The flow of relativistic plasma in the magnetosphere of an axisymmetrical rotator is considered analytically aswell as numerically. The selfconsistent solution of the plasma outflow in a monopole-like poloidal magnetic field is obtained accurately up to terms proportional to σ/U 3 0 , where σ is Michel’s magnetization parameter, U0 = γ0v0/c, while γ0 and v0 are the initial Lorentz-factor and th...

Recent interest in the experimental study of tokamak plasma flow for different magnetic field geometries calls for theoretical understanding of the effects of tokamak magnetic topology changes on the flow. The consequences of total magnetic field reversal and/or X-point reversal on divergence-free plasma flow within magnetic flux surfaces is considered and the results are applied to interpret r...

In laboratory experiments, I study strongly-coupled dusty plasma levitated in a glow-discharge plasma. Dusty plasma is an arrangement of small dust particles in a plasma background of electrons, ions, and neutral gas. The dust particles are negatively charged because they collect electrons and ions from the background plasma. Depending on the experimental setup, the plasma’s electric field can ...

To clarify the vascular endothelial function in pregnant women with hypertensive disorders, we assessed the flow-mediated vasodilation in the radial artery and compared it with plasma fibronectin levels. We determined flow-mediated vasodilation by measuring the change in radial artery diameter during hyperemia in 58 normal pregnant women, 22 preeclamptic pregnant women, and 15 pregnant women wi...

Numerical simulations of laser energy deposition in air are conducted. Local thermodynamic equilibrium conditions are assumed to apply. Variation of the thermodynamic and transport properties with temperature and pressure are accounted for. The flow field is classified into three phases: shock formation; shock propagation; and subsequent collapse of the plasma core. Each phase is studied in det...

Many effects influence toroidal flow evolution in tokamak plasmas. Momentum sources and radial transport due to collisional processes and microturbulence-induced anomalous transport are usually considered. In addition, toroidal flow can be affected by non-axisymmetric magnetic fields; resonant components cause localized electromagnetic toroidal torques near rational surfaces in flowing plasmas ...

Skeletal blood flow, which may amount to 25% of the resting cardiac output in man (Brookes, 1971a), is a variable of fundamental importance in any investigation of bone metabolism. The few quantitative measurements of bone blood flow which have been made in the past have relied on both direct and indirect techniques. These include venous occlusion plethysmography (Edholm, Howarth & McMichael, 1...

This study assesses the effect of the superoxide anion scavenger superoxide dismutase on myocardial capillary permeability-surface area (PS) products for small hydrophilic molecules after ischemia and reperfusion. Open-chest dogs underwent a 20-minute occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery followed by 1 hour of reperfusion. Myocardial plasma flow rate and capillary extraction...

1. Potassium citrate did not significantly increase plasma flow to the renal papilla in normotensive Dahl R rats on either low or high NaCl diets. Similarly, potassium citrate did not significantly increase papillary plasma flow in mildly hypertensive Dahl S rats on low NaCl diets. Thus potassium citrate feeding did not ordinarily alter papillary plasma flow. 2. When S rats were fed on a high (...