Abstract. Atmospheric particles have several impacts on health and the environment, especially in urban areas. Parts of those are not fresh undergone atmospheric chemical physical processes. Due to a lack representativeness experimental conditions artifacts such as particle wall losses chambers, there uncertainties effects processes (condensation, nucleation coagulation) their role evolution fr...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to estimate the health care resources spent by type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients in Spain during the year 2002. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This is a cost-of-illness study focusing on direct health care costs estimated from primary and secondary sources of information. A prevalence of diabetes ranging from 5 to 6% of the adult population was determined. ...

We have recently developed a modified ET-Kyoto solution by adding N-acetylcysteine, nitroglycerin, and dibutyryl cyclic adenosine monophosphate to the previously reported ETKyoto solution. The purpose of this study was to compare the new ET-Kyoto solution with the regular Euro-Collins solution and a low-potassium dextran solution containing glucose (Perfadex®) in an isolated rat lung perfusion ...

The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Cost implications of various Euro 4 and 5 after treatment solutions for heavy duty diesel vehicles Book Chapter How to cite: Warren, James (2001). Cost implications of various Euro 4 and 5 after treatment solutions for heavy duty diesel vehicles. Copyright and Moral Rights for the articles on this site are reta...

This paper estimates and compares four versions of the sticky price New Keynesian model for the Euro area, using a Bayesian approach as described in Rabanal and Rubio-Ramírez (2003). We find that the average duration of price contracts is between four and eight quarters, similar to the one estimated in the United States, while price indexation is found to be smaller. On the other hand, average ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To evaluate preparation and discharge times as well as the anaesthesia-related costs of out-patient knee arthroscopy performed with a combined sciatic-femoral nerve block, or a propofol-remifentanil general anaesthetic. METHODS With Ethics Committee approval and written informed consent, 40 healthy patients were pre-medicated with intravenous midazolam (0.05 mg kg(-1)...

We propose new forecast combination schemes for predicting turning points of business cycles. The combination schemes deal with the forecasting performance of a given set of models and possibly providing better turning point predictions. We consider turning point predictions generated by autoregressive (AR) and Markov-Switching AR models, which are commonly used for business cycle analysis. In ...