… This study builds on Alleva (2015), which defines the maximizing claiming age (MCA) as
that with which a participant of a given birth year, a given age at death, and a given discount …

The optimal age to claim Social Security benefits is often defined as that which maximizes
expected lifetime benefits. Expectations are not always met however, and this optimal claim …

Plasma membrane vesicles isolated by two-phase partitioning from the storage root of Beta
vulgaris show atypically high water permeability that is equivalent only to those reported for …

With the current studies, we aimed to improve body satisfaction by inducing a functionality-based
focus on the body. Objectification theory was used as a guiding framework for this …

… Membrane preparations of these tumor cell cultures stimulate production of cytotoxic TNF-α
and NO [Alleva and Elgert, unpublished observations]. The secretion of monocyte …

Cytokines derived from macrophages (Mø) play a critical role in the development of type 1
diabetes in the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse. Based on earlier findings from lupus-prone …

To examine whether artificial sweeteners aid in the control of long-term food intake and
body weight, we gave free-living, normal-weight subjects 1150 g soda sweetened with …