The placenta is crucial for life. It is an ephemeral but complex organ acting as the barrier
interface between maternal and fetal circulations, providing exchange of gases, nutrients …

The placenta is pivotal for fetal development and maternal–fetal transfer of many
substances, including per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). However, the …

The performance of the placenta as a gas exchanger has a direct impact on the future health
of the newborn. To provide accurate estimates of respiratory gas exchange rates, placenta …

Filters whose porosity decreases with depth are often more efficient at removing solute from
a fluid than filters with a uniform porosity. We investigate this phenomenon via an extension …

Multi-scale structural assessment of biological soft tissue is challenging but essential to gain
insight into structure–function relationships of tissue/organ. Using the human placenta as an …

Introduction Placental transport is the main factor affecting the health and development of
the fetus. Due to the placenta's geometrical and mathematical complexity, the structure …

Filters that act by adsorbing contaminant onto their pore walls will experience a decrease in
porosity over time, and may eventually block. As adsorption will generally be greater …

The placenta is critical to fetal health during pregnancy as it supplies oxygen and nutrients to
maintain life. It has a complex structure, and alterations to this structure across spatial scales …

A model to describe the transport across membranes of chemical species dissolved in an
incompressible flow is developed via homogenization. The asymptotic matching between …

Abstract Background In a Japanese macaque model of diet-induced obesity, we have
previously demonstrated that consumption of a high-fat,“Western-style” diet (WSD) is …