Background: Recent studies have revealed that adiponectin, a novel adipocytokine, and its two receptors (AdipoR1 and AdipoR2) are involved in regulation of ovarian function in various farm animal species. The aim of this study was to investigate the gene expression pattern of Adiponectin and its receptors in ovarian cells of dominant (DFs) and non- dominant follicles (NDFs) in the bovine. Mater...

We investigate velocity statistics of an impurity immersed in a uniform granular fluid. We consider the cooling phase, and obtain scaling solutions of the inelastic Maxwell model analytically. First, we analyze identical fluid-fluid and fluid-impurity collision rates. We show that light impurities have similar velocity statistics as the fluid background, although their temperature is generally ...

In the present paper, effect of initial stresses on the propagation of Love waves has been investigated in a fluid saturated, anisotropic, porous layer lying in welded contact over a prestressed, non-homogeneous elastic half space. The dispersion equation of phase velocity has been derived. It has been found that the phase velocity of Love waves is considerably influenced by porosity and anisot...

Background The effect of the respiratory cycle on flow is well documented for cerebrospinal venous return [1] and CSF flow [2]. However, cranial phase contrast (PC) MR flow measurements neglect the influence of respiration. Breath-held acquisitions are possible, but mask physiological flow changes that occur during active respiration. Here we demonstrate a technique to evaluate the effects of a...

We present a pore-scale study of two-phase relative permeability in homogenous-wet porous media, and porous media altered to a mixed-wet state. A Shan-Chen type multicomponent lattice Boltzmann (LB) model is employed to determine pore-scale fluid distributions and relative permeability. Mixedwet states are created by altering the wettability of solid surfaces in contact with the nonwetting phas...

Farnesol interacts with membranes in a wide variety of biological contexts, yet our understanding of how it affects lipid bilayers is not yet complete. This study investigates how the 15-carbon isoprenoid, farnesol, influences the phase behaviour, lateral organization, and mechanical stability of dimyristol phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) model membranes. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of m...

We numerically calculate the equilibrium phase diagram of one-patch particles with 30% patch coverage. It has been previously shown that in the fluid phase these particles organize into extremely long tubelike aggregates (G. Munaò et al. Soft Matter 2013, 9, 2652). Here, we demonstrate by means of free-energy calculations that such a disordered tube phase, despite forming spontaneously from the...

We study the phase behavior of a two-component fluid in a pore with the walls modified by tethered chains. The walls are completely permeable for one component of the fluid and completely impenetrable for the second component. The fluid is perfectly mixed in a bulk phase. We have found that depending on the details of the model the fluid undergoes capillary condensation inside the pore and wett...

Recent studies have shown that relative permeability can be modeled as a state function which is independent of flow direction and dependent upon phase saturation (S), connectivity (X), fluid–fluid interfacial area (A). This study evaluates the impact each three parameters (S, X, A) in estimation permeability. The importance four separate quadrants S-X-A space was evaluated using machine learni...