• Application of engineering principles to cells and tissues, biofluid mechanics, human body energetics, measurement techniques, mechanics of human body systems, with emphasis on the artificial heart. (carleton.ca)
  • NICU data was also searched for positive B. cereus culture from other specimens, such as blood, body fluids, or tissues. (cdc.gov)
  • were isolated from blood, other body fluids, or tissues during the study period. (cdc.gov)
  • 2000 samples of human cell lines, tissues and body fluids. (nature.com)
  • These factors can limit the reproducibility of peptide identification and quantification as well as the comprehensiveness, robustness and throughput of proteome analysis, particularly when analyzing samples of high complexity or wide dynamic range of protein concentrations as represented by tissues and body fluids 7 . (nature.com)
  • Dropsy, also known as Oedema, is a condition which is characterized by swelling in the body parts due to the accumulation of fluid in the body tissues. (planetayurveda.com)
  • Lymphedema is the buildup of fluid called lymph in the tissues under your skin when something blocks its normal flow. (drugs.com)
  • It carries foreign material and bacteria away from your skin and body tissues, and it circulates infection-fighting cells that are part of your immune system. (drugs.com)
  • Edema is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in the body's tissues which can impact wound healing. (eurekalert.org)
  • This is a condition which occurs when the fluids in the body concentrate in the tissues and lead to noticeably distinctive swelling. (home-remedies-for-you.com)
  • The job of your lymph system is to collect fluid, waste material, viruses, and bacteria that are in your tissues and send them to your lymph nodes. (yahoo.com)
  • This damage impairs the system's ability to drain fluid properly, leading to the accumulation of lymph fluid in body tissues. (who.int)
  • It is modified slightly from the chapter by the initial authors in the first edition of Diagnostic Cytopathology of Serous Fluids. (cytojournal.com)
  • The module empowers your laboratory with a fully automated method for the analysis of red blood cell (RBC) count and nucleated cell count in cerebrospinal, synovial and serous fluids. (beckmancoulter.com)
  • Accumulation of fluids in the lungs leads to the pulmonary oedema while the excess fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity is known as ascites. (planetayurveda.com)
  • The intestines, the lungs, the skin and the metabolic system act as zones of ex-change between the body and its envi-ronment, which is subject to regulatory, post--colonial and chemical influences. (pact-zollverein.de)
  • It leads to fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema) and sometimes liver enlargement and swelling of the legs (peripheral edema). (childrensmn.org)
  • You have hundreds of lymph nodes located all around your body-some are deep in your body, like between your lungs or around your bowel, and others are closer to your skin. (yahoo.com)
  • The pulmonary arteries carry blood from your body to the lungs, where carbon dioxide is traded for oxygen. (uhhospitals.org)
  • A small amount of a radioactive substance is used to help find changes in the arteries leading to the lungs and blood flow within the lungs. (uhhospitals.org)
  • These clots can block blood flow to important organs like the heart, brain, and lungs, which can cause serious health problems. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Pulmonary embolism is a clot within the lungs that blocks blood flow to areas of the lung, sometimes making it difficult to breathe. (medlineplus.gov)
  • It can damage the lungs and other organs in the body and even cause death. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Boundary conditions for the basic equations of fluid mechanics. (ntnu.edu)
  • Solution of the basic laws of fluid mechanics for simple flow problems. (ntnu.edu)
  • Yunus A. Cengel & John M. Cimbala "Fluid Mechanics - Fundamentals and Applications" 4th Edition in SI-Units, McGraw-Hill, 2019. (ntnu.edu)
  • Biomechanics and Biomaterials involves the kinematics and kinetics relevant to human anatomy, such as human motion, including linear, angular, and nonlinear analyses, and fluid mechanics relating to human physiology (e.g. blood flow, air flow), including flow, resistance, and turbulence. (carleton.ca)
  • Acidotic -Characterized by acidosis, an abnormal increase in the acidity of the body's fluids. (encyclopedia.com)
  • device, manufactured by Sky Medical Technology Ltd and distributed in Canada by Trudell Healthcare Solutions Inc., is a muscle pump activator which significantly improves blood flow by stimulating the body's 'muscle pumps. (eurekalert.org)
  • Normally, the body's circulatory system is responsible for moving the excessive fluids back into the body. (home-remedies-for-you.com)
  • Typically, the body's lymph nodes behave like an over flow reservoir for the fluids in our body. (home-remedies-for-you.com)
