The hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis is a complex system of neuroendocrine pathways
and feedback loops that function to maintain physiological homeostasis. Abnormal …

Filiform corrosion is a type of localized corrosion which affects painted metals (usually steel,
aluminium and magnesium). Filiform corrosion often occurs in marine environments and it …

Advances in the foldamer field in recent years are as diverse as the backbones of which
they are composed. Applications have ranged from cellular penetration and membrane …

Background Multiple major health organisations recommend the use of extracorporeal
membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support for COVID-19-related acute hypoxaemic respiratory …

While the phenomenon of leadership is widely considered to be universal across cultures,
the way in which it is operationalized is usually viewed as culturally specific. Conflicting …

Background Patients with coronavirus disaese 2019 (COVID-19) can develop a cytokine
release syndrome that eventually leads to acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring …

THIS PAPER PRESENTS a formula for evaluating financial lease contracts. We use it to
solve the firm's lease vs. borrow problem, and to examine the economic rationale for leasing. …

The hypothesis that complement factors may be involved in the postischemic activation of
Kupffer cells (KC) and polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) was investigated in a model of …

Impaired function of pancreatic islet cells is a major cause of metabolic dysregulation and
disease in humans. Despite this, it remains challenging to directly link physiological …

The objective of this study was to identify the cellular source of the vascular oxidant stress in
hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury in male Fischer rats. Nonparenchymal cells (Kupffer …