Faster Onset of Bronchodilation with Formoterol than with Salmeterol in Patients with Stable, Moderate-Severe Copd: Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Study by John Kottakis, Giovanni Della Cioppa, Jacques Creemers, Louis Greefhorst, Violette Leclerc, Riccardo Pistelli, Tim Overend, Denise Till, Günter Rapatz, Vincent LeGros, Demosthenes Bouros, Nikolaos Siafakas

“…OBJECTIVES: To compare the onset and magnitude of bronchodilation after dry powder inhalations of formoterol fumarate (Foradil Aerolizer) versus salmeterol xinofoate (Serevent Diskus) with respect to normalized (*) forced expiratory volume in 1 s area under the curve 0 to 1 h after inhalation (FEV1 AUC*0-1 h).…”
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Research on energy-saving method based on reconfigurable network architecture by Sheng-quan LIAO, Chun-ming WU, Bin WANG, ming JIANG

“…With the aim to address the problem that current energy-saving algorithms in the IP network were low practical,an energy-saving method in the reconfigurable network architecture base on its natural features was proposed that the central server unified manages the routing configuration of all the routers.The method firstly using the modified OSPF protocol algorithm to determine a candidate link set in which a l the links were probably closed or sleep,then the mul-ti-commodity model was utilized to remap the traffic volume of these links to other physical paths.Thus,some links can be idle since their data flows had been redirected.It was reasonable to power off idle physical links for the purpose of saving energy.Finally,the simulated experiments had verified the effects of saving energy and the differences between the proposed algorithm and the high recognized energy-saving method –GreenTE were given.…”
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Structural Design and Dynamic Grasping of Three-finger Dexterous Hand by Guoqing Bai

“…In view of the problem complex structure and large volume of high-DOF dexterous hand， a compact， light-weight， direct-drive 8-DOF three-finger dexterous hand is designed. …”
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Nitrogen-Modified Titanium Dioxide as an Adsorbent for Gaseous SO by Agnieszka Wanag, Ewelina Kusiak-Nejman, Joanna Kapica, Łukasz Kowalczyk, Antoni W. Morawski

“…The influence of modification temperature, BET surface area, pore volume and nitrogen content on the efficiency of SO 2 sorption on TiO 2 surface was discussed. …”
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Effect of Aeolian Sand Powder Addition on Frost Resistance of Concrete Pavement by Ou Zhao, Xuefeng Deng

“…In this experiment, under freeze-thaw conditions, its intensity decay and mass volume change law and the changes of freeze-thaw characteristics were comprehensively characterized by multiple indicators. …”
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Non-Gaussianity from Large-Scale Structure Surveys by Licia Verde

“…With the advent of galaxy surveys which provide large samples of galaxies or galaxy clusters over a volume comparable to the horizon size (SDSS-III, HETDEX, Euclid, JDEM, LSST, Pan-STARRS, CIP, etc.) or mass-selected large cluster samples over a large fraction of the extra-galactic sky (Planck, SPT, ACT, CMBPol, B-Pol), it is timely to investigate what constraints these surveys can impose on primordial non-Gaussianity. …”
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Re-introducing the Cambridge Group Family Reconstitutions by George Alter, Gill Newton, Jim Oeppen

“…English Population History from Family Reconstitution 1580–1837 was important both for its scope and its methodology. The volume was based on data from family reconstitutions of 26 parishes carefully selected to represent 250 years of English demographic history. …”
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External Determinants of the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises – Empirical Analysis by Renata Lisowska

“…The implementation of the above-presented goals was based on the following assumptions: (i) the current situation of the surveyed enterprises is determined with the use of quantitative indicators (turnover volume, number of employees, market share, profit levels) (ii) the analysis of external determinants encompasses three components of the environment: the macro-environment, the meso-environment and the micro-environment, (iii) in each analysed area there are separate analyses conducted for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, enabling greater precision in the identification of external determinants of development for each category of businesses.…”
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Numerical simulation of a crack emanating from a micro-cavity in the orthopedic cement by technical sub modeling of total hip prosthesis by Zahi Rachid, Ait Kaci Djafar, Sahli Abderahmane, Moulgada Abdelmadjid

“…This phenomenon origin is due to the presence of micro-cavities in the cement volume due to patient movements. The focus of this study is the modeling using the finite element method of a crack emanating from a cavity. …”
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A new method to determine varying adsorbed density based on Gibbs isotherm of supercritical gas adsorption by Hailiang Cai, Peichao Li, Zhixin Ge, Yuxi Xian, Detang Lu

“…Taking advantage of the proposed method, we can obtain the adsorbed density and the adsorbed volume corresponding to different pressures. Compared with the conventional methods under the assumption of fixed and parameterized adsorbed density, the proposed method yields better fitting results with the experimental data. …”
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Charles Humbert « enlumine » l’Enfer de Dante vers 1920 by Philippe Kaenel