  • Microgel suspensions provide model systems often studied to better understand the properties of soft materials and complex fluids from the formation of colloidal crystals to the flow of viruses, blood, or platelet cells in the body. (lu.se)
  • With more urine produced and less fluid retention, patients experienced 31 per cent less swelling. (eurekalert.org)
  • For laboratories looking to reduce manual work while avoiding the space and cost considerations of maintaining a dedicated body fluids analyzer, there is a better solution: the iQ200 series automated urine microscopy analyzer with iQ Body Fluids Module. (beckmancoulter.com)
  • And because body fluids and urine samples can be analyzed in the same run, there is no need to interrupt your urinalysis testing workflow or extend its TAT in order to accommodate body fluid cell counts. (beckmancoulter.com)
  • HTLV-III/LAV has been isolated from blood, semen, saliva, tears, breast milk, and urine and is likely to be isolated from some other body fluids, secretions, and excretions, but epidemiologic evidence has implicated only blood and semen in transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • Causes include conditions that decrease blood flow to the kidneys, that damage the kidneys themselves, or that block drainage of urine from the kidneys. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Acute kidney injury can result from any condition that decreases the blood supply to the kidneys, any disease or toxic substances (also called toxins) affecting the kidneys themselves, or any condition that obstructs urine flow anywhere along the urinary tract. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Stones in the Urinary Tract Stones (calculi) are hard masses that form in the urinary tract and may cause pain, bleeding, or an infection or block of the flow of urine. (msdmanuals.com)
  • After automated analysis, RBC and nucleated cell counts in cerebrospinal, serous and synovial fluids are delivered as digital images which allow users to see and report bacteria and cellular abnormalities. (beckmancoulter.com)
  • The buildup of excess fluid in your body can take a variety of forms from belly bloating and swollen ankles to nausea, persistent coughing and fatigue. (harvard.edu)
  • Most people will retain 8 to 15 pounds of excess fluid before they see leg and belly swelling. (harvard.edu)
  • and Low-density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, fat that takes excess cholesterol around the body to where it's needed, but excess ultimately rests on the inside of artery walls. (cdc.gov)
  • The edema in diseases of the liver, heart and the kidneys occurs mainly due to salt retention while in some liver and kidney diseases, fluid retention occurs due to the low levels of albumin in the blood. (planetayurveda.com)
  • Because sodium holds on to the fluid in the body, hence the more consumption of sodium results in more fluid retention. (planetayurveda.com)
  • Due to the abnormalities in the body, related to water retention, the lymph nodes tend to get inflamed. (home-remedies-for-you.com)
  • Several effects control the motion of the fluid, including momentum (inertia), diffusion and buoyancy (density differences). (wikipedia.org)
  • Pure jets and pure plumes define flows that are driven entirely by momentum and buoyancy effects, respectively. (wikipedia.org)
  • Buoyancy is defined as being positive" when, in the absence of other forces or initial motion, the entering fluid would tend to rise. (wikipedia.org)
  • Conservation equations for mass (including entrainment), and momentum and buoyancy fluxes are sufficient for a complete description of the flow in many cases. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nonischemic priapism: This type of priapism is also a nonsexual, persistent erection, but it results from unregulated arterial blow flow in the corpora cavernosa. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The researchers used arterial spin labeling (ASL) and blood oxygen level- dependent (BOLD) RSFC to measure changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) and functional connectivity before (baseline) and 1 day after treatment with the 25-mg dose of psilocybin. (medscape.com)
  • Show that the streamlines for a flow whose velocity components are u=c(x^2-y^2) and v=-2cxy, where c is a constant, are given by the equation x^2*y-y^3/3=constant. (physicsforums.com)
  • Two-dimentional potential theory, velocity potential, some basic flows. (ntnu.edu)
  • When high accuracy is required, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can be employed to simulate plumes, but the results can be sensitive to the turbulence model chosen. (wikipedia.org)
  • Gaussian plume models can be used in several fluid dynamics scenarios to calculate concentration distribution of solutes, such as a smoke stack release or contaminant released in a river. (wikipedia.org)
  • This will include Hamiltonian dynamics as well as different types of dissipation like gradient flows or rate-independent dynamics. (wias-berlin.de)
