Additional file 1: of Is Bulpa criteria suitable for the diagnosis of probable invasive pulmonary Aspergillosis in critically ill patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? A comparative study with EORTC/ MSG and ICU criteria

“Three Key Factors” of the Included Patients. Note: The history of steroid use, abnormal radiology and mycological findings of the included 59 COPD patients were listed in Additional file 1, and patients were diagnosed as probable IPA using three criteria respectively. “Y” means that the case was could be diagnosed as probable/ putative IPA according to the criteria; “N” means that the case was could not be diagnosed as probable/ putative IPA according to the criteria. (DOCX 128 kb

An Unusual Triple-Decker Variant of the Tetragonal BaAl₄‑Structure Type: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Chemical Bonding of Sr₃Cd₈Ge₄ and Eu₃Cd₈Ge₄

Reported are the synthesis and the crystal structures of the new ternary phases Sr₃Cd₈Ge₄ and Eu₃Cd₈Ge₄. The structures of both compounds have been established by single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction methods. They crystallize in the tetragonal space group <i>I</i>4/<i>mmm</i> (No. 139, own structure type, Pearson symbol <i>tI</i>30) with <i>Z</i> = 2, and lattice parameters as follows: <i>a</i> = 4.4941(14) Å; <i>c</i> = 35.577(7) Å for Sr₃Cd₈Ge₄, and <i>a</i> = 4.4643(12) Å; <i>c</i> = 35.537(9) Å for Eu₃Cd₈Ge₄, respectively. The most prominent feature of the structure is the complex [Cd₂Ge] polyanionic framework, derived by unique ordering of the Cd and Ge atoms in fragments that bear resemblance to the BaAl₄ structure type. Temperature dependent DC magnetization measurements indicate that Eu₃Cd₈Ge₄ displays Curie–Weiss paramagnetic behavior with no sign of magnetic ordering in the measured range. Theoretical considerations of the electronic structure on the basis of the tight-binding linear muffin-tin orbital (TB-LMTO-ASA) method are also presented and discussed

Additional file 2: of Application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome induced by avian influenza A (H7N9) viral pneumonia: national data from the Chinese multicentre collaboration

Blood flow during ECMO between the two groups. In the successfully weaned group vs. the unsuccessfully weaned group, a significant decrease in ECMO blood flow correlated with an increase in the duration of support, which was 3.65 ± 0.70 L/min vs. 4.57 ± 1.02 L/min, respectively, at 72 h (P < 0.05) and 3.65 ± 0.86 L/min vs. 4.62 ± 0.90 L/min, respectively, at 96 h (P < 0.01). (TIFF 185 kb