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Chimeh AF, Kocaefe D, Kocaefe Y, Robert Y, Bernier J. Mathematical modelling of a semi-dry SO 2 scrubber based on a Lagrangian-Eulerian approach. J Hazard Mater 2024; 469:134065. [PMID: 38531264 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Semi-dry desulfurization is an efficient means of SO2 removal from the effluent gases from electrolysis cells in aluminum smelters. These gases are at low temperature and contain low concentrations of SO2, as opposed to thermal power plants. The removal is carried out by injecting powdered alkaline sorbent, hydrated lime (solid particles), into the SO2-containing gas (gas phase) in the presence of humidity. The reaction is controlled by the adsorption of SO2 onto the surface of lime. This study involves the mathematical modelling of a lab-scale scrubber using a Lagrangian-Eulerian approach in order to analyze the desulfurization efficiency. The model was validated based on experimental data. A parametric study was carried out to investigate the effects of particle size, sorbent amount, and relative humidity (RH) on the desulfurization efficiency. The results show that the particle size is the most important parameter; as the particle size decreases, the desulfurization efficiency increases. However, using finer particles may increase the process cost. The loss in SO2 capture efficiency due to the use of coarser particle size could be compensated by increasing the relative humidity (RH) of the gas, another key parameter of the process.
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- Arash Fassadi Chimeh
- Research Chair on Industrial Materials (CHIMI), University Research Centre on Aluminium (CURAL), Aluminium Research Center (REGAL), University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, 555 University Blvd., Chicoutimi, QC G7H 2B1, Canada
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- Research Chair on Industrial Materials (CHIMI), University Research Centre on Aluminium (CURAL), Aluminium Research Center (REGAL), University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, 555 University Blvd., Chicoutimi, QC G7H 2B1, Canada.
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- Research Chair on Industrial Materials (CHIMI), University Research Centre on Aluminium (CURAL), Aluminium Research Center (REGAL), University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, 555 University Blvd., Chicoutimi, QC G7H 2B1, Canada
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- Arvida Research and Development Centre (ARDC), Rio Tinto, 1955 Boulevard Mellon, Jonquière, QC G7S 4K8, Canada
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- Arvida Research and Development Centre (ARDC), Rio Tinto, 1955 Boulevard Mellon, Jonquière, QC G7S 4K8, Canada
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Zhu Z, Wang J, Du W, Xu M, Xue T, Lai Y, Chen F. CT analysis of frontal recess air cell and fluid dynamics simulation of frontal sinus in people with different frontal sinus development after Draf1-3 surgery. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2024; 281:2463-2475. [PMID: 38189971 PMCID: PMC11023981 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-023-08433-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the effects of Draf1-3 on frontal sinus airflow and frontal sinus irrigation in people with different frontal sinus development METHODS: The development of the frontal sinus and the distribution of the frontal recess cells were evaluated by CT scan in 150 adults (300 sides). The airflow changes into the frontal sinus and frontal recess after Draf were analyzed by Fluent software under a steady state and quiet inspiratory state. Nasal irrigation after Draf in adults with well-developed frontal sinus was simulated using 120 mL saline at a rate of 12 mL/s in a position at 45° to observe the changes in transient flow distribution. RESULTS The moderately developed type of the frontal sinus was the most common. The airflow patterns in the frontal sinus and frontal recess in the moderate development group were laminar, while several large vortexes were formed between the frontal sinus and frontal recess in the well-development group. The Draf exerted more significant effects on the patterns, pressure, and velocity of the airflow in the frontal sinus and frontal recess in the well development group than in the moderate development group. The volume fraction of saline in the frontal sinus increased significantly from Draf1 to Draf3, and the time required for a complete infiltration of saline in the frontal sinus mucosa was significantly reduced. CONCLUSIONS Draf1-3 has different effects on the airflow field of the frontal sinus with different developmental types; and Draf1-3 can significantly improve the postoperative flushing of the frontal sinus.
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- Zhengru Zhu
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China.
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Lyu M, Torii R, Liang C, Peach TW, Bhogal P, Makalanda L, Li Q, Ventikos Y, Chen D. Treatment for middle cerebral artery bifurcation aneurysms: in silico comparison of the novel Contour device and conventional flow-diverters. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2024:10.1007/s10237-024-01829-3. [PMID: 38587717 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-024-01829-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Endovascular treatment has become the standard therapy for cerebral aneurysms, while the effective treatment for middle cerebral artery (MCA) bifurcation aneurysms remains a challenge. Current flow-diverting techniques with endovascular coils cover the aneurysm orifice as well as adjacent vessel branches, which may lead to branch occlusion. Novel endovascular flow disruptors, such as the Contour device (Cerus Endovascular), are of great potential to eliminate the risk of branch occlusion. However, there is a lack of valid comparison between novel flow disruptors and conventional (intraluminal) flow-diverters. In this study, two in silico MCA bifurcation aneurysm models were treated by specific Contour devices and flow-diverters using fast-deployment algorithms. Computational fluid dynamic simulations were used to examine the performance and efficiency of deployed devices. Hemodynamic parameters, including aneurysm inflow and wall shear stress, were compared among each Contour device, conventional flow-diverter, and untreated condition. Our results show that the placement of devices can effectively reduce the risk of aneurysm rupture, while the deployment of a Contour device causes more flow reduction than using flow-diverters (e.g. Silk Vista Baby). Besides, the Contour device presents the flow diversion capability of targeting the aneurysm neck without occluding the daughter vessel. In summary, the in silico aneurysm models presented in this study can serve as a powerful pre-planning tool for testing new treatment techniques, optimising device deployment, and predicting the performance in patient-specific aneurysm cases. Contour device is proved to be an effective treatment of MCA bifurcation aneurysms with less daughter vessel occlusion.
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- Mengzhe Lyu
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK
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- School of International Education, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.
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- School of Medical Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
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Xiong Z, Wang X, Yan Y, Liu Z, Luo X, Zheng T. A new computational fluid dynamics based noninvasive assessment of portacaval pressure gradient. J Biomech 2024; 167:112086. [PMID: 38615481 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.112086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Accurate assessment of portacaval pressure gradient (PCG) in patients with portal hypertension (PH) is of great significance both for diagnosis and treatment. This study aims to develop a noninvasive method for assessing PCG in PH patients and evaluate its accuracy and effectiveness. This study recruited 37 PH patients treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). computed tomography angiography was used to create three dimension (3D) models of each patient before and after TIPS. Doppler ultrasound examinations were conducted to obtain the patient's portal vein flow (or splenic vein and superior mesenteric vein). Using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation, the patient's pre-TIPS and post-TIPS PCG was determined by the 3D models and ultrasound measurements. The accuracy of these noninvasive results was then compared to clinical invasive measurements. The results showed a strong linear correlation between the PCG simulated by CFD and the clinical invasive measurements both before and after TIPS (R2 = 0.998, P < 0.001 and R2 = 0.959, P < 0.001). The evaluation accuracy of this noninvasive method reached 94 %, and the influence of ultrasound result errors on the numerical accuracy was found to be marginal if the error was less than 20 %. Furthermore, the information about the hemodynamic environment in the portal system was obtained by this numerical method. Spiral flow patterns were observed in the portal vein of some patients. In a conclusion, this study proposes a noninvasive numerical method for assessing PCG in PH patients before and after TIPS. This method can assist doctors in accurately diagnosing patients and selecting appropriate treatment plans. Additionally, it can be used to further investigate potential biomechanical causes of complications related to TIPS in the future.
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- Zhuxiang Xiong
- Department of Mechanics, College of Architecture & Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; Sichuan University Yibin Park / Yibin Institute of Industrial Technology, Yibin 644000, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Mechanics, College of Architecture & Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; Sichuan University Yibin Park / Yibin Institute of Industrial Technology, Yibin 644000, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Mechanics, College of Architecture & Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; Sichuan University Yibin Park / Yibin Institute of Industrial Technology, Yibin 644000, China; West China Information Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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Ge L, Xu Y, Li J, Li Y, Xi Y, Wang X, Wang J, Mu Y, Wang H, Lu X, Guo J, Chen Z, Chen T, Chen Y. The impact of contrast retention on thrombus formation risks in patients with atrial fibrillation: A numerical study. Heliyon 2024; 10:e26792. [PMID: 38434273 PMCID: PMC10907767 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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Background Contrast retention (CR) is an important predictor of left atrial appendage thrombus (LAAT) and stroke in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF). We sought to explore the underlying mechanisms of CR using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations. Methods A total of 12 patients with AF who underwent both cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) before left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) were included in the study. The patients were allocated into the CR group or non-CR group based on left atrial appendage (LAA) angiography. Patient-specific models were reconstructed to evaluate time-averaged wall shear stress (TAWSS), oscillatory shear index (OSI), relative residence time (RRT), and endothelial cell activation potential (ECAP). Additionally, the incidence of thrombosis was predicted using residence time (RT) at different time-points. Results TAWSS was lower [median (Interquartile Range) 0.27 (0.19-0.47) vs 1.35 (0.92-1.79), p < 0.001] in LAA compared to left atrium. In contrast, RRT [1438 (409.70-13869) vs 2.23 (1.81-3.14), p < 0.001] and ECAP [122.70 (30.01-625.70) vs 0.19 (0.16-0.27), p < 0.001)] was higher in the LAA. The patients in the CR group had significantly higher RRT [(mean ± SD) 16274 ± 11797 vs 639.70 ± 595.20, p = 0.009] and ECAP [610.80 ± 365.30 vs 54.26 ± 54.38, p = 0.004] in the LAA compared to the non-CR group. Additionally, patients with CR had a wider range of thrombus-prone regions [0.44(0.27-0.66)% vs 0.05(0.03-0.27)%, p = 0.009] at the end of the 15th cardiac cycle. Conclusions These findings suggest that CR might be an indicator of high-risk thrombus formation in the LAA. And CT-based CFD simulation may be a feasible substitute for the evaluation of LAA thrombotic risk in patients with AF, especially in patients with CR.
