AIMS Resistin is an adipocyte-derived factor implicated in obesity-associated type 2 diabetes (T2DM). This study examines the association between human serum resistin, T2DM and coronary heart disease. METHODS One hundred and fourteen Saudi Arabian patients (male: female ratio 46:68; age 51.4 (mean +/- SD)11.7 years; median and range: 45.59 (11.7) years and BMI: 27.1 (mean +/- SD) 8.1 Kgm2 med...

In this paper, we demonstrate high-performance lateral AlGaN/GaN Schottky barrier diodes (SBD) on Si substrate with a recessed-anode structure. The optimized rapid etch process provides results in improving etching quality 0.26-nm roughness of the anode recessed surface. By using high work function metal Pt as electrode, low turn-on voltage 0.71 V is obtained uniformity ±0.023 for 40 devices. S...

0377-2217/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2011.01.023 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 0 7796035843. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (M.M.C. So) Thomas). This paper derives a Markov decision process model for the profitability of credit cards, which allows lenders to find an optimal dynamic credit limit policy. The states of the system are based on the borrower’s ...

0377-2217/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2011.10.020 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +43 732 2468 9466. E-mail address: [email protected] (R. Braune). In this paper, we propose an exact solution method for single machine scheduling problems typically arising from bottleneck-based decomposition of weighted tardiness job shops. The encountered subproblems are characte...

The ability to program recombinant gene expression in cardiac myocytes in vivo holds promise for the treatment of many inherited and acquired cardiovascular diseases. In this report, we demonstrate that a recombinant P-galactosidase gene under the control of the Rous sarcoma virus promoter can be introduced into and expressed in adult rat cardiac myocytes in vivo by the injection of purified pl...

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