Accessible online at: www.karger.com/res The paper by Salama et al. [1, this issue of Respiration] correlating elevated serum Fas levels with cor pulmonale in schistosomiasis (caused by a subgroup of trematodes – flukes) may have broad implications for respiratory physicians. The Fas receptor and Fas ligand (CD95) system, being respectively related to the TNF-receptor (R) and the TNF families, ...

Maandalizi ya malezi watoto enzi za wazanzibar wa kale yalianza mapema mara mwanamke anapochukuwa uja uzito. Mjamzito aliandaliwa mambo maalumu kama chakula chake , nguo sehemu kukaa ili ajifungue salama na kuanza kumlea mwana. Naye mwana aliyezaliwa alikuta ameshaandaliwa yanayomhusu hupokelewa kwa dua shangwe toka wanafamilia wengine. Alipelekwa madrasa kujifunza kusoma kurani tukufu elimu ny...

We re-investigate a proof example presented by George Boolos which perspicuously illustrates Gödel’s argument for the potentially drastic increase of proof-lengths in formal systems when carrying through the argument at too low a level. More concretely, restricting the order of the logic in which the proof is carried through to the order of the logic in which the problem is formulated in the fi...

Spontaneous imbibition is a capillary-driven flow phenomenon that exists widely in nature and important for several industries. Recently, Tolman length has been introduced to improve the classical Lucas-Washburn model, order alleviate deviations calculating capillary pressure. However, experiments measure have scarce. In addition, fluid-wall friction considerable impact on process, while it oft...

The paper starts with an examination and critique of Tarski’s wellknown proposed explication of the notion of logical operation in the type structure over a given domain of individuals as one which is invariant with respect to arbitrary permutations of the domain. The class of such operations has been characterized by McGee as exactly those definable in the language L∞,∞. Also characterized sim...

Provability logic is a kind of modal logic obtained by interpreting the alethic operator for necessity as an operator of provability. It is used mainly for proving results about selfreferential sentences in arithmetic. Very few writers have contributed to the topic of provability logic, especially considering its potential applications to deductive databases and distributed problem solving. Thi...

in the Mediterranean Coastal North of Egypt Hediat M.H. Salama and Akram A.H. Ali Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt. Salt marshes are widely distributed in the north western part of Egypt with their own distinct vegetation. Of these Zygophyllum album, Suaeda pruinosa, Arthrocnemum glaucum, Halocnemum strobilaceum (succulent halophytes) and Limoniastrum mo...

Lorenz, Kevin S. Ph.D., Purdue University, August 2012. Registration and Segmentation Based Analysis of Microscopy Images. Major Professors: Edward J. Delp and Paul Salama. Optical microscopy exhibits many challenges for digital image analysis. In general, microscopy volumes are inherently anisotropic, suffer from decreasing contrast with tissue depth, lack object edge detail, and characteristi...