Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a well-recognized complication of COPD. The
impact of PH on exercise tolerance is largely unknown. We evaluated and compared the …

In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, stroke volume response to
exercise is impaired. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether 3 months of …

… Also, on different days, patients performed two maximal exercise tests (CPET) randomly,
1 h … clinical condition, minimally 24 h and maximally 5 days were allowed in between tests. …

Aims: This study was designed to investigate the mechanisms by which the right ventricle is
able to increase stroke volume (SV) during exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary …

… More details regarding technique, equipment and preparation of media are given in Rietema
… Rietema 1991). Also linear growth rates were determined using the same drawings. Only rel…

Phycodrys rubens from the Baltic (Kiel Bight) kept in a salinity range grew and survived at all
salinities from 33 down to 7.5% o with maximum growth in the range from 23 down to 16.5% …

… medium (Rietema, 1975) at 16C under a light intensity of about 1600 lx for 16 h daily. …
Cell walls were hydrolysed with 2 N trifluoroacetic-acid (TFA) under N2 for 2 h at 120C. After …

Cultural and caryological investigations on Bryopsis halymeniae from Banyuls give
evidence for a heteromorphic diplohaplontic life-history. A haploid gametophytic phase (Bryopsis …

Infrared spectrum analysis and thin layer chromatography of cell walls of the sporophytic
microthallus of Bryopsis plumosa (Huds.) C.Ag. and the sporophytic macrothallus of Derbesia …

Abstract Effects of daylength and temperature on the formation of erect macrothalli from
crustose microthalli tf Dumontia contorta from Roscoff (49 N. lat.), the Isle of Man (54 N. lat.) and …