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Brain Motion, Deformation, And Potential Injury During Soccer Heading, Charles F. Babbs

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Working Papers

This paper addresses the problem of what is happening physically inside the skull during head-ball contact. Mathematical models based upon Newton’s laws of motion and numerical methods are used to create animations of brain motion and deformation inside the skull.

Initially a 1 cm gap filled with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) separates the brain from the rigid skull in adults and older children. Whole head acceleration induces a pulse of artificial gravity within the skull. Because brain density differs slightly from that of CSF, the brain accelerates and strikes the inner aspect of the skull, undergoing viscoelastic deformation, ranging from 1 …

Generalized Fractals For Computer Generated Art: Preliminary Results, Charles F. Babbs

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Working Papers

This paper explores new types of fractals created by iteration of the functions xn+1 = f1(xn, yn) and yn+1 = f2(xn, yn) in a general plane, rather than in the complex plane. Iteration of such functions generates orbits with novel fractal patterns. Especially interesting are N-th order polynomials, raised to a positive or negative integer power, p.

Such functions create novel fractal patterns, including budding, spiked, striped, dragon head, and bat-like forms. The present faculty working paper shows how to create a rich variety of complex and fascinating fractals using this generalized approach, which is accessible to students with high …

New Fractals For Computer Generated Art Created By Iteration Of Polynomial Functions Of A Complex Variable, Charles F. Babbs

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Working Papers

Novel fractal forms can be created by iteration of higher order polynomials of the complex variable, z, with both positive and negative exponents, followed by optional integer power transformation, k zz . Such functions lead to an expanded universe of fascinating fractal patterns that can be incorporated into computer generated art.

Biomechanics Of Snoring And Sleep Apnea, Charles F. Babbs

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Working Papers

To understand the mechanisms of snoring and sleep apnea a first-principles biomechanical analysis was done for airflow through branched parallel channels, separated by a freely movable soft palate, and converging to a common channel at the base of the tongue in a “Y-shaped” configuration. Branches of the Y describe slit-like passages on the nasal and oral sides of the soft palate, when the palate is pushed by backward movement of the tongue to form a wedge between the tongue surface and the posterior pharyngeal wall. The common channel of the Y describes the oropharyngeal passage between the base of the …

Increased Risk Of Children For Subtle Closed Head Injury From Soccer Heading, Charles F. Babbs

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Working Papers

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Valveless Pumping: The Reflected Pulse Wave Hypothesis, Charles F. Babbs

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Working Papers

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Local Probability Based Transformations And Diagonal Projection: A New Support Vector Machine-Like Method For Classification Of Feature Vectors, Charles F. Babbs

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Working Papers

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Meta-Analysis Of Studies On Cpr: A Better Route To New Practice Guidelines, Charles F. Babbs

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Working Papers

Quantitative synthesis of research results multiple small clinical trials using the statistical techniques of meta-analysis yields conclusions in excellent agreement with large randomized “mega-trails”. The present paper introduces a simple yet powerful method of meta-analysis for combining results of any published studies of a proposed treatment compared with a suitable control. These may include pre-clinical or clinical models generating either continuous or dichotomous data.