1. We have correlated measurements of colloid osmotic pressure with protein concentrations and albumin/globulin ratios. Plasma from normal rats of different genetic strains was used. 2. The Landis and Pappenheimer equation does not accurately predict colloid osmotic pressure properties of the normal rat plasma used, which had an albumin/globulin ratio of 0.74. Over the range 2-2-12-2 g of prote...

This thesis explores the physics of weakly interacting colloid-polymer mixtures. Colloid-polymer mixtures can consist of two kinds of interactions; depletion and adsorption. Both interactions can lead to colloidal aggregation and formation of space spanning gels that can bear stress. Depending on the range of the attractive interaction, depletion gels bear stress by two mechanisms; bond-stretch...

We present the Brownian dynamics simulation of an active colloidal suspension in two dimensions, where self-propulsion speed a colloid is regulated according to local density sensed by it.

We studied interobserver variability in the assessment of thyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA). We limited our cases to those showing predominantly colloid and follicular cell groups. Twenty cases of thyroid FNA diagnosed by 1 experienced cytopathologist were reviewed by 4 other cytopathologists who made their own diagnoses while unaware of the original diagnoses. Two cytopathologists then asse...