Collocations withflow

These are words often used in combination withflow.

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adequate flow
Even should there be proliferation of fibrous tissue the chosen diameter of the stent should guarantee adequate flow to the systemic right atrium.
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annual flow
The end of peat cutting around 1960 meant the end of the annual flow of peat finds which necessitated pollen analytical treatment.
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arterial flow
With rewarming, consumption of oxygen increased but was significantly less than baseline values in spite of the renal arterial flow returning to baseline.
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axial flow
Note that the local criterion is not influenced by axial flow.
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blood flow
Although vasodilatation may improve peripheral blood flow, it may also cause shunting which can result in regional tissue hypoxia.
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circular flow
In general, one can observe that the action-perception cycle implies a bidirectional flow of energy between biological organisms and their environments as well as a circular flow of information.
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constant flow
This stability was reinforced by a constant flow of funds from international sources.
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continual flow
I am almost out of my wits and do not know how to stop this continual flow of visitors.
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continuing flow
The continuing flow of this aid will depend upon the maintenance of acceptable working practices.
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continuous flow
The positive pressure with continuous flow of protected gas inside the body endows the robot with explosion protection capability.
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debris flow
Reworking of debris flow deposits by marine currents produced the rippled bed tops.
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endless flow
There is an endless flow of documents, briefs, appreciations, drafts.
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flow battery
A flow battery is technically akin both to a fuel cell and an electrochemical accumulator cell (electrochemical reversibility).
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flow characteristics
These axial velocities provide a velocity profile at a particular cross-section of the pulmonary artery, thus describing blood flow characteristics across the vessel.
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flow component
The obstacle acts only on the rotational flow component through the mechanism of vortex stretching.
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flow cytometry
Resolution of fluorescence signals from cells labeled with fluorochromes having different lifetimes by phase-sensitive flow cytometry.
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flow measurement
For those concerned with flow measurement of fluids in pipes and open channels, this was an important conference and drew together many leading authorities from industry, government laboratories and universities.
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flow of electricity
We need to see the flow of electricity and consider where it wishes to go.
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flow pattern
One arose from strong vortex motions near the trailing edge of a device, and the other arose from erratic cross-stream movements of the flow pattern.
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flow rate
Eels were sampled in the main stream at both sites which were similar in flow rate, stream width and substratum.
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flow regime
In this flow regime an initially circular blob of fluid will deform without reaching equilibrium, eventually breaking by pinching off along the y -axis.
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flow separation
For these conditions a flow separation or 'breaking' of the second or third wave downstream of the original groove was a common occurrence.
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free flow
In normal breathing, the folds are held apart to permit the free flow of air.
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future flow
Those who are dropped lose access to the future flow of private goods, having gained a one-time large windfall payment from the new incumbent.
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gene flow
Thus, even if a homozygous hybrid genotype is fitter, it may be very unlikely to be established in the face of gene flow and recombination.
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increased flow
This cost varies dependent upon mode of operation due to the accommodation of increased flow rates.
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increasing flow
With the increasing flow of adult male migrants, women were recruited into departments with low wages.
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large-scale flow
These are due to small perturbations in the thermal boundary layers being swept into the plumes by the large-scale flow.
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mass flow
The downstream portion of the front also propagates upstream, and this accounts for the mass flow further downstream.
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massive flow
Hence, a unit-order lift coefficient and an optimum lift/drag ratio in the range 5-10 are attainable even in the presence of massive flow separation in this case.
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maximum flow
For determing the maximum flow velocities of blood through the aortic and pulmonary valves, systolic values were used.
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migratory flow
Efficient control of asylum applications and criteria is one of the means of stemming the migratory flow.
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minimum flow
It argued that, as for any new dam construction, this project required a minimum flow of water back to the river.
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narrative flow
What happens instead is a type of dialogue or interaction with the increasingly familiar and predictable narrative flow of the notes.
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natural flow
These eddies or waves would occur and interact randomly in space and time in a natural flow (without excitation).
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net flow
In particular, the total net flow from the active to the passive vertices is the same before and after the contraction.
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normal flow
Two years after surgery the child is clinically well, with no signs of pulmonary hypertension and with normal flow through the mitral valve.
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one-way flow
Unfortunately, this one-way flow is institutionally entrenched, historically from colonial times, and contextually within the broader framework of new public management and related reforms.
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optical flow
Some dimensions do coincide with "real" perceptual and response features, such as spatial localisation, movement direction, and optical flow.
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peak flow
Second, uniform guidelines for economic evaluations of asthmatics are needed to compare cost-effectiveness evaluations of self-management based on peak flow monitoring interventions.
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plasma flow
The existence of the coronal plasma flow is evident from the formation of the precursor pinch on the array axis.
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rapid flow
These systems exist far from thermodynamic equilibrium, where the rapid flow of energy toward equilibrium links elements into orderly arrangements.
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reduced flow
There were no cases of reduced flow into the side-branches of the pulmonary arteries.
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resource flow
A related but frequently neglected aspect of ecosystem development is that once a resource flow has been engineered the original pathway may be lost entirely.
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salivary flow
Medications, such as antihistamines and antidepressants, can also impair salivary flow.
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smooth flow
There is little obvious searching for expressions or avoidance strategies; only a conceptually difficult subject can hinder a natural, smooth flow of language.
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steady flow
There is a 'forbidden' intermediate speed range, within which steady flow may not be possible.
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supersonic flow
The high frequencies that are expected in supersonic flow fields necessitate an amplifier with a frequency response of several hundred kilocycles.
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tidal flow
A high degree of self re-infection is often indicated on farms that are situated in areas with weak tidal flow.
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turbulent flow
There have been a limited number of attempts at solving the radial outflow problem, for the case of turbulent flow, by numerical means.
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two-phase flow
We present here a two-phase flow model for flame-spreading and spatial variation in solid propellant ignition and combustion processes.
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two-way flow
There has been considerable two-way flow of information between conservation genetics and quantitative genetics.
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uninterrupted flow
We all know how important it is to have an uninterrupted flow and order book of standard types of manufacture.
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unsteady flow
The interior unsteady flow shows source-like behaviour at the corners.
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vertical flow
The area becomes temporarily inundated after heavy rains, indicating that the bedrock impedes the vertical flow of rainwater into the ground.
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volumetric flow
This motion always occurs during the accelerating period of the volumetric flow rate.
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