MISSED DIAGNOSIS AND OVERTREATMENT OF COPD AMONG SMOKING PRIMARY CARE POPULATION IN CENTRAL GREECE: OLD PROBLEMS PERSIST

Missed diagnosis and overtreatment of COPD among smoking primary care population in Central Greece: old problems persist

Eirini Stafyla, Ourania S Kotsiou, Konstantina Deskata, Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, Larissa, Dryer Maintenance Kit Thessaly, Greece Background: The diagnosis of COPD is not always consistent with the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOL

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Beyond Herd Immunity Against Strategic Attackers

Herd immunity, one of the most fundamental concepts in network epidemics, occurs when a large fraction of the population of devices is immune against a virus or malware.The few individuals who have not taken countermeasures against the threat are assumed to have very low chances of infection, as they are indirectly protected by the rest of the devi

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Plasma levels of adhesion molecules are elevated in dermatomyositis-interstitial lung disease and associated with low paraoxonase-1 activity

Abstract Objective To evaluate circulating levels of intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) in patients with dermatomyositis (DM) and DM associated interstitial lung disease (DM-ILD).Methods We performed a cross-sectional study in plasma samples from DM patients and matched healthy controls.Plasm

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MEMAKNAI BUDAYA LOKAL DAN GLOBAL DALAM PENGAJARAN BAHASA ASING

Multicultural diversity in Indonesia has become an amazing icon for many other countries which feel envy with the cultural richness of the archipelago.Although the Indonesian culture constantly growing, our civilization must be maintained and kept.Foreign Languages has been recognized in formal and non formal education in Indonesia.Learning and tea

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