To learn more about the effects of smokeless tobacco on the defensive functions of neutrophils,
we studied the influence of nicotine on these cells in vitro, looking at their bactericidal …

Background: Smoking is a major risk factor in periodontitis, although the mechanisms of its
effects are not well understood. The overall goal of this clinical study was to determine if …

… Barton Waring is the retired chief investment officer for investment policy and strategy at …
theory for investors with multiperiod spending plans (Waring and Whitney 2009), on which this …

When one eliminates all the market factors that active managers deliver (and that are available
almost for free through index funds), what remains is the pure alpha. The cost of seeking …

… This article builds on work with John Pirone and on Waring [2000a, 2002]. A related
coauthored article is Siegel and Waring [2004]. Laurence B. Siegel helped immeasurably in …

… BARTON WARING is a retired financial economist. He has written many articles addressing
… as if it were in nominal form, but Waring [2004a] and Siege] and Waring [2004], following …

… Many worked examples of the approach I am suggesting can be found in Waring [2004b]. …
for dual-duration matching described in Waring [2004a]; see also Siegel and Waring [2004]. …

… client work by Waring and his colleague John Pirone during 1998 and 1999. Waring (2004a) …
dual-duration framework set forth here; Waring (2004b) covers surplus optimization and the …

… We discuss these issues in Waring and Siegel (2003); we don’t mean to be glib in skipping
over some technical details. Our comments apply in the context of the single-index model, the …

The purpose of this study was to determine the types and frequency of ethical problems
encountered by dental hygienists, and to determine the type of instruction they have received in …