Sentences with phrase «increase surface area in»

Inca farmers used such terracing throughout the empire to control erosion and increase surface area in the Andean enclaves.

These structures help increase the surface area in the nasal cavities, increasing the nose's ability to cleanse and warm inhaled air.

Not exact matches

If the surface area were all that mattered, an animal's metabolism would increase as its size increased, at the rate q0 a M2 / 3 (two - thirds being the exponent in the surface are to volume relationship: S a V2 / 3), yet Kleiber's Law, instead, is obeyed even here, ie q0 aÊM3 / 4.

Studies have shown that grinding grains into flour increases the surface area upon which enzymes in the body can work to more.

Stuffing rolls are knots — because their irregular shape increases the surface area that can be coated with flavorful ingredients — covered in an herbed sausage and celery mixture.

Customized particle morphology modified cellulose (CPM MC) is designed to hydrate faster in a coating system (for full functionality), with a controlled level of spherical particles and distribution of particles, leading to increased surface area for better / faster hydration and a smoother film.

Saffitz points out one great reason to store in bags instead of containers: They take up less space in your freezer if you freeze them flat (not in a squishy lump blob), and they'll thaw quicker, thanks to the increased surface area.

Sure, you can use a knife... and I do, a lot of the time... but this little gadget makes heavy chopping for salads and soups almost fun, the pieces are in perfect little squares, which increases the surface area for more flavor, and also makes for beautiful presentations.

This increases the chip's surface area by 10 percent, but it cuts the power consumption in half.

Although some lakes can also absorb CO2 at their surfaces similar to the way oceans do, the increases in these other sources of organic and inorganic carbon are likely the dominant factor, says Scott Higgins, a research scientist at the International Institute for Sustainable Development's Experimental Lakes Area, a natural laboratory of 58 small lakes in Ontario.

Elastec, an established supplier of oil clean - up equipment based in Carmi, Illinois, won the competition with a system that overcame this problem by cutting groove patterns into the sides of the discs to increase the surface area.

«Psoriasis severity linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes: Measuring body surface area in psoriasis can identify highest risk cases, researchers say.»

Finally, the team grew the tissue in a three - dimensional system, which coaxed it into forming all the structures found in gut tissue, including the finger - like villi that protrude inwards to increase surface area, and recesses called crypts containing the intestinal stem cells that renew the gut lining weekly (Nature, DOI: 10.1038 / nature09691).

To increase the surface area surveyed, and quantify the largest pieces of plastic — objects that include discarded fishing nets several meters in size — a C - 130 Hercules aircraft was fitted with advanced sensors to collect multispectral imagery and 3D scans of the ocean garbage.

It also will expand impervious surfaces as precipitation is expected to increase in some areas.

In all of these applications, particle size is critical to the utility and function of oxide nanoparticles — decreased particles size results in increased surface area, which can significantly improve the performance of the oxide nanoparticlIn all of these applications, particle size is critical to the utility and function of oxide nanoparticles — decreased particles size results in increased surface area, which can significantly improve the performance of the oxide nanoparticlin increased surface area, which can significantly improve the performance of the oxide nanoparticle.

«As animals increase in size, the amount of body surface area per volume decreases — an ant has a lot of surface area and very little volume, and a blue whale is mostly volume with not much surface area» explains Labonte.

The researchers designed the electrodes at the nanoscale — thousands of times thinner than the thickness of a human hair — to ensure the greatest surface area would be exposed to water, which increases the amount of hydrogen the device can produce and also stores more charge in the supercapacitor.

«If ice caps and glaciers were to continue to crack and break into pieces, [the amount of] their surface area that is exposed to air would be significantly increased, which could lead to accelerated melting and much - reduced coverage area on the Earth,» Buehler said in a statement.

The study, which published today in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, is the first to link psoriasis severity to an increased risk of death using an objective measure of disease severity — called Body Surface Area (BSA)-- rather than treatment patterns, such as whether or not a patient was receiving oral, injectable or phototherapy treatment for the condition.

This increases the surface area of the metal in contact with water, generating a vigorous reaction.

As these stem cells divide, the cortex increases its surface area, expanding like an inflating balloon, says neuroscientist Victor Borrell of the Institute of Neurosciences of Alicante in Spain.

The protrusions, which biologists call microvilli, increase the surface area of cells and have a role in absorbing nutrients, for instance.

In simulations of the superfluid, the entropy of atoms (blue) entangled with one another (green) increases with the surface area of the sphere of particles (gray).

The resulting roughness increases the surface area of glass in contact with water, enhancing the attractive forces between the two and overcoming some of the surface tension.

