Other factors that affect liquid flow rate include the liquid's viscosity and density, and the friction of the liquid in contact with the pipe. Direct measurements of liquid flows can be made with positive-displacement flowmeters. These units divide the liquid into specific increments and move it on.
And while the number of people dying while waiting for an organ transplant has decreased from 614 in 2011 to 469 in 2014, there have still been 195 individualsâ deaths this year after patients failed to find a donation in time.
117,000 men, women and children await lifesaving organ transplants. 1  Even the largest football stadium in the US could not fit the number of patients on the national transplant waiting list. 2  another person is added to the national transplant waiting list. 3  occur every year in the U.S. because organs are not donated in time.