Francisco Sales Ávila Cavalcante

Mechanical interactions between collagen and proteoglycans: implications for the stability of lung tissue

Francisco Sales Ávila Cavalcante, Satoru Ito, Kelly K. Brewer et al. · Journal of Applied Physiology · 2004 · 263 citations

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Physiology +17

Roles of Mechanical Forces and Collagen Failure in the Development of Elastase-induced Emphysema

S. A. Kononov, Kelly K. Brewer, Hiroaki Sakai et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2001 · 189 citations

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Physiology +17

Effects of collagenase and elastase on the mechanical properties of lung tissue strips

Huichin Yuan, S. A. Kononov, Francisco Sales Ávila Cavalcante et al. · Journal of Applied Physiology · 2000 · 159 citations

Natural Sciences, Bioengineering, Biophysics +17

Form of the quantum kinetic-energy operator with spatially varying effective mass

Francisco Sales Ávila Cavalcante, R. N. Costa Filho, J. Ribeiro Filho et al. · Physical review. B, Condensed matter · 1997 · 65 citations

Natural Sciences, Physics, Condensed Matter Physics +9

Hysteresivity of the lung and tissue strip in the normal rat: effects of heterogeneities

Hiroaki Sakai, Edward P. Ingenito, René Mora et al. · Journal of Applied Physiology · 2001 · 57 citations

Natural Sciences, Bioengineering, Physiology +17