It manifests lower lobe predominant ground-glass opacities associated with mild reticulation.
OLB was indicated when ARDS was suspected to be noninfectious in origin, with no obvious etiology and with a possible indication for corticosteroid treatment based on clinical presentations with rapid progression, relative symmetric distribution on chest X-ray, and predominant ground-glass attenuation in high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the chest.
Open lung biopsy was indicated when ARDS was suspected to be noninfectious, there was no obvious risk factor, and if there was a possible indication for corticosteroid therapy based on clinical presentation with rapid progression, relative symmetric distribution of infiltrates on CXR, and predominant ground-glass attenuation on HRCT of the chest.
That was probably the predominant reason.
The predominant contribution of ground organic layers to the total C emission implies the importance of ground fuel management to the control of wildfires and mitigation of C emissions.
This recording shows predominant periods of ground motion of 1 to 2 s, whereas the KATNP record has a predominant period that is unusually long period (5 s).
Finally, simple code-like formulas for the estimation of the damping reduction factor accounting for the ratio between the ground predominant period and the structure fundamental period are proposed.
It is found that the ratio between the ground predominant period and the structure fundamental period significantly influences the reduction due to high damping and that, in some cases (e.g. stiff low-rise buildings), the actual code formulations may become unconservative.
It is found that the influences of pulse period, predominant period of ground motion, and modeling parameters on inelastic displacement ratios (CR ratios) of SC-CR are significant, while other effects such as the source-to-site distance, earthquake magnitude, and site classes are not as much important.
Because the predominant period of the ground depends on the ground condition at a given site, we examine the characteristics of the ground conditions based on the predominant period of the H/V spectral ratio of microtremors at 43 points (Fig. 7).
