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pump

An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston.

For various kinds of pumps, see air pump, chain pump, and force pump; also, under lifting, Plunger, Rotary, etc. Circulating pump See well.

Origin: Akin to D. Pomp, G. Pumpe, F. Pompe; of unknown origin. The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body; he stood still, his heart thumping wildly.


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... create the ultimate super-computer we could selectively breed and artificially enhance people to have great thinkin abilities like savants, we can pump them full of sedatives and chemicals to keep them happy and stationary and hook their minds up to computers to process insane amounts of data, ...

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by robsabba
Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:28 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: What would you not do as a biologist
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What would you not do as a biologist

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by telanerv
Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:44 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: What would you not do as a biologist
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Re: PLEASE HELP!! Question about Biacore Q??

I have no idea what is used in the Biacore system, but if I needed a plunger for a syringe pump I'd check with Hamilton: http://www.hamiltoncompany.com/products/syringes/c/200/ Their parts show up in a lot of systems.

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by jonmoulton
Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:10 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PLEASE HELP!! Question about Biacore Q??
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Human artifical selection

... :) Of course, we're a long way from anything like this, but I think it could happen. It could all start from something as simple as a some kind of pump or device implanted to children in order to administrate certain drugs (like insulin) or maybe vaccines, immunotherapy or monoclonal antiboides ...

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by biohazard
Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:35 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Human artifical selection
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aerobic and anaerobic glucose degeneration in a cell

... the production of a proton gradient. During this process NADH and FADH2 donate electrons to ETC Complex 1 and 2. Complex 1 uses the electrons to pump hydrogen ions (protons) across the cristae membrane creating a proton gradient. Ubiquinone (Q) transports these "spent" electrons from ...

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by Jesse2504
Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:43 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: aerobic and anaerobic glucose degeneration in a cell
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