By «crumpling» to increase the surface area of graphene - gold nanostructures, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign have improved the sensitivity of these materials, opening the door to novel opportunities in electronics and optical sensing applications.

Reductions in cortical surface area and increases in cortical thickness in Down syndrome relative to typical controls.

«According to climate predictions, annual precipitation is likely to decrease in the Southwest but increase in the eastern United States during the 21st century, therefore, the observed diverse trends of surface water body areas since 1984 could continue to occur in the future,» said Xiao.

During that period, 10 water - poor states in the southwest and northwest United States had statistically significant decreasing trends in surface water area, but 20 water - rich states in the southeast United States and the northern Great Plains had statistically significant increasing trends.

The inner wall of the small intestine is lined with epithelial tissue covered in wrinkles and folds from which villi — microscopic fingerlike pieces of tissue — project, increasing the surface area for absorption.

UHI effects have been documented in city environments worldwide and show that as cities become increasingly urbanised, increasing energy use, reductions in surface water (and evaporation) and increased concrete etc. tend to lead to warmer conditions than in nearby more rural areas.

The folds in the human brain form sulci (grooves) and gyri (ridges), adding to its surface area to maximize the number of cells that can pack into our skulls, and increasing the quantity of information we can process.

This chemical weathering process is too slow to damp out shorter - term fluctuations, and there are some complexities — glaciation can enhance the mechanical erosion that provides surface area for chemical weathering (some of which may be realized after a time delay — ie when the subsequent warming occurs — dramatically snow in a Snowball Earth scenario, where the frigid conditions essentially shut down all chemical weathering, allowing CO2 to build up to the point where it thaws the equatorial region, at which point runaway albedo feedback drives the Earth into a carbonic acid sauna, which ends via rapid carbonate rock formation), while lower sea level may increase the oxidation of organic C in sediments but also provide more land surface for erosion... etc..

Climate forcing in the LGM equilibrium state, relative to the Holocene, due to the slow feedback ice age surface properties, i.e., increased ice area, different vegetation distribution, and continental shelf exposure, was -3.5 ± 1 W / m2 (10).

The two CB1 - agonist complexes reveal important conformational changes in the overall structure, relative to the antagonist - bound state, including a 53 % reduction in the volume of the ligand - binding pocket and an increase in the surface area of the G - protein - binding region.

We have long - term experience in using atomic layer deposition (ALD) to increase the catalytic activity and long - term stability of high - surface area materials.

Today wheat is generally served finely ground, increasing its surface area 10,000 % and making it similar to sugar in the way our bodies recognize it.

Microvilli, which look like hairy fingers, exist in your intestines to increase the surface area and absorb nutrients.

Another option I've discussed before is to simmer the bones in red wine first, then add water, or to smash the bones in vinegar before cooking, increasing the surface area exposed to cooking.

As you move further away, the dual lasers expand as the target area increases to define accurately your measured surface in a virtual circle.

They include improving the first important chemical stage of carbohydrate digestion through the action of amylase, the physical breakdown of foods to increase its surface area to aid further digestion in the stomach and small intestines, and stimulating the taste buds, which sense food and immediately sends that information to the brain.

To increase the surface area, cross your leg over your knee in a figure four pattern.

So the first domino is good healthy mastication in the — in the mouth by chewing that increases surface area.

Studies have shown that grinding grains into flour increases the surface area upon which enzymes in the body can work to more quickly convert starch into glucose.

Every day new members are coming and your surface area is increasing accordingly in terms of the search area.

The sideskirts have also been further widened, a measure that has enlarged the overall surface area of the underbody — for another increase in downforce.

The increased surface area of the low - temperature radiator provides a 25 percent reduction in intake temperature and guarantees high power and torque output under all operating conditions and regardless of the outside temperature, even when the engine is operating at full load.

Aluminum heads and cylinder blocks feature special cast - in «spiny» cylinder liners to improve liner stability and cooling by increasing surface contact area with the cylinder head.

• More robust rotating and reciprocating assemblies - this includes a larger diameter crankshaft with larger connecting rod journals and a increased bearing surface area, fractured cap forged and sintered powdered metal alloy connecting rods, cast aluminum «remelted» pistons (bowl rim of piston crown is reheated after being cast in order to reduce grain size and create a more consistent grain structure).

New measures taken to improve cabin quietness include an Acura SUV - first application of sound - absorbing acoustic spray foam in 12 body cavities, a 15 percent increase (by surface area) in sound - deadening material, the use of triple door seals and upgraded glass (thicker or acoustic laminated) all around.