Sentences with phrase «of body surface area»

Calculating the body surface area of a dog is not practical however, and this is the reason why the quantitative evaluation of the metabolizable energy required by each individual dog (expressed as kilocalories of ME per day) is based on another more practical parameter, which however takes account of the body surface area: the metabolic weight (MW).

The percentage of body surface area affected is used to calculate the patient's fluid and nutritional needs, which can be enormous for those with severe burns.

Patients had psoriasis plaques covering three percent or more of their body surface area, despite standard - of - care treatment, which in some patients included anti-TNF agents.

«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.

Not exact matches

American football players are noted for their high sweat rates (> 2 liters / hour) due to large body surface area, protective equipment and intensity of play (11) The estimated fluid consumption for college players has been estimated to exceed 12 liters per day, so that high fluid intake has become indoctrinated within football culture.

The fact that children are smaller in size means that their skin presents a large surface area relative to their body weight for absorption of environmental substances.»

The deceased, according to a Senior Resident at the Korle Bu Reconstruction, Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, Dr. Nyigba Edem suffered a 100 per cent total body surface area burn, which means every part of the skin was badly affected.

In order to measure psoriasis severity, Gelfand and his team used body surface area (BSA), which measures the percentage of the body covered by psoriasis.

Further work needs to be done, too, in determining how best to deliver the treatment and in other areas, such as modifying the size and surface chemistry of the nanomedicine so that the body can accommodate it safely.

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

Scaling up by the animal's body surface area — another common way of comparing doses between species — might be more appropriate, he says.

Evaluation of the area where this lake existed shows the expansion and contraction of this groundwater - linked body of surface water.

The more the surface area of the body is covered by psoriasis, the greater the risk of death for the patient suffering from the condition, according to a new analysis by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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.

Large, densely populated urban areas are highly susceptible to exhausting heat waves exacerbated by the «heat island» effect in which once permeable, cooling surfaces like open land, bodies of water and vegetation have been replaced with surfaces that capture and retain heat like asphalt and concrete.

A paper on this study by Xiao and his team, «Divergent Trends of Open Surface Water Body Area in the Contiguous United States During 1984 to 2016,» has been published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

This new method of mobility expands the hydrogel's use as an environmental and biotechnological tool by allowing them to explore new areas such as surface waters to combat toxic elements, or cavities inside the human body.»

«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.

Using microelectrodes to monitor individual neurons in the brains of owl monkeys, he found that the somatosensory cortex has a complete topographical «map» of the entire body surface, in which adjacent areas of the map responded to body parts that were next to one another, such as the fingers.

Metastatic tumors develop when cancer cells spread from another area of cancer by breaking away from the primary tumor and traveling through the body by way of the blood, lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.

With an average surface area of more than 21 square feet and 6 % to 10 % of your body weight, your skin is actually your largest organ!

It's usually not metabolism that increases but some for of increased energy expenditure / heat production, unconscious movement, thermogenesis, metabolically active tissue etc... metabolism is more closely linked to size and body surface area, usually decreasing with weight loss and hence body size...

After all, covering an average surface area of thirty - two square meters, the size of half a badminton court, the gut represents the second largest interface between the external environment and the internal biochemical milieu of the body (Helander & Fandriks, 2014).

The more surface area of the silver, the more it can conduct electricity in the body.

Cellulite, the dimpled orange peel effect mainly seen on thighs and buttocks (but can also be found in other areas of the body), is caused by connective tissue (collagen fibers) becoming damaged, brittle or inflexible allowing pockets of fat to push up under the surface of the skin.

However, as I researched I learned that certain natural materials don't distribute a person's weight across the surface of the bed like intelli - Gel, nor do they support the recessed areas of the body.

The students made life - sized nets and maps of their bodies, calculated their surface areas and, by using agreed assumptions about how much area they needed for each body piercing, were able to calculate how many body piercings were possible.

Behind the hockey - stick trim is an area inflected to reflect light from above, another indication of real mastery of surfaces on this nice but undistinguished body.

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The surface area of the front condenser duct opening has been optimized to control airflow through the body's interior.

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.

Roughly 10 times the amount of oil than has been spilled in the Gulf of Mexico so far was released into a much smaller body of water (the Persian Gulf is less than 1 / 6th the size of the Gulf of Mexico by surface area and has an average depth of only 160 feet and a maximum depth of a mere 300 feet vs. a maximum depth in the Gulf of Mexico of 14,383 feet).

In this regard, it is worthwhile to remember that small size dogs have a body surface area that is proportionally greater than that of large and giant size dogs: this means that the calorie requirement per kg of body weight is higher in small size breeds than in large and giant breeds.

Because the surface area of a paw pad is so small, releasing heat exclusively from the pads is an inadequate means for cats to cool themselves and maintain normal body temperature.

Horses can suffer from «winter colic» because of a decrease of blood supply and function to the lining of their intestines, which is, if you think about it, another body surface area.

Since they are not equipped with the knowledge of proper pain treatment, they exercise behavioral mechanisms like non-use of an affected area (e.g., limping) or application of pressure (e.g., pressing a body part on a surface) to alleviate or avoid the pain.

You should know that smaller dogs have an increased risk of suffering from dehydration because of their high body surface - area - to - volume ratio.

Other signs depend on the organs involved and include lethargy, fever, weight loss, diarrhea, increased urination, anemia and / or the appearance of small areas of hemorrhage or bleeding on body surfaces.

(MHC) The major histocompatibility complexes are «sticky» areas on the surface of cells that chaperone the process by which the body recognize «self» and detect «other» or «foreign».

The reason panting is effective at cooling the dog is due to the surface area of the interior of the dog's mouth, relative to the size of his body.

In addition if large areas of the internal surface of the body are exposed, more heat is lost.

Because of their small amount of body fat, thin hair coat and large body surface area, Greyhounds are prone to low body temperatures during anesthetic procedures.

The resort extends over a surface area of approximately 35,000 m ² and consists of a central body, where the front office services, restaurants and offices are located.

Using her own body as subject and point of departure, Searle experiments with the surface of her skin, allowing it to be clad in layers of coloured and aromatic spices, leaving her bodily imprint on drifts of spices on the floor, or staining certain areas of her body with various substances, suggesting trauma, or damage.

Others, drawn over the surface of the paint, are used as a deliberate compositional device to add density and richness to the predominantly flatly - painted areas of the woman's body.

The Stefan — Boltzmann law states that the total energy radiated per unit surface area of a black body across all wavelengths per unit time (also known as the black - body emissive power) is directly proportional to the fourth power of the black body's absolute temperature.

The rate of energy radiated by a block body at temperature T Kelvins is proportional to the fourth power of T and the surface area A of the black body.