Some twenty‐five years after they first came to prominence as alternative electrochemical
solvents, room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) are currently being employed across an …

The kidney is faced with unique challenges for oxygen regulation, both because its function
requires that perfusion greatly exceeds that required to meet metabolic demand and …

Renal blood flow, local tissue perfusion and blood oxygen content are the major
determinants of oxygen delivery to kidney tissue. Arterial pressure and segmental vascular …

In this chapter, the authors propose a somewhat more complex framework, which they
believe is sufficiently comprehensive and flexible to represent a wider range of relationships …

BACKGROUND The question addressed in this book, Why are some people healthy and
others not?, has generated a vast academic literature, spanning many disciplines and many …

Abstract Particle-in-cell (PIC) methods have a long history in the study of laser-plasma
interactions. Early electromagnetic codes used the Yee staggered grid for field variables …

The professional relationship arises from the significant information differential between
physician and patient, and permits the physician to exert direct, non-price influence on the …

Efficient water management is a major concern in many cropping systems in semiarid and
arid areas. Distributed in-field sensor-based irrigation systemsoffer a potential solution to …

Modern high-power lasers can generate extreme states of matter that are relevant to
astrophysics, equation-of-state studies and fusion energy research,. Laser-driven implosions …

Thirty‐six patients underwent curative resection of a primary pancreatic carcinoma from
January 1977 to September 1987; 26 had Whipple resections, seven had total …