The influence of several parameters on removal of various impurities during vacuum flotation clarification of mixed juice has been investigated, and possible ways of dealing with the secondary precipitate obtained in this clarification process have been examined. Dispersed a~ir flotation clarification is described and the experience gained with this separation technique is recorded. Introductio...

TOPIC: Obstructive Lung Diseases TYPE: Original Investigations PURPOSE: Many patients with severe asthma driven by type 2 inflammation require long-term treatment systemic corticosteroids. Dupilumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody, blocks the shared receptor component for IL-4/13, key and central drivers of inflammation. Dupilumab is approved in US as an add-on moderate-to-severe aged ≥12 ye...

16 It has been proposed that the brain predicts the sensory consequences of a movement and compares it to 17 the actual sensory feedback. When the two differ, an error signal is formed, driving adaptation. How 18 does an error in one trial alter performance in the subsequent trial? Here, we show that the sensitivity to 19 error is not constant, but declines as a function of error magnitude. Tha...

—The effects of habitat and vegetation characteristics on the reproductive success of Yellowbreasted Chats (Icteria virens) were examined in central Kentucky. During the 1998 breeding season, 49 nests were located and monitored and the characteristics of nest sites and territories determined. Habitats where nests were located were categorized as old field, linear, or clump, and nests were class...

One of the main obstacle for an integrated use of simulation over different planning areas and stages are the various views on a production system. Therefore, a world of model components is developed, which enables the co-existence of different views and levels of detail in the same simulation model while maintaining its consistency. This is achieved by combining a network based simulation appr...

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is characterized by lack of lactobacilli and predominance of anaerobic species. Ciprofloxacin is active against a great number of aerobic bacteria. The effect of ciprofloxacin on the vaginal microbial flora was studied both in healthy subjects and in patients with BV in order to test if BV may be due to competitive suppression of lactobacilli by aerobic species. About h...

Despite being the fi fth leading cause of death in highincome countries, and the sixth in low-income and middle-income nations, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has not received the attention it deserves. It is underdiagnosed, undertreated, and underfunded and neglected by the public, pharmaceutical industry, and physicians alike when compared with other major killers, such as cardi...

The Lancet today is dedicated to respiratory medicine ahead of the 2012 European Respiratory Society (ERS) annual congress in Vienna, Austria, on Sept 1–5. An ageing population, poor smoking cessation rates, and environmental factors such as air pollution mean that the global burden of respiratory disease is set to increase: the European Lung Foundation estimates that, in 2020, 11·9 million of ...

Objective: Oxidative injury in schizophrenia may be caused not only by pathophysiological processes but partly also by treatment with antipsychotics. The purpose of the present study was to examine and to compare the effects of quetiapine (QUE), olanzapine (OLA) and haloperidol (HAL), at final concentrations corresponding to doses used for treatment of acute episodes of schizophrenia, on plasma...

One century after the discovery of ferroelectricity, and two decades ferroelectric random access memories were first commercialized, this Special Issue Advanced Electronic Materials demonstrates that field ferroelectricity is in robust health. First, arises very different types material via mechanisms. Second, domains each type are liable to switch differently, for both intrinsic reasons (chemi...