Browsing by Author "Lust, Robert M"
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A Patient-Specific Multiscale Model of Mechanical Ventilation of COVID-19-afflicted Lungs
Middleton, Shea Taran (East Carolina University, 2022-07-24)Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory disease that caused a worldwide pandemic and, in some cases, manifests as an acute respiratory distress syndrome. Severe cases of COVID-19 are often treated with mechanical ... -
Expansion of cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury after instillation of three forms of multi-walled carbon nanotubes
Urankar, Rakhee N; Lust, Robert M; Mann, Erin; Katwa, Pranita; Wang, Xiaojia; Podila, Ramakrishna; Hilderbrand, Susana C; Harrison, Benjamin S; Chen, Pengyu; Ke, Pu Chun; Rao, Apparao M; Brown, Jared; Wingard, Christopher J (2012-10-16)Background The exceptional physical-chemical properties of carbon nanotubes have lead to their use in diverse commercial and biomedical applications. However, their utilization has raised concerns about human exposure that ... -
IMPACT OF INTRINSIC AEROBIC EXERCISE CAPACITY ON CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES FOLLOWING VARIOUS FORMS OF CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS
Alsahly, Musaad Bedah (East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the major leading cause of death in the western world. Therefore, several approaches to achieve cardioprotection against any cardiovascular insult have been explored and to date, the ...