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- Lan Ge
- Medical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100853, China
- Senior Department of Cardiology, the Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, 6 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (Beihang University), Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100853, China
- Senior Department of Cardiology, the Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, 6 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (Beihang University), Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (Beihang University), Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100853, China
- Senior Department of Cardiology, the Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, 6 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Senior Department of Cardiology, the Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, 6 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Senior Department of Cardiology, the Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, 6 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100853, China
- Senior Department of Cardiology, the Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, 6 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Senior Department of Cardiology, the Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, 6 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100853, China
- Senior Department of Cardiology, the Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, 6 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (Beihang University), Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100853, China
- Senior Department of Cardiology, the Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, 6 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100853, China
- Senior Department of Cardiology, the Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, 6 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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Burgos M, Rosique L, Piqueras F, García-Navalón C, Sevilla-García M, Hellín D, Esteban F. Reducing variability in nasal surgery outcomes through computational fluid dynamics and advanced 3D virtual surgery techniques. Heliyon 2024; 10:e26855. [PMID: 38463850 PMCID: PMC10920157 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
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Objectives This study aims to delineate the specific impact of using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and 3D virtual surgery techniques in otolaryngology surgery, focusing on their roles in enhancing the precision of nasal surgery and optimizing future patient outcomes. The central objective was to assess whether these advanced technologies could reduce variability in surgical approaches and decision-making among specialists, thereby improving the consistency and efficacy of patient care in cases of nasal obstruction. Methods and results Our methodology involved a detailed analysis of pre- and post-operative scenarios using CFD feedback. Six otolaryngologists participated, employing virtual surgery techniques on two patients with diagnosed nasal obstruction. The CFD analysis focused on quantifying key airflow parameters: right nasal flow rate (QR), left nasal flow rate (QL), flow symmetry (Ф), and bilateral nasal resistance (R). These parameters were meticulously compared before and after the application of CFD feedback to evaluate changes in surgical planning and outcomes. Quantitative analysis revealed a notable decrease in the standard deviation of the measured parameters among the specialists post-CFD feedback, indicating reduced variability in surgical approaches. Specifically, for Patient #1 the standard deviation for QR values dropped from 0.694 L/min to 0.602 L/min, and for QL values from 0.676 L/min to 0.584 L/min, and for Patient #2, the standard deviation for QR values decreased from 2.204 L/min to 0.958 L/min, and for QL values from 2.295 L/min to 1.014 L/min. Moreover, the variability range, represented by the differences between the maximum and minimum values for Ф and R, diminished significantly. Post-operative average values for all parameters showed a convergence towards ideal basal levels, suggesting a more uniform and effective surgical strategy across different surgeons. Conclusions Both integration of CFD and 3D virtual surgery techniques in otolaryngology can substantially reduce variability in surgical planning and decision-making, ultimately leading to improved patient outcomes. These advanced tools have the potential to standardize the diagnosis and treatment of nasal pathologies, contributing to more effective and consistent care. Future research in this area should focus on larger patient cohorts and further exploration of the potential benefits and applications of CFD and virtual surgery in otolaryngology.
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- M.A. Burgos
- Department of Ingeniería Térmica y de Fluidos, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Seville, Spain
- Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
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Ngwenya T, Grundlingh D, Ngoepe MN. Influence of vortical structures on fibrin clot formation in cerebral aneurysms: A two-dimensional computational study. J Biomech 2024; 165:111994. [PMID: 38394954 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.111994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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Thrombosis is an important contributor to cerebral aneurysm growth and progression. A number of sophisticated multiscale and multiphase in silico models have been developed with a view towards interventional planning. Many of these models are able to account for clotting outcomes, but do not provide detailed insight into the role of flow during clot development. In this study, we present idealised, two-dimensional in silico cerebral fibrin clot model based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), biochemical modelling and variable porosity, permeability, and diffusivity. The model captures fibrin clot growth in cerebral aneurysms over a period at least 1000 s in five different geometries. The fibrin clot growth results were compared to an experiment presented in literature. The biochemistry was found to be more sensitive to mesh size compared to the haemodynamics, while larger timesteps overpredicted clot size in pulsatile flow. When variable diffusivity was used, the predicted clot size was 25.4% lesser than that with constant diffusivity. The predicted clot size in pulsatile flow was 14.6% greater than in plug flow. Different vortex modes were observed in plug and pulsatile flow; the latter presented smaller intermediate modes where the main vortex was smaller and less likely to disrupt the growing fibrin clot. Furthermore, smaller vortex modes were seen to support fibrin clot propagation across geometries. The model clearly demonstrates how the growing fibrin clot alters vortical structures within the aneurysm sac and how this changing flow, in turn, shapes the growing fibrin clot.
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- Tinashe Ngwenya
- Centre for Research in Computational and Applied Mechanics (CERECAM), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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- Centre for Research in Computational and Applied Mechanics (CERECAM), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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Parker LP, Svensson Marcial A, Brismar TB, Broman LM, Prahl Wittberg L. In silico parametric analysis of femoro-jugular venovenous ECMO and return cannula dynamics: In silico analysis of femoro-jugular VV ECMO. Med Eng Phys 2024; 125:104126. [PMID: 38508803 DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2024.104126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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BACKGROUND Increasingly, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is helping explore the impact of variables like: cannula design/size/position/flow rate and patient physiology on venovenous (VV) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Here we use a CFD model to determine what role cardiac output (CO) plays and to analyse return cannula dynamics. METHODS Using a patient-averaged model of the right atrium and venae cava, we virtually inserted a 19Fr return cannula and a 25Fr drainage cannula. Running large eddy simulations, we assessed cardiac output at: 3.5-6.5 L/min and ECMO flow rate at: 2-6 L/min. We analysed recirculation fraction (Rf), time-averaged wall shear stress (TAWSS), pressure, velocity, and turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) and extracorporeal flow fraction (EFF = ECMO flow rate/CO). RESULTS Increased ECMO flow rate and decreased CO (high EFF) led to increased Rf (R = 0.98, log fit). Negative pressures developed in the venae cavae at low CO and high ECMO flow (high CR). Mean return cannula TAWSS was >10 Pa for all ECMO flow rates, with majority of the flow exiting the tip (94.0-95.8 %). CONCLUSIONS Our results underpin the strong impact of CO on VV ECMO. A simple metric like EFF, once supported by clinical data, might help predict Rf for a patient at a given ECMO flow rate. The return cannula imparts high shear stresses on the blood, largely a result of the internal diameter.
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- Louis P Parker
- FLOW, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute, Division of Medical Imaging and Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute, Division of Medical Imaging and Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- ECMO Centre Karolinska, Pediatric Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- FLOW, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Thum KY, Liao S, Šeman M, Khamooshi M, Carberry J, McGiffin D, Gregory SD. Effect of RVAD Cannulation Length on Right Ventricular Thrombosis Risk: An In Silico Investigation. Ann Biomed Eng 2024:10.1007/s10439-024-03474-4. [PMID: 38418690 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-024-03474-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have been used off-label as long-term support of the right heart due to the lack of a clinically approved durable right VAD (RVAD). Whilst various techniques to reduce RVAD inflow cannula protrusion have been described, the implication of the protrusion length on right heart blood flow and subsequent risk of thrombosis remains poorly understood. This study investigates the influence of RVAD diaphragmatic cannulation length on right ventricular thrombosis risk using a patient-specific right ventricle in silico model validated with particle image velocimetry. Four cannulation lengths (5, 10, 15 and 25 mm) were evaluated in a one-way fluid-structure interaction simulation with boundary conditions generated from a lumped parameter model, simulating a biventricular supported condition. Simulation results demonstrated that the 25-mm cannulation length exhibited a lower thrombosis risk compared to 5-, 10- and 15-mm cannulation lengths due to improved flow energy distribution (25.2%, 24.4% and 17.8% increased), reduced stagnation volume (72%, 68% and 49% reduction), better washout rate (13.0%, 11.6% and 9.1% faster) and lower blood residence time (6% reduction). In the simulated scenario, our findings suggest that a longer RVAD diaphragmatic cannulation length may be beneficial in lowering thrombosis risk; however, further clinical studies are warranted.
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- Kar Ying Thum
- Cardiorespiratory Engineering and Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- Cardiorespiratory Engineering and Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Cardiorespiratory Engineering and Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Cardiorespiratory Engineering and Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Cardiorespiratory Engineering and Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Cardiorespiratory Engineering and Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Huang W, Guo K, Pan Y, Chen C. Enhancing the effectiveness of bioaerosol disinfection in indoor environments by optimizing far-UVC lamp locations based on Markov chain model. Sci Total Environ 2024; 912:168803. [PMID: 38000739 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
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Far-ultraviolet C (far-UVC) light is an effective and safe disinfection method for bioaerosol control in occupied indoor environments. The installation location of a far-UVC lamp strongly influences the spatial distribution of far-UVC irradiance, and thus the effectiveness of bioaerosol disinfection. To assist the design process, this study developed a fast prediction approach based on the Markov chain model for optimizing the installation locations of far-UVC lamps in order to enhance the disinfection effectiveness for indoor bioaerosol control. Experiments were conducted in an environmental chamber to validate the proposed simulation-based optimization approach. The results show that the proposed method can correctly predict the disinfection efficiency when compared with experimental data, and optimizing the installation location of the far-UVC lamp increased the disinfection efficiency by 54 % compared with the worst location. As an application, the validated method was then used to design the installation location of a far-UVC lamp in a real conference room. The results show that installing the far-UVC lamp in the optimal location can increase the disinfection efficiency by 48 % compared with the worst installation location. Therefore, optimizing the far-UVC lamp location using the proposed Markov chain model can enhance the effectiveness of bioaerosol disinfection in indoor environments.
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- Wenjie Huang
- Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China; Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Zhang TT, Xu X, Lv M. Measurement and prediction of the Aspergillus niger spore detachment from a vesicle unit subjected to air-blowing. Sci Total Environ 2024; 912:168714. [PMID: 38007138 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/27/2023]
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Detachment of fungal spores from growing colonies results in human exposure. Thus far, the distribution of the binding forces of the spores in a fungal unit is unknown, so that precise prediction of the spores detachment is quite challenging. This investigation used centrifugal separation to measure the binding forces of the spores. Aspergillus niger (A. niger) colonies on a culture plate were placed in a centrifuge, the detached spores were counted, and this number was used to obtain the distribution of binding forces. Next, the air-blowing of an A. niger unit was modeled by computational fluid dynamics (CFD). A spore was judged to be detached if the air-imposed drag force was greater than the binding force. For model validation, the predicted spore detachment ratios were compared with the ratios measured in a wind tunnel test. The results revealed that the binding forces of the spores obeyed the log-normal distribution. The binding forces of the distal spores from colonies with a growth age of 66 h ranged from 0 nN to 4.0 nN and had a mean of 0.65 nN. The CFD modeling predicted the detachment ratios of the distal spores with good accuracy.
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- Tengfei Tim Zhang
- Tianjin Laboratory of Indoor Air Environmental Quality Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China; School of Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.
