The interrelationship of hydrostatic pressure and osmotic forces across the capillary membrane are described by the Starling equation [lo]. Increasing pulmonary capillary hydrostatic pressure is a cause of pulmonary edema 131. Pulmonary edema develops at a lower hydrostatic pressure when plasma colloid oncotic pressure is lowered suggesting that the gradient between colloid oncotic pressure (CO...

Some hazards posed by the operation of hydraulic systems, connected with low-frequency vibrations and noise are presented. Special attention is focused on infrasounds. The sources of low-frequency vibrations and noise and ways of reducing them are indicated. An original solution ensuring the effective reduction of vibrations and noise in a wide frequency range, i.e., a wide-band damper of press...

There is evidence that high hydrostatic pressure can solate and weaken gel-like structures within cells. It was thus of interest to determine its effect on the mechanical properties of the cell surface since it has been suggested that there is a gel-like cortex beneath the plasma membrane which makes a significant contribution to its mechanical properties. The mechanical property measured was t...

Chronic inflammation, which is caused by recurrent infections, is one of the factors contributing to the pathogenesis of cholesteatoma. If reimplantation of autologous ossicles after a surgical intervention is intended, inactivation of planktonic bacteria and biofilms is desirable. High hydrostatic pressure treatment is a procedure, which has been used to inactivate cholesteatoma cells on ossic...

Surface microtexturing has been widely used due to its good hydrophobic or drag reduction characteristics, and become an effective method improve product performance reduce energy consumption. This paper mainly discusses the improvement of microtextures on dynamic pressure characteristics hydrostatic bearings, explores effects texture parameters carrying capacity, macroscopic wall two-plane she...

Background: The advances in cytogenetic techniques during the last few years have permitted not only the study of large populations of wild and domestic animals, but also the detection of chromosome anomalies in embryos. Chromosomal abnormalities are the most common cause of embryonic and fetal mortality in mammals. Most reports of chromosome anomalies in parthenogenetic embryos describe numeri...

The size and length effects of an inclusion on multi-pass copper shaped-wire drawing were investigated. For this purpose, an experimental investigation on optimal die half-angle was conducted. Based on experimental data of optimal die half-angle, wire and inclusion deformations, drawing and hydrostatic stress of copper shaped-wires that contain an inclusion were calculated by two-dimensional fi...