( See also blood diamond.

KEO will also carry a diamond that encases a drop of human blood chosen at random and samples of air, sea water, and earth.

" The documentary focused on the role of Hip Hop in the blood diamond trade, after the filming concluded Calderón publicly announced that he would no longer wear jewelry.

Pratt also introduced the first legislation in Canada to certify diamonds under the United Nations sanctioned Kimberley Process to stop the trade in blood diamonds and to protect the integrity of the Canadian diamond industry.

The biggest pure red diamond ( flawless ) (" pigeon blood red ") in the world was found here in 1927.

Although some point to diamond fields ( blood diamonds ) as the real motivating factor of the Kamajors, they played a major role in the march toward Sierra Leonean stability.

The younger men, Vere, and Pembroke, who was also Edward's cousin and whose Lusignan blood gave him the swarthy complexion that caused Edward of Carnarvon's irreverent friend, Piers Gaveston, to nickname him `` Joseph the Jew '', were relatively new to the game of diplomacy, but Pontissara had been on missions to Rome before, and Hotham, a man of great learning, `` jocund in speech, agreeable to meet, of honest religion, and pleasing in the eyes of all '', and an archbishop to boot, was as reliable and experienced as Othon himself.

It is also possible to utilize a pressure transducer, mounted at the end of a catheter which is inserted into the heart's left ventricle, to indicate the blood pressure in the heart itself.

In type 3 the bronchial artery also provides blood directly to the alveolar capillary bed.

During the Brown trial, however, the state's most powerful Democratic newspaper, the Providence Daily Post, stated that Brown was a murderer, a man of blood, and that he and his associates, with the assistance of Republicans and Abolitionists, had plotted not only the liberation of the slaves but also the overthrow of state and federal governments.

The non-identity of serum and red blood cell arylesterase was also established.

But the Septuagint ( the Greek translation of the Old Testament ) adds that " pigs " also licked his blood.

From his blood sprang a red flower, as at the death of Hyacinthus, which bore on its leaves the initial letters of his name Ai, also expressive of lament.

A search for the author of the publications uncovered the whole plot, yet Aron was only banished due to his connection of the royal line of Bulgaria, whose blood also flowed in the veins of the empress Irene.

It entails manifold types of meat, which are generally eaten as follows: achuras ( offal, or the cow's inner parts ), morcilla ( blood sausage ,) and sometimes also a provoleta ( a piece of provolone cheese cooked on the grill with oregano ) are eaten first.

Ayahuasca also has cardiovascular effects, moderately increasing both heart rate and diastolic blood pressure.

The system in general aims to increase blood pressure by increasing the amount of salt and water the body retains, although angiotensin is also very good at causing the blood vessels to tighten ( a potent vasoconstrictor ).

Sodium is a " water-holding " ion, so water is also retained, which leads to increased blood volume, hence an increase in blood pressure.

Captopril is also the only ACE inhibitor which is capable of passing through the blood – brain barrier, although the significance of this characteristic has not been shown to have any positive clinical effects.

A number of harmful and undesired ( adverse ) effects have been observed, including lowered life expectancy, extrapyramidal effects on motor control – including akathisia ( an inability to sit still ), trembling, and muscle weakness – weight gain, decrease in brain volume ( although this is being debated, since schizophrenia, which is often treated with antipsychotics, also causes a shrinkage of brain volume ), enlarged breasts ( gynecomastia ) in men and milk discharge in men and women ( galactorrhea due to hyperprolactinaemia ), lowered white blood cell count ( agranulocytosis ), involuntary repetitive body movements ( tardive dyskinesia ), diabetes, sexual dysfunction, a return of psychosis requiring increasing the dosage due to cells producing more neurochemicals to compensate for the drugs ( tardive psychosis ), and a potential for permanent chemical dependence leading to psychosis worse than before treatment began, if the drug dosage is ever lowered or stopped ( tardive dysphrenia ).

* Clozapine also has a risk of inducing agranulocytosis, a potentially dangerous reduction in the number of white blood cells in the body.

An AVM lacks the dampening effect of capillaries on the blood flow ; it also causes the surrounding area to be deprived of the functions of the capillaries — removal of and delivery of nutrients to the cells.

The line " There's this to say for blood and breath ,/ they give a man a taste for death " supplies the title for Peter O ' Donnell's 1969 Modesty Blaise thriller, A Taste for Death, also the inspiration for P. D. James ' 1986 crime novel, A Taste for Death, the seventh in her Adam Dalgliesh series.

Bay leaf has also been shown to help the body process insulin more efficiently, which leads to lower blood sugar levels, and to reduce the effects of stomach ulcers.

The blood cells are mainly red blood cells ( also called RBCs or erythrocytes ) and white blood cells, including leukocytes and platelets.

Medical terms related to blood often begin with hemo-or hemato-( also spelled haemo-and haemato -) from the Greek word ( haima ) for " blood ".

The foam from his genitals gave rise to Aphrodite ( for which reason she is called " foam-arisen "), while the Erinyes ( furies ) emerged from the drops of blood.

The thickness of the aorta encourages an extensive network of tiny blood vessels called vasa vasorum, which feed the outer layers of the aorta.

Antibodies are produced by a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell.

One mechanism for maintaining the blood pressure is the release of a protein called renin from cells in the kidney ( to be specific, the juxtaglomerular apparatus ).

The resulting tangle of blood vessels, often called a nidus ( Latin for " nest ") has no capillaries and abnormally direct connections between high-pressure arteries and low-pressure veins.

In vertebrates, it is composed of blood cells suspended in a liquid called blood plasma.

Insects and some mollusks use a fluid called hemolymph instead of blood, the difference being that hemolymph is not contained in a closed circulatory system.

The average adult has a blood volume of roughly 5 liters ( 1. 3 gal ), composed of plasma and several kinds of cells ( occasionally called corpuscles ); these formed elements of the blood are erythrocytes ( red blood cells, RBCs ), leukocytes ( white blood cells ), and thrombocytes ( platelets ).

* 200, 000 – 500, 000 Thrombocytes :: Also called platelets, thrombocytes are responsible for blood clotting ( coagulation ).

* Blood production — the marrow, located within the medullary cavity of long bones and interstices of cancellous bone, produces blood cells in a process called hematopoiesis.

Bone cells also release a hormone called osteocalcin, which contributes to the regulation of blood sugar ( glucose ) and fat deposition.

Filling the interior of the bone is the trabecular bone tissue ( an open cell porous network also called cancellous or spongy bone ), which is composed of a network of rod-and plate-like elements that make the overall organ lighter and allow room for blood vessels and marrow.

In Scottish mythology the creature is called the bean sìth or bean-nighe and is seen washing the blood stained clothes or armour of those who are about to die.

Blood alcohol content ( BAC ), also called blood alcohol concentration, blood ethanol concentration, or blood alcohol level is most commonly used as a metric of alcohol intoxication for legal or medical purposes.

Colloids preserve a high colloid osmotic pressure in the blood, and therefore, they should theoretically preferentially increase the intravascular volume, whereas other types of volume expanders called crystalloids also increases the interstitial volume and intracellular volume.

It pumps blood from the body — called the systemic circulation — through the lungs — called the pulmonary circulation — and then back out to the body.