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- Tianjin Laboratory of Indoor Air Environmental Quality Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Laboratory of Indoor Air Environmental Quality Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
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Brown AL, Sexton ZA, Hu Z, Yang W, Marsden AL. Computational approaches for mechanobiology in cardiovascular development and diseases. Curr Top Dev Biol 2024; 156:19-50. [PMID: 38556423 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2024.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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The cardiovascular development in vertebrates evolves in response to genetic and mechanical cues. The dynamic interplay among mechanics, cell biology, and anatomy continually shapes the hydraulic networks, characterized by complex, non-linear changes in anatomical structure and blood flow dynamics. To better understand this interplay, a diverse set of molecular and computational tools has been used to comprehensively study cardiovascular mechanobiology. With the continual advancement of computational capacity and numerical techniques, cardiovascular simulation is increasingly vital in both basic science research for understanding developmental mechanisms and disease etiologies, as well as in clinical studies aimed at enhancing treatment outcomes. This review provides an overview of computational cardiovascular modeling. Beginning with the fundamental concepts of computational cardiovascular modeling, it navigates through the applications of computational modeling in investigating mechanobiology during cardiac development. Second, the article illustrates the utility of computational hemodynamic modeling in the context of treatment planning for congenital heart diseases. It then delves into the predictive potential of computational models for elucidating tissue growth and remodeling processes. In closing, we outline prevailing challenges and future prospects, underscoring the transformative impact of computational cardiovascular modeling in reshaping cardiovascular science and clinical practice.
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- Aaron L Brown
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States; Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
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Rabi R, Oufni L, Kayouh N. Computational analysis of radon progeny deposition patterns in the human respiratory system. J Environ Radioact 2024; 272:107365. [PMID: 38171111 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2023.107365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 12/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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In the last year, the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques has gained prominence as a powerful tool for modeling biological phenomena and influencing the design of biomedical devices. In this study, we utilized a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model to simulate airflow and the deposition of aerosol particles within the human respiratory tract. To achieve this, we meticulously constructed a 3D model of the human tracheobronchial airways using SolidWorks software. Our computational analyses encompassed a range of breathing conditions, ranging from 15 to 60 (L/min). Through the application of discrete phase modeling (DPM), we investigate the behavior of two-phase flow dynamics. Our focus lies in the examination of aerosol particles, with diameters ranging from 1 to 10 (μm), in order to evaluate the influence of aerosol particle size on deposition rates. Our findings encompass velocity contour maps, deposition rates of aerosol particles, and insights into the process of aerosol particle entrapment at various locations within the respiratory tract. Our study reveals a direct correlation between higher inhalation rates and larger aerosol particle sizes, resulting in increased deposition rates. Additionally, we observe a heightened deposition of aerosol-particles at bronchi region. These computational results hold significant value in estimating the distribution of doses resulting from radon progeny exposure in distinct anatomical regions of the respiratory tract.
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- R Rabi
- Sultan Moulay Slimane University (LICPM), Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Department of Physics, B.P.523, 23000, Beni-Mellal, Morocco
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- Sultan Moulay Slimane University (LICPM), Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Department of Physics, B.P.523, 23000, Beni-Mellal, Morocco.
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- Sultan Moulay Slimane University (LICPM), Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Department of Physics, B.P.523, 23000, Beni-Mellal, Morocco
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Niroobakhsh M, Laughrey LE, Dallas SL, Johnson ML, Ganesh T. Computational modeling based on confocal imaging predicts changes in osteocyte and dendrite shear stress due to canalicular loss with aging. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2024; 23:129-143. [PMID: 37642807 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-023-01763-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Exercise and physical activity exert mechanical loading on the bones which induces bone formation. However, the relationship between the osteocyte lacunar-canalicular morphology and mechanical stress experienced locally by osteocytes transducing signals for bone formation is not fully understood. In this study, we used computational modeling to predict the effect of canalicular density, the number of fluid inlets, and load direction on fluid flow shear stress (FFSS) and bone strains and how these might change following the microstructural deterioration of the lacunar-canalicular network that occurs with aging. Four distinct computational models were initially generated of osteocytes with either ten or eighteen dendrites using a fluid-structure interaction method with idealized geometries. Next, a young and a simulated aged osteocyte were developed from confocal images after FITC staining of the femur of a 4-month-old C57BL/6 mouse to estimate FFSS using a computational fluid dynamics approach. The models predicted higher fluid velocities in the canaliculi versus the lacunae. Comparison of idealized models with five versus one fluid inlet indicated that with four more inlets, one-half of the dendrites experienced FFSS greater than 0.8 Pa, which has been associated with osteogenic responses. Confocal image-based models of real osteocytes indicated a six times higher ratio of canalicular to lacunar surface area in the young osteocyte model than the simulated aged model and the average FFSS in the young model (FFSS = 0.46 Pa) was three times greater than the aged model (FFSS = 0.15 Pa). Interestingly, the surface area with FFSS values above 0.8 Pa was 23 times greater in the young versus the simulated aged model. These findings may explain the impaired mechano-responsiveness of osteocytes with aging.
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- Mohammad Niroobakhsh
- Division of Natural and Built Environment, School of Science and Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 350 L Flarsheim Hall, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO, 64110, USA
- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 620 E 25th Street, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA
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- Division of Natural and Built Environment, School of Science and Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 350 L Flarsheim Hall, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO, 64110, USA
- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 620 E 25th Street, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 620 E 25th Street, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 620 E 25th Street, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA
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- Division of Natural and Built Environment, School of Science and Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 350 L Flarsheim Hall, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO, 64110, USA.
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Nambu E, Nozaki K, Kokomoto K, Hayashi M. Effect of Push-Pull HEPA Filters on Air Age in a Dental Treatment Room. Stud Health Technol Inform 2024; 310:1470-1471. [PMID: 38269701 DOI: 10.3233/shti231249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Air quality was evaluated by visualizing with CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) where air tends to stagnate in the dental practice space when natural ventilation and HEPA filters are used together. The results showed that natural ventilation by opening and closing windows and doors alone was not sufficient.
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- Eriko Nambu
- Division for Medical Informatics, Osaka University Dental Hospital, Japan
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- Division for Medical Informatics, Osaka University Dental Hospital, Japan
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- Division for Medical Informatics, Osaka University Dental Hospital, Japan
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- Division for Medical Informatics, Osaka University Dental Hospital, Japan
- Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Japan
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Yang H, Foroutan H. Effects of near-bed turbulence on microplastics fate and transport in streams. Sci Total Environ 2023; 905:167173. [PMID: 37730059 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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Quantifying the impact of hyporheic exchange is crucial for understanding the transport and fate of microplastics in streams. In this study, we conducted several Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to investigate near-bed turbulence and analyze vertical hyporheic exchange. Different arranged spheres were used to represent rough and permeable sediment beds in natural rivers. The velocities associated with vertical hyporheic flux and the gravitational force were compared to quantify the susceptibility of microplastics to hyporheic exchange. Four scenario cases representing different channel characteristics were studied and their effects on microplastics movements through hyporheic exchange were quantitatively studied. Results show that hyporheic exchange flow can significantly influence the fate and transport of microplastics of small and light-weighted microplastics. Under certain conditions, hyporheic exchange flow can dominate the behavior of microplastics with sizes up to around 800 μm. This dominance is particularly evident near the sediment-water interface, especially at the top layer of sediments. Higher bed porosity enhances the exchange of microplastics between water and sediment, while increased flow conditions extend the vertical exchange zone into deeper layers of the bed. Changes in the bedform lead to the most pronounced vertical hyporheic exchange, emphasizing the control of morphological features on microplastics transport. Furthermore, it is found that sweep-ejection events are prevailing near the bed surface, serving as a mechanism for microplastics transport in rivers. As moving from the water column to deeper layers in the sediment bed, there's a shift from sweeps dominance to ejections dominance, indicating changes of direction in microplastics movement at different locations.
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- Huan Yang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, United States.
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Jahed M, Kozinski J, Pakzad L. The impact of actuator nozzle and surroundings condition on drug delivery using pressurized-metered dose inhalers. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2023; 22:2117-2133. [PMID: 37815674 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-023-01754-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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The most commonly used method to deliver aerosolized drugs to the lung is with pressurized metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs). The spray actuator is a critical component of pMDI, since it controls the atomization process by forming aerosol plumes and determining droplet size distribution. Through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, this study investigated the effect of two different nozzle types (single conventional and twin nozzles) on drug deposition in the mouth-throat (MT) region. We also studied the behavior of aerosol plumes in both an open-air environment and the MT geometry. Our study revealed that spray aerosol generated in an unconfined, open-air environment with no airflow behaves distinctly from spray introduced into the MT geometry in the presence of airflow. In addition, the actuator structure significantly impacts the device's efficacy. In the real MT model, we found that the twin nozzle increases drug deposition in the MT region, and its higher aerosol velocity negatively affects its efficiency.
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- Mahsa Jahed
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada.
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Zhu Z, Ji S, Liang L, Wang H, Xia H, Tang P. Hemodynamic study of blood flow in the aorta during the interventional robot treatment using fluid-structure interaction. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2023; 22:1857-1872. [PMID: 37329426 PMCID: PMC10613174 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-023-01737-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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An interventional robot is a means for vascular diagnosis and treatment, and it can perform dredging, releasing drug and operating. Normal hemodynamic indicators are a prerequisite for the application of interventional robots. The current hemodynamic research is limited to the absence of interventional devices or interventional devices in fixed positions. Considering the coupling effect of blood, vessels and robots, based on the bi-directional fluid-structure interaction, using the computational fluid dynamics and particle image velocimetry methods, combined with the sliding and moving mesh technologies, we theoretically and experimentally study the hemodynamic indicators such as blood flow lines, blood pressure, equivalent stress, deformation and wall shear stress of blood vessels when the robot precesses, rotates or does not intervene in the pulsating blood flow. The results show that the intervention of the robot increase the blood flow rate, blood pressure, equivalent stress and deformation of the vessels by 76.4%, 55.4%, 76.5%, and 346%, respectively. The operating mode of the robot during low-speed operation has little impact on the hemodynamic indicators. Using the methyl silicone oil as the experimental fluid, the elastic silicone pipe as the experimental pipe, and the intervention robot having a bioplastic outer shell, the velocity of the fluid around the robot is measured on the developed experimental device for fluid flow field in a pulsating flow when the robot runs. The experimental results are similar to the numerical results. Our work provides an important reference for the hemodynamic study and optimization of the mobile interventional devices.
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- Zongming Zhu
- College of Electromechanical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China
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- College of Electromechanical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China.
