Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health burden with a high economic cost to health
systems and is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). All stages of …

Noninvasive ventilation refers to the delivery of mechanical ventilation to the lungs using
techniques that do not require an endotracheal airway. During the first half of the 20th century, …

Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) is widely used in the acute care setting for acute
respiratory failure (ARF) across a variety of aetiologies. This document provides European …

The psychometric function relates an observer’s performance to an independent variable,
usually some physical quantity of a stimulus in a psychophysical task. This paper, together …

Multiferroic magnetoelectrics are materials that are both ferromagnetic and ferroelectric in the
same phase. As a result, they have a spontaneous magnetization that can be switched by …

… Hill. This method of discussing discrepancies until consensus is reached, as a way of
assuring intercoder reliability, is consistent with the meta-analysis methodology presented in …

Developing collaborations between families and schools to promote academic success has
a long-standing basis in research and is the focus of numerous programs and policies. We …

This Letter reports results from the MINOS experiment based on its initial exposure to
neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI beam. The rates and energy spectra of charged current ν μ …

Background: Pulmonary hypertension is a progressive and often fatal complication of the
scleroderma spectrum of disease for which no treatment has been proven effective in a …

… Hill has received honoraria and reimbursement of travel expenses from Respironics, lnc.,
Murrysville, PA,to support speakingengagements at national and regional meetings. Dr. …