BACKGROUND Impaired glucose regulation (IGR) patients have increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Identifying relevant risk factors in IGR subjects could facilitate early detection and prevention of IGR progression to diabetes. This study investigated the association between Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) body constitution and serum cytokines, and whether body constitution could...

Monists about material constitution typically argue that when Statue is materially constituted by Clay, Statue is just Clay. Pluralists about material constitution deny that constitution is identity: Statue is not just Clay. When Clay materially constitutes Statue, Clay is not identical to Statue. I discuss three familiar puzzles involving grounding, overdetermination and conceptual issues, and...

events of september the 11 and then us invasion of iraq resulted in wide formal and substantial alterations in political and security equilibriums of the middle east. by eliminating sadam hussein, us was trying to engineer a new government and power structure in iraq, within which the nature of a new constitution is considerably important. the author believes that the method of the approval of ...

Title of dissertation: CONSTITUTING REPUBLICS: TOWARD POLITICAL CONCEPTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PREDICAMENT Emilbek Dzhuraev, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013 Dissertation directed by: Professor Stephen Elkin and Professor Karol Soltan Department of Government and Politics How is a good political order constituted? This work is a critical and constructive exploration of the problem of political cons...