BACKGROUND The relationships between uric acid and metabolic syndrome (MetS) and diabetes, as well as the gender differences in these relationships are controversial. METHODS Medical check-up data from 2,449 Japanese men and 1,448 Japanese women were examined. The prevalence of MetS and diabetes was calculated by the quartiles of serum levels of uric acid. Correlation coefficients between uri...

The interactions between the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation (ISO) and synoptic-scale variability (SSV) are investigated by diagnosing the atmospheric apparent heat source (Q1), apparent moisture sink (Q2), and eddy momentum transport. It is found that the synoptic Q1 and Q2 heating (cooling) anomalies are in phase with cyclonic (anticyclonic) vorticity disturbances, aligned in a southe...

BACKGROUND Utilization of cardiac services varies across regions and hospitals, yet little is known regarding variation in the intensity of outpatient cardiac care across cardiology physician practices or the association with clinical endpoints, an area of potential importance to promote efficient care. METHODS AND RESULTS We included 7 160 732 Medicare beneficiaries who received services fro...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We investigate whether admission serum calcium levels are associated with hematoma volume, stroke severity, and outcomes in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage. METHODS A total of 273 patients admitted within 24 hours after intracerebral hemorrhage onset was divided into quartiles based on admission serum calcium levels (Q1 [≤9.0], Q2 [9.1-9.3], Q3 [9.4-9.7], Q...

We consider the parabolic obstacle type problem  Hu = fχΩ in Q − 1 , u = |∇u| = 0 on Q1 \ Ω, where Ω is an unknown open subset of Q1 . This problem has its origin in parabolic potential theory. When f is Hölder continuous we can, under a combination of energetic and geometric assumptions, prove the optimal C x ∩ C t regularity of the solution.

We will use immersed surfaces to study Seifert fibered surgery on Montesinos knots, and show that if 1 q1−1 + 1 q2−1 + 1 q3−1 ≤ 1 then a Montesinos knot K(p q1 , p2 q2 , p3 q3 ) admits no atoroidal Seifert fibered surgery.

When parallel applications are run in large-scale distributed environments, such as grids, peer-to-peer (P2P) systems, and clouds, the set of resources used can change dynamically as machines crash, reservations end, and new resources become available. It is vital for applications to respond to these changes. Therefore, it is necessary to keep track of the available resources—a problem which is...