Self-healing concrete for sustainable buildings. A review

…, MM Patwary, N Khunga, P Sharma, SJ Shaker - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
A total of 12 billion tons of concrete materials are produced annually, about 2 tons per person.
More sustainable buildings are thus needed to decrease the carbon footprint of concrete …

Phytochemistry and cardiovascular protective effects of Huang‐Qi (Astragali Radix)

H Su, S Shaker, Y Kuang, M Zhang… - Medicinal research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Huang‐Qi (Astragali Radix) is an herbal tonic widely used in China and many other countries.
It is derived from the roots of Astragalus membranaceus and A. membranaceus var. …

[HTML][HTML] Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: best practice in monitoring and managing a relentless fibrotic disease

…, ED Manali, A Morais, S Papiris, S Shaker… - Respiration, 2020 - karger.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fibrosing interstitial lung disease that is, by definition,
progressive. Progression of IPF is reflected by a decline in lung function, worsening of …

Exploring the role of CT densitometry: a randomised study of augmentation therapy in α1-antitrypsin deficiency

…, C Deng, M Wencker, SB Shaker… - European …, 2009 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… CT was more sensitive than other measures of emphysema progression, and the changes
in CT and forced expiratory volume in 1 s were correlated. All methods of densitometric …

Quantitative analysis of pulmonary emphysema using local binary patterns

L Sorensen, SB Shaker… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We aim at improving quantitative measures of emphysema in computed tomography (CT)
images of the lungs. Current standard measures, such as the relative area of emphysema (RA)…

Ziritaxestat, a novel autotaxin inhibitor, and lung function in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: the ISABELA 1 and 2 randomized clinical trials

…, E Bendstrup, SB Shaker, I Titlestad, S Budweiser… - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There is a major need for effective, well-tolerated treatments for idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Objective To assess the efficacy and safety of the autotaxin inhibitor …

A combined pulmonary-radiology workshop for visual evaluation of COPD: study design, chest CT findings and concordance with quantitative evaluation

…, JD Schroeder, F Sciurba, S Shaker… - COPD: Journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The purposes of this study were: to describe chest CT findings in normal non-smoking
controls and cigarette smokers with and without COPD; to compare the prevalence of CT …

Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater using microalgae free cells in bath culture system

…, N Montazeri-Najafabady, S Shaker… - Biocatalysis and …, 2014 - Elsevier
… DNA fragment of ~700 was amplified from genomic DNA of microalgae strains with
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) by using universal primers against the 18 S rRNA genes. The …

[HTML][HTML] Factors affecting liposomes particle size prepared by ethanol injection method

S Shaker, AR Gardouh, MM Ghorab - Research in pharmaceutical …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Ethanol injection is one of the techniques frequently used to produce liposomes which favors
both simplicity and safety. In this process, an ethanolic solution of lipids is rapidly injected …

A texton-based approach for the classification of lung parenchyma in CT images

MJ Gangeh, L Sørensen, SB Shaker, MS Kamel… - … Image Computing and …, 2010 - Springer
In this paper, a texton-based classification system based on raw pixel representation along
with a support vector machine with radial basis function kernel is proposed for the …