The skeletal muscles play an essential role in life, providing the mechanical basis for
respiration and movement. Skeletal muscle dysfunction is prevalent in all stages of chronic …

Background Loss of muscle mass is a co‐morbidity common to a range of chronic diseases
including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Several systemic features of …

Background Loss of muscle mass and strength is a significant comorbidity in patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that limits their quality of life and has …

Background Loss of muscle mass and strength are important sequelae of chronic disease,
but the response of individuals is remarkably variable, suggesting important genetic and …

Background Klotho is an ‘anti-ageing’ hormone and transmembrane protein; Klotho deficient
mice develop a similar ageing phenotype to smokers including emphysema and muscle …

As with the first edition, this textbook provides a clear introduction to the fundamental theory
of structural analysis as applied to vehicular structures such as aircraft, spacecraft, …

The theory of Riemann surfaces occupies a very special place in mathematics. It is a
culmination of much of traditional calculus, making surprising connections with geometry and …

… College London who part funded MI Polkey's salary and wholly funded AV Donaldson.
Funding information for this article has been deposited with the Crossref Funder Registry. …

Introduction The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is a simple objective assessment
tool developed by the National Institute on Ageing for evaluating lower extremity function …

… The maximum size of mineral grains in the pulverised basalt is 5 #m and Donaldson (1979a) …
At the Po~ used losses of Fe to the wire and volatilization of Na and K are minor (Donaldson…