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Is ACOS an independent nosology? Clinical signs and diagnosis of ACOS [PDF]
Russian Pulmonology, 2018 The aim of this study was to analyze inflammation features and possible causes of asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS). Methods. Clinical examination was performed for all patients included in the study. Blood levels of alpha-1-antitripsin (AAT), immunoglobulin (Ig) G and E antibodies against four bacterial antigens (Streptococcus pneumoniae ...
G. B. Fedoseev +8 more
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Asthma–COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in primary care of four Latin America countries: the PUMA study
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2017 Background Asthma–COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) prevalence varies depending on the studied population and definition criteria. The prevalence and clinical characteristics of ACOS in an at-risk COPD primary care population from Latin America was assessed ...
Maria Montes de Oca +5 more
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Терапевтический архив, 2017 Aim. To investigate the clinical and functional parameters in patients with asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (ACOS) versus those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Subjects and methods.
E A Sobko +7 more
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Proceedings of the 2020 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion, 2020 Beam-ACO, a modification of the traditional Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithms that incorporates a modified beam search, is one of the most effective ACO algorithms for solving the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). Although adding beam search to the ACO heuristic search process is effective, it also increases the amount of work (in terms of ...
Jeffrey Hajewski +3 more
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, 2010 Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) differs substantially from other meta-heuristics such as Evolutionary Algorithms (EA). Two of its distinctive features are: (i) it is constructive rather than based on iterative improvements, and (ii) it employs problem knowledge in the construction process via the heuristic function, which is essential for its success. In
Alberto Moraglio +2 more
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, 2008 The Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) meta-heuristic [1] has proven its efficiency to solve hard combinatorial optimization problems. However most works have focused on designing efficient ACO algorithms for solving specific problems, but not on integrating ACO within declarative languages so that solving a new problem with ACO usually implies a lot of ...
Madjid Khichane +2 more
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Analysis of mitochondrial DNA alteration in new phenotype ACOS [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Mitochondria contain their own DNA (MtDNA) that is very sensitive to oxidative stress and as a consequence could be damaged in quantity. Oxidative stress is largely recognized to play a key role in the pathogenesis of asthma and COPD and ...
Foschino Barbaro MP +13 more
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Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal, 2020 Background Asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases overlap syndrome (ACOS) carries a higher risk than either condition alone, with more symptoms, more exacerbations, higher cost, and increased mortality, so the diagnosis and accurate treatment of ...
Heba H Eltrawy, Salwa Elshennawy
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Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2020 Introduction Bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are airway diseases with different etiology and a different presentation. Sometimes, asthma and COPD are present within the same patient as asthma–COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS).
Eman Shebl, Hanaa A Moety
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Translating evidence into practice : ACOs’ use of care plans for patients with complex health needs [PDF]
, 2021 Background Care plans are an evidence-based strategy, encouraged by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and are used to manage the care of patients with complex health needs that have been shown to lead to lower hospital costs and improved ...
Fraze, T. K. +3 more
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