  • Ayurvedic treatment gives the equal importance to mind, body and spirit and hence improves the overall health of the body. (planetayurveda.com)
  • Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a type of surgery that improves blood flow to the heart. (cdc.gov)
  • The paper investigates the steady solutions to the equations of motion of a heavy solid body in a fluid and examines the resonance relationships arising in the special case of Chaplygin integrability. (harvard.edu)
  • Euler equations for inviscid flow. (ntnu.edu)
  • Navier-Stokes equations for viscous flow. (ntnu.edu)
  • So blood might not be able to leave the heart and may not be delivered to the body normally (obstruction). (childrensmn.org)
  • Laminar and turbulent pipe flow. (ntnu.edu)
  • A further phenomenon of importance is whether a plume has laminar flow or turbulent flow. (wikipedia.org)
  • The shapes form in an area of turbulent flow between the two different rotating fluid bodies with dissimilar speeds. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is because potassium acts as a vasodilator, meaning it widens the blood vessels, which allows blood to flow more easily. (smart-publications.com)
  • Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your heart and other parts of your body. (cdc.gov)
  • Blood clots can also form inside the body when blood vessels are injured or damaged. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Clots that develop deep in our blood vessels can break off and travel to other parts of the body. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Lymphedema occurs when there is inadequate lymph drainage from the body, usually from a blockage in a lymph channel. (drugs.com)
  • Fluid buildup indicates worsening heart failure. (harvard.edu)
  • Fluid buildup can quickly escalate into a life-threatening situation," says Dr. Eldrin Lewis, a heart failure specialist at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital. (harvard.edu)
  • During CABG, a healthy artery or vein from the body is connected, or grafted, to the blocked coronary artery. (cdc.gov)
  • Fluid properties, viscosity concept. (ntnu.edu)
  • Knowledge: After completion of this course, the student will have knowledge on: - Fluid properties, viscosity. (ntnu.edu)
  • Liquitex Fluid Mediums are fluid and reduce the viscosity of heavier paints and gels, tend to self-level and do not retain brushstrokes. (jerrysartarama.com)
  • Kidney flow and exchange. (carleton.ca)
  • Overview of the Adrenal Glands The body has two adrenal glands, one near the top of each kidney. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Aerobic training during hemodialysis was able to maintain blood level stability in patients with chronic kidney disease, both during and at the end of the protocol, even considering increased blood flow. (bvsalud.org)
  • Through problem sessions provide sufficient training to enable the students to formulate and solve practical flow problems. (ntnu.edu)
  • Situations where the density of the plume fluid is greater than its surroundings (i.e. in still conditions, its natural tendency would be to sink), but the flow has sufficient initial momentum to carry it some distance vertically, are described as being negatively buoyant. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, not all clinical laboratories have sufficient body fluid analysis needs to justify the total cost of ownership of a dedicated body fluid analyzer. (beckmancoulter.com)
  • Our laboratory studies the interaction between fluid flow and biology, by integrating fluid dynamic engineering, cellular and molecular biology. (umass.edu)
  • Yet they do not achieve their intended effects in controlled laboratory settings but rather within living bodies, before eventually leaching out into the environment. (pact-zollverein.de)
  • With the iQ Body Fluids Module enabled, laboratory staff need only prep the analyzer at startup using standard procedures. (beckmancoulter.com)
  • [22] [23] A number of stable vortices of similar size form on the slower (south) side of the fluid boundary and these interact with each other to space themselves out evenly around the perimeter. (wikipedia.org)
  • Lymph flow stops at points along the way to be filtered through lymph nodes. (drugs.com)
  • Surgical damage - Surgical cuts and the removal of lymph nodes can interfere with normal lymph flow. (drugs.com)
  • Fluids flow through the system and are filtered through the lymph nodes. (healthline.com)
  • Swollen lymph nodes are usually a telltale sign that your body is fighting off an infection, whether it's from bacteria or a virus. (yahoo.com)
  • You might experience swollen lymph nodes-small, bean-shaped glands throughout your entire body-on your neck, in your armpits, under your chin, or around your groin, according to the Mayo Clinic . (yahoo.com)
  • Lymph nodes are part of your lymphatic system, a network that routes lymph fluid throughout your body, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). (yahoo.com)
