The classical Stieltjes and Hamburger moment problems in the maximum entropy approach have been reconsidered. Incorrect conditions of existence, previously appeared in literature, have been reviewed and improved. @ 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords-Entropy, Hankel matrix, Hausdorff, Hamburger, Stieltjee moment problems, Moment space.

It is almost universally believed that neutral fat must undergo saponification in the lumen of the small intestine before it is absorbed. It has been known since the time of Munk (1880) that the lipid of the thoracic lymph, which acts as the chief vehicle for the transportation of absorbed fat into the blood, consists mainly of neutral fat. Furthermore, the analysis of the chyle from the mesent...

Recurrent episodes of spontaneously resolving hyperthyroidism may be caused by release of preformed hormone from the thyroid gland after it has been damaged by inflammation (recurrent silent thyroiditis) or by exogenous administration of thyroid hormone, which might be intentional or surreptitious (thyrotoxicosis factitia). Community-wide outbreaks of "hamburger thyrotoxicosis" resulting from i...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess exposure to fat aerosols and aldehydes in kitchens and to study the variations in exposure between different types of kitchen. METHODS Measurements were made in four hotel kitchens, two hamburger chain restaurants, 10 à la carte restaurants and three small local restaurants serving mostly fried food. The measurements were performed as persona...

has become common in farmraised channel catfish. It can kill a few dozen fish over several days, or up to 100 percent of the fish in less than 3 days. Recurrence in the same pond is rare. From 1991 to 1995 PGD was the fourth most commonly diagnosed disease of catfish in the southeastern U. S., occurring in one out of every ten disease cases. This disease causes catfish to suffocate because of t...