Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBB) has become the gold standard for the diagnosis of acute rejection and cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia in lung transplant recipients. The aim of this study was to assess the value of regular surveillance TBB in stable asymptomatic patients and to establish the role of TBB as a follow-up procedure 1 month after a previous pathological biopsy result. We prospective...

Objective: To study the clinical, radiological, and histopathological patterns of transbronchial biopsy (TBB) used in order to confirm the diagnosis in patients with clinical suspicion of interstitial lung disease (ILD) treated at a tertiary-care university hospital. Methods: We reviewed the medical records, radiology reports, and reports of transbronchial biopsies from all patients with suspec...

Here, the effect of lightly Niobium doped TiO2 layer on the performance of perovskite solar cells has been studied by using solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS). N addition, the effects of Niobium concentration, buffer film thickness and operating temperature on the performance of the perovskite solar cell are investigated. For doping level of 3.0 mol% into the TiO2 layer, cell efficiency o...

The pharmacokinetic models proposed for atracurium or cisatracurium are based on the assumption that spontaneous degradation via Hofmann elimination proceeds in vivo at the same rate as measured in vitro at pH 7.4 and 37 degrees C. As different degradation rates have been reported for all 10 stereoisomers of atracurium measured together, for each of its three isomeric groups, and for the single...

OBJECTIVES The diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) often involves endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial biopsy (TBB), washing and brushing. Certain echoic features of PPL have been associated with biopsy yield. This study compared yields of TBB and bronchial washing (TBBW) with those of TBBW plus bronchial brushing and analysed the associations between clinical and ...

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) represent a large group of chemicals used in a variety of household and commercial products to prevent fire propagation. The environmental persistence and toxicity of some of the most widely used BFRs has resulted in a progressive ban worldwide and the development of novel BFRs for which the knowledge on environmental health impacts remains limited. The object...

OBJECTIVES Casein kinase II (CK2) is a constitutively active serine/threonine protein kinase that plays a key role in cellular transformation and tumorigenesis. The purpose of the study was to characterise whether CK2 contributes to the pathologic activation of fibroblasts in patients with SSc and to evaluate the antifibrotic potential of CK2 inhibition. METHODS Activation of CK2, JAK2 and ST...

Reconfigurable continuum robots exhibit programmable interaction capability, enabling them to cope with challenges poorly addressed by conventional rigid robots. However, the regulation of module type and/or sequence may result in time-consuming and labor-intensive problems. Therefore, situ reconfiguration schemes are required develop a simple yet robust solution for robot design. Herein, inspi...

This essay examines the strategic use of photographs in "The Brownies’ Book", first magazine for, about, and (partly) by African American children. Edited W. E. B. Du Bois, Augustus Granville Dill, Jessie Fauset, Book" ("TBB") appeared between January 1920 December 1921. Designed specifically to counter demeaning depictions Americans (both visual textual) that commonly circulated U.S. mainstrea...