The possibilities of exploiting the special structure of d.c. programs, which consist of optimizing the difference of convex functions, are currently more or less limited to variants of the DCA proposed by Pham Dinh Tao and Le Thi Hoai An in 1997. These assume that either the convex or the concave part, or both, are evaluated by one of their subgradients. In this paper we propose an algorithm w...

Background: Atherosclerosis is a common multifactorial disease resulting from an interaction between susceptibility genes and environmental factors. The causative genes that contribute to atherosclerosis are elusive. Based on recent findings with a Wistar rat model, we speculated that the c-secretase pathway may be associated with atherosclerosis. Methodology/Principal Findings: We have tested ...

To the Editor:-An unprecedented, unexpected, and worrisome editor’s note accompanied an article that appeared in a recent issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY’: The use of nalmefene for rapid narcotic detoxification as described in the preceeding [sic] article may be covered entirely or in part by US Patents 5,783,583 (April 12, 1996) and 5,922,705 (April 13, 1998) assigned to David Simon and Intensive Narc...

We discuss certain a priori geometric properties of two-dimensional steady gravity water waves with vorticity. The main result states that for an arbitrary distribution of vorticity, any periodic wave of finite depth with a single trough (a minimum over one period) is symmetric about a single crest (a maximum over one period) and the wave profile decreases (strictly) monotonically from crest to...

The Ciliwung River is a source of life for the community around watershed (Watershed)in Jakarta, Bogor and Bekasi areas. But now there has been tremendous damage to theecosystem in most it caused by human activities. Some theCiliwung river ecosystem includes waste pollution due industrial household toland conversion from upstream downstream, forced taking border areas be used ashousing, hotels,...

[PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , June 1, 2004; 286 (6): H2287-H2295. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol Ilia Ferrusi, Jun Zhao, Dirk van Helden and Pierre-Yves von der Weid mesenteric lymphatic vessels in endothelium-dependent and -independent manners Cyclopiazonic acid decreases spontaneous transient depolarizations in guinea pig [PDF] [Full Text] [Abstract] , January 1, 2005; 288 (1): C122-C13...

OF DISSERTATION EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF CLIENT FEEDBACK IN GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY A review of the adult psychotherapy outcome literature reveals decades of empirical studies that support the efficacy of group treatment for mental health concerns (Burlingame, Fuhriman, & Mosier, 2003; Horne & Rosenthal, 1997). Although research demonstrates positive results for the utilization of group therapy, ...

Introduction Even though many of the cattle finished in the United States are fed in large feedlots there are still many small finishing operations that lack the equipment and facilities of commercial feedlots and there are individuals that have an interest in fattening their own beef; 4-H projects or locker beef are prime examples. When finishing cattle, the nutritional requirements do not var...

We study the support sets of sub-topical functions‎ ‎and investigate their maximal elements in order to establish a necessary and sufficient condition‎ ‎for the global minimum of the difference of two sub-topical functions‎.