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Standing Waves
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2023
Source: Arianna Brown, Asantha Cooray, PhD, Department of Physics & Astronomy, School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA Standing waves, or stationary waves, are waves that appear not to propagate and are produced by the interference of two waves traveling in opposite directions with the same frequency and amplitude. These waves appear to vibrate up and down with no linear movement and are most easily identified in vibrating finite media like a plucked guitar string,...
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The Wave Nature of Light
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2020
The nature of light has been a subject of inquiry since antiquity. In the seventeenth century, Isaac Newton performed experiments with lenses and prisms and was able to demonstrate that white light consists of the individual colors of the rainbow combined together. Newton explained his optics findings in terms of a "corpuscular" view of light, in which light was composed of streams of extremely tiny particles traveling at high speeds according to Newton's laws of motion. Others in the...
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Quantification of Immune Mediator Levels in Human Mucosal Lining Fluid
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2025
This video demonstrates the quantification of immune mediator levels in neonatal human nasal mucosal lining fluid extract. An electrochemiluminescence-based multiplex assay system measures these mediators by evaluating the intensity of emitted light when they are excited.
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Heterotopic Mucosal Engrafting Procedure for Direct Drug Delivery to the Brain in Mice
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2014
A mouse model of human endoscopic skull base reconstruction has been developed that creates a semipermeable interface between the brain and nose using nasal mucosal grafts. This method allows researchers to study delivery to the central nervous system of high molecular weight therapeutics which are otherwise excluded by the blood-brain barrier when administered systemically.
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Mucosal Barrier of the Stomach
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2024
The gastric glands contain parietal cells that secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl) for digestion. The cells secrete HCl because it is highly corrosive and essential for breaking down food. To achieve this, they secrete hydrogen and chloride ions into the lumen of the gastric glands, which combine to form HCl. Within parietal cells, carbonic acid is first formed through the reaction of water and carbon dioxide. The dissociation of carbonic acid releases bicarbonate and hydrogen ions. The bicarbonate...
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During phonation, airflow creates pressure changes at the glottis that interact with vocal-fold tissue. The folds’ elasticity and tension determine how readily the superficial cover deforms and how the disturbance travels. Because these variables interact rather than act independently, changes in tissue properties or aerodynamic conditions can alter wave behavior and, consequently, the efficiency and regularity of voice production.
The layered vocal-fold structure allows the superficial cover to respond differently from deeper tissue, making its mechanical behavior central to wave propagation. Elasticity supports deformation and recovery, while tension influences the tissue’s dynamic response. Bioengineering analyses therefore treat structure, elasticity, and tension as linked factors when interpreting vocal-fold vibration or evaluating whether a model reproduces relevant biomechanics.
These three measurements describe different aspects of vocal-fold behavior. Amplitude indicates the extent of tissue motion, symmetry allows comparison between the two sides, and propagation characterizes how the wave travels across the cover. Evaluated together, they help identify functional abnormalities and provide a more informative biomechanical profile than any single measurement alone.
A bioengineering analysis examines measurable features such as wave amplitude, left-right symmetry, and propagation across the vocal-fold cover. Imaging methods can support this assessment by capturing tissue motion for characterization and comparison. The resulting observations help connect visible vibration patterns with vocal-fold biomechanics and provide criteria for evaluating experimental systems designed to reproduce phonation.
Wave measurements provide performance criteria for laryngeal models. By comparing amplitude, symmetry, and propagation in a model with the intended vocal-fold behavior, researchers can evaluate whether its structure, tissue properties, and tension produce relevant motion. This approach helps refine models used to study vocal-fold biomechanics and supports more focused testing of how mechanical variables affect phonation.
Tissue-engineered substitutes must be evaluated for biomechanical behavior, not only for their physical presence. Mucosal-wave amplitude, symmetry, and propagation offer measurable indicators of whether a substitute reproduces important aspects of vocal-fold motion. The same information can inform clinical approaches aimed at restoring voice by linking tissue performance with functional vibration during phonation.