An abstract polytope is chiral if its automorphism group has two orbits on the flags, such that adjacent flags belong to distinct orbits. There are still few examples of chiral polytopes, and few constructions that can create chiral polytopes with specified properties. In this paper, we show how to build self-dual chiral polytopes using the mixing construction for polytopes.

BACKGROUND Elevation of the white blood cell (WBC) count during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is associated with adverse outcomes. We examined the relationship between the WBC count and angiographic findings to gain insight into this relationship. Results and Methods-We evaluated data from 975 patients in the Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) 10A and 10B trials. Patients with a c...

The purpose of the present paper is twofold: to introduce the notion of a generalized flag in an infinite dimensional vector space V (extending the notion of a flag of subspaces in a vector space), and to give a geometric realization of homogeneous spaces of the ind–groups SL(∞), SO(∞) and Sp(∞) in terms of generalized flags. Generalized flags in V are chains of subspaces which in general canno...

Consider the graph Γ obtained by taking as vertices the flags in a finite building of spherical type defined over Fq, where two flags are adjacent when they are opposite. We show that the squares of the eigenvalues of Γ are powers of q.

OBJECTIVE In light of the emerging obesity pandemic, front-of-pack calories labels may be an important tool to assist consumers in making informed healthier food choices. However, there is little prior research to guide key decisions on whether caloric content should be expressed in absolute terms or relative to recommended daily intake, whether it should be expressed in per serving or per 100 ...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the secular trend in white blood cell (WBC) count and the relationship between WBC count and mortality between 1958 and 2002. BACKGROUND The WBC count is a clinical marker of inflammation and a strong predictor of mortality. Limited data exist on the WBC count secular trend and the relationship between WBC and mortality. METHODS One thousand eighty-three women and...

While cigarette smoking is a well-recognized cause of elevated white blood cell (WBC) count, studies on longitudinal effect of smoking cessation on WBC count are limited. We attempted to determine causal relationships between smoking and elevated WBC count by retrospective cross-sectional study consisting of 37,972 healthy Japanese adults who had a health check-up between April 1, 2008 and Marc...

The aim of this investigation was to elucidate the reductions in muscle, skin and core temperature following exposure to -110°C whole body cryotherapy (WBC), and compare these to 8°C cold water immersion (CWI). Twenty active male subjects were randomly assigned to a 4-min exposure of WBC or CWI. A minimum of 7 days later subjects were exposed to the other treatment. Muscle temperature in the ri...

Indium-111 (111In) and technetium-99m (99Tcm) Stealth liposomes were compared with 111In- and 99Tcm-labelled white blood cells (WBC) in experimental infection in a rabbit model. Preformed polyethylene glycol-coated liposomes and separated WBC were radiolabelled with either 111In-oxine or 99Tcm-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (99TcM-HMPAO). After the intravenous administration of one of the four ...