2 A two-pronged weapon in the fight against fibrosis 3 . Focus on “Inhibition of Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Promotes Epithelial Differentiation of 4 Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Repairs Bleomycin-induced Lung Injury 5 ” 6 7 Rennolds S Ostrom 8 9 Department of Pharmacology 10 University of Tennessee Health Science Center 11 Memphis, TN 38163 12 13 14 Address for reprint requests and other corresponde...

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901 JAOCS, Vol. 80, no. 9 (2003) ABSTRACT: In this study it is shown that the epoxide derivative of oleic acid, methyl 9,10-epoxyoctadecanoate, is readily hydrolyzed to a diol when exposed to a commercial preparation of neutral alumina. Comparison of 1H and 13C NMR spectra of the diol with those of standards showed that the product was the threo isomer. When methyl 9,10-12,13-diepoxyoctadecanoa...

Consider the following setting. Let Y = f∗(X) +W, where X is a random variable (r.v.) on X = [0, 1], W is a r.v. on Y = R, independent of X and satisfying E[W ] = 0 and E[W ] = σ <∞. Finally let f∗ : [0, 1]→ R be a function satisfying |f∗(t)− f∗(s)| ≤ L|t− s|, ∀t, s ∈ [0, 1], (1) where L > 0 is a constant. A function satisfying condition (1) is said to be Lipschitz on [0, 1]. Notice that such a...

2 Agnostic Learning We will proceed without making any assumptions on the distribution PXY . This situation is often termed as Agnostic Learning. The root of the word agnostic literally means not known. The term agnostic learning is used to emphasize the fact that often, perhaps usually, we may have no prior knowledge about PXY and f∗. The question then arises about how we can reasonably select...