β-Lactoglobulin, being one of the principal whey protein, is of huge importance to the food industry. Temperature/pressure effects on this small protein has been extensively studied by industry. To characterize biochemical properties of β-lactoglobulin after or during p...

ObjectivesThe aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of targeted agents used as monotherapy or combined therapy in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma ...

Summary The role of airway wall remodelling in bronchial asthma is well established. Myofibroblasts, the cells displaying features intermediate between fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells, are involved in this process but the mechanism of myofibroblasts activation in th...

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Rationale Chronic endobronchial inflammation is a hallmark of pediatric asthma and involves the arachidonic acid pathway. Its non-volatile metabolites can be quantified in the exhaled breath condensate (EBC), and single substances have been studied as non-invasive bioma...

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have recently been described as an important innate defense mechanism that leads to immobilization and killing of invading pathogens. NETs have been identified in several species, but the mechanisms involved in NET formation and the...

Poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA) films were photografted by iniferter-mediated polymerization from self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of initiator molecules immobilized on Au via disulfide linkages and mixed with disulfide alkanes. The influence of initiator coverage on the ...

VOC combustion is a demanding process for both reactor and catalyst design. The microstructural reactor made of wire gauze was studied by us as an alternative to ceramic monoliths. The reactor evaluation was based on modeling heat and mass transfer through the selected ...

We consider coupled atomic-molecular Bose-Einstein condensate system in a quasi-one-dimensional trap. In the vicinity of a Feshbach resonance the system can reveal soliton-like behavior. We analyze bright soliton solutions for the system in the trap and in the presence ...

From the Northwest Passage to the Canadian Inland Waters: Political History of the Canadian Arctic Waters, "Ad Americam", vol. 9, pp. 49-59. The North is one of the most important Canadian myths. Northern geography and concern for the North are treated by Canadians as d...