TOPIC: Obstructive Lung Diseases TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of asthma, status asthmaticus continues to be associated with significant morbidity mortality. An estimated 60% patients admitted intensive care unit require intubation1. Ketamine, Magnesium, Heliox are some rescue therapies described literature for r...

The shock model of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has two free parameters: B and e. It has been shown that B should range between few x 10(-3) and few x 10(-4). However, how to calculate the value of e has remained an outstanding theoretical problem for over a decade. Here, we demonstrate that the Weibel theory inevitably predicts that epsilone approximately radical epsilonB. The GRB afterglow data fu...

We examine the investment behavior of a panel of German manufacturing ...rms for the time period from 1992 to 2000. Our methodology is structural and has several steps: First, we identify the pro...tability shocks that move investment demand at the ...rm level. Then, we specify an array of adjustment costs and capital market imperfections possibly in‡uencing optimal ...rm investment response to...

This paper applies the Biobehavioral Family Model (BBFM) of stress- related illness to the study and treatment of an adolescent with intractable asthma. The model is described, along with supportive research findings. Then a case study is presented, demonstrating how the model is clinically applied. We tell the story of an asthmatic adolescent presenting for therapy due to her intense asthmatic...