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- College of Engineering and Design, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- Changsha Institute of Mining Research Co., LTD, Changsha, 410012, China
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- College of Electromechanical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, China
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Pan Y, Huang W, Dai HK, Bian Y, Ho KF, Chen C. Evaluation of intervention measures in reducing the driver's exposure to respiratory particles in a taxi with infected passengers. Sci Total Environ 2023; 902:166099. [PMID: 37558075 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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In the fifth wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Hong Kong in early 2022, the large number of infected persons caused a shortage of ambulances and transportation vehicles operated by the government. To solve the problem, taxi drivers were recruited to transport infected persons to hospitals in their taxis. However, many of the drivers were infected after they began to participate in the plan. To tackle this issue, the present study numerically evaluated the effectiveness of several intervention measures in reducing the infection risk for taxi drivers. First, experiments were conducted inside a car to validate the large-eddy simulation (LES)-Lagrangian model for simulation of particle transport in a car. The validated model was then applied to calculate the particle dispersion and deposition in a Hong Kong taxi with intervention measures that included opening windows, installing partitions, and using a far-UVC lamp. The results show that opening the windows can significantly reduce the driver's total exposure by 97.4 %. Installing partitions and using a far-UVC lamp can further reduce the infection risk of driver by 55.9 % and 32.1 %, respectively. The results of this study can be used to support the implementation of effective intervention measures to protect taxi drivers from infection.
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- Yue Pan
- Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China; Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Park S, Mistrick R, Sitzabee W, Rim D. Effect of ventilation strategy on performance of upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) system in a learning environment. Sci Total Environ 2023; 899:165454. [PMID: 37467991 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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Upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) system is recently in the limelight as a potentially effective method to mitigate the risk of airborne virus infection in indoor environments. However, few studies quantitatively evaluated the relationship between ventilation effectiveness and virus disinfection performance of a UVGI system. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of ventilation strategy on detailed airflow distributions and UVGI disinfection performance in an occupied classroom. Three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were performed for representative cooling, heating, and ventilation scenarios. The results show that when the ventilation rate is 1.1 h-1 (the minimum ventilation rate based on ASHRAE 62.1), enhancing indoor air circulation with the mixing fan notably improves the UVGI disinfection performance, especially for cooling with displacement ventilation and all-air-heating conditions. However, increasing indoor air mixing yields negligible effect on the disinfection performance for forced-convection cooling condition. The results also reveal that regardless of indoor thermal condition, disinfection effectiveness of a UVGI system increases as ventilation effectiveness is close to unity. Moreover, when the room average air speed is >0.1 m/s, upper-room UVGI system could yield about 90% disinfection effect for the aerosol size of 1 μm-10 μm. The findings of this study imply that upper-room UVGI systems in indoor environments (i.e., classrooms, hospitals) should be designed considering ventilation strategy and occupancy conditions, especially for occupied buildings with insufficient air mixing throughout the space.
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- Seongjun Park
- Department of Architectural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, United States of America.
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- Architectural Engineering Department, Pennsylvania State University, 104 Engineering Unit A, University Park, PA 16802, United States of America.
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- Pennsylvania State University, 201 Physical Plant Building, University Park, PA 16802, United States of America.
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- Architectural Engineering Department, Pennsylvania State University, 222 Engineering Unit A, University Park, PA 16802, United States of America.
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Kumar S, Klassen M, Klassen D, Hardin R, King MD. Dispersion of sneeze droplets in a meat facility indoor environment - Without partitions. Environ Res 2023; 236:116603. [PMID: 37454802 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Spreading patterns of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) showed that infected and asymptotic carriers both played critical role in escalating transmission of virus leading to global pandemic. Indoor environments of restaurants, classrooms, hospitals, offices, large assemblies, and industrial installations are susceptible to virus outbreak. Industrial facilities such as fabrication rooms of meat processing plants, which are laden with moisture and fat in indoor air are the most sensitive spaces. Fabrication room workers standing next to each other are exposed to the risk of long-range viral droplets transmission within the facility. An asymptomatic carrier may transmit the virus unintentionally to fellow workers through sporadic sneezing leading to community spread. A novel Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model of a fabrication room with typical interior (stationary objects) was prepared and investigated. Study was conducted to identify indoor airflow patterns, droplets spreading patterns, leading droplets removal mechanism, locations causing maximum spread of droplets, and infection index for workers along with stationary objects in reference to seven sneeze locations covering the entire room. The role of condensers, exhaust fans and leakage of indoor air through large and small openings to other rooms was investigated. This comprehensive study presents flow scenarios in the facility and helps identify locations that are potentially at lower or higher risk for exposure to COVID-19. The results presented in this study are suitable for future engineering analyses aimed at redesigning public spaces and common areas to minimize the spread of aerosols and droplets that may contain pathogens.
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- Sunil Kumar
- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
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Kitajima H, Hirota M, Osawa K, Iwai T, Saruta J, Mitsudo K, Ogawa T. Optimization of blood and protein flow around superhydrophilic implant surfaces by promoting contact hemodynamics. J Prosthodont Res 2023; 67:568-582. [PMID: 36543189 DOI: 10.2186/jpr.jpr_d_22_00225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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PURPOSE We examined blood and protein dynamics potentially influenced by implant threads and hydrophilic/hydrophobic states of implant surfaces. METHODS A computational fluid dynamics model was created for a screw-shaped implant with a water contact angle of 70° (hydrophobic surface) and 0° (superhydrophilic surface). Movements and density of blood and fibrinogen as a representative wound healing protein were visualized and quantified during constant blood inflow. RESULTS Blood plasma did not occupy 40-50% of the implant interface or the inside of threads around hydrophobic implants, whereas such blood voids were nearly completely eliminated around superhydrophilic implants. Whole blood field vectors were disorganized and random within hydrophobic threads but formed vortex nodes surrounded by stable blood streams along the superhydrophilic implant surface. The averaged vector within threads was away from the implant surface for the hydrophobic implant and towards the implant surface for the superhydrophilic implant. Rapid and massive whole blood influx into the thread zone was only seen for the superhydrophilic implant, whereas a line of conflicting vectors formed at the entrance of the thread area of the hydrophobic implant to prevent blood influx. The fibrinogen density was up to 20-times greater at the superhydrophilic implant interface than the hydrophobic one. Fibrinogen density was higher at the interface than outside the threads only for the superhydrophilic implant. CONCLUSIONS Implant threads and surface hydrophilicity have profound effects on vector and distribution of blood and proteins. Critically, implant threads formed significant biological voids at the interface that were negated by superhydrophilicity-induced contact hemodynamics.
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- Hiroaki Kitajima
- Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, Division of Regenerative and Reconstructive Sciences, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, USA
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, Division of Regenerative and Reconstructive Sciences, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, USA
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Orthodontics, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, Division of Regenerative and Reconstructive Sciences, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, USA
- Department of Education Planning, School of Dentistry, Kanagawa Dental University, Yokosuka, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, Division of Regenerative and Reconstructive Sciences, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, USA
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Throop A, Neves M, Zakerzadeh R. Analyzing the contribution of vasa vasorum in oxygenation of the aneurysmal wall: A computational study. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2023; 21:4859-4867. [PMID: 37860230 PMCID: PMC10582831 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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The mechanisms of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) formation and rupture are controversial in the literature. While the intraluminal thrombus (ILT) plays a crucial role in reducing oxygen flux to the tissue and therefore decreasing the aortic wall strength, other physiological parameters such as the vasa vasorum (VV) oxygen flow and its consumption contribute to altered oxygenation responses of the arterial tissue as well. The goal of this research is to analyse the importance of the aforementioned parameters on oxygen delivery to the aneurysmal wall in a patient-specific AAA. Numerical simulations of coupled blood flow and mass transport with varying levels of VV concentration and oxygen reaction rate coefficient are performed. The hypoperfusion of the adventitial VV and high oxygen consumption are observed to have critical effects on reducing aneurysmal tissue oxygen supply and can therefore exacerbate localized oxygen deprivation.
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- Alexis Throop
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Dichgans F, Boos JP, Ahmadi P, Frei S, Fleckenstein JH. Integrated numerical modeling to quantify transport and fate of microplastics in the hyporheic zone. Water Res 2023; 243:120349. [PMID: 37482004 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Despite the significance of rivers and streams as pathways for microplastics (MP) entering the marine environment, limited research has been conducted on the behavior of MP within fluvial systems. Specifically, there is a lack of understanding regarding the infiltration and transport dynamics of MP across the streambed interface and within the hyporheic sediments. In this study, transport and retention of MP are investigated using a new numerical modeling approach. The model is built as a digital twin of accompanying flume experiments, which are used to validate the simulation results. The model accurately represents particle transport in turbulent water flow and within the hyporheic zone (HZ). Simulations for transport and infiltration of 1 µm MP particles into a sandy streambed demonstrate that the advection-dispersion equation can be used to adequately represent particle transport for pore-scale sized MP within the HZ. To assess the applicability of the modeling framework for larger MP, the experiment was repeated using 10 µm particles. The larger particles exhibited delayed infiltration and transport behavior, and while the model successfully represented the spatial extent of particle transport through the HZ, it was unable to fully replicate hyporheic transit times. This study is the first to combine explicit validation against experimental data, encompassing qualitative observations of MP concentration patterns and quantification of fluxes. By that, it significantly contributes to our understanding of MP transport processes in fluvial systems. The study also highlights the advantages and limitations of employing a fully integrated modeling approach to investigate the transport and retention behavior of MP in rivers and streams.
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- Franz Dichgans
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department Hydrogeology, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Hydrology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department Hydrogeology, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Hydrology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department Hydrogeology, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; Hydrologic Modeling Unit, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Yi H, Yang Z, Bramlage L, Ludwig B. Pathophysiology of intracranial aneurysms in monozygotic twins: A rare case study from hemodynamic perspectives. Comput Biol Med 2023; 163:107198. [PMID: 37354818 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
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Hemodynamic mechanisms of the formation and growth of intracranial aneurysms (IA) in monozygotic twins (MTs) are still under-reported. To partially fill such knowledge gap, this study employed an experimentally validated numerical model to compare hemodynamics in 3 anatomical and 5 ablation study neurovascular models from a rare pair of MTs in terms of 7 critical hemodynamic parameters. Numerical results showed significant differences in hemodynamics between the MTs, although they share the same genes, indicating that genetic mutation and environmental factors might affect neurovascular morphologies and cause hemodynamic changes. After virtual removals of IAs in the ablation study, the locations where the aneurysmal sac/bleb generated in bifurcated anterior cerebral arteries (ACAs) register a locally high instantaneous wall shear stress (IWSS) of 52.9 and 70.1 Pa at the systolic peak in twin A and twin B, respectively. Same scenario can be observed in the distribution of instantaneous wall shear stress gradient (IWSSG), with 571.1 Pa/mm for twin A and 301.3 Pa/mm for twin B due to aggressive blood impingements, leading to IA generation. The fenestrated complex approaching ACA bifurcations in twin A may assist IA growth and rupture, via. Causing abnormal IWSS of 116.3 Pa, IWSSG of 832.5 Pa/mm, and oscillatory shear index (OSI) of 0.49. The bleb in twin B has high risks of progression and possible rupture as the IA suffers relatively low IWSS and high OSI. Additionally, IA generation can change blood flow rates in each connected artery, then affecting blood supplies to associated tissues and organs.
