Mechanical ventilation-induced excessive stretch of alveoli is reported to induce cellular stress failure and subsequent lung injury, and is therefore an injurious factor to the lung.Avoiding cellular stress failure is crucial to ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) treatment.In the present study, primary rat alveolar type II (ATII) cells were iso
The paper analyses the impact of the economic crisis on the insurance industries of the ex-Yugoslavia region.The analysis encompasses five countries: Slovenia, corvette lanyard Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and FYR Macedonia.We examine insurance industry specifics separately for each country for the period 2004-2008 and for the first six
Abstract Research has shown that multidimensional approaches to Chagas disease (CD), integrating its biomedical and psycho-socio-cultural components, are successful in enhancing early access to diagnosis, treatment and sustainable follow-up.For the first time, a consulate was selected for a community-based CD detection campaign.Two different strate