Correspondence to: Professor R A Stockley, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK; r.a.stockley@ bham.ac.uk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I t has long been recognised that a1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is associated with an increase in clinical symptoms and diseases in several systems. In this review we discuss the pulmonary and he...

*Departament de Biologia Cel.lular i Anatomia Patològica, Facultat de Medicina, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08036 Barcelona, Spain; ‡Serveis CientificoTècnics, Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain; §School of Biosciences, Molecular Cell Division, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15–2TT, United Kingdom; Centro de Invest...

Elevation of the JVP in constrictive pericarditis R.K. Sutherland, K.V. Russell, P.J. Trivedi, C.P. Conlon and R.W. Smith From the Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK, Department of Acute General Medicine, Milton Keynes FT Hospital, Standing Way, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK6 5LD, UK, Department of Hepatology, Uni...

Deepak Garg,1 V. B. Efimov,1,2 M. Giltrow,1 P. V. E. McClintock,1 L. Skrbek,3 and W. F. Vinen4 1Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom 2Institute of Solid State Physics RAS, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432 Russia 3Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 3, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic 4School of Physics and Astronomy, Univ...

Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Birmingham Centre for Women’s and Children’s Health, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK Correspo...

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, UK School of Biological Sciences, Bristol University, Bristol BS8 1TH, UK Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA, UK Department of Psychology, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York,...

Neural network design and feature selection using principal component analysis and Taguchi method for identifying wood veneer defects Baris Yuce, Ernesto Mastrocinque, Michael Sylvester Packianather, Duc Pham, Alfredo Lambiase & Fabio Fruggiero a Institute of Sustainable Engineering, Cardiff University, Newport Road, The Parade, Queen’s Building, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK b Department of Industrial ...

In this study, yellow oleander biodiesel was produced using a synthesized eggshell-derived nanocatalyst. Biodiesel fuel properties have been evaluated against number of ASTM standards. A test conducted in which an engine fueled with petroleum diesel and four different diesel/biodiesel blends (B5, B15, B20, B30, B100) at five loads (0, 25, 50, 75, 100 %) were analyzed single-cylinder internal co...

We study the discretization of a linear evolution partial differential equation when its Green's function is known or well approximated. We provide error estimates both for spatial approximation and time stepping approximation. show that, in fact, an Green almost as good itself. For suitable time-dependent parabolic equations, we explain how to obtain good, explicit...