Despite over 100-year history of research on schizophrenia, its etiology is still not fully understood, which might be due to the significant heterogeneity in terms of both its course, as well as the etiopathogenesis. One of the best-proven mediating mechanisms in the development of schizophrenia is the immuno-inflammatory response, the sources of which are believed to be the dysfunctions of br...

BACKGROUND Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common female endocrinopathy of unclear origin characterized by hyperandrogenism, oligo-/anovulation, and ovarian cysts. Women with PCOS frequently display overweight, insulin resistance, and systemic low-grade inflammation. We hypothesized that endotoxemia resulting from a leaky gut is associated with inflammation, insulin resistance, fat accumu...

A virtual queue can be used to predict when a real queue is about to grow. This memo explains why using a leaky bucket to implement a virtual queue is not useful, despite a superficial similarity. However, it is possible to implement a useful virtual queue using two leaky buckets. It requires a simple trick that can typically be implemented with existing hardware.

Several researchers have suggested employing two-stage entry monitors for high-speed networks-the rst stage enforcing a long term rate, the second stage enforcing a peak rate over a shorter time scale. In spite of this interest, little work on analyzing such systems has appeared. Not only is the analysis hard because of the the correlation between the stages, but for the most popular policing s...