Background Respiratory disease in patients with cystic fibrosis is characterized by airway
obstruction caused by the accumulation of thick, purulent secretions, which results in recurrent, …

Background and purpose: To determine the frequency of mucositis and associated outcomes
in patients receiving radiotherapy (RT) for head and neck cancer through a systematic …

In recent years, significant improvements have been made in the management of neutropenia
and thrombocytopenia and other potentially life-threatening complications of ablative …

We report on the generation of linearly chirped parabolic pulses with 17-W average power
at 75 MHz repetition rate and diffraction-limited beam quality in a large-mode-area ytterbium-…

Treatment for head and neck cancers primarily involves 3 modalities: surgery, radiation, and
chemotherapy, administered alone or in combination. 1, 2 Radiation therapy (RT) alone is …

We report on highly efficient transmission gratings in fused silica with a grating period of 800
nm generated by electron-beam lithography. At a wavelength of 1060 nm, 95% diffraction …

IL-8 has been characterized primarily as a polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) chemoattractant
and proinflammatory mediator. Recently, we have reported that [Ala-IL-8]77 is secreted …

Efficient generation of 76-W average power of 400-fs pulses at 75-MHz repetition rate by use
of a diode-pumped ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber-based chirped-pulse amplification …

… HJ Fuchs contributed to the concept and design, interpreted and analyzed the data,
provided administrative support, collected and assembled the data. … D Vesole, HJ Fuchs …

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with AIDS may result from impaired local
release of gamma interferon from lung lymphocytes and subsequent failure of macrophage …