AIM The development of a bronchopleural fistula (BPF) after lung resection is a life-threatening complication, and thoracic surgeons should always consider the risk of BPF in their patients. We herein describe our experiences with BPF after major lung resection and describe the results of our management of the cases seen during the past 31 years. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between August 1979 and M...

This paper proposes a parallel coupled microstrip bandpass filter (BPF) with ring Electromagnetic Bandgap (EBG) cells on the middle layer for spurious suppression. The ring EBG cells of the middle layer add a good stopband-rejection mode to the second harmonics of the parallel coupled microstrip BPF with suppression of over −50 dB, without affecting the center frequency and insertion loss of th...

For more size reduction of the high temperature superconducting coplanar waveguide (CPW) bandpass filter (BPF), we introduce the design method of the meanderline CPW quarter-wavelength resonator BPF. The exact admittanceand susceptance-inverters are calculated by using the 2.5-dimensional electromagnetic field simulator. The prototype YBCO miniaturized BPF (center frequency =10GHz, n=3, band wi...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of carbolic acid treatment of bronchopleural fistula (BPF) using bronchofiberscope (BFS) in post-pulmonectomy patients. METHOD Twelve patients with post-pulmonectomy BPF were enrolled in this study at the Liaoning Tumor Hospital between February 2009 and March 2012. Three patients had BPF after the right pneumonectomy, six patients after left pneumonectom...

Introduction: We explore combining two quantitative MR contrast mechanisms in order to better understand the structure of white matter in the brain. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can identify white matter fascicles and measure their diffusivity [1]. The bound pool fraction (BPF) estimates the proportion of protons bound to macromolecules, such as myelin [2,3,4]. We combine these two in order t...

A novel bandpass filter (BPF) based on half-wave-length (λ/2) stepped-impedance resonators (SIRs) is proposed in this paper. By properly designing the impedance ratios of the SIRs, the spurious harmonics of the filter can be pushed to upper frequency. With several bandstop structures such as open stubs and defected ground structures (DGSs) applied to the BPF, a good stopband performance is obta...

We read with interest the recently published review by Lois and Noppen in CHEST (December 2005)1 on bronchopleural fistula (BPF) and found it confusing. Even though the article is focused mainly on the endoscopic treatment of BPF, the authors widely discussed all of the clinical aspects of the problem. In the proposed classification, the subgroup “nonpostoperative” does not contain BPF patients...

Several studies have shown that low-cost foods have an equivalent nutrient composition compared to high-cost foods, but such information is lacking in Switzerland. Thus, we compared the caloric and nutrient content of "best price" (BPF) and brand name foods (BNF) in Switzerland using the version 5.0 (April 2015) of the Swiss Food and Nutrient composition database. Over 4000 processed food items...

This study tested if children and adolescents with high levels of borderline personality features (BPF) exhibit the same shame-prone self-concept previously found to characterize adults with borderline personality disorder (Rüsch et al., 2007 ). Self-concept was indexed using the Implicit Association Test, in a community sample of children/adolescents aged 10 to 14 years (48% female; M age = 12...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanical and thermal properties of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) composites reinforced by bamboo pulp fibers (BPF). Using a twin-screw extruder, polymer composites were fabricated using BPF and bamboo flour (BF) as the reinforcement and HDPE as the matrix. Tensile and flexural tests of the HDPE composites were performed to determine the mech...