asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) are highly prevalent chronic diseases in the general population. both are characterized by similar mechanisms: airway inflammation, airway obstruction, and airway hyperresponsiveness. however, the distinction between the two obstructive diseases is not always clear. multiple epidemiological studies demonstrate that in elderly people with o...

Our paper deals with the information system design when several responsibilities share a common subset of information. First, we show how to define information overlap situations between these responsibilities. Then we focus on these situations in order to understand how the responsibility areas can avoid information coordination misunderstandings.The study of these situations shows how to defi...

Many of us at the end of a weekly lupus clinic are tempted to reflect that almost all shades of connective tissue 'overlap' occur, and that it is perhaps pointless to attempt too precise a definition in individual cases. The introduction of the concept of overlap syndromes was a pragmatic way to resolve an imprecise compromise. It represented an attempt to categorise various groups of disorders...

introduction: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) patients are at increased risk of sleep-disorders. the concomitant occurrence of copd and obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (osahs) is named overlap syndrome. this study aimed to evaluate the severity of osahs in overlap syndrome patients.materials & methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on adult patients with forced...

Hyperspectral sensors provide a large number of spectral bands. This massive and complex data structure of hyperspectral images presents a challenge to traditional data processing techniques. Therefore, reducing the dimensionality of hyperspectral images without losing important information is a very important issue for the remote sensing community. We propose to use overlap-based feature weigh...

Introduction:The overlap syndrome, consisting ofobstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and chronic obstructvie pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major problem in COPD patients. OSHAS corresponds to the likelihood of systemic hypertension.The present study was aimed to evaluate the association between apnea-hypopnea index and diastolic blood presssure (DBP) in overlap  patients. Materials...