We include here several technical appendices. First, we formally derive the expressions for c l and b vote p that appear in section two of the paper. The next contains some details on the choice theoretic model underlying the standard topic model. The remainder contain the details for implementing the SFA model. A The Legislator and Proposal Intercepts from the Voting Model Let’s start with the...

Let ? be a weight function defined on locally compact group G, 1?p<+?, S?G and let us assume that for any s?S, the left translation operator Ts is continuous from weighted Lp-space Lp(G,?) into itself. For given set ??C, vector f?Lp(G,?) said to (?,S)-dense if {?Tsf:???,s?S} dense in Lp(G,?). In this paper, we characterize existence of vectors terms ?.

BACKGROUND Recent clinical studies showed that lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(2) (Lp-PLA(2)) is a predictor for incident atherosclerotic disease. We have previously shown that among the LDL subfractions, Lp-PLA(2) activity is preferentially associated with the atherogenic small, dense (sdLDL) particles in vitro. We investigated whether Lp-PLA(2) could be a marker of sdLDL in human plasm...

Pregnancy is associated with ventricular hypertrophy and volume overload. Here we investigated whether late pregnancy is associated with cardiac structural and hemodynamic changes, and if these changes are reversed postpartum. Female mice (C57BL/6) were used in nonpregnant diestrus (NP), late-pregnant (LP), or 7-day postpartum (PP7) stages. Echocardiography and cardiac catheterization were perf...

In this study we have demonstrated that in native bile, lipids are organized in the form of a lipoprotein (bile LP) carrying albumin as apoprotein. The lipid composition of bile LP is almost identical to lipoprotein-X (LP-X, the characteristic lipoprotein of cholestasis). However, it differs from LP-X inits protein/lipid ratio and immunological and electrophoretic characteristics. Bile lipoprot...

Background and aim: An epidemiological association of lichen planus (LP) with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been found only in certain parts of the world and in some countries no association has been noted. The present study was done to evaluate the association of LP with HCV in patients admitted to Sina hospital, Hamedan, Iran from 2002 to 2004.Materials and Methods: The presence of an...

BACKGROUND To explore potential interrelationships between lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2), the metabolic syndrome (MetS), and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS AND RESULTS MetS was defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult treatment Panel III criteria in 4480 nondiabetic Malmö Diet and Cancer Study subjects without history of CVD. Incidence of...

Microvascular functions have been shown to be sensitive to agents associated with changes in cyclic nucleotide levels. The central hypothesis of the current study was that one measure of capillary exchange capacity, hydraulic conductivity (Lp), would be elevated by agents shown to elevate cellular levels of cGMP. To evaluate the hypothesis, frog mesenteric capillary Lp was measured during lumin...