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Respiratory symptoms, sensitisation and occupational exposure in the shrimp processing industry
IntroductionShellfish processing workers are highly susceptible to respiratory illnesses such as allergies and asthma. This study examined respiratory symptoms and biomarkers of allergy and asthma in Norwegian shrimp processing plant workers and ...
Fikirte Debebe Zegeye +10 more
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Irritable bowel, irritable body or irritable brain?
Summary points The irritable bowel syndrome affects about 20% of adults in the industrialised world The condition is a disturbance of gastrointestinal function of unknown cause, but abnormalities of intestinal motility and visceral sensation are found in some patients Symptoms of the irritable bowel syndrome are often associated with extraintestinal
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Why We Have No Theory of European Private Law Pluralism [PDF]
The recent popularity of legal pluralism has now reached the area of European private law. In this paper Michaels scrutinizes the concepts of legal pluralism used by three of its most prominent proponents: Pierre Legrand, Jan Smits, and Thomas ...
Michaels, Ralf
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Expression of taste receptors in Solitary Chemosensory Cells of rodent airways
Background Chemical irritation of airway mucosa elicits a variety of reflex responses such as coughing, apnea, and laryngeal closure. Inhaled irritants can activate either chemosensitive free nerve endings, laryngeal taste buds or solitary chemosensory ...
Sbarbati Andrea +3 more
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Irritants, Irritancy and Irritant Induced Asthma
An irritant represents a non-corrosive chemical that causes a reversible non-immunologic inflammatory reaction after direct contact with the skin, eyes, nose and/or respiratory system. There are numerous reactions to irritants including change in spirometry, elevated exhaled breath levels of nitric oxide, enhancement of the response to allergen ...
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INTRODUCTION. Ophthalmotoxicity assessment of potential drugs is a highly meaningful element of preclinical trials that reflects modes of action and pharmacological effects of a chemical compound on the eyes in topical and systemic use. However, there is
L. V. Naumenko +2 more
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Identifying customer expectations is key to evidence based service delivery [PDF]
As librarians and information professionals we share a common rationale: to deliver enhanced services for our customers. The importance of this is self-evident - if we don’t have customers we don't have a job. We therefore put our services at peril if we
Booth, A, McKnight, S
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Cell wall target fragment discovery using a low‐cost, minimal fragment library
LoCoFrag100 is a fragment library made up of 100 different compounds. Similarity between the fragments is minimized and 10 different fragments are mixed into a single cocktail, which is soaked to protein crystals. These crystals are analysed by X‐ray crystallography, revealing the binding modes of the bound fragment ligands.
Kaizhou Yan +5 more
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Objective Sjögren's disease is an autoimmune disorder that can impact multiple organ systems, including the peripheral nervous system (PNS). PNS manifestations, which can exist concurrently, include mononeuropathies, polyneuropathies, and autonomic nervous system neuropathies.
Anahita Deboo +88 more
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Menthol attenuates respiratory irritation and elevates blood cotinine in cigarette smoke exposed mice. [PDF]
Addition of menthol to cigarettes may be associated with increased initiation of smoking. The potential mechanisms underlying this association are not known.
Michael A Ha +7 more
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