“…A l’occasion du sixième centenaire de la naissance de Dante, Charles Humbert (1891-1958), peintre neuchâtelois, calligraphie et enlumine le texte de La Divine comédie dans un volume monumental conservé dans le fonds qu’il a déposé à la bibliothèque de La Chaux-de-Fonds (55 sur 35 centimètres et comptant 445 pages). …”
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Deep Neural Network Model Forecasting for Financial and Economic Market by Fan Chen

“…In view of the Internet financial market dynamic (volume and daily trading), it is proposed based on a deep neural network for fusion level time series prediction model. …”
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Optimization Design and Simulation Analysis of Cycloid Pin Gear Planetary Reducer by Liang Kaixiang, Wang Zhongsu, Tian Shitao, Wu Qingwen, Xu Zhenbang

“…A genetic algorithm is used to optimize the structural parameters of reducer. The smallest volume,minimum mass and maximum efficiency are set as objective functions,the relevant constraints conditions are derived on the basis of Hertz formula,etc. …”
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEAT CATTLE BREEDING IN CONDITIONS OF RUSSIAN EMBARGO by V. Svinukhov, S. Senotrusova, I. Makarova

“…The article examines the dynamics of the market of animal products to reflect changes in its geographical pattern, the volume and value of import to the Russian Federation in the conditions of embargo. …”
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An Extremely Rare Cause of Isolated Congenital Anosmia by Chia Saw, Noel David Friesen, Anthony Bartley

“…The MRI was reported as “absence of olfactory tracts with preserved olfactory bulb volume.” We report an extremely rare case of “isolated agenesis of the olfactory tract with intact olfactory bulbs” and discuss the clinical approach in bedside assessment of isolated congenital anosmia (ICA). …”
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Intelligent interference management in 5G wireless networks by Jiandong LI, Lei LIU, Min SHENG, UChao X

“…As one of the key technologies in 5G networks，ultra-dense wireless network is utilized to approach the future 1 000 ultra-high traffic volume.Nevertheless，the dense deployment of network nodes would result in severe interference，and thus interference management was proposed as the big principle behind 5G ultra-dense wireless networks research.Firstly，the interference management schemes were classifed from two aspects：avoidance and utilization.Then，an intelligent interference management architecture was proposed to accommodate the development trend of future wireless networks in terms of intelligence and heterogeneity in order to realize the dynamic tightly coupled interference management of wireless network environment and interference management.Taking the intrinsic relationship between interference management and resource management into consideration，three cutting-edge interference management schemes were introduced，which could significantly improve the network resource utilization and the network capacity.…”
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Analysis of Flow Capacity of Liufangdi Section of Main Stream of the Huaihe River Based on MIKE 11 and 21 Models by WANG Kaizhen

“…In order to analyze the flow capacity for the north and south braided channels and upper and lower flooding areas of Liufangdi section of the main stream of the Huaihe River,this paper establishes this one- and two-dimensional hydrodynamic model for main stream of Huaihe from Xiashankou to upper section of Tangyu Lake based on the MIKE 11,21 software,performs a flood diversion simulation on those channels and flooding areas,and determines that the flow capacity of the channel from Xiashankou to upper Liufangdi section cannot meet the design requirements,and the flood discharge capacity of the upper Liufangdi flooding area cannot reach the flood discharge volume required in the Huaihe flood dispatching scheme according to simulation and calculation results of model.The model also serves as the technical support for the adjustment and construction plan of the upper and lower Liufangdi flooding areas.…”
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Airway Remodelling in Asthma and COPD: Findings, Similarities, and Differences Using Quantitative CT by Gaël Dournes, François Laurent

“…Computed tomography (CT) is today a remarkable tool to assess airway wall morphology in vivo since submillimetric acquisitions over the whole lung volume could be obtained allowing 3D evaluation. Recently, CT-derived indices extracted from CT images have been described and are thought to assess airway remodelling. …”
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Role of interventions in diagnosis and management of lung disorders in rheumatic diseases by Venkata Nagarjuna Maturu, Chetan Rao Vaddepally, V Pratibh Prasad

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Elevated Middle Cerebral Artery Peak Systolic Velocity in a Nonanemic Fetus with Alpha-Thalassemia Trait by Kent Heyborne

“…Elevated middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity (MCA-PSV) has been reported in nonanemic fetuses following fetal transfusion, and has been attributed to a major population of red blood cells (RBCs) with an adult mean corpuscular volume (MCV) in the fetal circulation. Reported here is an analogous case of elevated MCA-PSV with a normal fetal hematocrit and relative fetal microcytosis due to fetal α-thalassemia trait. …”
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