(n.) An instrument for measuring currents, especially the force or intensity of electrical currents; a galvanometer.
(n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood current in the arteries.
Example Sentences:
(1) The viscosity of these materials were measured by using the Ishida-Giken cone and plate high shear rheometer.
(2) By means of an oscillating capillary rheometer and densimeter, the viscous and elastic parts of the complex viscosity of whole blood and plasma were measured from the ipsilateral internal jugular vein in 17 patients with unilateral occlusive carotid lesions during different stages of carotid endarterectomy.
(3) Samples of purified filamentous actin were sheared at 0.2 sec-1 in a cone and plate rheometer.
(4) Apparent whole blood viscosity was measured in the DEER-rheometer (0.01 Pa less than tau less than 2.9 Pa) at 10 degrees C, 20 degrees C, 30 degrees C and 37 degrees C. The instrument was calibrated for each temperature to correct for changes in viscometer geometry.
(5) With the Low Shear 30 rheometer and its accessory instruments, four torque decay curves of whole human blood from a healthy young man were recorded at shear rate 1.285, 1.747, 2.37 and 3.23 s-1 respectively for pretesting.
(6) This study measured the thixotropic parameters of whole blood from 314 healthy subjects (154 women, 160 men) with our modified method by Low Shear-30 Rheometer according to Huang's equation.
(7) The apparatus used in this investigation is the oscillating rheometer modifiied by Inoue and Wilson (1977).
(8) The behavior of a newly developed damped oscillation type rheometer was analyzed for fibrinogen solution and blood during coagulation.
(9) Afterward, blood samples were obtained through a central venous catheter and evaluated by a new instrument (oscillating capillary rheometer and densitometer).
(10) The apparent viscosity at 22 degrees C was found using a Couette-type rheometer over the range of shear rate 2-160 sec-1.
(11) The rheological properties are evaluated by means of an oscillating-flow capillary-rheometer where the viscous (eta') and elastic (eta") component of the complex viscosity (eta) is measured at a constant frequency of 2 Hz.
(12) The physical properties of deoxyhemoglobin S gels formed from solutions at concentrations and temperatures approaching those in vivo have been characterized by stress relaxation using a rotational rheometer.
(13) Whole blood viscosity and plasma viscosity were determined by Rheometer LS30 which allows measuring whole blood and plasma viscosity in the middle and low shear rate ranges.
(14) The viscoelastic properties of the red cells were studied at oscillatory flow using an oscillation rheometer.
(15) We used a cone and plate rheometer to evaluate the mechanical properties of actin over a wide range of oscillation frequencies and shear rates.
(16) A rheometer with innovative features aimed at bronchial mucus routine investigation in clinical practice at the bedside of the patient has been designed.
(17) The methods evaluated were: (i) probing following American Society for testing materials specification, F451-76; (ii) hole penetration following British Standard, 2487: 1989 and International Standard Organisation, 1567: 1988; (iii) probing using a penetrometer employing a 20 g load and 1 mm diameter needle; (iv) oscillating rheometer apparatus used at a fixed frequency of 1 Hz by sweeping through a programmed linear increase in strain.
(18) Direct measurement of storage and loss moduli were made using two rheometers of different design.
(19) Rheometer setting time (gelation rate) and puncture force values for the intra-oral gelation materials were influenced by the quantity of ethyl alcohol present in the mixing liquid.
(20) A capillary extrusion rheometer was developed and tested using Newtonian oils of known viscosity and seven endodontic sealers.
Viscosity
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being viscous.
(n.) A quality analogous to that of a viscous fluid, supposed to be caused by internal friction, especially in the case of gases.
Example Sentences:
(1) Arginine vasopressin further reduced papillary flow in kidneys perfused with high viscosity artificial plasma.
(2) Erythrocyte filterability, blood viscosity, changes in the blood picture, and three blood coagulation factors (antithrombin III, protein C, and fibrin monomers) were investigated.
(3) Plasma viscosity in types IIa, IV and IIb was found to be significantly higher than in the control group.
(4) The penetration coefficient, determined by the surface tension, contact angle and viscosity, is a measure of the ability of a liquid to penetrate into a capillary space, such as interproximal regions, gingival pockets and pores.
(5) Essential characteristics of the composite bone cement included a homogeneous and uniform fiber distribution, and a minimal increase in apparent viscosity of the polymerizing cement.
(6) It appears that the viscosity of the arterial wall must be the major source of attenuation in the larger arteries, while the viscosity of the blood plays a significant role only in the smaller vessels.
(7) Changes in the determinants of blood viscosity (packed cell volume, plasma viscosity, red cell aggregation, and red cell deformability) were studied on day 1 and day 5.
(8) Rabbits, affected by acute bronchitis, treated orally with the title compounds showed a considerable reduction of the viscosity of the bronchial mucus.
(9) Its isoelectric point is at pH 11.1 and intrinsic viscosity is 0.038 dl g-1 in 0.2 M NaCl.
(10) When investigating the system of hemostasis in patients with RA accompanied by systemic manifestations, the authors noted a tendency to blood hypercoagulation which closely correlated with the rise in blood viscosity.
(11) Statistical analysis showed a direct correlation between blood viscosity and hematocrit.
(12) Parameters of whole blood viscosity decreased significantly, while plasma viscosity remained unchanged.
(13) There was a significant correlation between progressive deterioration of the peripheral circulatory disturbance and the initial blood viscosity, the plasma fibrinogen level, and the susceptibility of red cell lipids to autoxidation.
(14) A Bernoulli 'free-fall' numerical model is shown to reproduce the principal features of such casting, with some evidence of viscosity limitation of the turbulent flow at long casting lengths.
(15) It appears that channel catfish B cell mIg capping, presumably a requisite for immune function, can be significantly affected by environmental temperatures; most likely such effects are attributable to changes in plasma membrane viscosities.
(16) The viscosity and the colloid osmotic pressure of both solutions were also the same.
(17) The results revealed a significant rise in whole blood viscosity after dialysis.
(18) The curves of relation of blood pressure versus blood viscosity in the hypertension patients' group showed "M" shape.
(19) Plasma viscosity can be increased by adding certain solutes.
(20) In patients with secondary polyglobulia we found a slightly increased plasma viscosity and an increase of the aggregation of the erythrocytes without decrease of their deformability.