Informations on the Third World Petroleum Congress

The Third Congress on Proximity

Acknowledgements I would like to thank M. Teresa Costa, Jordi Pons for useful comments and suggestions. A preliminary version of this paper was presented in the EUNIP Congress, Dublin, 1999 and in the 40th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Barcelona, 2000. I thank the comments of the participants. The financial support of the CICYT (SEC99-0432) is gratefully acknowledged. U...

Introduction to the Third World Congress on Controversies to Consensus in Diabetes, Obesity and Hypertension (CODHy)

The recent increase in the number and variety of pharmacological agents for the treatment of diabetes and hypertension has created enormous challenges that in the past were unknown in clinical practice. These therapies aim to modify complex underlying pathologies, but do they ultimately promote health and prolong lives? The practicing clinician faces the daunting task of balancing the benefits ...

Third Annual World Congress on the Insulin Resistance Syndrome: mediators, antecedents, and measurement.

This is the first of three articles reviewing presentations at the 3rd Annual World Congress on the Insulin Resistance Syndrome, San Francisco, California, 17–19 November 2005. Yehuda Handelsman (Tarzana, CA) introduced the 3rd Annual World Congress on the Insulin Resistance Syndrome and discussed the state of the insulin resistance syndrome, recalling its beginning in 1988 with Gerald Reaven’s...

Third Annual World Congress on the Insulin Resistance Syndrome: associated conditions.

Relationships between insulin resistance and malignancy Pamela Goodwin (Toronto, Canada) introduced the topic of insulin resistance and malignancy, pointing out that there is variation in cancer incidence around the world, with variations in diet and obesity as important determining factors, and perhaps with the insulin resistance syndrome (IRS) as the underlying state leading to both increased...

World Congress on Global Optimization