The history of the intravenous therapy is less than a century old. Yet‚ it is well known that medication could be injected directly into the vein as early as the 1600’s‚ because of the lack of scientific methods‚ original attempts to deliver IV fluids and drugs met with little success. Two world wars brought in the era of modern IV therapy. However‚ the greatest advance in drugs‚ equipment‚ and procedures has occurred in the past 25 years. The first intravenous injections were experimented with in
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and non- Newtonian fluid experiment Seaker and non- Newtonian fluid experiment A non-Newtonian fluid is a fluid whose flow properties cannot be described by a single constant viscosity. An inexpensive‚ non-toxic example of a non-Newtonian fluid is a solution of corn starch (corn flour) and water‚ sometimes called oobleck. The application of force - for example by stabbing the surface with a finger‚ or rapidly inverting the container holding it - leads to the fluid behaving like a solid
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What of Embalming Fluids? Our earliest knowledge of when/where embalming first occurred was around over 5‚000 years ago in Egypt. Then‚ embalming was used for religious purposes and to keep the body from decaying until Christianity began to dominate; Embalming purposes were turned into being used for body preservation for dissection and studying. In the U.S though‚ there originally wasn’t any true way of embalming for funeral reasons. Originally we just used ice in order
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Fluid regulation Introduction Our kidneys keep the water in our bodies balanced‚ they do this by controlling the water concentration of blood plasma‚ the job of our kidneys is to control salt levels and control the excretion of urea. Water that is not returned to the blood is excreted in our urine. Why is fluid regulation important? Your body requires water for the cells‚ organs and tissues in the body‚ they use the water to help regulate body temperature and to maintain other functions in
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BPH – Tut # 2 Fluid Mechanics – University of Technology‚ Sydney – Engineering & IT Tutorial # 2 – Questions and Solutions Q.1 For the situation shown‚ calculate the water level d inside the inverted container‚ given the manometer reading h = 0.7 m‚ and depth L = 12 m. Q.2 (from Street‚ Watters‚ and Vennard) The weight density γ = ρg of water in the ocean may be calculated from the empirical relation γ = γo + K(h1/2)‚ in which h is the depth below the ocean surface‚ K a constant‚ and
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the control surface is the component of velocity normal to the control surface. If dS is an elemental area of the control surface‚ then the rate at which fluid volume is leaving across the control surface over that 5 Open channel hydraulics John Fenton elemental area is u · n dS ‚ and integrating gives ˆ Total rate at which fluid volume is leaving across the control surface = Z CS (1.1) u · n dS. ˆ If we consider a finite length of channel as shown in Figure 1-3‚ with
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Change in Pressure and Different Depths in a Static Fluid Lab Marcus Uchaker MET: 2050 January 26‚ 2012 Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to devise a correlation between that of the data we have collected from our experiment and compare it to that of theory. In this experiment 3 different tests were done in order to test this theory. The first test was to tie a balloon on the end of a manometer and measure the pressure at different depths in a large beaker filled with water. The next
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An example of a hydraulic structure is dam‚ which has two or more principal hydraulic structures; The main hydraulic structures in each dam are the spillways‚ outlet works and energy dissipators. 5 Introduction Previously in fluid mechanics‚ flow rate in pipes and ducts is controlled by various kinds of valves; However‚ in open channel flows‚ flow rate is controlled by partially blocking the channel; Example of hydraulic structures in any dam: Spillway/Weir : liquid flows
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INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of Study Vortex induced motion (VIM) or vortex induced vibration (VIV) is an object vibration influenced by the vortex shedding. When fluid flow across the blunt body‚ wake formed behind the bluff object and resulting in vortex shedding. Due to the long periods of motions‚ the vortex induced vibration will commonly refer as vortex induced motion. Vortex-induced motion is an important source of fatigue damage for blunt cylindrical body underwater especially
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which stage of life is the percentage of fluid in the human body highest? Infancy 2. In elderly individuals‚ 75% of body weight is made up of fluid. True False 3. When comparing two individuals of the same body weight‚ the one with more muscle and less fat will have a higher percentage of fluid in their body. 4. When comparing a lean adult female to a lean adult male‚ which will most likely have a higher percentage of body fluid? The Male 5. Fluid imbalances are more common in individuals
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