valve
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The researchers therefore explored the possible biological mechanism in mice and human valve cells.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Current medical guidelines evaluate heart valve disease by considering symptoms, valve anatomy, the severity of the leak, imaging results, and how the heart and lung circulation are responding.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
But research published in 2023 suggests this chemical messenger may also influence a small structure that performs a vital job during every heartbeat: the mitral valve.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The team reviewed clinical information from more than 9,000 patients who had undergone mitral valve repair or replacement for DMR.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Well, I have had enough of this. I’m going into the parlor to watch the Yogi Bear program. Between wine breaks, bring me a snack of some sort. My valve is screaming for appeasement.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Repeated exposure to live P. gingivalis caused the bacteria to accumulate in the aortic valves of mice, leading to greater valve calcification and symptoms of aortic stenosis.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
That means parents will have few relief valves to make the payments manageable.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
In Frankfurt, Samson, a maker of industrial valves, expects around 450 of its approximately 2,000 German employees to retire within the next seven to eight years.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
He said the "unvarnished reality" was there had been no visual inspection scheme of air valves which showed a "systemic failure of governance" of South West Water.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
I opened the valves, hearing the sound of liquids rushing through the huge pipes.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Still today, the World Health Organization advises against using valved N95s.
From Slate ● May 20, 2022
"It was flushed into the drainage system that leads to an oil water separator that is valved off from the detention basin," Mura said.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2022
He immediately switched from the baritone horn, a valved instrument, to trombone.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2021
Mr. Sax patented his family of valved brass instruments in 1846, as militarism was sweeping Europe.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2015
He stood up, still chewing, put on his hieb, coat, and boots, and slipped otterlike out the self-sealing valved door.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
If he happens to lose it, he can, according to Diver Nohl, rise of his own accord by valving gas into the suit.
From Time Magazine Archive
New springs and valving quickly took care of any of the complaints associated with the stock stuff.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first modification was to soften up the high-speed valving in order to make the KTM handle better in choppy sections of the track.
From Time Magazine Archive
Much weight is saved by better fuel tanks, pumps, valving, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dean Moran, opposite, eyes clenched, lips valving open as a cobra slithers out, a shiny cobra of half-digested toffee apple, candy floss, and three of Fryer Tuck's All-American Taste-Tastic Hot Dogs, highly recommended, writhing longer.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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