Although some sellers have practiced advanced selling, the generality of its profit advantage is just now being realized. Further, recent development in technologies such as electronic tickets, smart cards, biometrics, and online prepayments now make it appropriate for nearly all services. Advance selling can improve profits for reasons very different from the traditional price discrimination e...

VASCULAR HEALTH Advances in understanding of the pathology and natural history of non-enhanced communicable disease have contributed to enhanced importance of non-glycemic parameters in diabetes management. The INTERHEART study, for example, revealed that dyslipidemia (odds ratio [3.25]), hypertension (1.91), and obesity (1.62) are as important determinants of the risk of myocardial infarction ...

OF DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Engineering The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico

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