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Park Y
Microstrutural, Optical and electro-optical Properties Of Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 Thin Film Deposited By Pulsed Laser Deposition For Active Low Loss Waveguide Applications
Barium Strontium Titanate (Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 or BST) films were grown by means of a reactive pulsed laser deposition technique on SiO2/Si substrates. Microstructural and surface morphology of BST films were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM).
Effect of Sitagliptin on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
BACKGROUND: Data are lacking on the long-term effect on cardiovascular events of adding sitagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor, to usual care in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. METHODS: In this randomized, double-blind study, we assigned 14,671 patients to add either sitagliptin or placebo to their existing therapy. Open-label use of antihyperglycemic therapy was encouraged as required, aimed at reaching individually appropriate glycemic targets in all patients. To determine whether sitagliptin was noninferior to placebo, we used a relative risk of 1.3 as the marginal upper boundary. The primary cardiovascular outcome was a composite of cardiovascular deat…