A Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Sustained Efficacy of a Mucus Clearance Device in Ambulatory Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Norman Wolkove, Marc A Baltzan, Hany Kamel, Michael Rotaple

“…OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a mucus clearance device (MCD) (Flutter; Axcan Scandipharm, USA) could consistently improve the bronchodilator response and exercise performance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) when used in an ambulatory setting over a one-week period.…”
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Hybrid Wireless Sensor Networks: Theory and Design by Qilian Liang, Tariq S. Durrani, Yiming Pi, Sherwood W. Samn

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Chill Accumulation Monitoring and Forecasting by Clyde W. Fraisse, Alicia Whidden

“…Fraisse and Alicia Whidden, introduces a new web-based tool for agricultural producers to track and forecast chill accumulation during the winter season to reduce risks associated with climate variability in the southeastern U.S.A. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, January 2010.   …”
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Addendum: Average Surface Temperature Over the Circular Disk Heat Source/Sink Embedded in an Insulating Boundary Plane. Analytic Solution by Pons, William, Pons, Stanley

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Chill Accumulation Monitoring and Forecasting by Clyde W. Fraisse, Alicia Whidden

“…Fraisse and Alicia Whidden, introduces a new web-based tool for agricultural producers to track and forecast chill accumulation during the winter season to reduce risks associated with climate variability in the southeastern U.S.A. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, January 2010.   …”
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FEATURES OF REALIZATION OF APPROACHES TO THE CLUSTERING IN ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION by A. Akopyan

“…Organization and developments of clusters in economies of the countries of the European Union (EU) was widely adopted in spite of the fact that approach to a clustering of economy and innovative system in these countries began to be applied later, than in the USA. In the article features of a clustering of economies of certain EU countries are considered and prerequisites of transition to supranational policy of a clustering are revealed.…”
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Extending the concept of “obstetric violence” to post-partum experiences: cautions regarding the “first ever” pill for post-partum depression by Alicia Ely Yamin, Lisa Cosgrove

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Sensing Methodologies and Sensor Networks for Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructures by Hong-Nan Li, Gang-Bing Song, Jeong-Tae Kim, Ting-Hua Yi

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Seasonal Changes in a Population of Desert Harvestmen, Trachyrhinus Marmoratus (Arachnida: Opiliones), From Western Texas by William P. MacKay, Che'ree Grimsley, James C. Cokendolpher

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The convergence of an implicit mean value iteration by B. E. Rhoades, Ştefan M. Şoltuz

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Algorithmic Methods in Wireless Sensor Network 2014 by Haigang Gong, Dajin Wang, Shigeng Zhang, Nianbo Liu

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Sensing Methodologies and Sensor Networks for Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructures 2013 by Hong-Nan Li, Gangbing Song, Jeong-Tae Kim, Ting-Hua Yi

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Four-function model analysis of non-suicidal self-injury-related posts on Sina Weibo by Xin Yu, Kexin Zhang, Ziyang Wang

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Progress in flavor research in food: Flavor chemistry in food quality, safety, and sensory properties by Jeehye Sung, Scott Frost, Joon Hyuk Suh

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Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and genotyping among healthy adult populations in the United States and Europe: results from the PROGRESS (PRevalence of Oral hpv infecti... by Laia Alemany, Marisa Felsher, Anna R. Giuliano, Tim Waterboer, Haitham Mirghani, Hisham Mehanna, Craig Roberts, Ya-Ting Chen, Núria Lara, Mark Lynam, Mayara Torres, Montse Pedrós, Emilio Sanchez, Jacque Spitzer, Bradley Sirak, Beatriz Quirós, Gema Carretero, Sonia Paytubi, Edith Morais, Miquel Angel Pavón

“…Funding: Funding for this research was provided by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.…”
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Detection of alteration in carotid artery volumetry using standard-of-care computed tomography surveillance scans following unilateral radiation therapy for early-stage tonsillar s... by Efstratios Koutroumpakis, Mohamed A. Naser, Abdallah Sherif Radwan Mohamed, Salman A. Eraj, Andrea Jarre, Jay C. Shiao, Mona Kamal, Subha Perni, Jack P. Phan, William H. Morrison, Steven J. Frank, G.Brandon Gunn, Adam S. Garden, Anita Deswal, Jun-ichi Abe, David I. Rosenthal, Elie Mouhayar, Clifton D. Fuller

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The Microlensing Event Rate and Optical Depth from MOA-II 9 Yr Survey Toward the Galactic Bulge by Kansuke Nunota, Takahiro Sumi, Naoki Koshimoto, Nicholas J. Rattenbury, Fumio Abe, Richard Barry, David P. Bennett, Aparna Bhattacharya, Akihiko Fukui, Ryusei Hamada, Shunya Hamada, Naoto Hamasaki, Yuki Hirao, Stela Ishitani Silva, Yoshitaka Itow, Yutaka Matsubara, Shota Miyazaki, Yasushi Muraki, Tsutsumi Nagai, Greg Olmschenk, Clement Ranc, Yuki K. Satoh, Daisuke Suzuki, Paul. J. Tristram, Aikaterini Vandorou, Hibiki Yama, (MOA collaboration)

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A Simulated Galaxy Laboratory: Exploring the Observational Effects on UV Spectral Absorption Line Measurements by R. Michael Jennings, Alaina Henry, Valentin Mauerhofer, Timothy Heckman, Claudia Scarlata, Cody Carr, Xinfeng Xu, Mason Huberty, Simon Gazagnes, Anne E. Jaskot, Jeremy Blaizot, Anne Verhamme, Sophia R. Flury, Alberto Saldana-Lopez, Matthew J. Hayes, Maxime Trebitsch

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Overcoming CD226-related immune evasion in acute myeloid leukemia with CD38 CAR-engineered NK cells by Luciana Melo Garcia, Achintyan Gangadharan, Pinaki Banerjee, Ye Li, Andy G.X. Zeng, Hind Rafei, Paul Lin, Bijender Kumar, Sunil Acharya, May Daher, Luis Muniz-Feliciano, Gary M. Deyter, Gabriel Dominguez, Jeong Min Park, Francia Reyes Silva, Ana Karen Nunez Cortes, Rafet Basar, Nadima Uprety, Mayra Shanley, Mecit Kaplan, Enli Liu, Elizabeth J. Shpall, Katayoun Rezvani

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Hubble Space Telescope Observations within the Sphere of Influence of the Powerful Supermassive Black Hole in PKS 0745-191 by Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo, Hyunseop Choi, Minghao Guo, Annabelle Richard-Laferrière, Carter Rhea, Marine Prunier, Helen Russell, Andy Fabian, Jonelle L. Walsh, Marie-Joëlle Gingras, Brian McNamara, Steve Allen, André-Nicolas Chené, Alastair Edge, Marie-Lou Gendron-Marsolais, Michael McDonald, Priyamvada Natarajan, Jeremy Sanders, James F. Steiner, Benjamin Vigneron, Anja von der Linden

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