EASE-OF-USE PREFERENCE FOR THE ELLIPTA® DRY POWDER INHALER OVER A COMMONLY USED SINGLE-DOSE CAPSULE DRY POWDER INHALER BY INHALATION DEVICE-NAÏVE JAPANESE VOLUNTEERS AGED 40 YEARS OR OLDER

Ease-of-use preference for the ELLIPTA® dry powder inhaler over a commonly used single-dose capsule dry powder inhaler by inhalation device-naïve Japanese volunteers aged 40 years or older

Yuko Komase,1 Akimoto Asako,2 Akihiro Kobayashi,3 Raj Sharma4 1Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; 2MA Respiratory Department, Development and Medical Affairs Unit, GlaxoSmithKline KK, Tokyo, Japan; 3Biomedical Data Sciences Department, Glax

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Introduction: on the role of a generalist journal

Economists commonly specialize in some limited parts of the general field.This is a necessity, due to the complexity of the different issues, the amount of literature available on each of them and the possibility of recourse to different analytical or statistical tools.However, specialization has its drawbacks.Quite often, specialists in the fields

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Effects of Dietary Vegetable Oil Mixtures including Soybean Oil on Intestinal Oxidative Stress in Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata)

Fish oil is commonly replaced by vegetable oils in sea bream diets, but little is known about their effects on intestinal health regarding oxidative stress biomarkers.The negative effects of lipid peroxidation on digestive mucosa could have consequences in animal nutrition and welfare.In this study, five isonitrogenous (46%) and isolipidic (22%) di

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