A novel glandular epithelium lining the infrabuccal cavity and anterior pharynx is described in both workers and queens of the pharaoh's ant Monomorium pharaonis. The infrabuccal cavity, connected with the buccal tube, forms a ventral outgrowth of the anterior pharynx, and as such displays the tegumental lining with a cuticle and an epithelial layer. In its dorsal region, the cavity's epitheliu...

In this research attempts were made to estimate the in-situ stresses acting on a hydrocarbon reservoir based on routine activities of acid injection in oil reservoir. It was found that the relation between the re-opening pressure of fracture and principal in-situ stresses can be estimated using rock mechanics equations for the circular underground cavities. An appropriate relation between the m...

Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) technology makes it possible to evaluate changes in the stress-strain state (SSS) “tunnel lining-enclosing rock mass” system at a high level of interference, and create schemes long-term EMR control tunnels (geotechnical monitoring systems). The issues variations signals are extremely important for systems: based on anomalous deviations from normal regime one can...

reservoir characterization plays an important role in different parts of an industrial project. the results from a reservoir characterization study give insight into rock and fluid properties which can optimize the choice of drilling locations and reduce risk and uncertainty. delineating hydrocarbon bearing zones within a reservoir is the main objective of any seismic reservoir characterization...

After in vitro incubation with 3H-thymidine, the proliferation of synovial lining cells and fibroblasts was investigated in surgically-removed articular tissue. Under normal conditions, in nonrheumatoid arthritis and in osteoarthrosis, low proliferation rates for both cell types were observed. In rheumatoid arthritis, the rate of proliferation of both cell types was usually increased. An increa...

The chemical surfactant flooding can mobilize the trapped oil by lowering the interfacial tension between oil and brine and in some cases altering the reservoir rock wettability. In this work, the effect of surfactants on oil/brine interfacial tension was experimentally investigated. First, the effect of surfactants concentration was surveyed. Afterwards, the effect of salinity on surfactant be...

objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the translucency of resin-modified glass-ionomer cements (rmgic) and polyacid-modified composite resin (pcmr) over a period of one year. materials and methods: the study was done on three rmgic (fuji ii lc, photac-fil aplicap and vitremer) and one pcmr (dyract). a conventional gic (fuji cap ii) and two composite resins (tetric and z 100) were ...

  Littoral cell angioma is a splenic vascular tumor of splenic sinus lining cells that is considered benign in general. This report describes a case of littoral cell angioma with no malignant histological features. The lesion is composed of anastomosing vascular channels resembling splenic sinus; they are lined by endothelial cells which show mitotic activity very rare. Immunohistochemically, ...

Recent work in our laboratory with mouse radiation chimeras suggests that the macrophage type of synovial lining cell is derived from bone marrow. Further evidence for including this cell type in he mononuclear phagocyte system is now presented. Rosette formation with IgG coated sheep red cells, immunofluorescent staining for surface Ia antigens, and nonspecific esterase staining all show the p...

The steady flow of an electrically conducting, incompressible micropolar fluid in a narrow gap between two concentric rotating vertical cylinders, with porous lining on inside of outer cylinder, under an imposed axial magnetic field is studied. Beavers and Joseph slip condition is taken at the porous lining boundary. The velocity profiles, coefficient of skin friction on the cylinders are calcu...