Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity,
mortality, and resource use worldwide. The goal of this Official American Thoracic Society (…

The Handbook for Family Planning Operations Research Design, first published in English
by the Population Council in 1983, was based on field research studies in Asia. This second …

The successful calculation of critical exponents for continuous phase transitions is one of the
main achievements of theoretical physics over the last quarter-century. This was achieved …

The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 variant emerged in 2021 1 and has multiple mutations in its
spike protein 2 . Here we show that the spike protein of Omicron has a higher affinity for …

Blast exposure is associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI), neuropsychiatric symptoms,
and long-term cognitive disability. We examined a case series of postmortem brains from US …

Preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection by modulating viral host receptors, such as angiotensin-converting
enzyme 2 (ACE2) 1 , could represent a new chemoprophylactic approach for …

Revised Manuscript Received May 3, 7995® abstract: The three-dimensional structures of
the truncated myosin head from Dictyostelium discoideum myosin II complexed with beryllium …

Rationale: Incident pulmonary arterial hypertension was underrepresented in most pulmonary
hypertension registries and may have a different disease profile to prevalent disease. …

Background Since the publication of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) Guideline on the ‘Management
of opportunistic mycobacterial infections’ in 2000, our understanding of the …

We present a method for determining streambed seepage rates using time series thermal
data. The new method is based on quantifying changes in phase and amplitude of …