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- Hang Yi
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 45435, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 45435, USA.
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- Division of NeuroInterventional Surgery, Department of Neurology, Wright State University/Premier Health-Clinical Neuroscience Institute, 30E. Apple St., Dayton, OH, 45409, USA; Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 45435, USA
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- Division of NeuroInterventional Surgery, Department of Neurology, Wright State University/Premier Health-Clinical Neuroscience Institute, 30E. Apple St., Dayton, OH, 45409, USA; Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 45435, USA
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Lee S, Ahn J, Kim SM, Kim D, Yeom J, Kim J, Park JY, Ryu BY. Fluid dynamic design for mitigating undesired cell effects and its application to testis cell response testing to endocrine disruptors. J Biol Eng 2023; 17:51. [PMID: 37550751 PMCID: PMC10408176 DOI: 10.1186/s13036-023-00369-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023] Open
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Microfluidic devices have emerged as powerful tools for cell-based experiments, offering a controlled microenvironment that mimic the conditions within the body. Numerous cell experiment studies have successfully utilized microfluidic channels to achieve various new scientific discoveries. However, it has been often overlooked that undesired and unnoticed propagation of cellular molecules in such bio-microfluidic channel systems can have a negative impact on the experimental results. Thus, more careful designing is required to minimize such unwanted issues through deeper understanding and careful control of chemically and physically predominant factors at the microscopic scale. In this paper, we introduce a new approach to improve microfluidic channel design, specifically targeting the mitigation of the aforementioned challenges. To minimize the occurrence of undesired cell positioning upstream from the main test section where a concentration gradient field locates, an additional narrow port structure was devised between the microfluidic upstream channel and each inlet reservoir. This port also functioned as a passive lock that hold the flow at rest via fluid-air surface tension, which facilitated manual movement of the device even when cell attachment was not achieved completely. To demonstrate the practicability of the system, we conducted experiments and diffusion simulations on the effect of endocrine disruptors on germ cells. To this end, a bisphenol-A (BPA) concentration gradient was generated in the main channel of the system at BPA concentrations ranging from 120.8 μM to 79.3 μM, and the proliferation of GC-1 cells in the BPA gradient environment was quantitatively evaluated. The features and concepts of the introduced design is to minimize unexpected and ignored error sources, which will be one of the issues to be considered in the development of microfluidic systems to explore extremely delicate cellular phenomena.
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- Seungjin Lee
- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea
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- Present address: Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- Department of Animal Science and Technology, BET Research Institute, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, 17546, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, BET Research Institute, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, 17546, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Graduate School, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, BET Research Institute, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, 17546, Republic of Korea.
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Asadbeygi A, Lee S, Kovalchin J, Hatoum H. Effect of Beta Blockers on the Hemodynamics and Thrombotic Risk of Coronary Artery Aneurysms in Kawasaki Disease. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2023; 16:852-861. [PMID: 36932263 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-023-10370-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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This study aims to simulate beta blockers' (BB) effects on coronary artery aneurysms' (CAA) hemodynamics and thrombotic risk in Kawasaki disease (KD). BB are recommended in cases of large aneurysms due to their anti-ischemic effect. Coronary blood flow (CBF) was simulated in KD patient-specific CAA models using computational fluid dynamics. Hemodynamic indices that correlate with thrombotic risk were calculated following two possible responses to BB: (1) preserved coronary flow (third BB generation) and (2) reduction in coronary flow (first and second BB generations) at reduced heart rate. Following CBF reduction scenario, mean TAWSS and HOLMES significantly decreased compared to normal conditions, leading to a potential increase in thrombotic risk. Preserved CBF at lower heart rates, mimicking the response to vasodilating BBs, does not significantly affect local CAA hemodynamics compared with baseline, while achieving the desired anti-ischemic effects. Different BB generations lead to different hemodynamic responses in CAA.
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- Alireza Asadbeygi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr , Houghton, MI, 49931, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr , Houghton, MI, 49931, USA.
- Health Research Institute, Center of Biocomputing and Digital Health and Institute of Computing and Cybernetics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA.
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Su JC, Li L, Chan PW, Zhou QJ, Yang HL. Numerical simulation research on the overturning of gantry crane by downbursts. Heliyon 2023; 9:e18641. [PMID: 37560661 PMCID: PMC10407118 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023] Open
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Based on the simulation of the fluid-structure interaction response, the cause of an overturning of a gantry crane induced by a downburst in Shenzhen is studied in this paper. According to the results, (1) Vicroy's downburst model could establish the steady-state wind field of the downburst more reasonably when there was only low-level wind speed observation data, and its simulation results were close to the two-dimensional downburst numerical simulation results; (2) Compared with the normal exponential vertical profile of wind speed, the disturbance caused by the front girder of the double-girder gantry crane structure under the downburst wind field was more severe, which increases the probability of the gantry crane overturning. (3) The downwind displacement of the main girder of the gantry crane under the condition of downburst is far greater than that under the normal condition. At the same time, under the condition of downburst, the pressure difference on the surface of the gantry crane was greater, and the distribution of the support reaction force was more uneven, resulting in a stronger overturning tendency of the gantry crane. (4) Under the condition of downburst, the overturning moment and the shearing force borne by the foundation of gantry crane exceeded the critical value to maintain the stability of the gantry crane by the gravity, resulting in the overturning of the gantry crane.
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- Jia-Chen Su
- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, 519082, China
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- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, 519082, China
- Guangdong Provincial Observation and Research Station for Climate Environment and Air Quality Change in the Pearl River Estuary, Zhuhai, 519082, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean System (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education, Zhuhai, 519082, China
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- Hong Kong Observatory, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, 519082, China
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- Shenzhen National Climate Observatory, Shenzhen, 518040, China
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Chibani A, Dehane A, Merouani S, Hamdaoui O. Phase Change Material (PCM)-based thermalstorage system for managing the sonochemical reactor heat: Thermodynamic analysis of the liquid height impact. Ultrason Sonochem 2023; 98:106483. [PMID: 37354766 PMCID: PMC10320240 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2023.106483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
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As an alternative to a water-based cooling system for a sonoreactor, the present work presents for the first time the use of a phase change material for the management and storage of the dissipated heat within the sonicated water. The performance of the PCM is analyzed as a function of liquid height (LH = 5.1, 10.2, 15.3, and 20.4 cm) at a frequency of 300 kHz and two electric powers (PE = 20 and 60 W). The effective powers dissipated in the irradiated water were determined by the calorimetric technique. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model (implemented in ANSYS Fluent® software), was used for the analysis of the combined system (sonoreactor + PCM-thermal unit) at different operating conditions (liquid height and electric power). By analyzing the different outputs (variation of temperature, velocity, enthalpy, liquid fraction of PCM) of the used CFD model, more clarifications are provided about the behaviour of the combined system (sonoreactor + PCM-thermal unit) as function of the liquid height (5.1-20.4 cm) and electric power (20 and 60 W). In terms of temperature, velocity, enthalpy and liquid fraction of the PCM, promising results were obtained in spite of the low thermal conductivity of the employed PCM. The best performance of the combined system (sonoreactor and thermal unit) was obtained at the liquid height of 15.3 cm (corresponding to a water volume of 300 mL) with a similar behaviour (evolution of temperature, velocity, enthalpy, and liquid fraction of the PCM) at both electric powers (i.e., 20 and 60 W) with an intensified response at the PE = 60 W.
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- Atef Chibani
- Research Center in Industrial Technologies CRTI, P.O.Box 64, Cheraga, 16014 Algiers, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Environmental Process Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Process Engineering, University Constantine 3 Salah Boubnider, P.O. Box 72, 25 000 Constantine, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Environmental Process Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Process Engineering, University Constantine 3 Salah Boubnider, P.O. Box 72, 25 000 Constantine, Algeria.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, 11421 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Tian B, Kubota Y, Murata M. Research on the relationship between the centerline velocity, aspect ratio and exhaust airflow rate for a slot and a rectangular capture hood in an local exhaust ventilation system. Ind Health 2023; 61:222-231. [PMID: 35675990 DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2022-0045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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When using a local exhaust hood to remove harmful substances from the production process, the exhaust airflow rate must be calculated according to the capturing velocity specified by the relevant regulations. The Numano and American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) equations are used in Japan and the US, respectively, for estimating the exhaust airflow rate of slot hoods. However, these equations differ from each other, and when using these equations to calculate the exhaust airflow rate of the capture hood, whether using Japan's equation or ACGIH, the hood type (slot or rectangular hood) should be distinguished at first. Therefore, this study performs experiments and a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation to investigate the relationship between the centerline velocity and the aspect ratio for five types of capture hoods. The results showed good agreement between simulated and experimental centerline velocities when the distance from the hood face. A dimensionless velocity was introduced and a significant difference in the relationship between the centerline velocity and the distance from the hood face with different aspect ratios was found. A unified equation was obtained that can express the relationship between exhaust airflow rate and centerline velocity regardless of the aspect ratio of the hood face of the free-standing capture hood.
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- Boyuan Tian
- Department of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan
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- Department of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan
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Kostelnik CJ, Gale MK, Crouse KJ, Shazly T, Eberth JF. Acute Mechanical Consequences of Vessel-Specific Coronary Bypass Combinations. Cardiovasc Eng Technol 2023; 14:404-418. [PMID: 36828977 DOI: 10.1007/s13239-023-00661-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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PURPOSE Premature coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) failure has been linked to geometric, mechanical, and compositional discrepancies between host and graft tissues. Acute hemodynamic disturbances and the introduction of wall stress gradients trigger a myriad of mechanobiological processes at the anastomosis that can be associated with restenosis and graft failure. Although the origins of coronary artery disease dictate the anastomotic target, an opportunity exists for graft-vessel optimization through rationale graft selection. METHODS Here we explored the four distinct regions of the left (L) and right (R) ITA (1 = proximal, 2 = submuscular, 3 = middle, 4 = distal), and four common target vessels in the coronary circulation including the proximal and distal left anterior descending (PLAD & DLAD), right coronary (RCA), and left circumflex (LCX) arteries. Benchtop biaxial mechanical data was used to acquire constitutive model parameters of these tissues and enable vessel-specific computational models to elucidate the mechanical consequences of 32 unique graft-target combinations. RESULTS Simulations revealed the maximum principal wall stresses for the PLAD, RCA, and LCX occurred when anastomosed with LITA1, and the maximum flow-induced shear stress occurred with LITA4. The DLAD, on the other hand, reached stress maximums when anastomosed to LITA4. Using a normalized objective function of simulation output variables, we found LITA2 to be the best graft choice for both LADs, RITA3 for the RCA, and LITA3 for the LCX. CONCLUSION Although mechanical compatibility is just one of many factors determining bypass graft outcomes, our data suggests improvements can be made to the grafting process through vessel-specific regional optimization.
