It promotes cardiac efficiency by limiting dilation, maintaining ventricular compliance with preservation of the Starling curve and distributing hydrostatic forces. It aids atrial filling by creating a closed chamber, reduces external friction and acts as a barrier against infection and extension of malignancy. Finally, it anatomically fixes the heart to the sternum, diaphragm and costal cartil...

1. Characterization of P2X receptors on neurons of guinea-pig superior cervical ganglion (SCG) has been carried out using a whole-cell voltage-clamp technique. 2. Application of ATP and alpha,beta-methylene ATP (alphabeta-MeATP) produced fast activating inward currents, which desensitized slowly. The maximum response to alphabeta-MeATP was 36 +/- 23 % (range 0.1-100 %) of that evoked by ATP in ...

To demonstrate the influence of sliding friction of motion on a curve, a circular path is considered for simplicity on which a person slides from the highest point to the lowest point. A slide which represents a quadrant of radius 5 m and a person of mass 60 kg are considered for comparison in this paper. A Differential equation for motion considering the fact that the normal force depends both...

Abstract The imbibition process can be considered one of the most important mechanisms during production naturally fractured formations. In this process, hydrocarbon in matrix blocks surrounded by water-filled fractures described a recovery curve. Different equations have been proposed to describe imbibition. This work presents detailed analysis performance two- and three-parameter models inclu...

and N-body calculations (e.g., Ida 1990, Ida and Makino 1992b). It is shown that dynamical friction is effective in We investigate the growth and the orbital evolution of proa Keplerian potential as well as in a free space. Kokubo toplanets embedded in a swarm of planetesimals using threedimensional N-body simulations. We find that among protoplaand Ida (1996), hereafter referred to as Paper I,...

This paper aims at experimental and numerical investigation of springback behavior of sheet metals during Lbending process with emphasis on Stribeck-type friction modeling. The coefficient of friction in Stribeck curve depends on sliding velocity and contact pressure. The springback behavior of mild steel and aluminum alloy 6022-T4 sheets was studied experimentally and using numerical simulatio...

We consider the curve straightening flow of inextensible, open, planar curves generated by the Kirchhoff bending energy. It can be considered as a model for the motion of elastic, inextensible rods in a high friction regime. We derive governing equations, namely a semilinear fourth order parabolic equation for the indicatrix and a second order elliptic equation for the Lagrange multiplier. We p...

Eyelets, capstans and cylindrical surfaces are often used in thread, fiber and paper handling machinery to guide the axially moving element. In addition to providing positional control, these “guides” introduce dry friction forces that alter the vibration and stability characteristics of the system. This paper examines the lateral response of a string that slides through an elastically supporte...