airway mucus hypersecretion and increased oxidative stress are clinical and pathophysiological features of asthma exacerbation. we studied effects of n-acetylcysteine (nac) as a mucolytic and antioxidant agent in asthma exacerbation. in this randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled study 50 patients ( 17 male, 33 female, mean age 48.94±13.68) with asthma exacerbation were randomized to re...

We prove that the SD-prenucleolus satis…es monotonicity in the class of convex games. The SD-prenucleolus is thus the only known continuous core concept that satis…es monotonicity for convex games. We also prove that for convex games the SD-prenucleolus and the SD-prekernel coincide. Keywords: TU games, prenucleolus, monotonicity. Keywords: TU games, prenucleolus, monotonicity JEL classi…cation...

The notations and parts of a process for Structured Analysis and Structured Design [2, 15] are formalized within a program design calculus [5]. The formalizations are used in an application of a metamethod for formal method integration, combining SA/SD and the program design calculus of [5]. The methods are integrated so as to provide more rigor to the informal method, and to make the program d...

The excess loop delay in continuous-time LC-based SD modulators, which usually has negative effect on the stability and the signal-tonoise ratio of the modulator, can be used to simplify the modulator architecture and reduce the number of needed feedback branches. The proposed technique is discussed and validated using a design example of a fourth-order bandpass continuous-time LC-based modulator.

Glaucoma is one of the major causes of blindness in the world. Elevated intraocular pressure is a major risk factor. Laser photocoagulation induced ocular hypertension is one of the well established animal models. This video demonstrates how to induce ocular hypertension by Argon laser photocoagulation in rat.