In 2000, Illinois declared a moratorium on executions after 13 death-row inmates were exonerated. âEvan Thomas et al., Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2007; But one country's moratorium is another country's protectionism, and the U.S. is suspicious of Europe's actions.
Restrictive lung diseases are characterized by reduced lung volumes, either because of an alteration in lung parenchyma or because of a disease of the pleura, chest wall, or neuromuscular apparatus.
Asthma is a reversible airway disease, suggestive to cause by a number of genetic and environmental factors. It can be defined as the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that creates shortness of breath and results in breathing difficulties for an asthmatic.sthma is a reversible airway disease, suggestive to cause by a number of genetic and environmental factors. It can be defined as the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that creates shortness of breath and results in breathing difficulties for an asthmatic.