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Biorheology - Volume 23, issue 2

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Biorheology is an international interdisciplinary journal that publishes research on the deformation and flow properties of biological systems or materials. It is the aim of the editors and publishers of Biorheology to bring together contributions from those working in various fields of biorheological research from all over the world. A diverse editorial board with broad international representation provides guidance and expertise in wide-ranging applications of rheological methods to biological systems and materials.

The aim of biorheological research is to determine and characterize the dynamics of physiological processes at all levels of organization. Manuscripts should report original theoretical and/or experimental research promoting the scientific and technological advances in a broad field that ranges from the rheology of macromolecules and macromolecular arrays to cell, tissue and organ rheology. In all these areas, the interrelationships of rheological properties of the systems or materials investigated and their structural and functional aspects are stressed.

The scope of papers solicited by Biorheology extends to systems at different levels of organization that have never been studied before, or, if studied previously, have either never been analyzed in terms of their rheological properties or have not been studied from the point of view of the rheological matching between their structural and functional properties. This biorheological approach applies in particular to molecular studies where changes of physical properties and conformation are investigated without reference to how the process actually takes place, how the forces generated are matched to the properties of the structures and environment concerned, proper time scales, or what structures or strength of structures are required.

Biorheology invites papers in which such 'molecular biorheological' aspects, whether in animal or plant systems, are examined and discussed. While we emphasize the biorheology of physiological function in organs and systems, the biorheology of disease is of equal interest. Biorheological analyses of pathological processes and their clinical implications are encouraged, including basic clinical research on hemodynamics and hemorheology.

In keeping with the rapidly developing fields of mechanobiology and regenerative medicine, Biorheology aims to include studies of the rheological aspects of these fields by focusing on the dynamics of mechanical stress formation and the response of biological materials at the molecular and cellular level resulting from fluid-solid interactions. With increasing focus on new applications of nanotechnology to biological systems, rheological studies of the behavior of biological materials in therapeutic or diagnostic medical devices operating at the micro and nano scales are most welcome.

Software Survey Section

Article Type: Editorial

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1986-23209

Citation: Biorheology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. I-III, 1986

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Editorial

Authors: Silberberg, A. | Copley, A.L.

Article Type: Editorial

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1986-23201

Citation: Biorheology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 89-89, 1986

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Roles of surface electrochemistry and macromolecular adsorption in heparin-induced red blood cell aggregation

Authors: Jan, Kung-ming

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Red blood cell (RBC) aggregation in heparin-saline solution was quantified by microscopic observation. The adsorption isotherms of heparin onto normal and neuraminidase-treated RBC surfaces were determined by radioactive heparin labeled with 125 I-Bolton-Hunter Reagent. RBC aggregation by heparin requires the presence of sialic acids at cell surface and was enhanced by reduction of ionic strength of the suspending medium. Adsorption of heparin onto RBC surface was increased by removal of sialic acids. These findings not only serve to elucidate the basic mechanism of cell-cell interaction mediated by negatively charged macromolecules, but also provide experimental evidence for the possible conformational change … Show more

Keywords: erythrocyte aggregation, heparin, sialic acids

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1986-23202

Citation: Biorheology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 91-98, 1986

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The hydrodynamic resistance of hyaluronic acid: Estimates from sedimentation studies

Authors: Ethier, C. Ross

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: The problem of estimating the permeability of hyaluronic acid as a function of concentration has been examined. A previously known method of obtaining permeability from sedimentation studies has been employed, and the results have been compared to those obtained from convection studies, in which solvent is forced through the hyaluronic acid. The two sets of results were seen to be at variance, which could be explained by a flow-induced polarization of the hyaluronic acid in the convection studies. The polarization phenomenon was described in terms of a convection-associated compaction balancing the hyaluronic acid’s intrinsic resistance to compression. Based on these … Show more

Keywords: hyaluronic acid, permeability, sedimentation, concentration polarization, modelling, extracellular matrix

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1986-23203

Citation: Biorheology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 99-113, 1986

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Initial filtration rate in the hemorheometre

Authors: Delatour-Hanss, E. | Koutsouris, D.

Article Type: Letter

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1986-23204

Citation: Biorheology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 115-117, 1986

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Techniques in biorheology

Authors: Stoltz, J.F. | Donner, M.

Article Type: Meeting Report

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1986-23205

Citation: Biorheology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 119-120, 1986

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Fifth Congress, French Society of Biorheology

Article Type: Abstract

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1986-23206

Citation: Biorheology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 121-148, 1986

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Second Conference, European Rheologists

Article Type: Abstract

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1986-23207

Citation: Biorheology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 149-158, 1986

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Book Review

Authors: Silberberg, A.

Article Type: Book Review

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1986-23208

Citation: Biorheology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 159-159, 1986

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