(1) This hydrostatic pressure may well be the driving force for creating channels for acid and pepsin to cross the mucus layer covering the mucosal surface.
(2) Hydrostatic occlusion of arteries with 12 kPa (90 mmHg) for 30 sec did not affect endothelial morphology and fibrinolytic activity, but after occlusion for 5 or 20 min the endothelium in both arteries and veins was severely damaged.
(3) Comparison of these theoretical results with variations in reabsorption observed in micropuncture studies makes it possible to place upper and lower bounds on the difference between interstitial oncotic and hydrostatic pressures in the renal cortex of the rat.
(4) The direct measurement of adiposity, using hydrostatic weighing and other techniques, is not feasible in studies involving young children or with large numbers of older subjects.
(5) It expresses the ratio between the partial pressure of the dissolved gas and the reduction of hydrostatic pressure during ascent (given as pressure gradient).
(6) Since slight hydrostatic pressure on the subepithelial side suffices to reverse the net transfer, it is assumed that in vivo the filtration pressure of the capillaries is the motive force for net transfer into the lumen.
(7) To test this hypothesis, experiments were performed on this protein to determine its behavior under increased hydrostatic pressure and the effect of its concentration on aqueous surface tension.
(8) To assess the role of hydrostatic pressure in edema formation, we compared lung permeability-surface area products (PS) in papaverine-treated lungs given either protamine alone or PAF + protamine and tested the effect of mechanical elevation of Pmv on protamine-induced lung edema.
(9) The coefficient characterizing flows generated by hydrostatic pressure is substantially larger than that characterizing osmotic flows.
(10) Overall, 87% of patients with hydrostatic edema but only 60% of patients with increased permeability edema were correctly identified.
(11) The relatively small increase in Qlym with LTD4 suggests that the increase in the transvascular fluid filtration rate is the result of a rise in the pulmonary capillary hydrostatic pressure.
(12) The antibody-induced mesangial cell lysis at day 1 resulted in a significant decrease in glomerular ultrafiltration coefficient, leading to reduction in single nephron glomerular filtration rate (SNGFR) in spite of a significant increase in both glomerular hydrostatic pressure and single nephron plasma flow (SNPF).
(13) Quantification of theoretical and observed values for Jw and Psuc strongly suggests that effects of pH on both the osmotic and hydrostatic flux reflect a modification of the paracellular path.
(14) The pulmonary lymph flow was elevated, initially from hydrostatic pressure and later from increased permeability.
(15) Distention of the antral sleeve by hydrostatic pressure (3-25cm H2O) caused stepwise and significant increase in gastrin release that was reversible.
(16) The hydrostatic pressure relations are presented as the most essential genetic factor in the development of ascites for hepatogenic reason.
(17) With increasing hydrostatic pressure, the turbidity of an alpha-crystallin solution increases exponentially to a plateau at about 6000-8000 psi; upon release of pressure, the samples slowly return to their original turbidity level.
(18) Interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure (Pif) was measured with micropipettes during the acute edema generation that followed thermal skin injury in rats.
(19) These stimulatory effects of the hydrostatic pressure on DNA and GAG syntheses could be found when cultured chondrocytes were in a multilayer stage.
(20) Res., 39, 279-286] the pressure gradient of the endolymph between the cochlea and ES was calculated to be 71.5 mmHg at 38 degrees C. The contribution of the osmotic and hydrostatic pressure gradients of the endolymph to the longitudinal flow is discussed.
Static
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Statical
Example Sentences:
(1) The significance of the differences in these two patterns of actin is discussed in terms of differences in the accommodative ability and static lens shape in these two animals.
(2) Eddy current transducers measured relative displacements under application of static loads, serially applied in the axial, mediolateral, and craniocaudal directions.
(3) The influence of vestibular dysfunction upon the vestibulospinal reflex (VSR) in two common peripheral syndromes was investigated by two types of posturographic examination: "static" posturography, recording and analyzing the postural sway in stance, and "kinetic" posturography, recording the stepping in place test.
(4) The most important causal factor, well illustrated by pressure studies, was the presence of a dynamic or static deformity leading to local areas of peak pressure on insensitive skin.
(5) Tendon (T) and Hoffmann (H) reflexes were analyzed during static stretching (SS).
(6) We conclude that exposure for 20 min to a 1.5-T static magnetic field does not alter body and skin temperatures in man.
(7) These results were compared with perceptual judgments of "passability" under static and moving viewing conditions.
(8) These studies have revealed striking increases in arm and leg MSNA during static handgrip (SHG) and postexercise circulatory arrest (PECA).
(9) In addition to rapid motions, slow motions were detected by 1H spin-lattice relaxation time in the rotating frame (TH1 rho) and cross-polarization time (TCH), together with data from static spectra, indicating that the aliphatic portion of the detergent interacts more strongly with hydrophobic protein surfaces than do the polar heads.
(10) The static high count blood pool images of the deep venous system of the leg are readily interpretable and show good correlation with contrast venography.
(11) We used an endobronchial dividing tube to ventilate one lung with HFV and to keep the contralateral lung of the same dog static with an identical airway pressure, allowing each animal to serve as its own control.
(12) An alternative model suggests a sequential, rather than a static, decision-making process to relate the decision to have an additional child to the reproductive experience to date.
(13) The spin-spin relaxation time T2 may be estimated using multiecho pulse sequences, but the accuracy of the estimate is dependent on the fidelity of the spin-echo amplitudes, which may be severely compromised by rf pulse and static field imperfections.
(14) This is also the case with the static relaxation curve and the force recovery curve (inverse relaxation).
(15) From this special coding of the intended movement static and dynamic control signals can be derived.
(16) Skin displacement increased approximately linearly with increasing forces at the beginning of static stimulation, but over time (at least up to 20 sec), the relationship became negatively accelerated.
(17) The method involves a procedure in which the static pressure of the sample is altered in a short period of time, to approximate an adiabatic process, during which the ultrasonic velocity is measured.
(18) We did not observe any delay in bone-healing when the static method was used.
(19) Acuity for the direction of drift for these stimuli is of the same order of precision as orientation acuity for static or drifting gratings, and exhibits a meridional anisotropy that favours the principal meridians.
(20) As predicted by their static response, the activity of these receptors decreases during inspiration and increases during expiration and therefore it is out of phase with the discharge of the other airway stretch receptors.