Contrary to the implicit assumption motivating much of the work on the political economy of protection, antidumping, along with other forms of administered protection, is the primary form of discretionary protection for most countries. A sizable literature on the political economy of antidumping has developed in the last two decades that is distinctive in its explicit focus on institutional asp...

The ability of certain components of particulate matter to induce oxidative stress through the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in vivo may be one mechanism accounting for observed linkages between ambient aerosols and adverse health outcomes. A variety of assays have been used to measure this so-called aerosol oxidative potential. We developed a semi-automated system to quantify oxi...

this is the first description of the polymorphisms of arylalkylamine-n-acetyltransferase (aa-nat) gene in indian goats with different reproductive traits (twinning percentage and age of sexual maturity). based on the important role of aa-nat in reproduction, it is considered as a possible candidate gene for this trait. two novel synonymous snps, c825t (exon2) and c1249t (exon3) were identified....

We conducted a study to evaluate website authentication measures that are designed to protect users from man-inthe-middle, ‘phishing’, and other site forgery attacks [1]. We also investigated how a study’s design affects participant behavior: we asked some participants to play a role and others to use their own accounts and passwords. We also presented some participants with security-focused in...

Results Peoplewith schizophrenia show features ofthemetabolic syndrome atthe onsetof illness, before treatment. They also eat a poordiet, take little exercise andhave highrates of smoking. Food intakemaybe increased further by antipsychoticmedication.Nutritional factors appear to have a keyrole inthe developmentof diabetes inpatientswith schizophrenia andmay also affectthe outcome and severityo...

Recent attacks on the German identity card show that a compromised client computer allows for PIN compromise and man-inthe-middle attacks on eID cards. We present a selection of new solutions to that problem which do not require changes in the card specification. All presented solutions protect against PIN compromise attacks, some of them additionally against man-in-the-middle attacks.

We presenta case ofmultiplemyeloma with high valuesfor total calcium.The case discussion focuses on the role of the laboratoryindiagnosisand monitoring ofmultiplemyeloma and on the causes ofthe associated hypercalcemia.We present evidence for calcium binding to the paraprotein as a cause for the “hypercalcemia” inthiscaseand we document a difference inthe resultsfortotalcalcium among various me...