OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the plasma level of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) identifies South Asian Indian children at risk for metabolic syndrome.

METHODS: Adults and their children aged 5 to 9 years were recruited at the annual health fair at the Hindu temple serving the South Asian Indian community in Louisville, Kentucky. Anthropometric data were collected in adults and children, and blood pressure, lipid, and glucose levels were measured in adults. SHBG levels were ...

BACKGROUND: Gustatory rhinitis is a type of nonallergic rhinitis that is usually associated with ingestion of hot or spicy foods. Characteristics of this condition and its impact on food choices have not been studied.

OBJECTIVE: To survey individuals regarding causative foods, association with atopic conditions, and food avoidance behaviors for gustatory rhinitis.

METHODS: An original, self-administered questionnaire was distributed to children and adults who were seen in a busy ...

Abstract

We provide an existence theorem for stable sets which is equivalent to Zorn's lemma and study the connections between the unique stable set for majorization and the stable sets for the dominance relation.

Abstract. We show that the lexicographic maximin solution is the only solution that satisfies the axioms of Pareto optimality, comprehensive hull axiom and duplicated individual monotonicity.

We provide a better lower bound ε∗∗ such that the kernel is a subset of the strong ε-core if ε≥ε∗∗.

We propose the axiom of individual monotonicity under individual rationality and combine it with the axioms of efficiency, symmetry, invariance under utility transformation, independence of irrelevant alternatives other than the ideal point, to characterize the lexicographic Kalai–Smorodinsky solution for 3-person bargaining problems.

This study tries to modify von Neumann and Morgenstern (vN-M) solution. As with John Harsanyi in 1974, vN-M solution is viewed in a dynamic sense. The final outcome of a game not only depends on the ability of players and standards of behavior of the particular society but also upon which imputation is proposed first. An absorbing property is obtained as a result of modifying the bargaining process of Harsanyi. This modified solution concept maintains the internal stability condition of ...

Amelogenins, the principal proteins in the developing enamel microenvironment, self-assemble into supramolecular structures to govern the remodeling of a proteinaceous organic matrix into longitudinally ordered hydroxyapatite nanocrystal arrays. Extensive in vitro studies using purified native or recombinant proteins have revealed the potential of N-terminal amelogenin on protein self-assembly and its ability to guide the mineral deposition. We have previously identified a 14-aa domain ...

The paper provides a new (pre)kernel catcher in that the relevant set always contains the (pre)kernel. This new (pre)kernel catcher gives rise to a better lower bound ɛ*** such that the kernel is included in strong ɛ-cores for all real numbers ɛ not smaller than the relevant bound ɛ***.

Wound image segmentation of skin area is one of the key steps in automatic judgment, which can help clinicians in their diagnosis. This work is part of the telecare program dedicated to the design of a surgery site infection detection system. We proposed a series of image processing steps composed of image processing algorithms and a novel segmentation method of complementary computation. As edge-based and color-based segmentation methods proved to be inefficient for complicated cases, ...

Two new axioms, additivity of additional bonus (AAB) and reduced game monotonicity (RGM), are introduced. AAB states that the players can gain an additional bonus after they achieved an agreement; on the other hand, if the bargaining fails then they get nothing. With its help, we characterise the lexicographic egalitarian solution by individual rationality (IR), AAB and consistency (CON). The other axiom, RGM, is a weaker axiom than CON and strong monotonicity (SMON), respectively. Using ...