kidney damage in adults. Nevertheless…

Bilateral synchronization control for Network Teleoperation Robot System (NTRS) in
discrete domain is discussed in this paper, where time delay, data loss and disorder, and …

Objective Weight losses between a group of participants assigned to a weight loss program
based in the community [ie, specifically the methodology used by Weight Watchers (WW)] …

Objective To evaluate the community-based health promotion effect of physical activity.
Methods The residents aged 18 and above from two communities in Gongshu District of …

A smooth integration of geometric models and numerical simulation has been in the focus of
research in computational mechanics for long, as the classical transition from CAD-based …

UNLABELLED: This study aimed to analysis the relationship among body mass index (BMI)
and waist circumference (WC) with chronic diseases risk factors--serum total cholesterol (TC)…