To clarify the pathogenesis of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP), the apoptosis of eosinophils from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL-Eos) was compared with that of eosinophils from peripheral blood (PB-Eos) in six cases of CEP. The survival rate of eosinophils and the percentage of apoptotic cells of both types of eosinophils were examined, and the effects of interleukin 5 (IL-5) were evaluated. ...

BackgroundComputed tomography (CT) scan is the standard for assessment of femoral torsion. This observational study was conducted to evaluate comparability EOS radiation dose scanning system (EOS imaging, Paris, France) and CT in patients with suspected torsional malalignment femur.MethodsPatients femur were included a surgical planning. The primary endpoint compare 3-dimensional radiological (...

Addiction theories posit that addiction is the result of a progressive transition from voluntary to habitual, compulsive drug use-changes that have been linked, in animals, to a shift from ventral to dorsal striatal control over drug-seeking behavior. Thus, we hypothesized that early-onset (EOs) cannabis users versus late-onset (LOs) cannabis users might exhibit, respectively, greater dorsal ve...

Effects of dust particles on microwave radiation over the Taklamakan desert are studied with use of measurements from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) on the EOS Aqua satellite and a microwave radiation transfer model. Eight observed cases show that the signal from atmospheric dust can be separated from the surface radiation by the fact that the dust particles produce stronge...

The Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) is an imaging infrared Fourier transformspectrometer scheduled to be launched into polar sun-synchronous orbit on the Earth ObservingSystem (EOS) CHEMISTRY 1 satellite in December 2002. We describe how the overall missionobjectives flow down to the specific science and measurement requirements and how, in turn,these are implemented in...

Galectin-3 (Gal-3), a β galactoside-binding lectin, is implicated in the pathogenesis of allergic airway inflammation and allergen-challenged mice deficient in Gal-3 (Gal-3(-/-)) exhibit decreased airway recruitment of eosinophils (Eos). Gal-3 is expressed and secreted by several cell types and can thus function extracellularly and intracellularly to regulate a variety of cellular responses. We...

Understanding crop phenology is fundamental to agricultural production, management, planning, and decision-making. This study used 250 m 16-day Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) time-series data to detect crop phenology across the Midwestern United States, 2007–2015. Key crop phenology metrics, start of season (SOS) and end of season (EOS), we...