Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare disorder characterized by accumulation of amorphous acellular phospholipid material in the lungs.Whole lung lavage is the standard therapy which gives dramatic clinical improve-ment and offers a long term survival to these patients.A 43-year-old man suffering from PAP presented to casualty with NYHA gr
Fauna of the protected area "University City" in Banja Luka and opportunities for biocontrol of pest species
The Protected Area for Management of Resources, "University City" in Banja Luka possesses certain ecological, cultural, historical and aesthetic value, making the entire complex of buildings and park areas placed under legal protection in 2012.In addition to valuable dendroflora presented in extensive parks, tree-lines, individual valuable trees an
Predictive anti-pitching control for high-speed multi-hull ship with appendage constraints
ObjectivesConsidering the large motions of heave and pitch of high-speed mult-hull ship with the strict input constraints of installed anti-pitching appendages, a predictive control method is proposed for vertical stabilization based on Kalman filtering.MethodsA high-speed multi-hull vertical control model is established with T-foils and Collection