  • Swollen lymph nodes are a signal that something is off, but it's usually paired with other symptoms that will help you and your doctor figure out what, exactly, is going on in your body. (yahoo.com)
  • An upper respiratory infection , a cold , allergies-all can cause lymph nodes to swell as the body responds to the immunologic 'crisis,'" she explains. (yahoo.com)
  • Swollen lymph nodes are a sign that something is off in your body. (yahoo.com)
  • Fluid power is the use of fluids under pressure to generate, control, and transmit power. (conceptdraw.com)
  • Considerations in younger patients might also include bronchiectasis, congenital abnormalities, foreign-body aspiration, and cystic fibrosis. (cdc.gov)
  • Our work has recently elucidated the pivotal role of fluid flow in the development of lymphatic valves. (umass.edu)
  • Veins have valves made up of two flaps, which prevent the backward flow of blood. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • When the valves do not work properly, blood will flow back into the veins instead of forward to the heart. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Check valves are two-port valves, meaning they have two openings in the body, one for fluid to enter and the other for fluid to leave. (conceptdraw.com)
  • The bodies (external shells) of most check valves are made of plastic or metal. (conceptdraw.com)
  • As it binds the fluid and solid elements, this Dosha unites properties of the body and mind. (myzeo.com)
  • Lymph flows slowly through the network of vessels called your lymphatic system. (drugs.com)
  • This lower body negative pressure device (LBNP), which was built by the DLR institutes of Aerospace Medicine and Materials Physics in Space and the Systemhaus Technik in conjunction with NASA, encloses the body from the waist down. (dlr.de)
  • Blood flow models for vessels, circulation systems and the heart. (carleton.ca)
  • When the kidneys detect the diminished blood flow, they activate hormones that prompt the body to retain fluid and sodium in an effort to boost the volume of blood in circulation. (harvard.edu)
  • Future research planned includes determining the molecular basis for fluid flow-induced differences in endothelial cell migration, optimization of streamlined stent design, and pre-clinical studies of streamlined stents in coronary heart disease animal models. (umass.edu)
  • The heart pumps oxygen-rich blood through the arteries to the rest of the body, while the veins bring deoxygenated blood back to the heart. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The aortic arch is part of the major blood vessel that helps move blood from the heart to the rest of the body. (epnet.com)
  • When you pay attention to the flow of your exhalation (gentle, deep, effortless exhalation), your body begins with the process of relaxation instantly (your heart rate slows down, your nervous system calms, and tension in your muscles is relieved). (lifehack.org)
  • I had severe panic attacks - heart racing, hands sweating, a feeling of disconnection to my own body and to the world. (giftfromwithin.org)
  • Damage to the heart muscle results, due to the lack of blood flow. (cdc.gov)
  • It demands an extremely large amount and continuous flow of blood and oxygen-about 25% of the blood flow from the heart. (msdmanuals.com)
  • For example, if blood flow to the brain decreases, the brain immediately signals the heart to beat faster and more forcefully, and thus to pump more blood. (msdmanuals.com)
  • After lymph fluid flows around your body, it dumps filtered fluid, salts, and proteins back into your bloodstream. (yahoo.com)
  • As malignant cells have a tendency to round up in body fluids these non-epithelial neoplasms can therefore mimic reactive mesothelial cells and metastatic adenocarcinoma. (cytojournal.com)
  • My research explores how blood flow perturbations caused by the stent design contribute to in-stent restenosis and thrombosis, studying the impact of the fluid forces on blood components and endothelial cells. (umass.edu)
  • We are studying the effects of mechanotransduction via fluid flow on bone cells. (umass.edu)
  • Body movements drive interstitial fluid flow potentially stimulating bone cells. (umass.edu)
  • As a result of this self-organization, cells drive fluid flows that circulate around the colony at a constant peak speed of ~30 µm s −1 , providing a stable and high-speed avenue for directed material transport at the macroscopic scale. (nature.com)
  • Lymph is formed from the fluid that surrounds cells in the body. (drugs.com)
  • Water participates in the formation and the growth of cells of the body. (articlesfactory.com)
  • They help fight infection by attacking and destroying germs (thanks to unique white blood cells called lymphocytes) that are carried to them by lymph fluid. (yahoo.com)
  • The blood-brain barrier is necessary because in the brain, unlike in most of the body, the cells that form the capillary walls are tightly sealed, for example, to protect it from harm caused by toxins and infections. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Once the numbers of energy molecules (ATP) are decreased, the body is getting weaker, aging and death. (articlesfactory.com)
