Paul Sweeney

May 21, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Paul Sweeney |Claire Walsh |Simon Walker-Samuel |Rebecca Shipley

1 INTRODUCTION The microcirculation is a hierarchical structure of blood vessels consisting of arterioles, capillaries and venules. These vessels are typically classified as those with diameters < 300 $$ <300 $$ μm and by several distinctive characteristics, such as mural cell coverage1 and resistance to flow.2 Structurally, arterioles and venules form branching structures which supply and drain an interconnected, mesh-like network of capillaries with diameters < 10 $$ <10 $$ μm.

Jul 6, 2023 | heraldscotland.com | Paul Sweeney

Since the industrial revolution and pioneering of steam propulsion, generations of families have worked on the Clyde, and our other great rivers, to produce some of the most outstanding feats of naval architecture ever achieved by mankind. Despite that great heritage, its future is far from certain. The modern shipbuilding industry is increasingly specialised into naval and commercial sectors, and while the former may be performing well, the latter has experienced a dramatic decline.