Effect of couple stresses on the unsteady convective diffusion in fluid flow through a channel.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the expression of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) for specific extracellular matrix proteins in chondrocytes. Chondrocytes obtained from bovine metatarsophalangeal joints were embedded in cylindrical 2% agarose gels. A novel experimental ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Toyoda T,Seedhom BB,Kirkham J,Bonass WA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-biodegradable polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanocomposite biopolymer has been developed for fabrication of medical devices and for tissue engineering human organs. The polymer in solution, containing 2 wt% of POSS, has been synthesized, characterized and investigated to determine its key rheologica...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Kidane AG,Edirisinghe MJ,Bonhoeffer P,Seifalian AM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of vessel patency can be substantially improved by serial microvessel diameter measurements taken successively along an extensive length of the vessel. It is possible to avoid making the a priori assumptions about the existence or location of local constriction sites implicit in single diameter measurem...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Miles FP,Nuttall AL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cell Transit Analyser (CTA) provides a means to rapidly measure the deformability of large numbers of individual cells. It combines many of the advantages of micropipette studies with the simplicity and speed of filtrometry methods by measuring the duration of each resistive pulse generated as a cell passes throug...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Fisher TC,Wenby RB,Meiselman HJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viscosity and the order in the interior of human erythrocyte membranes were investigated by the fluorescence depolarization technique in the nanosecond region with 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH). After pulsed excitation with a polarized light, the fluorescence anisotropy ratio of DPH in membranes rapidly decr...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Araiso T,Shindo Y,Arai T,Nitta J,Kikuchi Y,Kakiuchi Y,Koyama T

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the recent years various investigators have developed the technique of kryophotometric measurements of oxyhemoglobin saturation with oxygen (psi) in small vessels. In this paper, on the basis of the statistical model of the organ developed by the authors, a theoretical relationship is established between the di...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Sharikov AN,Zaiko VM

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciliary metachronism and motility were examined optically in tissue cultures from frog palate epithelium as a function of extracellular ATP concentration in the range of 10(-7)-10(-3) M. The main findings were: a) upon addition of ATP the metachronal wavelength increased by a factor of up to 2. b) the velocity of the ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Ovadyahu D,Eshel D,Priel Z

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viscosity: shear rate relationship of whole blood is shown to be described to a good approximation by a bi-linear plot on log: log axes. This has allowed an analytical solution to be obtained which gives a full description of the flow properties of blood in rigid tubes of a size where the Fahraeus-Lindqvist effect...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Rampling MW,Challoner T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leukocytes and platelets typically fulfil their functions through adhesion to the walls of vessels with different size, haematocrit and shear rate. OBJECTIVE:We aimed to investigate differential effects of these variables on leukocyte and platelet adhesion. METHODS:Blood with varying haematocrit was perfus...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Watts T,Barigou M,Nash GB

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to play different roles in vascular functions as a mechanosensor to blood flows and as a barrier to transvascular exchange, the endothelial surface glycocalyx (ESG) should have an organized structure. Due to the limitations of optical and electron microscopy, the ultra-structure of ESG has not been ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Fan J,Sun Y,Xia Y,Tarbell JM,Fu BM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present data which show that fibrin gels are ordered network structures, the porosity of which is determined by the amount of thrombin being present during the activation step preceding gelation. On activation of fibrinogen, fibrinopeptides are released and simultaneously polymers are formed, obeying apparent first...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Blombäck B,Okada M,Forslind B,Larsson U

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematocrit distribution and red blood cell aggregation are the major determinants of blood flow in narrow tubes at low flow rates. It has been observed experimentally that in microcirculation the hematocrit distribution is not uniform. This nonuniformity may result from plasma skimming and cell screening effects and a...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Das B,Johnson PC,Popel AS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shear stress-induced platelet aggregation requires von Willebrand factor (vWF), platelet glycoprotein (GP) Ib, GPIIb-IIIa, Ca2+, and adenosine diphosphate (ADP). Recent reports using vWF labeled with either 125I or fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) have demonstrated that in shear-fields, vWF binds to both GPIb and GPI...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Konstantopoulos K,Chow TW,Turner NA,Hellums JD,Moake JL

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow-induced changes in the red cell microstructure of human blood are identified from mechanical and optical evidence. On initiation of steady flow, a new microstructure develops as the shear strain increases through unit strain. This structure is identified with the formation of layers of red cells that slide on pla...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Thurston GB

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports a novel, physiologically significant, microfluidic phenomenon generated by nanomolar concentrations of drag-reducing polymers (DRP) dissolved in flowing blood, which may explain previously demonstrated beneficial effects of DRP on tissue perfusion. In microfluidic systems used in this study, DRP add...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Marhefka JN,Zhao R,Wu ZJ,Velankar SS,Antaki JF,Kameneva MV

