1. Pullets were given a control diet or a diet supplemented with a non-starch-polysaccharide hydrolysing enzyme preparation (NSP-enzyme) from weeks 6 to 14 of age to induce differences in the viscosity of the small intestinal ingesta. Half of each feeding group (n = 25) was infected with 250 embryonated Ascaridia galli eggs at an age of 6 weeks. 2. At 14 weeks of age, before the pullets were sl...

We present analytical solutions of the hydrodynamic resistance force a spherical particle experiences when it moves through a polymer solution containing nonadsorbing chains. Polymer depletion results in a reduced polymer concentration and fluid viscosity near the particle surface. The nonuniform physical properties in the fluid phase affect the transport behavior of a translating and rotating ...

OBJECTIVE To study the effect of Jianpi Huoxue Jiedu (JPHXJD) prescription on prevention of the postoperative metastasis of gastric cancer and to observe the changes of immunity and whole blood viscosity after treatment. METHODS JPHXJD prescription and chemotherapy were administered to the treated group for 12 successive months, while only chemotherapy was given to the control group. RESULT...

Fluid and macromolecule secretion by submucosal glands in mammalian airways is believed to be important in normal airway physiology and in the pathophysiology of cystic fibrosis (CF). An in situ fluorescence method was applied to measure the ionic composition and viscosity of freshly secreted fluid from airway glands. Fragments of human large airways obtained at the time of lung transplantation...

Thermoplastic properties of extruded sugar beet pulp (SBP) are closely linked to water–polymer relationships. DSC analyses of water evaporation, water fusion and biopolymer relaxation according to SBP moisture content gave a more accurate estimation of SBP hydration steps than classical water adsorption isotherm. Three moisture contents (8%, 26%, 41% db) were then defined as limits of the diffe...

Additives were tested for their ability to modify the rheology of lignocellulosic biomass. Additive types included water-soluble polymers (WSPs), surfactants, and fine particles. WSPs were the most effective rheological modifiers, reducing yield stresses of concentrated biomass by 60–80% for additive concentrations of 1–2 wt. % (based on mass of dry biomass solids). Yield stress and plastic vis...

Non-Newtonian viscosity of blood, i.e., the rise in apparent viscosity at low flow, was believed to be a result of reversible aggregation of red cells at low velocity gradients (shear rate). By making a cone-plate viscometer transparent, direct observation was made possible of the blood flowing under defined shear rates. Red cell aggregates, occurring in all cases at low flow, were reversibly d...

We discuss a cosmology in which cold dark-matter particles decay into relativistic particles. We argue that such decays could lead naturally to a bulk viscosity in the cosmic fluid. For decay lifetimes comparable to the present hubble age, this bulk viscosity enters the cosmic energy equation as an effective negative pressure. We investigate whether this negative pressure is of sufficient magni...

We study sphere rotation against viscous torque confined in a small space. Our new invention, the electromagnetically spinning sphere (EMS) viscometer measures liquid viscosity through the observation of sphere rotation driven by electromagnetic interaction in a noncontact manner. The lower limit of the measurable viscosity is determined from the ratio between the viscous torque and the mechani...

The haemorheological parameters haematocrit (Hct), plasma viscosity (PV), red cell aggregation (RCA), red cell filterability (RCF), apparent whole blood viscosity (WBV), and fibrinogen were measured in 31 patients with retinal artery occlusion (RAO), 25 patients with anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (AION), and 19 patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). The patient groups were compared wit...