Over several decades, improving the accuracy of Sea-Surface Temperatures (SSTs) derived from satellites has been a subject of intense research, and continues to be so. Knowledge of the accuracy of the SSTs is critical for weather and climate predictions, and many research and operational applications. In 2015, the operational Japanese MTSAT-2 geostationary satellite was replaced by the Himawari...

and λ̂ := λ̂ ∈Argmin λ∈Λ̂ε ‖λ‖l1 . In the case where f∗ := fλ∗ , λ ∗ ∈ R , Candes and Tao [Ann. Statist. 35 (2007) 2313–2351] suggested using λ̂ as an estimator of λ. They called this estimator “the Dantzig selector”. We study the properties of fλ̂ as an estimator of f∗ for regression models with random design, extending some of the results of Candes and Tao (and providing alternative proofs of thes...

Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) is a powerful natural prooxidant derived from native LDL by cell-mediated oxidation. Such oxidation occurs more easily in glycated LDL as observed in diabetes mellitus. We evaluated and compared selected biomarkers of oxidative stress and total antioxidant (TAO) levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with and without retinopathy in the Mthat...

The clinical utility of the functional TSH receptor autoantibodies was prospectively evaluated in patients with thyroid-associated orbitopathy (TAO). Ophthalmic, endocrine, and serological investigations were performed in 101 consecutive patients with severe and active TAO. Serum thyroid stimulating (TSAb) and blocking (TBAb) antibody levels were measured with two bioassays using cells that exp...

s/Poster Presentations: o Tisnado DM, Malin J, Ganz P, Tao M, Hu A, Adams J, Kahn KL. Breast Cancer Patient Race/Ethnicity, Neighborhood, and Hospital Quality: Are They Related? Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Era of Hope Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June, 2005. o Tisnado DM, Malin J, Tao M, Hu A, Rose-Ash D, Ganz P, Kahn KL. The Clinical Epidemiology of the Structure of B...

Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) is an unusual tobacco-associated vasculopathy that is a nonatherosclerotic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology that affects small and mediumsized vessels of the extremities. The single guanosine nucleotide deletion/insertion polymorphism (4G/5G) at -675 bp in promoter region of the PAI-1 gene is the major genetic determinant of PAI-1 expression. Plasma PAI...

The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of revascularization in treating patients with thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO), to analyze the prognosis of TAO. The treatment group comprised 32 patients with TAO of lower limbs who were selected between March 2012 and March 2017. Patients in the treatment group were treated with revascularization (vascular bypass surgery, catheter-directed ...

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) strongly promotes angiogenesis, and monocyte-colony stimulating factor (M-CSF) regulates the differentiation, proliferation, and survival of monocytes. Both VEGF and M-CSF are expressed in atherosclerotic lesions. The present study was performed to clarify the role of VEGF and M-CSF in the development of peripheral artery disease (PAD). The serum VEGF a...

OBJECTIVES To report photographic evidence of eyebrow tissue expansion in patients with thyroid-associated orbitopathy (TAO) and to demonstrate consistency in grading through the use of standardized photographs. METHODS A retrospective cohort study of patients referred for evaluation of TAO in an orbitofacial tertiary care center between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2010. A grading key w...