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Physiologically, the inner and outer epidermides have independent hilar valve control. The outer epidermis has columnar-shaped cells, annularly arranged about the hilum. These counter palisade cells, being hygroscopic, respond to external humidity by swelling and closing the hilar valve during high humidity, preventing water absorption into the ...
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Hygroscopy is (i)"the act of sorption of water vapor by a body" and/or (ii) "the measurement of hygroscopicity" (c.f. microscopy); hygroscopicity is the (quantitative) measure of a bodies ability to sorb water vapor, the "hygroscopicness" if you like.
A downtown Los Angeles building made famous as the setting of an album cover photo for the legendary rock band the Doors was heavily damaged after fire broke out Thursday morning. The building ...
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Bourbon Street has long been party central, and little changed in the hours after Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Friday outlined the direct link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk.
The Federal Reserve Board in Washington and its 12 regional reserve banks across the US employed about 24,000 people last year. The vast majority — more than 86% — of staff work out of the ...
An Evans balance, also known as a Johnson Matthey magnetic susceptibility balance, is a scientific instrument used to measure the magnetic susceptibility of solids and liquids. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Magnetic susceptibility quantifies the extent to which a material becomes magnetized in an applied magnetic field .