BackgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a preventable lung disease, has the highest prevalence in the elderly and deserves special consideration regarding earlier warnings in this fragile population.The impact of age on COPD is well known, but the COPD risk of the aging process in the lungs remains unclear.Therefore, it is necessary
In this brief survey, the three most recent contributions to the discussion of growth rate differentials are considered.All three, using different arguments, arrive at the conclusion that such a disparity should be considered as exceptional.Some argue, on the one hand, that the highest growth rates have been reached thanks to a very Jewelry elastic
This study was designed to assess liver-specific functions of human fetal liver cells proposed as a potential source for hepatocyte transplantation.Fetal liver cells were isolated from livers of different gestational ages (16-22 weeks), and the functions of cell preparations were evaluated by establishing primary cultures.We observed that 20- to 22
Abstract Critics of the forest transition theory suggest Ship Model that it occurs through the displacement of agricultural production abroad while exporting countries suffer agricultural expansion and deforestation.Other studies refute the idea of international trade as the main connection between the occurrence of the forest transition in importi
Non-linear analysis found many applications in biomedicine.Approximate entropy (ApEn) is a popular index of complexity often applied to biomedical data, as it provides quite stable indications when processing short and noisy epochs.However, ApEn strongly depends LIP SHIMMER FIG on parameters, which were chosen in the literature in wide ranges.This