Healthy sleep is a permanent problem in the attention of the Romanian Society of Pneumology Somnology Section
Published in Pneumologia
Theoria Cum Praxi – Modeling Specialised Communication
Published in Glottotheory
As researchers from different nationalities and disciplines collaborate in research projects with joint grants, science becomes more and more global. For conducting the research, project members from several different professional and national backgrounds work together on a daily basis using English as lingua franca (ELF). This results in a very he...
Asthma–COPD–Bronchiectasis combination: an unstudied triplet
Published in Pneumologia
Types, Tokens, and Hapaxes: A New Heap’s Law
Published in Glottotheory
Heap’s Law https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=539986 Heaps, H S 1978 Information Retrieval: Computational and Theoretical Aspects (Academic Press). states that in a large enough text corpus, the number of types as a function of tokens grows as N=KMβN = K{M^\beta } for some free parameters K,βK, \beta. Much has been written http://iopscience.iop.org...
Genetics and inflammatory profile in tobacco dependence
Published in Pneumologia
The state of health of the population is determined by a set of factors belonging to human biology, environment, behaviors, and the health system (preventive, curative, and rehabilitative). Any of these factors can alter both individual and community health. The primary reason for tobacco dependence is nicotine addiction. Dopamine is released from ...
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a teenager
Published in Pneumologia
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an interstitial lung disease (ILD), consequence of an alveolar allergic reaction against various inhaled allergens occurring in susceptible individuals, manifesting as an acute or chronic granulomatous alveolar allergic process against inflammation of the lung parenchyma. The clinical presentation can mimic acut...
The agricultural impact of the 2015–2016 floods in Ireland as mapped through Sentinel 1 satellite imagery
Published in Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research
The capability of Sentinel 1 C-band (5 cm wavelength) synthetic aperture radio detection and ranging (RADAR) (abbreviated as SAR) for flood mapping is demonstrated, and this approach is used to map the extent of the extensive floods that occurred throughout the Republic of Ireland in the winter of 2015–2016. Thirty-three Sentinel 1 images were used...
The rhetoric and reality of public participation in planning
Published in Urban Development Issues
While the principle of public participation is an acknowledged requirement of planning in most Western countries there is continuing debate, and insufficient empirical evidence, on the effectiveness of public participation in practice. This research examines the power of public participation in local planning in Scotland. The paper first identifies...
The effects of user comments on hedonic and eudaimonic entertainment experiences when watching online videos
Published in Communications
Videos presented on social media platforms are frequently watched because people find them entertaining. However, videos on social media platforms are often presented together with user comments containing information about how entertaining previous viewers found them to be. This social information may affect people’s entertainment experiences. The...
Why perceived political bias on TV does not inevitably lead to a polarized audience. The case of NRK and TV2 in Norway
Published in Communications
This paper investigates whether political polarization of the TV audience is emerging also in a typical democratic corporatist system. The study is motivated by the claim put forward by several US scholars, who argue that in today’s high choice information environments, partisans tend to see mainstream media as ‘hostile’ and therefore seek out and ...
