We discuss three major classes of theorems in additive and extremal com-binatorics: decomposition theorems, approximate structure theorems, and transference principles. We also show how the finite-dimensional Hahn-Banach theorem can be used to give short and transparent proofs of many results of these kinds. Amongst the applications of this method is a much shorter proof of one of the major ste...

The metabolism of the carcinogenic mycotoxin aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) was examined in microsomes derived from human lymphoblastoid cell lines expressing transfected CYP1A2 or CYP3A4 complementary DNAs and in microsomes prepared from human liver donors (n = 4). Lymphoblast microsomes expressing only CYP1A2 activated AFB1 to AFB1-8,9-epoxide (AFB1-8,9-epoxide trapped as the glutathione, conjugate) at ...

The Hardy–Littlewood prime k-tuples conjecture has long been thought to be completely unapproachable with current methods. While this sadly remains true, startling breakthroughs of Zhang, Maynard, and Tao have nevertheless made significant progress toward this problem. In this work, we extend the Maynard-Tao method to both number fields and the function field Fq(t).

156 Address for Correspondence: Esra Savku MD, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Turkey Phone: +90 312 595 62 60 E-mail: [email protected] Received: 11.06.2014 Accepted: 02.11.2014 Objectives: To discuss our follow-up and treatment results in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO). Ma te ri als and Met hods: The records of 168 TAO cases who were followe...

PURPOSE This study was conducted to identify and to functionally characterize genetic variants in ST3GAL5 and ST8SIA1 in Korean patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO). MATERIALS AND METHODS Genetic analyses were conducted using DNA samples from TAO patients (n=50) and healthy subjects (n=48) to identify TAO-specific genetic variants of ST3GAL5 or ST8SIA1. The effect of each gen...

Jin Liu 1,2, Wenxiang Zhao 1,2,*, Jinghua Ji 1,2, Guohai Liu 1,2 and Tao Tao 1,2 1 School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; [email protected] (J.L.); [email protected] (J.J.); [email protected] (G.L.); [email protected] (T.T.) 2 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drive and Intelligent Control for Electric Vehicle, Zhenjiang 212013, China * Corresponde...

Parameters Tuning in Support Vector Regression for Reliability Forecasting Wei Zhao,Tao Tao, Enrico Zio c Group 203, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China Chair on Systems Science and the Energetic Challenge, European Foundation for New Energy-Electricité de France, Ecole Centrale Paris and Supelec, Paris, France Dipartimento di Energia, Po...

We provide several characterizations for anti-concentration of inhomogeneous random walks in non-abelian groups. The approach follows from the recent work by Tao on homogeneous random walks and by Breuillard, Green and Tao on approximate groups. In application, we prove an analog of Erdős-Moser’s bound in the non-abelian setting.

The majority of previous studies on high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone pulse (IVMP) therapy have observed the clinical conditions of patients prior to and following treatment without any long-term follow-up, and these studies have predominantly focused on combined treatment. The present prospective clinical study aimed to assess the long-term effects and safety of high-dose IVMP therapy i...