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- Colton J Kostelnik
- Biomedical Engineering Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
- Mechanical Engineering Department, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
- Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Qiu Y, Tai Y, Lei J, Zeng Y, Wu H, Li K. Modelling the liver region as porous media to noninvasively measure portal vein pressure gradient (PPG) with numerical methods. J Biomech 2023; 155:111660. [PMID: 37285779 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Portal hypertension is the initial and main consequence of liver cirrhosis. Currently the diagnosis relies on invasive and complex operation. This study proposed a new computational method in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis to noninvasively measure the portal pressure gradient (PPG) by considering the liver region as porous media to account for the patient-specific liver resistance. Patient-specific computational models based on the CT scan images and the ultrasound (US) velocity measurement was established. The results show that the PPG derived from CFD analysis is in great agreement with clinical measured data (23.93 mmHg vs 23 mmHg). Validation of the numerical method and was performed by post-TIPS PPG measurement (10.69 mmHg vs 11 mmHg). Then the range of porous media parameters is investigated in a validation group of three patients. The computational method proposed in this study is promising in more accurately measuring the PPG noninvasively.
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- Yue Qiu
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China; West China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China; Med-X Center for Informatics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China; West China Hospital-SenseTime Joint Lab, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- Med-X Center for Informatics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China; West China Hospital-SenseTime Joint Lab, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China.
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- West China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China; Med-X Center for Informatics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China; West China Hospital-SenseTime Joint Lab, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China.
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Song Y, Yang C, Li H, Chen H, Shen S, Hou Y, Wang J. Aerodynamic performance of a ventilation system for droplet control by coughing in a hospital isolation ward. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-27614-w. [PMID: 37195609 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27614-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Over 766 million people have been infected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the past 3 years, resulting in 7 million deaths. The virus is primarily transmitted through droplets or aerosols produced by coughing, sneezing, and talking. A full-scale isolation ward in Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital is modeled in this work, and water droplet diffusion is simulated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). In an isolation ward, a local exhaust ventilation system is intended to avoid cross-infection. The existence of a local exhaust system increases turbulent movement, leading to a complete breakup of the droplet cluster and improved droplet dispersion inside the ward. When the outlet negative pressure is 4.5 Pa, the number of moving droplets in the ward decreases by approximately 30% compared to the original ward. The local exhaust system could minimize the number of droplets evaporated in the ward; however, the formation of aerosols cannot be avoided. Furthermore, 60.83%, 62.04%, 61.03%, 60.22%, 62.97%, and 61.52% of droplets produced through coughing reached patients in six different scenarios. However, the local exhaust ventilation system has no apparent influence on the control of surface contamination. In this study, several suggestions with regards to the optimization of ventilation in wards and scientific evidence are provided to ensure the air quality of hospital isolation wards.
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- Yunfei Song
- The Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital, Wuhan Institute for Tuberculosis Control, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- The Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
- Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Machinery Transients (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, 430072, China.
- School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- The Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- The Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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Wang KW, Liu WZ, Kang D, Zhang YX, Cui D. Hybrid bioreactor built-in with fixed bio-carriers for denitrification with low C/N ratio: Hydrodynamic optimization and microbial divergence. Environ Res 2023; 224:115510. [PMID: 36796606 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Hydrodynamics played an important role in the design and operation of bioreactors for wastewater treatment. In this work, an up-flow anaerobic hybrid bioreactor built-in with fixed bio-carriers was designed and optimized using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. The results indicated that the flow regime involving with vortex and dead zone was greatly affected by the positions of water inlet and bio-carrier modules. The ideal hydraulic features were obtained when the water inlet and bio-carrier modules located 9 cm and 60 cm above the bottom of reactor. Using the optimum hybrid system for nitrogen removal from wastewater with low carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (C/N = 3), the denitrification efficiency could reach 80.9 ± 0.4%. Illumina sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons revealed that the microbial community divergence occurred among the biofilm on bio-carrier, the suspended sludge phase and the inoculum. Especially, the relative abundance of denitrifying genera Denitratisoma in the biofilm of bio-carrier reaches 5.73%, 6.2 times higher than that in the suspended sludge, implying the imbedded bio-carrier was conductive to enrich the specific denitrifiers to polish the denitrification performance with low carbon source. This work provided an effective method for the design optimization of bioreactor based on CFD simulation, and developed a hybrid reactor with fixed bio-carrier for nitrogen removal from wastewater with low C/N ratio.
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- Ke-Wen Wang
- National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, PR China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, PR China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, PR China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, PR China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Advanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, PR China.
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Liu J, Li B, Zhang Y, Zhang L, Huang S, Sun H, Liu J, Zhao X, Zhang M, Wang W, Liu Y. A high-fidelity geometric multiscale hemodynamic model for predicting myocardial ischemia. Comput Methods Programs Biomed 2023; 233:107476. [PMID: 36933317 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) derived fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) requires a maximal hyperemic state to be modeled by assuming the total coronary resistance decreased to a constant 0.24 of that under the resting state. However, this assumption neglects the vasodilator capacity of individual patients. Herein, we proposed a high-fidelity geometric multiscale model (HFMM) to characterize coronary pressure and flow under the resting state, seeking to better predict myocardial ischemia by using CCTA-derived instantaneous wave-free ratio (CT-iFR). METHODS Fifty-seven patients (62 lesions) who had undergone CCTA and were then referred to invasive FFR were prospectively enrolled. The coronary microcirculation resistance hemodynamic model (RHM) under the resting condition was established on a patient-specific basis. Coupled with a closed-loop geometric multiscale model (CGM) of their individual coronary circulations, the HFMM model was established to non-invasively derive the CT-iFR from CCTA images. RESULTS With the invasive FFR being the reference standard, accuracy of the obtained CT-iFR in identifying myocardial ischemia was greater than those of the CCTA and non-invasively derived CT-FFR (90.32% vs. 79.03% vs. 84.3%). The overall computational time of CT-iFR was 61 ± 6 min, faster than that of the CT-FFR (8 h). The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the CT-iFR in discriminating an invasive FFR > 0.8 were 78% (95% CI: 40-97%), 92% (95% CI: 82-98%), 64% (95% CI: 39-83%), and 96% (95% CI:88-99%), respectively. CONCLUSIONS A high-fidelity geometric multiscale hemodynamic model was developed for rapid and accurate estimation of CT-iFR. Compared with CT-FFR, CT-iFR is of less computational cost and enables assessment of tandem lesions.
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- Jincheng Liu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Central Research Institute, United Imaging Healthcare, Shanghai, China
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- Macquarie Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Health, and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.
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Wang F, Zhang TT, You R, Chen Q. Evaluation of infection probability of Covid-19 in different types of airliner cabins. Build Environ 2023; 234:110159. [PMID: 36895516 PMCID: PMC9977471 DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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According to the World Health Organization (https://covid19.who.int/), more than 651 million people have been infected by COVID-19, and more than 6.6 million of them have died. COVID-19 has spread to almost every country in the world because of air travel. Cases of COVID-19 transmission from an index patient to fellow passengers in commercial airplanes have been widely reported. This investigation used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to simulate airflow and COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) transport in a variety of airliner cabins. The cabins studied were economy-class with 2-2, 3-3, 2-3-2, and 3-3-3 seat configurations, respectively. The CFD results were validated by using experimental data from a seven-row cabin mockup with a 3-3 seat configuration. This study used the Wells-Riley model to estimate the probability of infection with SARS-CoV-2. The results show that CFD can predict airflow and virus transmission with acceptable accuracy. With an assumed flight time of 4 h, the infection probability was almost the same among the different cabins, except that the 3-3-3 configuration had a lower risk because of its airflow pattern. Flying time was the most important parameter for causing the infection, while cabin type also played a role. Without mask wearing by the passengers and the index patient, the infection probability could be 8% for a 10-h, long-haul flight, such as a twin-aisle air cabin with 3-3-3 seat configuration.
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- Feng Wang
- Tianjin Laboratory of Indoor Air Environmental Quality Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China
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- Tianjin Laboratory of Indoor Air Environmental Quality Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- School of Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
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- Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China
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Altındağ B, Bahadır Olcay A, Furkan Tercanlı M, Bilgin C, Hakyemez B. Determining flow stasis zones in the intracranial aneurysms and the relation between these zones and aneurysms' aspect ratios after flow diversions. Interv Neuroradiol 2023:15910199231162878. [PMID: 36945841 DOI: 10.1177/15910199231162878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Flow diverter stents (FDSs) are widely used to treat aneurysms in the clinic. However, even the same flow diverter (FD) use on different patients' aneurysm sites can cause unexpected hemodynamics at the aneurysm region yielding low success rates for the overall treatment. Therefore, the present study aims to unfold why FDs do not work as they are supposed to for some patients and propose empirical correlation along with a contingency table analysis to estimate the flow stasis zones in the aneurysm sacs. METHODS The present work numerically evaluated the use of FRED4518 FDS on six patients' intracranial aneurysms based on patient-specific aneurysm geometries. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation results were further processed to identify the time evolution of weightless blood particles for six patients' aneurysms. RESULTS Stagnation zone formation, incoming and outgoing blood flow at the aneurysm neck, and statistical analysis of six patients indicated that FRED4518 showed a large flow stasis zone for an aspect ratio larger than 0.75. However, FRED4518, used for aneurysms with an aspect ratio of less than 0.65, caused small stagnant flow zones based on the number of blood particles that stayed in the aneurysm sac. CONCLUSION A patient-specific empirical equation is derived considering aneurysms' morphological characteristics to determine the amount of stagnated fluid flow zones and magnitude of the mean aneurysm velocity in the aneurysm sac for FRED4518 based on weightless fluid particle results for the first time in the literature. As a result, numerical simulation results and patient data-driven equation can help perceive stagnated fluid zone amount before FRED4518 placement by shedding light on neuro-interventional surgeons and radiologists.
