The clinical utility of spirometric screening of asymptomatic smokers for early signs of air flow
limitation has recently come under review. The current authors propose that reduced forced …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by minimally reversible
airflow limitation and features of systemic inflammation. Current therapies for COPD have …

Evidence from epidemiological studies suggests that a diet high in fiber is associated with
better lung function and reduced risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common comorbid disease in lung
cancer, estimated to affect 40–70% of lung cancer patients, depending on diagnostic criteria …

This paper describes synthetic rock mass (SRM) modeling, a new approach for simulating
the mechanical behavior of jointed rock mass. This technique uses the bonded particle …

Atopy is a common familial state underlying allergic asthma and rhinitis. Lately, we have
assigned a gene for atopy to chromosome 11 q by linkage to the marker D11 S97. Since …

Dynamic micromechanical models are used to analyze crack nucleation and propagation in
brittle rock. Models of rock are created by bonding together thousands of individual particles …

A series of 20 chevron cracked notched Brazilian disc (CCNBD) samples of Westerly granite
were failed in a standard Mode I tensile test at room temperature in order to evaluate the …

Concurrent ultrasonic tomography and acoustic emission monitoring were employed to
study thermally induced microfracturing in an unconfined, 15‐cm cube of Lac du Bonnet …

Recording acoustic emissions (AE) during laboratory testing of rock samples can provide
significant additional information on the micro-mechanics of failure processes [1] …