BACKGROUND Glucose intolerance is common in cystic fibrosis (CF), and is associated with worsening pulmonary function and nutritional status, and increased mortality. As sleep-disordered breathing is associated with disorders of glucose metabolism, it was hypothesised that recurrent episodes of hypoxaemia during sleep, and sleep disruption, would be associated with inflammation and glucose into...

We observe that the saturation model of deep inelastic scattering, which successfully describes inclusive and diffractive data at small x, predicts a geometric scaling of the total γ∗p cross section in the region of small Bjorken variable x. The geometric scaling in this case means that the cross section is a function of only one dimensionless variable τ = Q2R2 0(x), where the function R0(x) (c...

This paper describes an approximated-scalar-sign-function-based anti-windup digital control design for analog nonlinear systems subject to input constraints. As input saturation occurs, the non-smooth saturation constraint is modeled with the approximated scalar sign function which is a smooth nonlinear function. The resulting nonlinear model is further linearized at any operating point with th...

The mechanisms of siderite (FeCO3) nucleation from aqueous solution depend on the fluid saturation state. In this study we investigate effect pathway siderite. Thereof, performed a series turbidity and batch experiments. Turbidity measurements indicate that at low indices (SI < 3.69), proceeds via direct crystalline fluid. precipitation is confirmed by X-Ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. This fir...