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The 4 Factors in the BODE Index Four different factors are evaluated as part of the BODE index. The reason for this index is that each of these factors can make some prediction about the prognosis of COPD, but added together the prediction is more accurate. The letters stand for: Body Mass Index (BMI) is a calculation made by comparing height vs weight. Airway Obstruction: Airway obstruction is measured by evaluating FEV1 — the amount of air that can be forcefully exhaled in one second after a deep breath....

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made the announcement Thursday and stipulated that the settlement will address the airplane manufacturer’s decision to use unapproved parts on 737 and Max jets constructed between 2015 and 2019. About 800 planes had been installed with unapproved sensors, while 300 had been installed with unapproved wing panels. The administration also instructed Boeing to examine whether it will be able to boost 737 production safely moving forward....

Todd Gurley, Melvin Gordon and Ameer Abdullah make this group a force. Ajayi demands attention as he excels outside the big-school spotlight. MORE: Ole Miss QB Bo Wallace | Nebraska’s Abdullah | 2015 NFL Draft to be held in Chicago Teams should already know him. As a sophomore last season Ajayi rushed for 1,425 yards and averaged 5.7 yards per carry. For the record, he now is 6-foot, 216 pounds and a redshirt junior....

The play that stole the show, Jared Zabransky’s Statue of Liberty pay to Ian Johnson for the game-winning two-point conversion in overtime, remains a fixture on every great game-winning plays highlight reel. Seven years later, same bowl, same play. Leading 14-0 against Arizona, a much different Boise State team ran the play that put the program on the map. Jay Ajayi’s 13-yard score on the trick play gave the Broncos a commanding first half lead, and reminder of how special bowl season is....

Bolivia put up a good fight, but failed to take its chances while Brazil did, and the result was a dominant 4-0 scoreline in favor of the visitors in La Paz. Multiple Bolivian chances somehow went begging, and Brazil put home nearly every chance it had, with Richarlison scoring a brace and Bruno Guimaraes also scoring his first international goal to put a bow on a fantastic performance. The win for Brazil set a new points mark in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying, with the 45 points topping the Marcelo Bielsa-led Argentina haul of 43 from 2002 World Cup qualifying....

The 21-year-old has been linked to a host of top sides including Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, AS Roma and Fiorentina, and recent reports are that the Black Star is keen on a move away as he seeks to take his game to the next level. “The player [Donsah] in Bologna is fine and it’s normal that a young man’s aspiration is to get on ever-more important stages,” Bologna sporting director Riccardo Bigon has said, as reported by Ghana Sports....

As the cartilage wears down, the bone is remodeled to compensate for the growing amounts of physiological stress placed on the area. The initial bone remodeling reduces the concentration of stress in the area and makes the stress transfer from one tissue to the other as smooth as possible. As the bone spur grows, it may irritate surrounding tissues causing pain and inflammation. Causes of Bone Spurs in Feet Any situation that creates too much friction within the foot can lead to bone spurs....

Benjamin Ryan Teeter, 22, admitted conspiracy to provide material support and resources—property, services and weapons—to Hamas, a designated foreign terrorist organization, at District Court in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The charges relate to an investigation into Teeter and Michael Robert Solomon. The pair are members of the Boogaloo Bois movement and a sub-group called the “Boojahideen,” according to the FBI. The Boogaloo Bois are a loose collective of anti-government individuals, who are calling for a second civil war or preparing for the collapse of society....

Someone has just walked over my grave. Someone. The name of the house is the Cedars, as of old. A bristling clump of those trees, monkey-brown with a tarry reek, their trunks nightmarishly tangled, still grows at the left side, facing across an untidy lawn to the big curved window of what used to be the living room but which Miss Vavasour prefers to call, in landladyese, the lounge. The front door is at the opposite side, opening on to a square of oil-stained gravel behind the iron gate that is still painted green, though rust has reduced its struts to a tremulous filigree....

The former president with his wife, Melania, waved as he and his entourage made their way through the crowd toward the couple’s cage-side seats, video posted on social media showed. The contest ended in agony for Irishman Conor McGregor, whose leg was broken in a defeat to American Dustin Poirier. Dana White, the UFC president, later said McGregor had broken “the lower tibia in his left shin” as he stepped backward....