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden increase of viscosity in former times indicated the start of coagulation. Yet its measurement destroyed the structure of coagulum. By the precursor method of thrombelastography the author 1944 found elasticity to be the essential physiological property of coagulum. In the production of elastic fibrin structure ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Hartert H

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships between mucus rheology, depth of mucus layer and clearance by simulated cough were examined in a study employing a model plexiglass trachea lined with gels formed from locust bean gum crosslinked with sodium tetraborate. The viscoelastic properties of the mucus simulants were determined by magnetic r...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： King M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frozen, stored mucus has been extensively used for transport studies but there is no clear evidence of the influence that the temperature and length of time of storage may have on the results. We stored frog mucus samples at -20 and -80 degrees C and analysed them on days zero, 2, 10, 30 and 90. At each temperature, a...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Gastaldi AC,Jardim JR,King M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesion of monocytes (U-937 cells) along a silicone tube deployed with circular ring stents was studied to test the hypothesis that by intentionally inducing swirling flow in an endovascular stent, the adhesion of monocytes would be suppressed. The results revealed that under a normal flow condition, the flow disturb...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Chen Z,Zhang X,Deng X

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the changes in biorheological characteristics of skin after expansion. Expanders were implanted into the back of eight adult dogs, and after an eight-week expansion the expanded and the non-expanded control skins were transferred to an adjacent site. The expanded specimens and their controls we...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Zeng Y,Huang K,Xu C,Zhang J,Sun G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonlinear mathematical techniques now make it possible to quantify the complexity of an irregular time series through calculation of a parameter known as fractal dimension. In the present study, we use such an analysis to provide evidence that histamine-induced pressure oscillations in an isolated rabbit ear resistanc...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Griffith TM,Edwards DH

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study using both experimental and numerical methods was conducted to determine flow dynamics in the vicinity of an end-to-end anastomosis. In vitro experiments were performed to determine the variations in the conduit cross-section at the anastomosis in specimens under static loading. The experimentally determined g...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Kim YH,Chandran KB

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both chondrocytes and mensenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are the most used cell sources for cartilage tissue engineering. However, monolayer expansion to obtain sufficient cells leads to a rapid chondrocyte dedifferentiation and a subsequent ancillary reduced ability of MSCs to differentiate into chondrocytes, thus limiti...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Cournil-Henrionnet C,Huselstein C,Wang Y,Galois L,Mainard D,Decot V,Netter P,Stoltz JF,Muller S,Gillet P,Watrin-Pinzano A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In channel flow of multicomponent suspensions, segregation behavior of suspended components perpendicular to the flow direction is often observed, which is considered to be caused by the differential properties of the lateral migration depending on their shape, size, flexibility, and other characteristics. In the pres...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Makino M,Sugihara-Seki M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of biomechanical forces in regulating normal chondrocyte metabolism is well established and the mechanisms whereby mechanical forces are transduced into biochemical responses by chondrocytes are beginning to be understood. Previous studies have indicated that cyclical mechanical stimulation induces incr...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Holledge MM,Millward-Sadler SJ,Nuki G,Salter DM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood flow in stenotic vessels strongly influences the progression of vascular diseases. Plaques in stenotic blood vessels vary in stiffness, which influences plaque behavior and deformation by pressure and flow. Concurrent changes in plaque geometry can, in turn, affect blood flow conditions. Thus, simultan...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Shimizu Y,Ohta M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet margination (enhanced platelet concentration in the near wall region of a blood vessel) has been well documented in small vessels. In artery-sized vessels margination has only been demonstrated in one study, using ghost cell suspensions and under relatively non-physiologic conditions of steady flow and 50 cm ...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Xu C,Wootton DM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical mucus glycoproteins (mucins) were extracted by using slow stirring in 6M-guanidinium chloride supplemented with proteinase inhibitors. Subsequent purification was achieved by isopycnic density-gradient centrifugation in CsCl/guanidinium chloride. The whole mucins (Mr 10 X 10(6) - 15 X 10(6)) were degraded int...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Carlstedt I,Sheehan JK

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A theory for the rheological behavior and fluid flux in swelling tissues under small deformations is presented. Tissues are considered as bicomponent solid-fluid mixtures. Concentration effects are included. The driving forces (body, surface and interactive), are discussed and their constitutive relationships to the t...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Lanir Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The compressive stiffness of an elastic material is traditionally characterized by its Young's modulus. Young's modulus of articular cartilage can be directly measured using unconfined compression geometry by assuming the cartilage to be homogeneous and isotropic. In isotropic materials, Young's modulus can also be de...

journal_title：Biorheology

authors： Saarakkala S,Korhonen RK,Laasanen MS,Töyräs J,Rieppo J,Jurvelin JS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00