Robert Town is quoted in a major Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article exploring the unusually high costs of some hospital care in its region of Wisconsin. Town, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Health Care Management at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and an LDI Senior Fellow.
Definitions for porousËpÉr És, ËpoÊr-. porous(adj) able to absorb fluids. the partly porous walls of our digestive system; compacting the soil to make it less porous. porous, poriferous(adj) full of pores or vessels or holes. holey, porous(adj) allowing passage in and out.
Pores of Kohn are channels running between two adjacent alveoli across the alveolar wall within a lobule of the lung. They are distinct from the connections alveoli make with each other by their common opening onto one alveolar sac or alveolar duct; in these cases, the alveolar wall is not breached.10-14 micrometres in diameter, the pores are encircled by irregularly-spaced elastic and reticular fibres.hey are distinct from the connections alveoli make with each other by their common opening onto one alveolar sac or alveolar duct; in these cases, the alveolar wall is not breached. 10-14 micrometres in diameter, the pores are encircled by irregularly-spaced elastic and reticular fibres.