Effects of formoterol and ipratropium bromide on repeated cadmium inhalation -induced pulmonary inflammation and emphysema in rats

in European Journal of Pharmacology (2010), 25(647), 178-187

Radiative lifetimes along even-parity J = 1, 2 Rydberg series of neutral tin

in European Physical Journal D -- Atoms, Molecules, Clusters & Optical Physics (2009), 55

Using the time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) technique in a tin atomic beam, 40 natural radiative lifetimes have been measured for the even-parity J = 1 5pnp (n = 10–13, 15–19) and J = 2 5pnp ... [more ▼]

Using the time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) technique in a tin atomic beam, 40 natural radiative lifetimes have been measured for the even-parity J = 1 5pnp (n = 10–13, 15–19) and J = 2 5pnp (n = 10–13, 15–19, 27, 31, 32), 5pnf (n = 4, 5, 9–19, 22, 23) levels along the Rydberg series and for all the 5p8p perturbing levels of neutral tin with energies in the range 52263.8 to 59099.9 cm−1. A two-step laser excitation scheme was used in the experiment. A multiconfigurational relativistic Hartree-Fock (HFR) calculation taking core-polarization effects into account has also been performed for the even-parity states for testing the ability of this approach to correctly predict the radiative properties of tin atom. Through an analysis of the energy levels structure by the multichannel quantum defect theory (MQDT), the channel admixture coefficients have been obtained and used to fit the theoretical lifetimes to the experimental ones in order to predict new values for the levels not measured. A generally good overall agreement between experimental and theoretical MQDT and HFR lifetimes has been achieved except for a few levels. [less ▲]

Lifetime and Landé factor measurements of 5p7p levels of Sn I by time-resolved laser spectroscopy

in Physical Review. A (2008), 78

Lifetimes for nine levels and Landé gJ factors for eight levels of the 5p7p configuration of neutral tin have been measured by the time-resolved fluorescence method and by the Zeeman quantum beat ... [more ▼]

Lifetimes for nine levels and Landé gJ factors for eight levels of the 5p7p configuration of neutral tin have been measured by the time-resolved fluorescence method and by the Zeeman quantum beat technique, respectively. A two-step laser excitation technique has been used for the measurements. The results obtained are compared with relativistic Hartree-Fock lifetime and gJ values taking core-polarization effects into account. [less ▲]

Role of beta 2-receptors in the anti-inflammatory effects of formoterol in rats with cadmium-induced acute pulmonary inflammation

in Proceedings: Autumn Meeting of the Belgian Society of Fundamental and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology (2007)

First- and multi-swing transient stability limits of the Hydro-Québec system using the SIME method

in Proceedings of the Melecon'96 Conference (1996)

Hybrid extended equal-area criterion for fast transient stability assessment with detailed power system models

in Proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on Control of Power Plants and Power Systems (1995)