Background: Small-particle inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) provide a higher small airway deposition than large-particle ICS. However, we are still not able to identify asthma patients who will profit most from small-particle treatment. Objective: We aimed to identify these patients by selectively challenging the small and large airways. We hypothesized that the airways could be challenged selecti...

Abstract A significant behavior of carbonate reservoirs is poor correlation between porosity and permeability. With the same porosity, permeability can vary by three orders magnitude or more. An accurate estimation for reservoir has been a challenge many years. The aim this study was to establish relationships pore throat, This indicates that throat radius corresponding mercury saturation 20% (...

We investigate the effect of hurricane strikes on housing prices in US coastal cities. To this end, we construct a new index of hurricane destruction which varies over time and space. Using this index and an annual, two equation, dynamic equilibrium correction panel model with area and time fixed effects, we model the effects of hurricanes on real house prices and real incomes. In our model hur...

Clinical trials in patients with airway diseases often use forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) as the sole physiological outcome measure. However, FEV1 is thought to be insensitive to obstruction of the smaller airways, which may be particularly relevant in asthma [1]. Putative markers of small airway obstruction include measures of airway resistance using impulse oscillometry (IOS) [2] and ...

Climate extreme events are becoming increasingly frequent worldwide, causing floods, drought, forest fires, landslides and heat or cold waves. Several studies have been developed on the assessment of trends in occurrence events. However, most these used traditional models, such as Poisson negative binomial models. Thus, main objective this study is to use a space–time data counting approach mod...

The drivers of educational attainment have been the subject of much research both in the developed and the developing world. Yet, nothing is known about the effect of birth registration on schooling outcomes. Birth registration is not only a fundamental human right but also a requirement to obtain additional documents of legal identity and access many government benefits. Using data for the Dom...

Circular dichroism (CD) is an excellent tool for rapid determination of the secondary structure and folding properties of proteins that have been obtained using recombinant techniques or purified from tissues. The most widely used applications of protein CD are to determine whether an expressed, purified protein is folded, or if a mutation affects its conformation or stability. In addition, it ...

Everyone love children. They want them to be happy and prosperous, but poverty takes away their rights. Poverty even forces them to sell their daughters in exchange for money. The trio of poverty, sexual assaults and HIV are complimentary to one another.This paper is a selection of 5 cases who presented at Sinawe Center as victims of rape, where money has played a role in the delay in reporting...