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Decompression Sickness

Known as: Divers' palsy or paralysis, choking, AEROBULLOSIS 
A condition occurring as a result of exposure to a rapid fall in ambient pressure. Gases, nitrogen in particular, come out of solution and form… 
National Institutes of Health

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2005
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2005
The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Microscopic artificial swimmers
Microorganisms such as bacteria and many eukaryotic cells propel themselves with hair-like structures known as flagella, which… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Photomechanics: Directed bending of a polymer film by light
Polymer solutions and solids that contain light-sensitive molecules can undergo photo-contraction, whereby light energy is… 
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
Plasmonics—A Route to Nanoscale Optical Devices
The further integration of optical devices will require the fabrication of waveguides for electromagnetic energy below the… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Room-temperature transistor based on a single carbon nanotube
The use of individual molecules as functional electronic devices was first proposed in the 1970s (ref. 1). Since then, molecular… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Measurement of mixed-mode delamination fracture toughness of unidirectional glass/epoxy composites with mixed-mode bending apparatus
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1996
Highly Cited
1996
High Transmission through Sharp Bends in Photonic Crystal Waveguides.
We demonstrate highly efficient transmission of light around sharp corners in photonic band-gap waveguides. Numerical simulations… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Dictionary of protein secondary structure: Pattern recognition of hydrogen‐bonded and geometrical features
For a successful analysis of the relation between amino acid sequence and protein structure, an unambiguous and physically… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Analysis of crack formation and crack growth in concrete by means of fracture mechanics and finite elements
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
Stress Singularities Resulting From Various Boundary Conditions in Angular Corners of Plates in Extension
As an analog to the bending case published in an earlier paper, the stress singularities in plates subjected to extension in… 
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