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Dirga Kumar Lamichhane, Jong Han Leem and Hwan Cheol Kim
This study was undertaken to investigate the associations between chronic exposure to particulate matter of medium aerodynamic diameter =10 or =2.5 µm (PM10 or PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels and lung function and to examine a possible change in...
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Yan Hua Zhou and Yim Wah Mak
Dyspnea has been found to be an independent predictor of mortality among patients with respiratory diseases and is often regarded as a difficult symptom to control in patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). Previous studies have found an associa...
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Brenda W. Campbell Jenkins, Daniel F. Sarpong, Clifton Addison, Monique S. White, DeMarc A. Hickson, Wendy White and Cecil Burchfiel
This study examined: (a) differences in lung function between current and non current smokers who had sedentary lifestyles and non sedentary lifestyles and (b) the mediating effect of sedentary lifestyle on the association between smoking and lung functi...
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Hai-Ying Liu, Daniel Dunea, Stefania Iordache and Alin Pohoata
Exposure to airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5) carries substantial health risks, particularly for younger children (0–10 years). Epidemiological evidence indicates that children are more susceptible to PM health effects than adults. We conduc...
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Li Ju, Maosheng Luo, Han Luo, Zelong Ma, Xiping Lu and Guoxin Jiang
Hydro-electric development has received increasing attention due to its characteristics of ecological and environmental protection. In addition, aquatic ecological functional zoning plays a key role in the aquatic ecological management in the basin becau...
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Jessica Imbrescia, Giulia Volpi, Silvia Lucchini, Cristian Toraci, Giorgio Facheris, Salvatore La Mattina, Navdeep Singh, Filippo Vaccher, Andrea Guerini, Michela Buglione di Monale e Bastia, Alessio Bruni and Paolo Borghetti
Background: The standard treatment for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC) is represented by concomitant chemo-radiotherapy followed by consolidation with durvalumab that ensures a 5-year survival of 46%. However, the risk of radiother...
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Gillian Gibson and Alex G. Stewart
Natural cycles underpin the very stuff of life. In this commentary we consider unnatural cycles: that is, anthropogenic activities which have a circularity, but whose nature is to have a detrimental effect on human health, exacerbating existing problems....
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Ayad Rodhan Abbas, Bashar Saadoon Mahdi and Osamah Younus Fadhil
Anticancer peptides (ACPs) are short protein sequences; they perform functions like some hormones and enzymes inside the body. The role of any protein or peptide is related to its structure and the sequence of amino acids that make up it. There are 20 ty...
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Tímea Pintér, Miklós Geiszt, Gábor L. Petheo, Máté Mihálffy, Gabriella Skoda, Nándor Lipták, Andrea Kerekes, Zsuzsanna Bosze, László Hiripi and Lilla Bodrogi
Nonrodent animal models have recently become more valuable in preclinical studies. The limitation of nonrodent animal models is that they must demonstrate relatively reliable and predictable responses in addition to representing complex etiologies of a g...
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Huseyin Polat and Homay Danaei Mehr
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Hence, the survival rate of patients can be increased by early diagnosis. Recently, machine learning methods on Computed Tomography (CT) images have been used in the diagnosis of lu...
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Simeone Marino and Denise E. Kirschner
Tuberculosis (TB) is a world-wide health problem with approximately 2 billion people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb, the causative bacterium of TB). The pathologic hallmark of Mtb infection in humans and Non-Human Primates (NHPs) is the fo...
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Jinyao Mo, Yajuan Xia, Timothy J. Wade, David M. DeMarini, Mercy Davidson and Judy Mumford
Chronic arsenic exposure results in higher risk of skin, lung, and bladder cancer, as well as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects on expression of selected genes in the blood lymphocytes from 159 ...
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