J. Fock,1 M. Leijnse,2 K. Jennum,1 A. S. Zyazin,3 J. Paaske,2 P. Hedegård,2 M. Brøndsted Nielsen,1 and H. S. J. van der Zant3 1Nano-Science Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark 2Nano-Science Center and Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark 3Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, ...

The BODE (body mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnoea and exercise capacity) index is used to decide on referral and transplantation of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The BODE index has not been validated in patients with a1-antitrypsin deficiency, who account for 15% of COPD patients undergoing lung transplantation. We sought to validate the BODE index in a1-ant...

Article history: Received 4 September 2012 Received in revised form 25 April 2013 Accepted 2 May 2013

Eric Johlin,1,* Nouar Tabet,2 Sebastián Castro-Galnares,1 Amir Abdallah,3 Mariana I. Bertoni,1 Tesleem Asafa,2 Jeffrey C. Grossman,1 Syed Said,2 and Tonio Buonassisi1,† 1Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA 2King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia 3King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Center of Research Excelle...

S. G. Choi,1,* J. Hu,2 L. S. Abdallah,3 M. Limpinsel,4 Y. N. Zhang,2 S. Zollner,3 R. Q. Wu,2 and M. Law4 1National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA 3Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA 4Department of Chemistry, University of Cali...

Xiaohang Zhang,1,* Bumsung Lee,2 Seunghyun Khim,2 Kee Hoon Kim,2 Richard L. Greene,1 and Ichiro Takeuchi3 1CNAM and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA 2CeNSCMR, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, South Korea 3Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20...

Andrei Andryieuski,1,* Sangwoo Ha,2 Andrey A. Sukhorukov,2 Yuri S. Kivshar,2 and Andrei V. Lavrinenko1 1DTU Fotonik–Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds pl. 343, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark 2Nonlinear Physics Centre and Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National ...

Objective: Non – alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an imageological entity without elevation of liver enzymes. The purpose of this case – control study was to corelate microalbuminuria to Prediabetes with and without NAFLD. Method: This study was done at the Department of Medicine,DR. PSIMS & RF Chinaoutpally, A.P. India between Jan 2012 to Dec 2012. 200 patients (100 cases, 100 controls...

RATIONALE The mechanism of action of diethylcarbamazine (DEC), an antifilarial drug effective against tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, remains controversial. DEC effects on microfilariae depend on inducible NO synthase (iNOS). In eosinophilic pulmonary inflammation, its therapeutic mechanism has not been established. We previously described the rapid up-regulation of bone marrow eosinophilopoie...

Ductal eccrine carcinoma (DEC) is a rare sweat gland carcinoma with ductular differentiation. Clinically, it is characterized by a slowly growing, hardened plaque or nodule predominantly located on the head and neck. Histologically, DEC shares similar features to invasive breast carcinoma, thus causing great diagnostic challenges. We report a 69-year-old woman who presented with a hardened plaq...