We formally derive the standard deterministic linear program (LP) for bid-price control by making an affine functional approximation to the optimal dynamic programming value function. This affine functional approximation gives rise to a new LP that yields tighter bounds than the standard LP. Whereas the standard LP computes static bid prices, our LP computes a time trajectory of bid prices. We ...

Dear Editor, Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic inflammatory, papulosquamous disease. A previous Singapore study reported that LP is more common in ethnic Indians.1 Other studies have reported that LP may be associated with metabolic syndrome-related diseases, such as hyperlipidaemia2,3 and diabetes mellitus.4,5 LP in Asians has not been well characterised, especially in Singapore which has a mult...

BACKGROUND Recently, the biological effects of oxidized lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] have been reported to be more potent than Lp(a), the arteriosclerosis-relevant lipoprotein. Thus, investigations with oxidized Lp(a) are expected to provide viewpoints different from the conventional ones based on Lp(a). METHODS AND RESULTS An anti-Lp(a) monoclonal antibody (161E2) was produced against synthetic pe...

OBJECTIVE We determined whether U-shaped relationships exist between serum lipoprotein[Lp](a) and cardiometabolic risk. METHODS In population-based nondiabetic and diabetic middle-aged adults (n=1 428 and 241, respectively) who had been genotyped for the LPA rs10455872 A>G polymorphism, we adjusted the Lp(a) concentration for the effects of genotype and other covariates. Via sex-specific equa...

We study some structural aspects of the subspaces of the non-commutative (Haagerup) Lp-spaces associated with a general (non necessarily semi-finite) von Neumann algebra a. If a subspace X of Lp(a) contains uniformly the spaces lnp , n ≥ 1, it contains an almost isometric, almost 1-complemented copy of lp. If X contains uniformly the finite dimensional Schatten classes S p , it contains their l...

Lucina pectinata ctenidia harbor three heme proteins: sulfide-reactive hemoglobin I (HbI(Lp)) and the oxygen transporting hemoglobins II and III (HbII(Lp) and HbIII(Lp)) that remain unaffected by the presence of H(2)S. The mechanisms used by these three proteins for their function, including ligand control, remain unknown. The crystal structure of oxygen-bound HbII(Lp) shows a dimeric oxyHbII(L...

BACKGROUND Peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPCs) can be collected on various cell separators. Two leukapheresis programs (LP-MNC and LP-PBSC-Lym) were evaluated for computerized collection of PBPCs on a new cell separator. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Leukapheresis assisted by the LP-MNC or LP-PBSC-Lym software was performed for the harvesting of PBPCs in 52 oncology patients after chemothera...

BACKGROUND Increased plasma lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] concentrations have been reported to be an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD) in some prospective studies, but not in others. These inconsistencies may relate to a lack of standardization and the failure of some immunoassays to measure all apolipoprotein(a) isoforms equally. METHODS We measured plasma Lp(a)-cholesterol [...

BACKGROUND Elevated and extreme circulating levels of lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) are considered to be an atherosclerotic risk factor, although additional studies on the low levels of Lp(a) are necessary to provide confirmation. The carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is known as a surrogate index of atherosclerosis. The aim of the present study was to investigate the correlation between the serum...