Role of Purinergic Receptor Expression and Function for Reduced Responsiveness to Adenosine Diphosphate in Washed Human Platelets.

Background: Washing of platelets is an important procedure commonly used for experimental studies, e.g. in cardiovascular research.

Analysis of particle strain in stirred bioreactors by drop breakage investigations.

Understanding of particle strain and drop breakage is relevant for various technical applications. To analyze it, single drop experiments in a breakage cell and evolving drop size distributions in an agitated system are studied. The mechanisms for particle strain and drop breakage are assumed to be comparable for the investigated turbulent flow regime.