An active fluid is a densely packed soft material whose constituent elements can directly inject and dissipate energy. Examples include dense suspensions...
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Içana (fluid-S; upper Rio Negro, Brazil) Lokono In Mexico: Chocho and Amuzgo are active languages of the split-S type, with some verbs showing fluid-S alignment;...
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macroscopic viewpoint rather than from microscopic. Fluid mechanics, especially fluid dynamics, is an active field of research, typically mathematically complex...
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Fluidics, or fluidic logic, is the use of a fluid to perform analog or digital operations similar to those performed with electronics. The physical basis...
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magnetorheological fluid (MR fluid, or MRF) is a type of smart fluid in a carrier fluid, usually a type of oil. When subjected to a magnetic field, the fluid greatly...
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models, as well as computational studies of hydrodynamic equations of active fluids. Experiments on biological systems extend over a wide range of scales...
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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear, colorless transcellular body fluid found within the meningeal tissue that surrounds the vertebrate brain and spinal...
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In cell biology, extracellular fluid (ECF) denotes all body fluid outside the cells of any multicellular organism. Total body water in healthy adults is...
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The human body and even its individual body fluids may be conceptually divided into various fluid compartments, which, although not literally anatomic...
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A supercritical fluid (SCF) is a substance at a temperature and pressure above its critical point, where distinct liquid and gas phases do not exist,...
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The Fluid was an American rock band from Denver which formed in 1985, disbanded in 1993, but reconvened in 2008. The group cited the Rolling Stones and...
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and often also at elevated pressure or in the presence of chemically active fluids, but the rock remains mostly solid during the transformation. Metamorphism...
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(2018-01-31). "Generic Long-Range Interactions Between Passive Bodies in an Active Fluid". Physical Review Letters. 120 (5). American Physical Society (APS):...
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Semen (redirect from Seminal fluid)
Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is a bodily fluid that contains spermatozoa which is secreted by the male gonads (sexual glands) and other sexual organs...
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Flow control is a field of fluid dynamics. It involves a small configuration change to serve an ideally large engineering benefit, like drag reduction...
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Fluidized bed combustion (FBC) is a combustion technology used to burn solid fuels. In its most basic form, fuel particles are suspended in a hot, bubbling...
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Electrorheological (ER) fluids are suspensions of extremely fine non-conducting but electrically active particles (up to 50 micrometres diameter) in an...
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Hydropneumatic suspension (redirect from LDS fluid)
of air and hydraulic fluid. Active Body Control – ABC, is the Mercedes-Benz brand name used to describe hydropneumatic fully active suspension, that allows...
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Fluid balance is an aspect of the homeostasis of organisms in which the amount of water in the organism needs to be controlled, via osmoregulation and...
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Nusselt number (category Dimensionless numbers of fluid mechanics)
In thermal fluid dynamics, the Nusselt number (Nu, after Wilhelm Nusselt: 336 ) is the ratio of total heat transfer to conductive heat transfer at a boundary...
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primary categories of fluid warmers- those that warm fluids before use, typically warming cabinets, and those that actively warm fluids while being administered...
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Biological activity (redirect from Pharmaceutically active)
calcium phosphate deposits on the surface of objects placed in simulated body fluid, a buffer solution with ion content similar to blood. Chemical property...
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A hydraulic fluid or hydraulic liquid is the medium by which power is transferred in hydraulic machinery. Common hydraulic fluids are based on mineral...
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Microfluidics (redirect from Micro fluid)
forces for the fluid transport on the passive chips. Active microfluidics refers to the defined manipulation of the working fluid by active (micro) components...
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freezing point of water. For the same reason, it is also used as the active fluid in alcohol thermometers. Ethanol is a 2-carbon alcohol. Its molecular...
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Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) is the process of separating one component (the extractant) from another (the matrix) using supercritical fluids as the...
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Volcano (redirect from Active Volcano)
determined by the composition of the lava it erupts. The viscosity (how fluid the lava is) and the amount of dissolved gas are the most important characteristics...
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the primary visual cortex, dynamics of complex and active fluids, cellular biophysics, and fluid-structure interaction problems such as the flapping...
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Female ejaculation (category Body fluids)
Female ejaculation is characterized as an expulsion of fluid from the Skene's gland at the lower end of the urethra during or before an orgasm. It is...
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Intravenous therapy (redirect from Intravenous fluid)
therapy (abbreviated as IV therapy) is a medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein. The intravenous...
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