  • As fluid substances, they are constantly evolving and adapting to their sur-roundings. (pact-zollverein.de)
  • These fluid substances are extracted, isolated and modified by researchers in laboratories. (pact-zollverein.de)
  • Moreover, all these dissolved substances, which are necessary for the human metabolism, may also interact with the hydrophilic biomaterials that have been introduced in the human body. (articlesfactory.com)
  • Embolization is a procedure that reduces blood flow in the penis by obstructing the ruptured artery through insertion of especially designed coils. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Sitting or lying down for a long time (for example, during a long flight or extended hospital stay) reduces blood flow, which increases your risk of clots. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Chronic inflammation caused by the immune response can lead to the thickening of the walls of the lymphatic vessels and reduced lymphatic flow. (who.int)
  • This encourages optimal fluid movement throughout the body. (canyonranch.com)
  • Water is the medium that holds all biological and chemical reactions in the body, resulting in the production of heat and energy metabolism reactions that are required for life support. (articlesfactory.com)
  • High blood pressure is often referred to as the 'silent killer' because it typically causes no visible signs or symptoms but can cause damage to your body over time. (medicinenet.com)
  • Whole-brain analyses showed post-treatment decreases in cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the temporal cortex, including the amygdala, which correlated with reduced depressive symptoms. (medscape.com)
  • Characterization of human body control loops with emphasis on system stability, robustness, and effect of adverse external disturbance. (carleton.ca)
  • Nausea is caused by a combination of hormones, stress, and other changes happening in your body. (everythingmom.com)
  • Thanks to all the hormones changing in your body you are now experiencing true morning sickness. (everythingmom.com)
  • Application of traditional control system principles to the human body. (carleton.ca)
  • I have introduced aerodynamic and fluid dynamic engineering principles into stent design, creating streamlined stent struts that differ from commercially available BMS and DES non-streamlined stent struts. (umass.edu)
  • If a person lies in a bed with the head end tilted 6 degrees downwards, their body fluids are distributed in the same way that they would be in microgravity conditions. (dlr.de)
  • Plume shapes can be influenced by flow in the ambient fluid (for example, if local wind blowing in the same direction as the plume results in a co-flowing jet). (wikipedia.org)
  • The shapes example "Design elements - Fluid power equipment" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Mechanical Engineering solution from the Engineering area of ConceptDraw Solution Park. (conceptdraw.com)
  • Think about the foods you ate in the days before your weight gain and look for sources of extra sodium or fluid in your diet that you may be able to eliminate. (harvard.edu)
  • Blood and any body fluid visibly contaminated with blood should be considered capable of transmitting hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (medscape.com)
  • How do space conditions affect the human body? (dlr.de)
  • When the human body is unable to maintain a normal temperature, heat-related illnesses can occur and may result in death. (cdc.gov)
  • Emilia Sanabria's talk proposes that it is necessary to think pharmaceutical consumptions alongside these ecolo-gical flows of pharmaceutical matter through human and animal bodies that do not end with the skin surface. (pact-zollverein.de)
  • All synthetic and natural materials to be used in biomedical applications that involve the contact with human body need to be investigated for their physical and chemical modification induced by the human physiological fluids contact and sorption. (articlesfactory.com)
  • Aqueous solutions containing salts and organics represent the principal component of the human physiological fluids. (articlesfactory.com)
  • Once inside the human body, the larvae develop into adult worms in the lymphatic system. (who.int)
  • When the body is overheated (summer or in fever) water removes heat which abound through perspiration and in winter when the body suffers of cold, water adapts the body to keep warm blood around vital organs, causing capillaries to contract to save water losses (Buzea et al. (articlesfactory.com)
  • It then reacts to these stimuli by correcting the position of the body, the movement of limbs, and the rate at which the internal organs function. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The water helps in maintaining a constant body temperature by making the body thermoregulation. (articlesfactory.com)