OBJECTIVE: Although the risk of death from complications of pregnancy in the 20th century
has decreased dramatically, several lines of evidence suggest that it has not reached an …

We examine the performance and investment behavior of female fixed‐income mutual fund
managers compared with male fixed‐income mutual fund managers. We find that male‐ and …

We have developed an in vitro muscle preparation suitable for metabolic studies with
human muscle tissue and have investigated the effects of obesity and non-insulin-dependent …

To determine the cellular basis for insulin resistance observed in patients with uremia, we
investigated insulin action in vivo and in vitro using skeletal muscle obtained from patients with …

We have observed that in vitro incubated human muscle fiber strips from obese patients
with or without non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) have reduced insulin-…

Based on the observation that insulinlike growth factor I (IGF-I) can stimulate glucose utilization
in nondiabetic subjects and that the action of the IGF-I receptor is normal in the skeletal …

Introduction Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic progressive, inflammatory and destructive
autoimmune disease, characterised by synovial joint inflammation and bone erosion. To …

This study assesses the stock price reaction to announcements of dividend increases by firms
in the hospitality industry using a standard event study methodology. Results indicate that …

This article reviews the literature that evaluates pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of
pregnancy, herpes gestationis, and intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and their impact on …

Rodent models of arthritis have been extensively used in the elucidation of rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) pathogenesis and are instrumental in the development of therapeutic strategies. …