We investigate the mechanism of aggregation of red blood cells (RBC) in capillary vessels. We use a discrete-particle model in 3D to model the flow of plasma and RBCs within a capillary tube. This model can accurately capture the scales from 0.001 to 100 microm, far below the scales that can be modeled numerically with classical computational fluid dynamics. The flexible viscoelastic red blood ...

This paper provides new physical insight into the coupling between flow dynamics and cavitation bubble cloud behaviour at conditions relevant to both inception more complex phenomenon of “choking” using a multiphase compressible framework. Understanding process parameters that determine its break-off frequency is important for control phenomena such as structure vibration erosion. Initially, ro...

Experiments 1-2 examined generic knowledge and episodic memories of putting in novice and expert golfers. Impoverished episodic recollection of specific putts among experts indicated that skilled putting is encoded in a procedural form that supports performance without the need for step-by-step attentional control. According to explicit monitoring theories of choking, such proceduralization mak...

We performed an independent study to determine whether the anti-choking device, LifeVac, is capable of removing a food bolus from an obstructed airway when the potential for choking as a medical emergency exists. The LifeVac is a non-powered, single patient, portable suction apparatus (anti-choking device) developed for resuscitating choking victims when standard current choking protocol has be...

The "choking game" is defined as self-strangulation or strangulation by another person with the hands or a noose to achieve a brief euphoric state caused by cerebral hypoxia. Participants in this activity typically are youths. Serious neurologic injury or death can result if strangulation is prolonged. In recent years, news media reports have described numerous deaths among youths attributed to...

Power plant boiler had no arrangement of measure the coal pipe temperature in a continuous basis, though it is an important parameter for any coal fired large boiler. As pulverized coal flows through the long coal-pipe by the help of flow of hot air as a carrier, coal pipe temperature is only the measurement of the coal flow through the pipe to boiler. Low temperature indicates improper flow of...

OBJECTIVE Previous research has recommended education for parents, teachers, and anticipatory guidance by pediatricians regarding participation in the so-called choking game, a potentially fatal behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine possible associations between selected demographic variables and risk behaviors with youth engagement in the choking game on the basis of secondary dat...