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capillary
capillary In the blood-circulation system of vertebrates, the narrowest blood vessel, with walls only one cell thick, through which molecules can pass to transfer oxygen and nutrients to cells and to remove waste products.
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Capillary electrophoresis: the newest analytical separation technique.
Magazine article from: Canadian Chemical News; 2/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...see Figure 1). Capillary electrophoresis is performed using capillaries 50um - 100um in...The fused silica capillaries are coated with...separations, both capillary ends are placed...varying diamter capillaries to increase sensitivity...applied across the capillary, current is ...
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Capillary tube sizing charts for fluorine-based refrigerants.
Magazine article from: ASHRAE Transactions; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...selection charts for the sizing of adiabatic capillary tubes operating with alternative refrigerants...energy, and momentum of fluids in the capillary tube. After the developed model is validated...parameters are proposed for sizing adiabatic capillary tubes. The selection charts are presented...
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Pulmonary "capillary" wedge pressure not the pressure in the pulmonary capillaries.
Magazine article from: Chest; 10/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...pressure in the pulmonary capillaries. Their report led...as the pulmonary "capillary" wedge pressure...measured pressure was capillary pressure, because...reflected from beyond the capillaries. Next, they wedged...would also measure capillary pressure; however...
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Choosing capillaries for fine pitch bonding.
Magazine article from: Solid State Technology; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...and bottlenecked capillaries with smaller tip diameters...interference between the capillary, as it is bonding...interference between the capillary and adjacent ball bonds...Conventional bottle-necked capillaries have been unable to...degrees] C). New capillary designs - with their...
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Capillary electrophoresis and the pharmaceutical industry: a new era.
Magazine article from: Canadian Chemical News; 9/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...TLC, GC and HPLC. The development of capillary electrophoresis (CE) has proven to...chromatography (HPLC) and high-performance capillary electrophoresis (HPCE) appear to be...mechanism of separation. High-Performance Capillary Electrophoresis HPLC has undergone tremendous...
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Are pulmonary capillaries susceptible to mechanical stress? (The Thomas L. Petty 36th Aspen Lung Conference: Acute Lung Injury)
Magazine article from: Chest; 3/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...the fact that capillaries bulge into the alveoli at high capillary transmural...of pulmonary capillaries increases at...or not the capillary wall fails...of pulmonary capillaries consistently occurs at a capillary transmural...
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Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis: A unique feature of congestive vasculopathy associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...those of pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis...proliferation of capillaries was seen chiefly...engorgement of alveolar capillaries with interstitial...feature of alveolar capillary proliferation...diffusely proliferating capillaries, as well as edema...involved by the capillary proli
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Rheological Approach to the Capillary Penetration of Coating Into Wood.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Coatings Technology; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...solventborne binders into the capillaries of wood was studied...surface tension, and capillary pressure according...polymeric liquids into the capillary pore structure of wood...containing liquid into cell capillaries of wood. The factors...experimentally. The capillary penetration ...
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The Place of Capillary Electrochromatography Among Separation Techniques-A Review
Magazine article from: Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...chromatography (HPLC) and capillary electrophoresis (CE): capillary electrochromatography...involves packing CE capillaries with HPLC stationary...voltages and narrow bore capillaries have emerged (1). They include capillary electrophoresis...
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CORRELATION OF CAPILLARY AND VENOUS BLOOD GLUCOMETRY WITH LABORATORY DETERMINATION
Magazine article from: Prehospital Emergency Care; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...often obtained for analysis using the capillary glucometer. A drop of venous blood from...correlation between the glucose levels of the capillary fingerprick sample analyzed by the glucometer...two samples; because provision of the capillary blood glucose sample was voluntary...
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Capillaries
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...of microscopic capillaries. Substances move in and out of the capillary walls as the blood...leaving the tissues, capillaries unite into venules...fenestrations. Capillaries form functional units known as capillary beds and these...
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Capillary action
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Capillary action Capillary action, also known as capillarity, is the intermolecular attraction...liquid rise to a lesser degree. The force with which water is held by capillary action varies with the quantity of water being held. Water entering...
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capillary
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
capillary ( blood capillary ) The narrowest type of blood vessel...the vertebrate circulatory system. Capillaries conduct blood from arterioles to...them into the surrounding tissues. Capillaries also transport waste material (e...
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capillary action
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
capillary action( capillarity ) The process by...direction through the fine (i.e. capillary) pores of the soil, under the influence...Soil moisture in this state is known as capillary moisture . It exists as a film or skin...
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capillary moisture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
capillary moisture( capillary water ) Moisture that is left in the soil, along with hygroscopic...water vapour, after the gravitational water has drained off. Capillary moisture is held by surface tension (known in the US as ‘...
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