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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Respiratory Tract Diseases"”.
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Cissampelos sympodialis EICHL. (Menispermaceae): avaliação das atividades antimotilidade e antidiarreica in vivo.
… medicinal use for the treatment of diarrhea and respiratory tract diseases. This species is rich in alkaloids , secondary metabolites that add the most diverse pharmacolo gical activities , among alkaloids isolated from C. sympodialis out to warifteíne and metilwarifteíne . This study aims to …
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The Role of the Alternaria Secondary Metabolite Alternariol in Inflammation
… and atopic asthma are complex, often long-term diseases that generate large public health and socioeconomic footprints especially in developed countries like US, UK and Australia. In 2009, approximately 8.2%, 24.6 million people in United States were affected by asthma. Currently 235 million …
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Tuberculosis of the Vertebral Bodies from the Thoracic Surgeon's View
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Antibiotikų ir probiotikų vartojimo ypatumai tarp Vilniaus universiteto studentų /
… mainly used by students in the cases of upper respiratory tract diseases. The major part of the respondents (66.3 percent) indicated that they do not use antibiotics without a prescription from a doctor. The majority of the respondents (54.1 percent) indicated that they use probiotics. More men …
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Sensory Stimulation to Promote Deep Breathing in the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patient
… retraining has been an integral part of respiratory rehabilitation for the patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C.O.P.D.). Techniques used for breathing retraining have been studied for many years. These techniques include such breathing retraining modalities as relaxation …
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Lower respiratory system disease (LRSD) diagnosis using fuzzy inference system
Lower Respiratory System Diseases (LRSD) are one of the most deathcausing diseases in the world. In a large number of cases, people stay unaware of their body reactions and symptoms as they begin with a cold, cough, and fever. These symptoms on later stages lead to cause Chronic Obstructive …
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Mechanisms of virus infection of human airway epithelium cultured at an air-liquid interface (HAE-ALI)
ABSTRACT Polarized human airway epithelial (HAE) cultures are instrumental for studying respiratory tract diseases and gene delivery of airways. Primary epithelial cells isolated from tracheobronchial airways, grown in transwell at an air-liquid interface (ALI), undergo media-induced mucociliary …
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The Pediatric Breathing Survey
<p>To ensure culturally-sensitive assessments, the researcher designed a Pediatric Breathing Survey (PBS) to measure quality of life for African-American children. The purpose of this study was to test whether the PBS is a reliable and valid instrument. Comparisons of group differences on race, …
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Krankheitsinzidenzen des Hundes - Der Einfluss des Alters sowie von Geschlecht, Größe und Rasse
… were made: Age-related tendencies: Infectious diseases (especially virus infections) were observed predominantly in young animals as well as (endo-) parasites and inflammatory respiratory tract diseases. Young adult dogs commonly experienced poisoning and injuries. Diseases of the heart, the …
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Employees' Perception of the Management of the COVID-19 Crisis at Najran University, Saudi Arabia
<p>Problem</p> <p>During the COVID-19 crisis, particularly in the context of Saudi education, the ability to physically attend schools and colleges was greatly hindered due to the widespread transmission of the virus and the resulting obstacles. The issues necessitated the use of crisis management …
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Bayesian and geostatistical analysis of the effect of air pollution on asthma hospitalisation in Perth
Asthma is a respiratory disease which carries a risk of hospitalisation in severe cases. Numerous studies have shown that air pollution is one of the factors that exacerbates asthma symptoms and while population increases in asthma hospitalisation have been shown for Perth, the nature of exposure …
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Explanatory Power of the Behavior Model of Utilization for Pediatric Asthma Health Care in an Urban Managed Care Setting
<p>The Behavior Model of Utilization played a key role in explaining health services use for pediatric members with asthma in one urban, regional managed care company. The critical role the asthma management program played in promoting the health and well-being of enrolled members was elucidated. …
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Genetic analysis of Kmt2d loss in tumorigenesis using genetically engineered mouse models
<p> The Cancer Genome Atlas Program (TCGA) has discovered multiple tumor suppressors that are commonly mutated across a variety of human cancers, such as chromatin regulators in COMPASS and SWI/SNF complexes. <em>KMT2D</em>, a histone H3K4 methyltransferase in the COMPASS complex, is frequently …
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Occupational respiratory health surveillance at Minara Resources, Murrin Murrin mine site
This thesis outlines the results of occupational respiratory health surveillance at Minara Resources, Murrin Murrin mine site. The research was conducted as part of a collaborative agreement between Edith Cowan University and Minara Resources, the overarching title of which was ‗Establishing best …
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Factors Associated with Asthma Readmissions in Children's Hospitals
<p>Asthma is the most common chronic illness of childhood. Pediatric asthma hospitalization rates and costs of care have risen in recent years. Readmissions, an adverse outcome often used to monitor quality of care, may account for the increase in asthma hospitalization rates. This research …
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Breathlessness Descriptors in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Versus Congestive Heart Failure
<p>This cross-sectional descriptive study investigated breathlessness (dyspnea) in stable patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). The purpose of this study was (a) to characterize the most common terms COPD and CHF patients use to describe …
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Chronic Respiratory Disease Symptom Effects of Long-Term Cumulative Exposure to Passive Tobacco Smoke and to Ambient Levels of TSP, Oxidants, SO2, and NO2 in Southern California
<p>To assess risk of chronic respiratory disease symptoms due to long-term exposure to the ambient levels of TSP, oxidants, SO2 and NO2 in photochemical air pollution, symptoms were ascertained using NHLBI questions on 8,572 Southern California Seventh-day Adventist, nonsmokers, 25 years and older, …
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Osteopontin and Cadherin 11 Are Novel Mediators and Drug Targets For Chronic Lung Diseases
Chronic lung diseases (CLDs) are a considerable source of morbidity and mortality and are thought to arise from dysregulation of normal wound healing processes. An aggressive, feature of many CLDs is pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and is characterized by excess deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) …
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Asthma-Related Health Outcomes in New Jersey After a Natural Disaster Event
<p>The occurrence of a natural disaster event such as a hurricane may further hinder the asthma management of asthmatic individuals. Unmanaged asthma has led to increased work absenteeism, preventable emergency department visits, costly hospitalizations and possibly death in severe cases. To …
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Role of Nudt21 Mediated Alternative Polyadenylation and Hyaluronan In The Development of Pulmonary Hypertension
<p>Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a progressive disease with serious effects on quality of life and life expectancy of patients. PH is a complex disease that likely develops due to multiple influences, and no curative treatments exist for this disease. It has been shown that alternative …
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