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Utrecht University
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About: Utrecht University is a education organization based out in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 58176 authors who have published 139351 publications receiving 6214282 citations. The organization is also known as: UU & Universiteit Utrecht.
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TL;DR: For all types of missing values, imputation of missing predictor values using the outcome is preferred over imputation without outcome and is no self-fulfilling prophecy.
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TL;DR: The production of NO under oxidative stress conditions secondarily generates strong oxidizing agents (reactive nitrogen species) that may modulate the development of chronic inflammatory airway diseases and/or amplify the inflammatory response.
Abstract: During the past decade a plethora of studies have unravelled the multiple roles of nitric oxide (NO) in airway physiology and pathophysiology. In the respiratory tract, NO is produced by a wide variety of cell types and is generated via oxidation of l-arginine that is catalyzed by the enzyme NO synthase (NOS). NOS exists in three distinct isoforms: neuronal NOS (nNOS), inducible NOS (iNOS), and endothelial NOS (eNOS). NO derived from the constitutive isoforms of NOS (nNOS and eNOS) and other NO-adduct molecules (nitrosothiols) have been shown to be modulators of bronchomotor tone. On the other hand, NO derived from iNOS seems to be a proinflammatory mediator with immunomodulatory effects. The concentration of this molecule in exhaled air is abnormal in activated states of different inflammatory airway diseases, and its monitoring is potentially a major advance in the management of, e.g., asthma. Finally, the production of NO under oxidative stress conditions secondarily generates strong oxidizing agents (reactive nitrogen species) that may modulate the development of chronic inflammatory airway diseases and/or amplify the inflammatory response. The fundamental mechanisms driving the altered NO bioactivity under pathological conditions still need to be fully clarified, because their regulation provides a novel target in the prevention and treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases of the airways.
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TL;DR: Radial access in patients with ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome is associated with significant clinical benefits, in terms of both lower morbidity and cardiac mortality, and should become the recommended approach in these patients, provided adequate operator and center expertise is present.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a dense grid of evolutionary tracks and isochrones of rotating massive main-sequence stars is presented to compare with early OB stars in the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds and in the Galaxy.
Abstract: We present a dense grid of evolutionary tracks and isochrones of rotating massive main-sequence stars. We provide three grids with different initial compositions tailored to compare with early OB stars in the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds and in the Galaxy. Each grid covers masses ranging from 5 to 60 M ⊙ and initial rotation rates between 0 and about 600 km s-1 . To calibrate our models we used the results of the VLT-FLAMES Survey of Massive Stars. We determine the amount of convective overshooting by using the observed drop in rotation rates for stars with surface gravities log g < 3.2 to determine the width of the main sequence. We calibrate the efficiency of rotationally induced mixing using the nitrogen abundance determinations for B stars in the Large Magellanic cloud. We describe and provide evolutionary tracks and the evolution of the central and surface abundances. In particular, we discuss the occurrence of quasi-chemically homogeneous evolution, i.e. the severe effects of efficient mixing of the stellar interior found for the most massive fast rotators. We provide a detailed set of isochrones for rotating stars. Rotation as an initial parameter leads to a degeneracy between the age and the mass of massive main sequence stars if determined from its observed location in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. We show that the consideration of surface abundances can resolve this degeneracy.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Ronald C. Kessler | 274 | 1332 | 328983 |
Albert Hofman | 267 | 2530 | 321405 |
Douglas G. Altman | 253 | 1001 | 680344 |
Hans Clevers | 199 | 793 | 169673 |
Craig B. Thompson | 195 | 557 | 173172 |
Patrick W. Serruys | 186 | 2427 | 173210 |
Ruedi Aebersold | 182 | 879 | 141881 |
Dennis S. Charney | 179 | 802 | 122408 |
Kenneth S. Kendler | 177 | 1327 | 142251 |
Jean Louis Vincent | 161 | 1667 | 163721 |
Vilmundur Gudnason | 159 | 837 | 123802 |
Monique M.B. Breteler | 159 | 546 | 93762 |
Lex M. Bouter | 158 | 767 | 103034 |
Elio Riboli | 158 | 1136 | 110499 |
Roy F. Baumeister | 157 | 650 | 132987 |