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.
In general, porosity is the measure of empty spaces in a material. Any medium that has pores, voids or openings, has a porosity. Since the cuticle layer of the hair strand can open and close to allow the passage of water and other substances into the inner workings of the hair strand, human hair is a porous medium.hen you most likely have low porosity hair. Hair that is really shiny and not exposed to: frequent brushing, heat styling tools, bleach or hair dye, or the harmful UV rays of the sun is also most likely of low porosity.