green fig, which is usually consumed as dry fruit, is one of the important non-oil export agricultural commodities of iran. in this study, some important physical properties of green figs including geometric mean diamter, sphericity, porosity, particle and bulk density and pressure drop across a thin bed were measured at constant moisture content of 6% (dry basis). air flow ranges used in this ...

-It is widely accepted that the early phase of primary hypertension is characterized by elevated cardiac output, whereas in later stages the increased blood pressure is due to increased peripheral resistance. To study long-term effects of increased blood flow on peripheral resistance, structural adaptation of microvascular networks in response to changes in blood flow was simulated using a prev...

Resistance to blood flow through peripheral vascular beds strongly influences cardiovascular function and transport to tissue. For a given vascular architecture, flow resistance is determined by the rheological behavior of blood flowing through microvessels. A new approach for calculating the contribution of blood rheology to microvascular flow resistance is presented. Morphology (diameter and ...

Observations of blood flow in microvascular networks have shown that the resistance to blood flow is about twice that expected from studies using narrow glass tubes. The goal of the present study was to test the hypothesis that a macromolecular layer (glycocalyx) lining the endothelial surface contributes to blood flow resistance. Changes in flow resistance in microvascular networks of the rat ...

This study was designed to define more accurately the respective influences of perfusion pressure and flow on coronary resistance. Resistance in a coronary branch, perfused at constant flow, was reduced immediately following temporary perfusion arrest. Large epicardial arteries did not appear to take part in this reaction. In the first 10 to 15 seconds after flow was restored, resistance for th...

abstract for investigating the effect of bed form in alluvial channels on the amount of bed load transport, a set of experiments was carried out in a tilting flume under unsteady flow conditions (hydrograph). the produced hydrographs were in triangular form with a maximum discharge of 30 to 45 lit/s/m. three size of sediment particles were used with equal to 1.5, 2.1 and 3.0mm, clear water with...

Supplemental O2 reduces cardiac output and raises systemic vascular resistance in congestive heart failure. In this study, 100% O2 was given to normal subjects and peak forearm flow was measured. In experiment 1, 100% O2 reduced blood flow and increased resistance after 10 min of forearm ischemia (flow 56.7 +/- 7.9 vs. 47.8 +/- 6.7 ml.min-1.100 ml-1; P < 0.02; vascular resistance 1.7 +/- 0.2 vs...

At cardiac catheterization, the effect of isoproterenol on coronary blood flow was compared in six patients with normal coronary arteries and normal left ventricular function, and eight patients with angiographically defined coronary lesions. Coronary blood flow was measured by selective coronary artery injection of xenon-133 and external monitoring of disappearance curves with a dual probe, di...

At cardiac catheterization, the effect of isoproterenol on coronary blood flow was compared in six patients with normal coronary arteries and normal left ventricular function, and eight patients with angiographically defined coronary lesions. Coronary blood flow was measured by selective coronary artery injection of xenon-133 and external monitoring of disappearance curves with a dual probe, di...

Hindered barrier function has been implicated in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis, a disease of focal nature associated with altered hemodynamics. In this study, endothelial permeability to macromolecules and endothelial electrical resistance were investigated in vitro in monolayers exposed to disturbed flow fields that model spatial variations in fluid shear stress found at ar...