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Does nutrition affect bone porosity and mineral tissue distribution in deer antlers? The relationship between histology, mechanical properties and mineral composition by Landete-Castillejos, T, Currey, J.D, Ceacero, F, García, A.J, Gallego, L, Gomez, S

“…Abstract It is well known that porosity has an inverse relationship with the mechanical properties of bones. We examined cortical and trabecular porosity of…”
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Anisotropic Poisson's ratio and compression modulus of cortical bone determined by speckle interferometry by Shahar, R, Zaslansky, P, Barak, M, Friesem, A.A, Currey, J.D, Weiner, S

“…Abstract Young's modulus and Poisson's ratios of 6 mm-sized cubes of equine cortical bone were measured in compression using a micro-mechanical loading device…”
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Do drastic weather effects on diet influence changes in chemical composition, mechanical properties and structure in deer antlers? by Landete-Castillejos, T, Currey, J.D, Estevez, J.A, Fierro, Y, Calatayud, A, Ceacero, F, Garcia, A.J, Gallego, L

“…Abstract We attempted to determine why after an exceptionally hard winter deer antlers fractured more often than usual. We assessed mechanical properties,…”
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Influence of physiological effort of growth and chemical composition on antler bone mechanical properties by Landete-Castillejos, T, Currey, J.D, Estevez, J.A, Gaspar-López, E, Garcia, A, Gallego, L

“…Abstract Antler is a good model to study bone biology both because it is accessible and because it grows and is shed every year. Previous studies have shown…”
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Osteopetrosis, pachyostosis and the structural skeletal adaptations in Dugong Dugon by Zioupos, P, Currey, J.D, Casinos, A

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Variations in the individual thick lamellar properties within osteons by nanoindentation by Rho, J.Y., Zioupos, P., Currey, J.D., Pharr, G.M.

“…The nanoindentation method was used to examine variations in the individual thick lamellar properties within completed secondary osteons as a function of…”
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The role of root system architecture and root hairs in promoting anchorage against uprooting forces in Allium cepa and root mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana by Bailey, Peter H.J., Currey, J.D., Fitter, A.H.

“…The role played by lateral roots and root hairs in promoting plant anchorage, and specifically resistance to vertical uprooting forces has been determined…”
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The effect of porosity and mineral content on the Young's modulus of elasticity of compact bone by Currey, J D

“…The Young's modulus of elasticity, the calcium content and the volume fraction (1-porosity) of 23 tension specimens and 80 bending specimens, taken from…”
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Strain rate dependence of work of fracture tests on bone and similar tissues: Reflections on testing methods and mineral content effects by Currey, J.D., Brear, K., Zioupos, P.

“…This paper is concerned with the effect of different strain rate on the Work of Fracture (Wf) of various vertebrate mineralised tissues, controlling for the…”
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The many adaptations of bone by Currey, J.D

“…Studies concerned with the ‘adaptations’ in bones usually deal with modelling taking place during the individual's lifetime. However, many adaptations are…”
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Mechanical properties and adaptations of some less familiar bony tissues by Currey, J.D.

“…This review attempts to show the bone community that there are many ways of being a ‘bone’, and that the range of mechanical properties of bone material is…”
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Comparative biomechanics: life's physical world by Currey, J.D.

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Changes in the Stiffness, Strength, and Toughness of Human Cortical Bone With Age by Zioupos, P, Currey, J.D

“…Aging adversely affects the elastic and ultimate properties of human cortical bone as seen in uniaxial tests in quasi static loading, high strain rate impact…”
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Microstructural elasticity and regional heterogeneity in human femoral bone of various ages examined by nano-indentation by Rho, J.Y., Zioupos, P., Currey, J.D., Pharr, G.M.

“…The elastic modulus and hardness of secondary osteonal and interstitial bone was examined through the thickness of the cortex of human femora of various ages…”
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The canine baculum: The structure and mechanical properties of an unusual bone by Sharir, A., Israeli, D., Milgram, J., Currey, J.D., Monsonego-Ornan, E., Shahar, R.

“…The baculum is an extraskeletal bone located in the penis of a few species in several orders of mammals such as carnivores, insectivores, rodents, bats and…”
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Comparative biomechanics: life's physical world: Steven Vogel; Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003, 580pp., ISBN 0-691-11297-5 by Currey, J.D.

“…[...]he has covered a very wide part of biomechanics as seen from the biological, though not the clinical, point of view. [...]there are people who consider…”
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The effects of strain rate, reconstruction and mineral content on some mechanical properties of bovine bone by Currey, J D

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Bone strength: what are we trying to measure? by Currey, J D

“…At a recent bone densitometric meeting, where I, as a rude mechanical, had been brought in for light relief, I was struck by the cheerful way in which people…”
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Strain patterns during tensile, compressive, and shear fatigue of human cortical bone and implications for bone biomechanics by Winwood, K., Zioupos, P., Currey, J.D., Cotton, J.R., Taylor, M.

“…It is a common theme in basic bone biomechanics and in biomechanical applications that much of the behavior can be determined and is dictated by the level of…”
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The relationship between the stiffness and the mineral content of bone by Currey, J D

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