The effects of nonlinearity, particularly stiffness nonlinearity, has been of concern to structural engineers for many years. Primarily this has been because this type of nonlinearity can cause unpredictable dynamics, and ...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer death worldwide accounting for more than 700 thousand deaths per year. Most of the HCC develops in a cirrhotic liver, a microenvironment where fibrotic ...