Biomarkers of collagen turnover are related to annual change in FEV1 in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease within the ECLIPSE study

Abstract Background Change in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) is important for defining severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Serological neoepitope markers of collagen turnover may predict rate of change in FEV1.Methods One thousand COPD subjects from the observational, multicentre, three-year ECLIPSE (Evaluation o

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Behavioural Analysis of Criminal Law: A Survey

This article is a survey of behavioural analysis of criminal law.Behavioural analysis of criminal law exploits social science methodologies (behavioural economics, psychology and even sociology) to explore the effects of criminal law norms and enforcement policy on criminals, judges, juries, lawyers and other decision-makers, to determine the optim

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Experimental research on coal adsorption of CH4 and CO2 mixed gas

In order to reveal the competitive adsorption characteristics of CH4 /CO2 mixed gas in coal, the isothermal adsorption click here experiments of five different ratios of CH4 /CO2 mixed gas in coal were carried out.Experiments show that the relationship between the adsorption amount of pure CH4 and pure CO2 and the gas pressure satisfies the Langmui

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Constitutional consolidation of the rule of law as the basis for the development of the Ukrainian state: historical origins and implementation practice

Purpose.The article is devoted to the analysis of the legal nature, the content of the rule of law as a principle, as well as the legal phenomenon and the conceptual approach to modern human rights.She studies the foreign experience of implementing the rules of the rule of law into national legislation.The role of international organizations in ens

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