1. To the readers of this BMMB/10237 issue

   • Larry A. Taber

   Editor’s Note 03 January 2013 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Special issue on mechanics of development

   • Larry A. Taber

   Editorial 25 September 2012 Pages: 3 - 4

3. Calcific nodule morphogenesis by heart valve interstitial cells is strain dependent

   • Charles I. Fisher
   • Joseph Chen
   • W. David Merryman

   Original Paper 04 February 2012 Pages: 5 - 17

4. A mathematical model for fluid shear-sensitive 3D tissue construct development

   • Dan Liu
   • Chee-Kai Chua
   • Kah-Fai Leong

   Original Paper 08 February 2012 Pages: 19 - 31

5. Patchy deletion of Bmpr1a potentiates proximal pulmonary artery remodeling in mice exposed to chronic hypoxia

   • Rebecca R. Vanderpool
   • Nesrine El-Bizri
   • Naomi C. Chesler

   Original Paper 08 February 2012 Pages: 33 - 42

6. The effect of tissue-engineered cartilage biomechanical and biochemical properties on its post-implantation mechanical behavior

   • Mehdi Khoshgoftar
   • Wouter Wilson
   • Corrinus C. van Donkelaar

   Original Paper Open access 03 March 2012 Pages: 43 - 54

7. Evaluating the nucleus effect on the dynamic indentation behavior of cells

   • Guoxin Cao
   • Jie Sui
   • Shuli Sun

   Original Paper 08 March 2012 Pages: 55 - 66

8. Stress relaxation of swine growth plate in semi-confined compression: depth dependent tissue deformational behavior versus extracellular matrix composition and collagen fiber organization

   • Samira Amini
   • Farhad Mortazavi
   • Isabelle Villemure

   Original Paper 25 March 2012 Pages: 67 - 78

9. Computational simulations of hemodynamic changes within thoracic, coronary, and cerebral arteries following early wall remodeling in response to distal aortic coarctation

   • Jessica S. Coogan
   • Jay D. Humphrey
   • C. Alberto Figueroa

   Original Paper 14 March 2012 Pages: 79 - 93

10. Microdomain heterogeneity in 3D affects the mechanics of neonatal cardiac myocyte contraction

    • Matthew W. Curtis
    • Elisa Budyn
    • Brenda Russell

    Original Paper 11 March 2012 Pages: 95 - 109

11. Effect of the glycocalyx layer on transmission of interstitial flow shear stress to embedded cells

    • John M. Tarbell
    • Zhong-Dong Shi

    Original Paper 13 March 2012 Pages: 111 - 121

12. A three-constituent damage model for arterial clamping in computer-assisted surgery

    • Nele Famaey
    • Jos Vander Sloten
    • Ellen Kuhl

    Original Paper 25 March 2012 Pages: 123 - 136

13. Multi-scale mechanics of traumatic brain injury: predicting axonal strains from head loads

    • R. J. H. Cloots
    • J. A. W. van Dommelen
    • M. G. D. Geers

    Original Paper Open access 21 March 2012 Pages: 137 - 150

14. Analytical and numerical analyses of the micromechanics of soft fibrous connective tissues

    • Gal deBotton
    • Tal Oren

    Original Paper 19 April 2012 Pages: 151 - 166

15. Computational model for the cell-mechanical response of the osteocyte cytoskeleton based on self-stabilizing tensegrity structures

    • Dieter Kardas
    • Udo Nackenhorst
    • Daniel Balzani

    Original Paper 21 April 2012 Pages: 167 - 183

16. Investigation of the influence of reflection on the attenuation of cancellous bone

    • Sandra Klinge
    • Klaus Hackl
    • Robert P. Gilbert

    Original Paper 07 April 2012 Pages: 185 - 199