BACKGROUND ARTS-II was designed to evaluate the sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) versus ARTS-I. The objective of this analysis is to assess the safety and efficacy of the SES in diabetic patients with multivessel disease (MVD) versus both arms of ARTS-I. METHODS AND RESULTS The ARTS studies included 367 diabetic patients (ARTS-II: 159; ARTS-I-CABG: 96; ARTS-I-PCI: 112). Baseline characteristics ...

The growth of China’s textile industry has been one of the dominant factors shaping world cotton and textile markets in recent years. Since China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2001, China’s textile and apparel (T&A) exports have grown by more than 40 percent and China’s cotton consumption has grown by 34 percent. By the end of 2003, China had nearly doubled its s...

Mobile devices have disrupted and reinvented traditional media markets and distribution: iTunes and the iPod now rule music industry distribution channels, Twitter has reinvented Journalism practice, iTunes and the iPad are disrupting book publishing via ebooks and ibooks, and the television and movie industry are struggling to respond to the impact of iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo and mobile devices....

The EarSketch computer science learning environment and curriculum (http://earsketch.gatech.edu) seeks to increase and broaden participation in computing using a STEAM (STEM + Arts) approach. EarSketch creates an authentic learning environment in that it is both personally meaningful and industry relevant in terms of its STEM component (computing) and its artistic domain (music remixing). Stude...

Supplying sufficient early reflections to audience members is an important prerequisite to good acoustic quality in performing arts spaces. However, the relationship between the geometry of a room and its acoustic efficiency in terms of early energy has rarely been investigated using basic geometrical principles. The present study demonstrates the possibility of predicting the average value of ...