In a healthy lung, surfactant prevents atelectasis (collapse) of alveoli. In neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS), otherwise known as hyaline membrane disease, a lack of surfactant production results in atelectasis and intrapulmonary shunting.
Below are the first 14 presidents of the United States. 1  1. Peyton Randolph (Sept. 5, 1774 â Oct. 22, 1774), (May 10, 1775 â May 24, 1775)When delegates voted in Philadelphia for the first Continental Congress, they elected Peyton Randolph as the first president of the territory known as the United States. Randolph was a planter and public official from the colony of Virginia.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Seven of America's 44 presidents were born in Ohio, earning it the nickname, The Cradle of Presidents.. An eighth resided in and launched his campaign from Ohio. Meet the eight Ohioans who became U.S. president: William Henry Harrison (ninth), North Bend, Ohio, 1841. Whig. The Virginia-born Ohio resident was 68 years and 23 days old when he took the oath. He was the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan took office in 1980. His term was cut short by pneumonia after a mere 32 days -- the shortest reign in U.S. history.