Symptoms of bronchial asthma are a manifestation of airway inflammation. Circulatory
leucocytes (predominantly eosinophils, mast cells and neutrophils), release inflammatory …

… Author links open overlay panel Yasuhiko Kawai a b , Hiroshi Murakami a b , Batoul
Shariati c , Esa Klemetti d , John V Blomfield e , Lucie Billette f , James P Lund b g , Jocelyne S …

Cigarette smoking causes an influx of mononuclear phagocytes and polymorphonuclear
leucocytes into the lower airways. These cells have altered oxygen metabolism and release …

… 2(a)-A and -B we observe that the BP with DPBPSK and DP-QPSK, respectively, decreases
monotonically as the Sb-Ch spectrum occupation is reduced. Despite this, for DPBPSK, the 5…

In elastic optical networks (EONs), effective soft failure localization is of paramount importance
to early detection of service level agreement violations while anticipating possible hard …

Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is among the most common
neurodevelopmental disorders in children and adolescents. There is a controversy over the true …

The availability of coarse-resolution cost-effective optical spectrum analyzers (OSAs) allows
their widespread deployment in operators’ networks. In this paper, we explore several …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to systematically map all the factors that influence the
fit and adaptation of zirconia crowns and/or copings. Materials and methods The …

… 5(b) illustrates this point by depicting an exemplary Sp-Ch composed of five Nyquist-shaped
Sb-Chs in two cases: the Sb-Chs comply with the ITU-T 12.5-GHz grid (top) and the Sb-Chs …

Background Work‐related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of the upper extremities are a
major problem globally, though most relevant studies have been reported from high income …