INTRODUCTION Mechanical ventilation (MV) could prime the lung toward an inflammatory response if exposed to another insult such as bacterial invasion. The underlying mechanisms are not so far clear. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) allow the host to recognize selectively bacterial pathogens and in turn to trigger an immune response. We therefore hypothesized that MV modulates TLR2 expression and in t...

Abstract The virtual power plant (VPP) can aggregate massive, dispersed, and heterogeneous distributed energy resources (DERs) provide an effective management way for active distribution system (ADS). In this paper, three parameters of upper lower limits output, ramping, discharging is used to describe the flexibility VPP. Based on this, a two-stage robust optimization (RO) model with dispatch ...

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Abstract We study the effects of Kohn anomalies on superconducting properties in electron- and hole-doped cases monolayer blue phosphorene (BLP), considering both adiabatic non-adiabatic phonon dispersions using first-principles calculations. show that topology Fermi surface is crucial for formation doped BLP. By anisotropic Eliashberg formalism, we further carefully consider temperature depend...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The aim of this study was to systematically review available literature on the outcomes of children treated with balloon laryngoplasty (BLP) as a primary or adjuvant treatment for subglottic or laryngeal stenosis, as well as briefly report on a new series of 60 children treated at the Medical University of South Carolina from 2007 to 2013. STUDY DESIGN Review of publishe...

The Library of Integrated Network-Based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) project aims to create a network-based understanding of biology by cataloging changes in gene expression and signal transduction that occur when cells are exposed to a variety of perturbations. It is helpful for understanding cell pathways and facilitating drug discovery. Here, we developed a novel approach to infer cell-specif...

The use of antibiotics in food animals is of public health concern, because resistant zoonotic pathogens can be transmitted to humans. Furthermore, global trade with food may rapidly spread multi-resistant pathogens between countries and even continents. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether imported chicken meat and meat from locally reared chicken are potential sources for human...

In this research, the factors affectinguniversity employees’ motivation and productivity are identified and classified in seven groups; the impact of each motivation factor on the productivity is presented by ANP fuzzy model.Eight universities in Iran were analyzed in this research work. The aim of this study is to explore the productivity of employees. This paper attempts to give new insights ...