To store or to drain - To lose or to gain? Rewetting drained peatlands as a measure for increasing water storage in the transboundary Neman River Basin.

Agriculture continues to place unwanted pressure on peatland functionality, despite international recognition calling for their conservation and restoration. Rewetting of peatlands is often the first step of restoration that aims towards improving the delivery of ecosystem services and their benefits for human well-being. Ongoing debates on peatland restoration in agricultural landscapes raise several issues based on the valuation of benefits achieved versus the costs of peatland restoration.

[Comparison of acute bronchiolytic effect of inhaling solutions of berodual vs salgim using a nebulizer in patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis and bronchial asthma].

Aim: Comparison of acute response to nebulizer inhalation of therapeutic doses of combined broncholitic berodual and domestic bronchoselective adrenomimetic salgim in patients with bronchial asthma (BA) and chronic obstructive bronchitis (COB).

Material And Methods: The trial included 17 COB and 15 BA patients who for two consecutive days inhaled berodual and salgim solutions. Before and after the inhalations, subjective condition of the patients and parameters of the forced expiration were recorded.