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The Case of Fleeting Orders and Flickering Quotes

open access: yesJournal of Futures Markets, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The literature controversially discusses the ambiguous motives and driving forces behind quickly cancelled limit orders (fleeting orders), which are characteristic of high‐frequency markets. In particular, manipulative and dysfunctional characteristics are feared. We analyze top‐of‐book fleeting orders—so‐called flickering quotes—and show with
Markus Ulze   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of pulmonary functions in pediatric patients with beta-thalassemia major

open access: yesAl-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal, 2019
Background Thalassemia is a challenging health problem all over the world, especially in Mediterranean areas. Its effect on pulmonary function has not been well studied.
Lotfy Abdelfattah Elsehaimy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patterns of recruitment and injury in a heterogeneous airway network model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In respiratory distress, lung airways become flooded with liquid and may collapse due to surface-tension forces acting on air-liquid interfaces, inhibiting gas exchange.
Cressoni M   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Hypervision Proton Surgery: The Future Direction of Proton Therapy

open access: yesiNew Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Proton beams provide unique physical advantages characterized by a low entrance dose, negligible exit dose, and a sharp Bragg peak, which enable superior sparing of normal tissues and support safe dose escalation for improved tumor control. However, conventional photon‐based fractionation remains widely used in proton therapy, where prolonged ...
Li Li, Shuanghu Yuan
wiley   +1 more source

O volume expiratório forçado no primeiro segundo não é suficiente para avaliar resposta broncodilatadora em doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica Measuring forced expiratory volume in one second alone is not an accurate method of assessing response to bronchodilators in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

open access: yesJornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2005
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a freqüência de variação no volume expiratório forçado no primeiro segundo após o uso de broncodilatador, em uma amostra de pacientes com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica.
Felícia de Moraes Branco Tavares   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cardiorespiratory fitness and sports activities in children and adolescents with solitary functioning kidney [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: An increasing number of children with chronic disease require a complete medical examination to be able to practice physical activity. Particularly children with solitary functioning kidney (SFK) need an accurate functional evaluation to ...
DE CASTRO, Giovanna   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Development of a step‐gradient simulated moving bed process for the polishing of monoclonal antibodies with anion exchange chromatography

open access: yesJournal of Chemical Technology &Biotechnology, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND In recent years, biopharmaceutical applications in medicine have seen explosive growth and the need for efficient, rapid and inexpensive purification of these targets is the topic of tremendous research and development. The need to improve process efficiency has been an active area of investigation due to the tremendous potential ...
Yasmina MJ Harsy   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of gastroesophageal reflux disease on spirometry, lung diffusion, and impulse oscillometry

open access: yesThe Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2016
Background Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is known to be associated with many forms of respiratory diseases, including asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
Eman R. Ali   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Help smokers quit: Tell them their "lung age" [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Perform spirometry on patients who smoke -- even if they're asymptomatic -- and show them their lung age that is, the average age of a nonsmoker with a forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEV1) equal to theirs. Doing so can help patients kick the habit.
Deane, Kristen   +2 more
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