extensive flood damages all over the world necessitate its control and operation. hydrologic impacts of land use change appear in many ways such as total runoff, and flood peak flow. this study was performed in 2014 and aimed to investigate the impacts of land use changes on the occurrence of floods in the catchment of boostan dam in golestan province, iran. for this purpose, watershed modeling...

A frequent goal of flow cytometric analysis is to classify cells as positive or negative for a given marker, or to determine the precise ratio of positive to negative cells. This requires good and reproducible instrument setup, and careful use of controls for analyzing and interpreting the data. The type of controls to include in various kinds of flow cytometry experiments is a matter of some d...

This article reviews recent developments in microfluidic impedance flow cytometry for high-throughput electrical property characterization of single cells. Four major perspectives of microfluidic impedance flow cytometry for single-cell characterization are included in this review: (1) early developments of microfluidic impedance flow cytometry for single-cell electrical property characterizati...

BACKGROUND Nebulized furosemide has been shown to be protective against bronchoconstricting stimuli. METHODS To investigate whether inhaled furosemide would exhibit an additional therapeutic effect in children with acute asthma we performed a double-blind, placebo-controlled study in which patients with acute asthma attack were randomized to receive either nebulized salbutamol (0.15 mg/kg) pl...

Although asthma self-management plans are widely recommended as essential in the long-term treatment of adult asthma, there have been few studies examining their use. Our objective was to assess the effect of a "credit card" adult asthma self-management plan in a community experiencing major health problems from asthma, by means of a before and after intervention trial of the efficacy of the "c...

Methods 100 subjects suffering from bronchial asthma were enrolled for this study from 2012 January to February, after obtaining consent of the participants and ethical committee approval. The bronchial asthma severity was graded as severe pefr <200ltrs\Mt, moderate 200-300ltrs \Mt, mild 300-400ltrs\Mt. For this study moderate and mild categories were selected. Furthermore 20% (10% each of mode...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the influencing potential of specific characteristics on lung function in different populations. The aim of this analysis was to determine whether lung function determinants differ between subpopulations within Germany and whether prediction equations developed for one subpopulation are also adequate for another subpopulation. METHODS Within three studies (KOR...

BACKGROUND In Japan, the number of asthma deaths has been gradually decreasing. However, in the management of asthma, there are still some problems originating from patient-related factors and iatrogenic factors, both of which should be further analyzed. METHODS We investigated clinical and background characteristics of 164 patients with asthma who were admitted to our hospital with acute exa...

OBJECTIVE We examined the validity of the 20-year-old established Asian norms for pulmonary function in a contemporary cohort of Hong Kong Chinese university students. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS Pulmonary function testing was conducted in university students (n = 805). SETTING A university campus in Hong Kong. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Parameters recorded included gender, age, height, weight,...