Multivinyl monomers that react to form highly crosslinked, biodegradable networks are being developed as scaffolds for tissue engineering and vehicles for drug delivery; however, this work demonstrates their usefulness in characterizing better the complexities of the kinetics and structural evolution during crosslinking photopolymerization. The molecular weight distributions (MWDs) of the degra...

Agrogeotextiles (AGT) have potential for soil conservation, but limited information is available on effect of AGT C sequestration and aggregation in Indian Himalayan region (IHR). Hence, the study was conducted a 4% slope at Selakui, Dehradun maize-based cropping system where Arundo donax mats were used as conservation. Soil sampling done December 2021 after vegetable pea harvest results indica...

This study examined the impact of UV, ozone (O(3)), advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) including O(3)/UV, H(2)O(2)/UV H(2)O(2)/O(3) in the change of molecular weight distribution (MWD) and disinfection by-product formation potential (DBPFP). Bench-scale experiments were conducted with surface river water and changes in the UV absorbance at 254 nm (UV(254)), total organic carbon (TOC), trihalom...

In the previous studies, the several halocarbons (HC) were tested as promoters for a Ti-based Ziegler-Natta (ZN) catalyst at different polymerization conditions. The Results showed that chloro cyclohexane has the best operation in catalyst activity, polymer particle size growth, hydrogen responsibility and wax reduction too. For the first time in this study, the effect of Al/Ti ratio on the opt...

BACKGROUND Conventional pulmonary rehabilitation programs improve exercise tolerance but have no effect on pulmonary function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The role of controlled breathing using respiratory biofeedback during rehabilitation of patients with COPD remains unclear. OBJECTIVES To compare the effects of a conventional 4-week pulmonary rehabilitatio...

The deconvolution of the molecular weight distribution (MWD) polyolefins into Schultz–Flory most probable distributions has become standard method to identify number site types on multiple-site-type olefin polymerization catalysts such as Ziegler–Natta, Phillips, and some supported metallocenes. This been used quantify effect conditions catalyst formulations polyolefin MWD kinetics. Related met...

BACKGROUND Despite its benefit, lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is underused, partially because of the heterogeneous responses and lack of recent outcomes data. METHODS Data from 59 consecutive emphysema patients who underwent LVRS were analyzed. The proportion of patients responding based on 6-minute walk distance (6-MWD), exercise capacity (watts), and forced expiratory volume in 1 sec...

seventeen iranian shallot genotypes from ashtian, arak, boroujerd, dashtearjan, doshmanziari, divandareh, khomein, khansar, sepidan, siakhdarengoon, sahne, kangavar, koohrang, koohmaresorkhi, nahavand, harsin and yasouj areas were evaluated for their morphological traits. corms were collected from the mentioned regions and planted based on a complete block design. quantitative and qualitative t...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can develop in lung fibrosis, and contributes to increased morbidity and mortality. Noninvasive parameters in the evaluation of PH in lung disease could aid in the management of these subjects. In this study, we aimed to characterize the role of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and the six-minute walk distance (6-MWD) in the assessment of pulmonary hypertension (PH) i...

BACKGROUND Anxiety in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with self-reported disability. The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is an association between anxiety and functional measures, quality of life and dyspnea. METHODS Data from 1828 patients with moderate to severe emphysema enrolled in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT), ...