EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AND COPD: FOE OR FRIEND?

Extracellular vesicles and COPD: foe or friend?

Abstract Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory airway disease characterized by progressive airflow limitation.The complex biological processes of COPD include protein hydrolysis tissue remodeling, innate immune inflammation, disturbed host-pathogen response, abnormal cellular phenotype conversion, and cellular senes

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Internet of things (IoT) driven structural health monitoring for enhanced seismic resilience: A rigorous functional analysis and implementation framework

Civil engineering infrastructures are increasingly becoming exposed to seismic loads, and at such a stage there is an increased need for alternative methods to fortify and enhance the resilience.The present study deals with the intricate linkage of internet of things (IoT) devices and the resilience of structures in a seismically affected zone.From

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Auction Models Supporting End-to-End Connection Trading

The paper concerns bandwidth allocation problem on the telecommunication market where there are operation igloo white many sellers and buyers.Sellers offer the bandwidth of telecommunication links.Buyers are interested in the purchase of the bandwidth of several links that makes up an end-to-end connection between two nodes of telecommunication net

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CWD as a New Health Threat in Europe and the Adequacy and Effectiveness of Instruments of Legal Response from a Comparative Legal Perspective

Prions cause infectious and fatal neurodegenerative diseases in mammals.Chronic wasting disease (CWD) affects wild and farmed cervids.The increasing number of cases in Europe, the resistance of prions to external conditions, and the persistence period threaten not only wild cervid populations but also the economy.The possible zoonotic potential of

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