Introduction: Lung function, nutritional status, and parameters of exercise capacity are known predictors of mortality in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The aim of the current study was to use these important parameters to develop a multivariate model to predict mortality in adolescent patients with CF. Methods: A total of 127 adolescents with CF (57 girls) with a mean age of 12.7 ± 0.9 yr...

Spinel-structured NiMn2O4 ceramics, with different valence Ni sources, were originally prepared using Ni2O3 and NiO as raw materials, the effects of sources on their electrical properties first investigated. XRD patterns show that both Ni2O3-based NiO-based ceramics are single cubic spinel structures. SEM/EDS images indicate exhibited high density at experiment-determined sintering temperatures...

The coal deformation was induced by the gas adsorption of N2, CH4, and CO2. However, differences between different performances mechanism need to be further studied. In this study, experiments were conducted using self-developed equipment reveal characteristics gases. results showed that capacity followed sequence CO2 > CH4 N2. negatively correlated with temperature. maximum decrease in (23.70%...

during the last several years, application of numerical weather prediction models in the country have become common in both research and operations, even though systematic verification of the models’ results using statistical methods has rarely been conducted (sodoudi et al. 2009). this paper aims at comparing the mm5 24-hour precipitation forecasts with the corresponding observations using sta...