Computational investigation of the role of ventricular remodelling in HFpEF: The key to phenotype dissection.

Recent clinical studies have reported that heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) can be divided into two phenotypes based on the range of ejection fraction (EF), namely HFpEF with higher EF and HFpEF with lower EF. These phenotypes exhibit distinct left ventricle (LV) remodelling patterns and dynamics. However, the influence of LV remodelling on various LV functional indices and the underlying mechanics for these two phenotypes are not well understood.

Lattice Boltzmann simulation of transient blood flow in arterial geometries using a regularised, viscoplastic and shear-thinning fluid.

This paper presents a lattice Boltzmann framework for the transient simulation of blood flow using biologically inspired geometries and pressure boundary conditions. The Kuang-Luo rheological model is used to represent blood as a homogeneous continuum. This model includes the two primary non-Newtonian characteristics of blood, namely viscoplasticity and pseudoplasticity.

Numerical and experimental investigations of pressure-driven gas flow in hollow-core photonic crystal fibers.

A comprehensive understanding of gas flow in long hollow-core photonic crystal fibers (HC-PCFs) is critical for evaluating their sensing performance for low-concentration gases, especially in terms of response time. The aim of this paper is to numerically and experimentally investigate the pressure-driven gas flow dynamics in a relatively long HC-PCF-based gas sensor. The gas flow in the core of a 1.