It is unknown whether the established risk factors for malignant melanoma in whites influence malignant melanoma risk in non-whites. We examined the risk factors for melanoma among 39,325 whites and 101,229 non-whites/multiracials [Japanese American (47.5%), Latino American (34.8%), Native Hawaiian (2.1%), and multiracial (15.6%), excluding African Americans] in the Multiethnic Cohort study. Wi...

Let M and N be smooth manifolds, where M ⊂ N and dim(N)− dim(M) ≥ 3. A disjunction lemma for embeddings proved recently by Goodwillie leads to a calculation up to extension problems of the base point component of the space of smooth embeddings of M in N . This is mostly in terms of imm(M,N), the space of smooth immersions, which is well understood, and embedding spaces emb(S,N) for finite subse...

PURPOSE We examined the effects of fenretinide [N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide; (4HPR)] on highly angiogenic Kaposi's sarcoma tumors in vivo and investigated the mechanisms involved for potential clinical applications. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN (CD-1)BR nude mice bearing KS-Imm cell tumors were randomized to receive 4HPR or vehicle until sacrifice. In vitro, KS-Imm and endothelial cells were treated...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to compare effects of different nations on Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) vs. intensive medical management (IMM) in achieving remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). MATERIALS AND METHODS Between April 2008 and December 2011, this randomized, controlled clinical trial was conducted at four teaching hospitals in the United States and Taiwan involv...

BACKGROUND Parenteral nutrition is central to the care of very immature infants. Current international recommendations favor higher amino acid intakes and fish oil-containing lipid emulsions. OBJECTIVE The aim of this trial was to compare 1) the effects of high [immediate recommended daily intake (Imm-RDI)] and low [incremental introduction of amino acids (Inc-AAs)] parenteral amino acid deli...

concentration of myosin in single ®bres were studied in elderly subjects. Three groups of two subjects were enrolled in the study: 1) subjects (60±70 years old) who underwent to the replacement of a total knee prosthesis after a period of 3±4 months with the leg immobilized in extended position (el-imm); 2) control adult subjects sampled by needle biopsy (30±40 years old) (yo-ctrl); 3) control ...

This paper investigates the navigational performance of Global Positioning System (GPS) using variational Bayesian (VB) based robust filter with interacting multiple model (IMM) adaptation as navigation processor. The state estimation for GPS processing family Kalman (KF) may be degraded due to fact that in practical situations statistics measurement noise might change. In proposed algorithm, a...