Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection has an estimated global incidence of 33 million
cases in children younger than 5 years, with 10% requiring hospital admission and up to …

A morphing aircraft can be defined as an aircraft that changes configuration to maximize its
performance at radically different flight conditions. These configuration changes can take …

Obesity is a well-recognized risk factor for severe influenza infections but the mechanisms
underlying susceptibility are poorly understood. Here, we identify that obese individuals have …

To address uncertainties in the prevention and management of influenza in people with
asthma, we performed a scoping review of the published literature on influenza burden; current …

The methods of nasal absorption (NA) and bronchial absorption (BA) use synthetic absorptive
matrices (SAM) to absorb the mucosal lining fluid (MLF) of the human respiratory tract. NA …

Background Acute respiratory viral infections are a major cause of respiratory morbidity and
mortality, especially in patients with preexisting lung diseases such as asthma. Toll-like …

Background: There are limited effective prophylactic/early treatments for severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Viral entry requires spike protein …

The first-order flux difference splitting scheme and its second-order extensions are investigated
for their applicability to dam-break problems. Roe's first-order explicit scheme is first …

Free vibration analysis of a free inflated torus of circular cross-section is presented. The
shell theory of Sanders, including the effect of pressure, is used in formulating the governing …

In this paper, we present an atomistic-based interphase zone model (AIZM), discuss its
physical foundation, and apply it to simulate fractures at small scales. The main technical …