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- Batı Altındağ
- Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 52998Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 52998Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 52998Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, 4352Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Gorukle, Bursa, Turkey
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Mutlu O, Salman HE, Al-Thani H, El-Menyar A, Qidwai UA, Yalcin HC. How does hemodynamics affect rupture tissue mechanics in abdominal aortic aneurysm: Focus on wall shear stress derived parameters, time-averaged wall shear stress, oscillatory shear index, endothelial cell activation potential, and relative residence time. Comput Biol Med 2023; 154:106609. [PMID: 36724610 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.106609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a critical health condition with a risk of rupture, where the diameter of the aorta enlarges more than 50% of its normal diameter. The incidence rate of AAA has increased worldwide. Currently, about three out of every 100,000 people have aortic diseases. The diameter and geometry of AAAs influence the hemodynamic forces exerted on the arterial wall. Therefore, a reliable assessment of hemodynamics is crucial for predicting the rupture risk. Wall shear stress (WSS) is an important metric to define the level of the frictional force on the AAA wall. Excessive levels of WSS deteriorate the remodeling mechanism of the arteries and lead to abnormal conditions. At this point, WSS-related hemodynamic parameters, such as time-averaged WSS (TAWSS), oscillatory shear index (OSI), endothelial cell activation potential (ECAP), and relative residence time (RRT) provide important information to evaluate the shear environment on the AAA wall in detail. Calculation of these parameters is not straightforward and requires a physical understanding of what they represent. In addition, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solvers do not readily calculate these parameters when hemodynamics is simulated. This review aims to explain the WSS-derived parameters focusing on how these represent different characteristics of disturbed hemodynamics. A representative case is presented for spatial and temporal formulation that would be useful for interested researchers for practical calculations. Finally, recent hemodynamics investigations relating WSS-related parameters with AAA rupture risk assessment are presented. This review will be useful to understand the physical representation of WSS-related parameters in cardiovascular flows and how they can be calculated practically for AAA investigations.
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- Onur Mutlu
- Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Surgery, Trauma and Vascular Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Surgery, Trauma and Vascular Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar; Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Computer Science Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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Long D, McMurdo C, Ferdian E, Mauger CA, Marlevi D, Nash MP, Young AA. Super-resolution 4D flow MRI to quantify aortic regurgitation using computational fluid dynamics and deep learning. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; 39:1189-1202. [PMID: 36820960 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-023-02815-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Changes in cardiovascular hemodynamics are closely related to the development of aortic regurgitation (AR), a type of valvular heart disease. Metrics derived from blood flows are used to indicate AR onset and evaluate its severity. These metrics can be non-invasively obtained using four-dimensional (4D) flow magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), where accuracy is primarily dependent on spatial resolution. However, insufficient resolution often results from limitations in 4D flow MRI and complex aortic regurgitation hemodynamics. To address this, computational fluid dynamics simulations were transformed into synthetic 4D flow MRI data and used to train a variety of neural networks. These networks generated super-resolution, full-field phase images with an upsample factor of 4. Results showed decreased velocity error, high structural similarity scores, and improved learning capabilities from previous work. Further validation was performed on two sets of in vivo 4D flow MRI data and demonstrated success in de-noising flow images. This approach presents an opportunity to comprehensively analyse AR hemodynamics in a non-invasive manner.
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- Derek Long
- Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Anatomy and Medical Imaging, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Anatomy and Medical Imaging, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, London, UK
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Li J, Zou J, Wei X. Modeling of CSTR flow field for Agaricus bisporus residue fermentation based on CFD numerical simulation. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:17437-17448. [PMID: 36194331 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23388-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Agaricus bisporus production gets a lot of residues, which could be fermented by a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR). This research was conducted to study the characteristics of the multiphase flow field in the reactor and its influence on the efficiency of biogas production in the CSTR fermentation process of Agaricus bisporus residue by using CFD numerical simulation technique. The aim is to reveal the relationship between the reactor operating conditions, flow field characteristics, and biogas production efficiency at the micro-level. We compared the results of different turbulence models by evaluating the power quotients and flow quotients with the experimental results to derive the most suitable flow field model inside the reactor for the Agaricus bisporus residues. The results showed that, under the condition that the number of grids does not affect the simulation results, and considering the model accuracy and efficiency, the numerical method can be chosen as the multiple reference frame (MRF) method of the second-order upwind discrete scheme with the realizable k - ε model. In this way, we can make use of edible mushroom residue as a substrate for resource utilization and provide basic data and theoretical basis for the design and scale-up with anaerobic fermentation to biogas reactor.
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- Jiayu Li
- College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350100, Fujian, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350100, Fujian, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350100, Fujian, China.
- College of Food Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China.
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Goswami S, Kshirsagar VS, Aswini V, Sharma VK, Samantray JS, Gupta R, Pawar PM, Pant HJ. Evaluation of mixing performance and validation of CFD simulations in baffled anaerobic digesters using radiotracer technique. Appl Radiat Isot 2023; 192:110570. [PMID: 36462300 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The anaerobic digesters find usage in treating the huge amount of waste such as trash, garbage, human waste and animal waste. The sustained performance of an anaerobic digester depends on the flow pattern and mixing behaviour in the digester. A cylindrical digester tank with vertical baffles can provide flow behaviour approaching that of a plug flow reactor. However, the presence of dead zones and recirculating regions cause non-ideal flow in the digester. In this work, the mixing behaviour in two scaled-down models of baffled digester tanks is characterized by measurement of residence time distribution (RTD) using a radioactive tracer. While the first design has three vertical baffles, the second design include horizontal static flaps on the baffles. The flow behaviour in the digester is also simulated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and RTD is obtained computationally. The comparison of RTD curves obtained from CFD simulations with those obtained from radiotracer experiments show good agreement between them. There appear to be only minor difference in the flow behaviour and the RTD curves in the two digester designs. Using the RTD curve data, two commonly used RTD models, tank-in-series and dispersion models, have been fitted and both models are able to predict the RTD in the digester qualitatively.
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- Sunil Goswami
- Isotope and Radiation Application Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, SVERI's College of Engineering, Pandharpur, Solapur, 413304, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India
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- Isotope and Radiation Application Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- Isotope and Radiation Application Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, SVERI's College of Engineering, Pandharpur, Solapur, 413304, India
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- Isotope and Radiation Application Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India.
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Schollenberger J, Braet DJ, Hernandez-Garcia L, Osborne NH, Figueroa CA. A magnetic resonance imaging-based computational analysis of cerebral hemodynamics in patients with carotid artery stenosis. Quant Imaging Med Surg 2023; 13:1126-1137. [PMID: 36819242 PMCID: PMC9929419 DOI: 10.21037/qims-22-565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Management of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (CAS) relies on measuring the percentage of stenosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of CAS on cerebral hemodynamics using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-informed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and to provide novel hemodynamic metrics that may improve the understanding of stroke risk. CFD analysis was performed in two patients with similar degrees of asymptomatic high-grade CAS. Three-dimensional anatomical-based computational models of cervical and cerebral blood flow were constructed and calibrated patient-specifically using phase-contrast MRI flow and arterial spin labeling perfusion data. Differences in cerebral hemodynamics were assessed in preoperative and postoperative models. Preoperatively, patient 1 demonstrated large flow and pressure reductions in the stenosed internal carotid artery, while patient 2 demonstrated only minor reductions. Patient 1 exhibited a large amount of flow compensation between hemispheres (80.31%), whereas patient 2 exhibited only a small amount of collateral flow (20.05%). There were significant differences in the mean pressure gradient over the stenosis between patients preoperatively (26.3 vs. 1.8 mmHg). Carotid endarterectomy resulted in only minor hemodynamic changes in patient 2. MRI-informed CFD analysis of two patients with similar clinical classifications of stenosis revealed significant differences in hemodynamics which were not apparent from anatomical assessment alone. Moreover, revascularization of CAS might not always result in hemodynamic improvements. Further studies are needed to investigate the clinical impact of hemodynamic differences and how they pertain to stroke risk and clinical management.
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- Jonas Schollenberger
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;,Functional MRI Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;,Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Bilgi C, Amlani F, Wei H, Rizzi N, Pahlevan NM. Thermal and Postural Effects on Fluid Mixing and Irrigation Patterns for Intraventricular Hemorrhage Treatment. Ann Biomed Eng 2023. [PMID: 36681748 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-022-03130-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Intraventricular hemorrhage is characterized by blood leaking into the cerebral ventricles and mixing with cerebrospinal fluid. A standard treatment method involves inserting a passive drainage catheter, known as an external ventricular drain (EVD), into the ventricle. EVDs have common adverse complications, including the occlusion of the catheter, that may lead to permanent neural damage or even mortality. In order to prevent such complications, a novel dual-lumen catheter (IRRAflow®) utilizing an active fluid exchange mechanism has been recently developed. However, the fluid dynamics of the exchange system have not been investigated. In this study, convective flow in a three-dimensional cerebral lateral ventricle with an inserted catheter is evaluated using an in-house lattice-Boltzmann-based fluid-solid interaction solver. Different treatment conditions are simulated, including injection temperature and patient position. Thermal and gravitational effects on medication distribution are studied using a dye simulator based on a recently-introduced (pseudo)spectral convection-diffusion equation solver. The effects of injection temperature and patient position on catheter performance are presented and discussed in terms of hematoma irrigation, vortical structures, mixing, and medication volume distribution. Results suggest that cold-temperature injections can increase catheter efficacy in terms of dye distribution and irrigation potential, both of which can be further guided by patient positioning.
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Horiguchi A, Numazawa S. Development of a risk assessment method for the detailed consideration of the effects of liquid toxic substance leakage incidents on the human body: ethanol as a model substance. J Toxicol Sci 2023; 49:37-47. [PMID: 38191200 DOI: 10.2131/jts.49.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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To ensure safety in chemical plants handling a wide variety of liquid and gaseous hazardous substances, it is necessary to carry out highly accurate risk assessments and take appropriate measures. In this study, a risk assessment method was developed for the problem of the leakage of liquid hazardous substances. The risk assessment of toxic liquid leaks must consider the exposure of workers to the liquid and toxic gases produced by vaporization. The absorption and subsequent metabolism of hazardous substances in the body via multiple pathways after exposure to liquids and gases was calculated using a pharmacokinetic model. Estimation of exposure concentrations of toxic gases volatilized from leaked liquids was reproduced by computational fluid dynamics simulation. In this study, ethanol was selected as the hazardous substance and the risk of hazardous liquid leakage was assessed. The results of the analysis, which considered liquid and gas exposure under the conditions of the assumed scenario, showed that the maximum blood concentration of ethanol was 1640 µmol/L, which is sufficiently low compared to the concentration of 10,900 µmol/L at which acute toxic effects become apparent. These results suggest that work can be carried out safely under the conditions of the assumed scenario. The risk assessment methodology for liquid spills in this study confirms that risk assessment is possible under multiple scenarios, including individual differences, activity conditions, and the use of protective equipment.
