Using the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service–Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (NESDIS–CIRA) tropical cyclone infrared (IR) imagery archive, combined with best track storm center fix information, a coherent depiction of the temporal and azimuthally averaged spatial structure of hurricane cloudiness is demonstrated. The diurnal oscillation of areal...

In population studies, the provocative dose (PD) of bronchoconstrictor causing a significant decrement in lung function cannot be calculated for most subjects. Dose-response curves for carbachol were examined to determine whether this relationship can be summarized by means of a continuous index likely to be calculable for all subjects, namely the two-point dose response slope (DRS) of mean res...

BACKGROUND The contribution of the pulmonary tissues to the mechanical behaviour of the respiratory system is well recognised. This study was undertaken to detect airway and lung tissue responses to inhaled methacholine (Mch) using the low frequency forced oscillation technique (LFOT). METHODS The respiratory system impedance (Zrs, 0.5-20 Hz) was determined in 17 asymptomatic infants. A model...

In this article, we study the oscillation of solutions to a nonlinear forced fractional differential equation. The fractional derivative is defined in the sense of the modified Riemann-Liouville derivative. Based on a transformation of variables and properties of the modified Riemann-liouville derivative, the fractional differential equation is transformed into a second-order ordinary different...

PURPOSE Spirometry is sometimes difficult to perform in elderly patients and in those with severe respiratory distress. The forced-oscillation technique (FOT) is a simple and noninvasive method of measuring respiratory impedance. The aim of this study was to determine if FOT data reflect spirometric indices. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients underwent both FOT and spirometry procedures prior to i...

BACKGROUND Impedance measurements by the forced pseudo random noise oscillation technique can be used to study the mechanical characteristics of the respiratory system. The objective of this study was to analyse the changes in impedance to a cold air provocation test in patients with asthma, and to correlate these changes with those in the forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1). METHOD...

where t ≥ t > , n ≥  is a natural number, βi ≥  (i = , , . . . ,n) are constants, r ∈ C([t,∞),R), qj, τj, e ∈ C([t,∞),R), r(t) > , r′(t)≥ , qj(t)≥  (j = , , , . . . ,n), e(t)≤ . We also assume that there exists a function τ ∈ C([t,∞),R) such that τ (t) ≤ τj(t) (j = , , , . . . ,n), τ (t)≤ t, limt→∞ τ (t) =∞, and τ ′(t) > . We consider only those solutions x of equation (....

Respiratory resistance (Rrs) was measured by the forced oscillation technique at 10, 20 and 30 Hz in 54 healthy subjects. The sinusoidal pressure oscillations were applied around the head, rather than at the mouth, so as to minimize transmural pressure across extrathoracic airway walls and the corresponding artefact (Peslin et al., J Appl Physiol, 1985, 59, 1790-1795). The flow (V') and volume ...