DefinitionsThe movement of ocean water is one of the twoprincipal sources of discrepancy between dead reckonedand actual positions of vessels. Water in motion is called acurrent; the direction toward which it moves is called set,and its speed is called drift.
Human RBC precursors are obtained by (i) separating glycophorin A(+) (gly A(+)) cells using a magnetic cell sorting (MACS) technique and by (ii) ex vivo expansion of precursors BFU-E (burst forming unit-erythroid) on methylcellulose semi-solid culture media from mononuclear cells of cord blood.
nRBC. Nucleated red blood cells (nRBCs) are counted (regardless of technique, i.e. manual or automated) as white blood cells (WBC). For this reason, the obtained or measured âWBCâ count (from an analyzer or a hemocytometer) is actually a nucleated count which includes WBC and nRBC.RBC. Nucleated red blood cells (nRBCs) are counted (regardless of technique, i.e. manual or automated) as white blood cells (WBC). For this reason, the obtained or measured âWBCâ count (from an analyzer or a hemocytometer) is actually a nucleated count which includes WBC and nRBC.