Jurgen Klopp knew the above to be accurate, envisioned the cannon of criticism being armed around the corner and so, when Liverpool parted with £75 million for Virgil van Dijk from Southampton, the German manager went on the offensive. “Forget about the price” was his instruction. “We only talk about the player and what he can bring in; the quality, the mentality, the character.” Overlook the cost, missing any and every chance to reference a world-record fee for a defender?...

But Berezovsky quickly fell afoul of Putin, and he left for self-imposed exile in London in 2000. Shortly after, Berezovsky became the first of Russia’s oligarchs subjected to a criminal investigation, and was a wanted man in Russia. It’s an honor he now shares with fellow mogul Khodorkovsky, who was arrested last month on fraud charges, which many consider to be politically motivated. Berezovsky spoke to NEWSWEEK’s Owen Matthews last week from his office in London:...

During Prime Minister’s Questions, Johnson was asked “When are we going to have a working app?” by Sir Keir. The prime minister said: “I wonder if the Right Honourable gentleman can name a single country in the world that has a functional contact tracing app?”. The Labour leader replied: “Germany”. Sir Keir said the country had the app working on June 15, with 12 million downloads taking place. The Labour leader also said that two-thirds of COVID-19 cases were not being successfully contacted....

It will take all of Yeltsin’s grip on the public imagination to see him through this political gamble. Russian economists expect prices to leap several hundred percent in the wake of liberalization. Closing thousands of state enterprises will throw millions of Russians out of work. In his speech, Yeltsin promised things would get better by the autumn of 1992, but what about the meantime? “Yeltsin has taken an extremely dangerous step,” said presidential press secretary Pavel Voshchanov....

Dortmund did not elaborate on the reasons why Aubameyang was banned, but reports suggests that the club were unhappy with him partying while on international duty and filming an unauthorised video with a freestyle footballer on their premises. Auba 14/5 to score first goal Bosz’s men lost 2-1 to promoted Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Saturday without the striker, as extra pressure was mounted on the coach. Dortmund go into Tuesday’s match with little hope of qualifying for the knockout phase, having accumulated just two points from four matches, leaving them five adrift of second-placed Real Madrid....

“We’ve been heartbroken by the impact of the neighborhoods very close to our schools, but amazingly, we have had no impact to our buildings,” district spokesperson Randy Barber told Newsweek. “There has been a little bit of smoke smell in some of them, ash or soot that has been blown in through the doorways but the flames did not reach our buildings.” On Thursday, two fires fueled by extremely strong winds—the Middle Fork Fire and the Marshall Fire—erupted in a suburban area at the bottom of the Rocky Mountains and prompted more than 30,000 residents to evacuate from their homes Boulder County....

It was the epitome of middle-class middle America: a bowling alley in Milwaukee, Wis., on a Sunday afternoon. Nachos and pizza and pitchers of Miller Light for $8, NASCAR on TV, kids plunking tokens into arcade games, Mike and Janet Huckabee bowling 10 frames. Fresh from a trip to the Cayman Islands, where he gave a paid speech at a black-tie leadership awards banquet Saturday night, Mike Huckabee returned to the trail in preparation for Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary with a trip to Olympic Lanes in South Milwaukee....

However, as we close out the year, let’s stay positive and show some appreciation for what the sport of boxing did provide. We had unforgettable fights, dramatic knockouts, colossal upsets, underappreciated champions kicking open the door to stardom, and inspiring storylines. The drama that boxing can provide is unmatched and it’s impossible to get through a calendar year without some very special moments. This year was no exception and now is the perfect time to serve up some reminders....

Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller will look to continue his climb up the heavyweight division Saturday, when he faces Bogdan Dinu in Mulvane, Kansas. The same card will have Claressa Shields (IBF/WBA women’s middleweight champion) taking on Hannah Rankin. December is equally exciting with Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury kicking things off on Dec. 1, followed by Vasiliy Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza unifying their lightweight titles the following week on Dec....