Global Prevalence of Diabetes
OBJECTIVE—The goal of this study was to estimate the prevalence of diabetes and the number of people of all ages with diabetes for years 2000 and 2030. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHO...
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Initial conditions and moment restrictions in dynamic panel data models
In this paper we consider estimation of the autoregressive error components model. When the autoregressive parameter is moderately large and the number of time series observatio...
Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Part 1: diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. Provisional report of a WHO Consultation
The classification of diabetes mellitus and the tests used for its diagnosis were brought into order by the National Diabetes Data Group of the USA and the second World Health O...
UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection
Abstract Motivation: Chimeric DNA sequences often form during polymerase chain reaction amplification, especially when sequencing single regions (e.g. 16S rRNA or fungal Interna...
One-step inactivation of chromosomal genes in <i>Escherichia coli</i> K-12 using PCR products
We have developed a simple and highly efficient method to disrupt chromosomal genes in Escherichia coli in which PCR primers provide the homology to the targeted gene(s). In thi...
FLASH: fast length adjustment of short reads to improve genome assemblies
Abstract Motivation: Next-generation sequencing technologies generate very large numbers of short reads. Even with very deep genome coverage, short read lengths cause problems i...
A new optimizer using particle swarm theory
The optimization of nonlinear functions using particle swarm methodology is described. Implementations of two paradigms are discussed and compared, including a recently develope...
The 1982 revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus
Abstract The 1971 preliminary criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were revised and updated to incorporate new immunologic knowledge and improve...
A Multi-Modal Distributed Real-Time IoT System for Urban Traffic Control (Invited Paper)
Traffic congestion is one of the growing urban problem with associated problems like fuel wastage, loss of lives, and slow productivity. The existing traffic system uses program...
Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome
A cluster of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, which occur together more often than by chance alone, have become known as the metabolic syndr...