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Book SynopsisMechanical and structural contributions of elastin and collagen fibers to interlamellar bonding in the arterial wall.- Tissue engineering of vascular constructs.- Engineering the multiscale complexity of vascular networks.- Epicardial layer and endocardial layer as mechanical protective interfaces for cardiac function.- Dynamic remodeling in live cardiomyocytes.- Controlling the contractile strength of engineered cardiac muscle by hierarchal tissue architecture.- Multiscale light-sheet for rapid assessing of cardiac architecture and function.- Spongiosa as an integrative interface for aortic valve trilayered structure.- Advances in experimental and computational biomechanics of the tricuspid heart valve.- Heterogeneous and multiscale mechanical behavior of aortic valve leaflets.- Multi-scale approach to investigate mechanically-induced changes in tricuspid valve anterior leaflet microstructure.- Multiscale Mechanical Considerations for Polymeric Heart Valve Development.- The stabilization of elastin network in heart valve tissue engineering.- Glutaraldehyde cross-linked mitral valves.- Contribution of glycosaminoglycans to tendon mechanical properties.- Interfibrillar shear stress as the loading mechanism of collagen fibrils in tendon.- Tendon-to-bone Interface: structural-mechanical integration of enthesis.- Hierarchical collagen fiber formation for functional tendon, ligament, and meniscus replacement.- Tissue-engineered collagen graft using a novel load-bearing suture technique.- Tendon/Ligament repair with biomimetic and smart cellular constructs.- Tendon/Ligament-Like tissue via three-dimensional cyclic mechanical stretch culture system.