Mechanical Stress Reduction

Mechanical stress reduction is the process of lowering forces or internal stresses within a material, structure, or environmental system to prevent deformation, damage, and loss of function. It works by changing how loads are applied or distributed, using measures such as flexible materials, supportive structures, damping, reinforcement, or controlled operating conditions to limit stress concentrations. In environmental research and engineering, these strategies help protect infrastructure, habitats, and monitoring equipment exposed to wind, water movement, sediment pressure, temperature change, or other physical disturbances. Effective stress reduction improves durability, resilience, and long-term performance while supporting safer, more sustainable environmental management.

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JoVE EoE - Neuropathology

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Stress impairs oligodendrocyte function, disrupting the lipid-rich myelin sheath surrounding neuronal axons in the medial prefrontal cortex, a brain region regulating emotion.

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JoVE Journal - Medicine
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This article describes procedures for implanting a novel hydrogel in failing hearts and quantifying its effect on left ventricular wall stress and function. These procedures have been successfully applied in dogs and humans.

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JoVE Core - Organic Chemistry

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2023

Birch reduction uses solvated electrons as reducing agents. The reaction converts benzene to 1,4-cyclohexadiene. The reaction proceeds by the transfer of a single electron to the ring to form a benzene radical anion. This anion is highly basic—it abstracts a proton from the alcohol to form a cyclohexadienyl radical. Another single electron transfer gives the cyclohexadienyl anion. A proton transfer from the alcohol forms 1,4-cyclohexadiene. Since this reduction occurs via radical anion...

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JoVE Journal - Immunology and Infection

A TNBS-Induced Rodent Model to Study the Pathogenic Role of Mechanical Stress in Crohn's Disease

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2022

The present protocol describes the development of a Crohn's-like colitis model in rodents. Transmural inflammation leads to stenosis at the TNBS instillation site, and mechanical enlargement is observed in the segment proximal to the stenosis. These changes allow studying mechanical stress in colitis.

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JoVE Journal - Engineering
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A Cost-effective and Reliable Method to Predict Mechanical Stress in Single-use and Standard Pumps

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Shear stress investigations on an oil-water emulsion system result in drop breakup over the experimental time. To count drop sizes in pumping processes, the suitability of inline endoscopy was successfully demonstrated in this protocol.

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