The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by fluid accumulation in small pulmonary airways. The reopening of these fluid-filled airways involves the propagation of an air-liquid interface that exerts injurious hydrodynamic stresses on the epithelial cells (EpC) lining the airway walls. Previous experimental studies have demonstrated that these hydrodynamic stresses may cau...

Cotton fibers are single-celled hairs that elongate to several centimeters long from the seed coat epidermis of the tetraploid species (Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense). Thus, cotton fiber is a unique system to study the mechanisms of rapid cell expansion. Previous work has shown a transient closure of plasmodesmata during fiber elongation (Y.-L. Ruan, D.J. Llewellyn, R.T. Furbank [...

As countries look toward re-opening of economic activities amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring public health has been challenging. While contact tracing only aims to track past infected users, one path safe reopening is develop reliable spatiotemporal risk scores indicate propensity disease. Existing works which aim at developing either rely on compartmental model-based reproduction ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore the efficacy of echocardiographically guided (EchoG) pharmacological closure of the ductus arteriosus in reducing the number of required ibuprofen doses without increasing the reopening rate. METHODS We performed a randomised controlled trial that included 49 infants with a duct ≥1.5 mm who were randomised to either EchoG or standard ibuprofen tr...

PURPOSE Atherectomy has emerged as an alternative to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for endovascular reopening. Despite increasing use of atherectomy (and higher cost of atherectomy catheters compared with balloon catheters), few studies have compared outcomes and costs with other reopening strategies. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study involving all patients under...

A little over a year after the pandemic and ensuing state-of-emergency were officially declared, it seems timid signs of budding recovery are finally appearing. This paper presents empirical evidence related with destination during COVID-19 pandemic. Data collected early reopening tourism in Spain (Easter break). research evaluates links between communication -both DMO (destination marketing or...