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Active control synthesis for parametric instability of container ship model
The active stabilization of heave/pitch motions and parametric roll resonance of nonlinear ship dynamics is crucial for various maritime applications to ensure the safe operation of vessels under high sea cond...
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Open AccessTonEBP/NFAT5 expression is associated with cisplatin resistance and migration in macrophage-induced A549 cells
Macrophages promote angiogenesis, metastasis, and drug resistance in several cancers. Similarly, TonEBP/NFAT5 induces metastasis in renal carcinoma and colon cancer cells. However, the role of this transcripti...
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Active management strategy for supply chain system using nonlinear control synthesis
Nonlinear dynamical behaviours with chaotic phenomena are commonly observed in a typical logistics model and supply chain system. Bullwhip effect has been widely recognized as one of the main issues on affecti...
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Cough Presentation and Cough-Related Healthcare Utilization in Tertiary Care: Analysis of Routinely Collected Academic Institutional Database
Routinely collected data (RCD) from electronic health records (EHR) are useful for studying disease epidemiology in the real world. We examined cough presentation and cough-related healthcare utilization using...
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Adaptive Controller Design for Dynamic Maneuvers of High Speed Underwater Vehicles
The control synthesis of the high-speed underwater vehicle faces many technical challenges due to its inherent structure and surrounding operational environment. In this paper, the dynamical behavior is firstl...
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Radiomics approach for survival prediction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
To apply radiomics analysis for overall survival prediction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and evaluate the performance of the radiomics signature (RS).
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Open AccessDeep radiomics-based survival prediction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Heterogeneous clinical manifestations and progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affect patient health risk assessment, stratification, and management. Pulmonary function tests are used to...
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Open AccessSerum bilirubin level is associated with exercise capacity and quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Bilirubin has antioxidant properties against chronic respiratory diseases. However, previous studies are limited by acquisition of serum bilirubin level at one time point and its analysis with clinical paramet...
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Open AccessChange in inhaled corticosteroid treatment and COPD exacerbations: an analysis of real-world data from the KOLD/KOCOSS cohorts
This cohort study of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was performed to evaluate the status of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) prescriptions following the 2017 revision of the Global Init...
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Open AccessResting hyperinflation and emphysema on the clinical course of COPD
The aim of this study is to clarify whether the combined evaluation of resting hyperinflation and emphysema confers any additional advantages in terms of predicting clinical outcomes in chronic obstructive pul...
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Effect of post-filter anticoagulation on mortality in patients with cancer-associated pulmonary embolism
Malignancy is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism. Inferior vena cava filters are a viable alternative when anticoagulation is infeasible because of the risk of bleeding. Although the c...
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Open AccessSerial blood eosinophils and clinical outcome in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Blood eosinophils have been suggested as a potential biomarker in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and their stability over time has been investigated in a few studies. However, the association be...
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Open AccessFavorable longitudinal change of lung function in patients with asthma-COPD overlap from a COPD cohort
The recognition of asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) as a distinct phenotype of COPD or asthma has increased. Although ACO has worse clinical features than non-ACO COPD, limited...
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Open AccessWhich bronchodilator reversibility criteria can predict severe acute exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients?
It is unclear whether various bronchodilator reversibility (BDR) criteria affect the prognosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of positive BDR d...
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Open AccessThe microbiome of the lung and its extracellular vesicles in nonsmokers, healthy smokers and COPD patients
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory disease, and bacterial infection plays a role in its pathogenesis. Bacteria secrete nanometer-sized extracellular vesicles (EVs), which ma...
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Correction to: COPD
Erratum to: S.-D. Lee, COPD https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47178-4
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Open AccessErratum: Graphic analysis of flow-volume curves: a pilot study
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Open AccessSecreted APE1/Ref-1 inhibits TNF-α-stimulated endothelial inflammation via thiol-disulfide exchange in TNF receptor
Apurinic apyrimidinic endonuclease 1/Redox factor-1 (APE1/Ref-1) is a multifunctional protein with redox activity and is proved to be secreted from stimulated cells. The aim of this study was to evaluate the f...
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Open AccessGraphic analysis of flow-volume curves: a pilot study
Conventional spirometric parameters have shown poor correlation with symptoms and health status of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). While it is well-known that the pattern of the expiratory flow-v...
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Detailed analysis of the density change on chest CT of COPD using non-rigid registration of inspiration/expiration CT scans
One objective was to evaluate the air trap** index (ATI), measured by inspiration/expiration CT, in COPD patients and nonsmokers. Another objective was to assess the association between the pulmonary functio...