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- Akio Horiguchi
- Department of Toxicology, Showa University Graduate School of Pharmacy
- Science Innovation Center, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
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- Department of Toxicology, Showa University Graduate School of Pharmacy
- Showa University Pharmacological Research Center
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Khoa ND, Phuong NL, Tani K, Inthavong K, Ito K. In-silico decongested trial effects on the impaired breathing function of a bulldog suffering from severe brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome. Comput Methods Programs Biomed 2023; 228:107243. [PMID: 36403552 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2022.107243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS) susceptible dogs (e.g., French bulldog), suffer health complications related to deficient breathing primarily due to anatomical airway geometry. Surgical interventions are known to provide acceptable functional and cosmetic results; however, the long-term post-surgery outcome is not well known. In silico analysis provides an objective measure to quantify the respiratory function in postoperative dogs which is critical for successful long-term outcomes. A virtual surgery to open the airway can explore the ability for improved breathing in an obstructed airway of a patient dog, thus supporting surgeons in pre-surgery planning using computational fluid dynamics. METHODS In this study five surgical interventions were generated with a gradual increment of decongested levels in a bulldog based on computed tomography images. The effects of the decongested airways on the breathing function of a patient bulldog, i.e., airflow characteristics, pressure drop, wall shear stress, and air-conditioning capacity, were quantified by benchmarking against a clinically healthy bulldog using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. RESULTS Our findings demonstrated a promising decrease in excessive airstream velocity, pressure drop, and wall shear stress in virtual surgical scenarios, while constantly preserving adequate air-conditioning efficiency. A linear fit curve was proposed to correlate the reduction in the pressure drop and decongested level. CONCLUSIONS The in silico analysis is a viable tool providing visual and quantitative insight into new unexplored surgical techniques.
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- Nguyen Dang Khoa
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1, Kasuga-koen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan.
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- Faculty of Environment, University of Natural Resources and Environment, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam
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- Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- School of Engineering, Mechanical & Automotive, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
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Helbock RT, Anam SB, Kovarovic BJ, Slepian MJ, Hamdan A, Haj-Ali R, Bluestein D. Designing a Novel Asymmetric Transcatheter Aortic Valve for Stenotic Bicuspid Aortic Valves Using Patient-Specific Computational Modeling. Ann Biomed Eng 2023; 51:58-70. [PMID: 36042099 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-022-03039-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), the most common congenital heart malformation, is characterized by the presence of only two valve leaflets with asymmetrical geometry, resulting in elliptical systolic opening. BAV often leads to early onset of calcific aortic stenosis (AS). Following the rapid expansion of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), designed specifically for treating conventional tricuspid AS, BAV patients with AS were initially treated "off-label" with TAVR, which recently gained FDA and CE regulatory approval. Despite its increasing use in BAV, pathological BAV anatomy often leads to complications stemming from mismatched anatomical features. To mitigate these complications, a novel eccentric polymeric TAVR valve incorporating asymmetrical leaflets was designed specifically for BAV anatomies. Computational modeling was used to optimize its asymmetric leaflets for lower functional stresses and improved hemodynamic performance. Deployment and flow were simulated in patient-specific BAV models (n = 6) and compared to a current commercial TAVR valve (Evolut R 29 mm), to assess deployment and flow parameters. The novel eccentric BAV-dedicated valve demonstrated significant improvements in peak systolic orifice area, along with lower jet velocity and wall shear stress (WSS). This feasibility study demonstrates the clinical potential of the first known BAV-dedicated TAVR design, which will foster advancement of patient-dedicated valvular devices.
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- Ryan T Helbock
- Biofluids Research Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering, T8-050 Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY11794-8084, USA
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- Biofluids Research Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering, T8-050 Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY11794-8084, USA
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- Biofluids Research Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering, T8-050 Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY11794-8084, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, 4941492, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Tel Aviv, Ramat Aviv, Israel
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- Biofluids Research Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering, T8-050 Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY11794-8084, USA.
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Ijaz M, Fhrighil SN, Brett R, Connolly J, Conneely A, O'Connor G, O'Halloran M, Yousefian S. Computational design and experimental analysis of a novel visor for COVID-19 patients receiving high-flow nasal oxygen therapy. Eur J Mech B Fluids 2023; 97:93-110. [PMID: 36268504 PMCID: PMC9562623 DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechflu.2022.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The Covid-19 global pandemic has reshaped the requirements of healthcare sectors worldwide. Following the exposure risks associated with Covid-19, this paper aims to design, optimise, and validate a wearable medical device that reduces the risk of transmission of contagious droplets from infected patients in a hospital setting. This study specifically focuses on those receiving high-flow nasal oxygen therapy. The design process consisted of optimising the geometry of the visor to ensure that the maximum possible percentage of harmful droplets exhaled by the patient can be successfully captured by a vacuum tube attached to the visor. This has been completed by deriving a number of concept designs and assessing their effectiveness, based on numerical analysis, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations and experimental testing. The CFD results are validated using various experimental methods such as Schlieren imaging, particle measurement testing and laser sheet visualisation. Droplet capturing efficiency of the visor was measured through CFD and validated through experimental particle measurement testing. The results presented a 5% deviation between CFD and experimental results. Also, the modifications based on the validated CFD results improved the visor effectiveness by 47% and 38% for breathing and coughing events, respectively.
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- Masooma Ijaz
- Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Informatics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Informatics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Informatics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- BioInnovate Ireland, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- National Centre for Laser Applications, School of Physics, College of Science and Engineering National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Translational Medical Device Lab, Lambe Institute for Translational Research & HRB Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Translational Medical Device Lab, Lambe Institute for Translational Research & HRB Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Informatics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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Horiguchi A, Numazawa S. Simulation-based risk assessment for the leakage of toxic substances in a chemical plant and the effects on the human body: ethanol as a working model. J Toxicol Sci 2023; 48:285-298. [PMID: 37121743 DOI: 10.2131/jts.48.285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Chemical plants must handle a wide variety of hazardous substances. To ensure safety in such plants, it is necessary to conduct extensive and highly accurate risk assessments. In this study, we aimed at developing a method that enables flexible and accurate risk assessment. We combined two different simulation tools to reproduce the phenomena of toxic gas leakage and diffusion as well as its impact on human health. The atmospheric diffusion after the leakage of toxic gas was simulated by computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Assuming the movement line of the person, toxic gas absorption and subsequent metabolism were calculated by a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model. From this, changes in blood concentration of toxic substances with time were simulated and we evaluated the effects of toxic gases on human body. Ethanol was selected as a toxic gas in this study. Based on the assumed scenario, the diffusion of leaked ethanol gas was calculated by CFD leading to the confirmation that the concentration of ethanol gas varies significantly with wind speed, human position, and elapsed time. The PBPK model showed that the maximum blood concentration of ethanol was 161 µmol/L, which is sufficiently low compared to that of ethanol poisoning (i.e., 10,900 µmol/L). These results suggest that the effects on the human body are relatively low and the evacuation can be performed safely. Compared to conventional methods of risk assessment, our new method allows the risk assessment of multiple scenarios, namely interindividual differences, activity status and the used of protective equipment.
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- Akio Horiguchi
- Division of Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, Showa University School of Pharmacy
- Science Innovation Center, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
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- Division of Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, Showa University School of Pharmacy
- Showa University Pharmacological Research Center
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Noh SJ, Park M, Chin SW, Choi C, Ha MY. Application of virtual product design to the development of HVAC solution for Incheon International Airport Modular COVID-19 testing center. Case Stud Chem Environ Eng 2022; 6:100257. [PMID: 37520923 PMCID: PMC9482795 DOI: 10.1016/j.cscee.2022.100257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/10/2022] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Owing to the spread of COVID-19, the need for an inspection center that can quickly determine whether travelers using the airport are infected has emerged. For rapid determination, not only polymerase chain reaction tests but also antigen-antibody tests and on-site analysis systems are required. However, because it is time- and cost-intensive to construct a building that meets the standards for negative pressure facilities, modular negative pressure facilities are being installed as alternatives. Existing negative pressure facilities have problems such as increased energy consumption due to outdoor air load and condensation due to differences in indoor and outdoor temperatures and humidities caused by excessive external air inflow to achieve the target negative pressure and air change rate (ACH). In addition, owing to the installation of additional devices, additional construction is required to use them for other purposes in the future. To solve these problems, in this study, energy recovery ventilation (ERV) was employed to develop a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) solution for the Incheon International Airport COVID-19 Testing Center. To shorten the development period, virtual product design (VPD) using computational fluid dynamics analysis-based design of experiments was performed. Owing to the application of VPD, the Incheon International Airport Modular COVID-19 Testing Center was completed in 2 weeks. The target pressure was measured in all spaces by applying the optimal conditions derived through VPD. In addition, owing to the application of ERV, the ACH of an airborne infectious isolation room exceeded the value suggested by international organizations.
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- Sun Jong Noh
- Air Solution R&D Laboratory, LG Electronics, Changwon, 51554, Republic of Korea
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- H&A R&D Center, LG Electronics, Changwon, 51533, Republic of Korea
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- Air Solution R&D Laboratory, LG Electronics, Changwon, 51554, Republic of Korea
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- Air Solution R&D Laboratory, LG Electronics, Changwon, 51554, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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Cho J, Kim J, Kim Y. Development of a non-contact mobile screening center for infectious diseases: Effects of ventilation improvement on aerosol transmission prevention. Sustain Cities Soc 2022; 87:104232. [PMID: 36212168 PMCID: PMC9526512 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2022.104232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Revised: 09/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Under the global landscape of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the number of individuals who need to be tested for COVID-19 through screening centers is increasing. However, the risk of viral infection during the screening process remains significant. To limit cross-infection in screening centers, a non-contact mobile screening center (NCMSC) that uses negative pressure booths to improve ventilation and enable safe, fast, and convenient COVID-19 testing is developed. This study investigates aerosol transmission and ventilation control for eliminating cross-infection and for rapid virus removal from the indoor space using numerical analysis and experimental measurements. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were used to evaluate the ventilation rate, pressure differential between spaces, and virus particle removal efficiency in NCMSC. We also characterized the airflow dynamics of NCMSC that is currently being piloted using particle image velocimetry (PIV). Moreover, design optimization was performed based on the air change rates and the ratio of supply air (SA) to exhaust air (EA). Three ventilation strategies for preventing viral transmission were tested. Based on the results of this study, standards for the installation and operation of a screening center for infectious diseases are proposed.
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Key Words
- ACH, Air Changes per Hour
- AR, Anteroom
- Aerosol transmission
- CFD, Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- EA, Eexhaust Air
- ER, Examination Room
- HCW, Health Care Worker
- Infectious disease
- NCMSC, Non-Contact Mobile Screening Center
- OA, Outdoor Air
- PIV, Particle Image Velocimetry
- Particle image velocimetry (PIV)
- SA, Supply Air
- SCB, Specimen Collection Booth
- Screening center
- TA, Transfer Air
- Ventilation strategy
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- Jinkyun Cho
- Department of Building and Plant Engineering, Hanbat National University, Daejeon 34158, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Fire Protection, Safety and Facilities, Suwon Science College, Hwasung 18516, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Architectural Engineering, Woosong University, Daejeon 34606, Republic of Korea
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