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stuart long

Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Houston
Verified email at uh.edu
Cited by 7783

Who would have thought it? An operation proves to be the most effective therapy for adult-onset diabetes mellitus

WJ Pories, MS Swanson, KG MacDonald… - Annals of …, 1995 - journals.lww.com
Objective: This report documents that the gastric bypass operation provides long-term
control for obesity and diabetes. Summary Background Data: Obesity and diabetes, both …

The gastric bypass operation reduces the progression and mortality of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

KG MacDonald, SD Long, MS Swanson… - Journal of …, 1997 - Springer
Of 232 morbidly obese patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus referred to
East Carolina University between March 5, 1979, and January 1, 1994, 154 had a Roux-en …

Surgical treatment of obesity and its effect on diabetes: 10-y follow-up

WJ Pories, KG MacDonald Jr, EJ Morgan… - The American Journal of …, 1992 - Elsevier
Since 1980 we have performed the identical Greenville gastric bypass (GGB) procedure on
479 morbidly obese patients with an acceptable morbidity and a mortality rate of 1.2%. The …

Liver pathology in morbidly obese patients with and without diabetes.

JF Silverman, KF O'Brien, S Long… - American Journal of …, 1990 - search.ebscohost.com
The contribution of obesity and/or diabetes to liver pathology in the morbidly obese patient is
controversial. We studied the liver biopsies of 100 consecutive patients undergoing gastric …

Influence of medical conditions and lifestyle factors on the menstrual cycle

AS Rowland, DD Baird, S Long, G Wegienka… - …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Background. Few studies have described medical and lifestyle factors associated with
various menstrual cycle characteristics. Methods. We analyzed cross-sectional data …

Is type II diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) a surgical disease?

WJ Pories, KG MacDonald Jr, EG Flickinger… - Annals of …, 1992 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Since February 1, 1980, 515 morbidly obese patients have undergone the
Greenville gastric bypass (GGB) operation. Of these, 212 (41.2%) were euglycemic, 288 …

Weight loss in severely obese subjects prevents the progression of impaired glucose tolerance to type II diabetes: a longitudinal interventional study

SD Long, K O'brien, KG Macdonald Jr… - Diabetes …, 1994 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE To determine if weight loss may prevent conversion of impaired glucose
tolerance (IGT) to diabetes, because weight loss reduces insulin resistance. The prevalence …

Coplanar waveguide excitation of dielectric resonator antennas

RA Kranenburg, SA Long… - IEEE Transactions on …, 1991 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The circuit and radiation properties of a cylindrical dielectric resonator antenna excited by a
coplanar waveguide feed are investigated. The coupling between the feed and the radiator …

The dependence of the input impedance on feed position of probe and microstrip line-fed patch antennas

LI Basilio, MA Khayat, JT Williams… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The impedance of a rectangular patch antenna fed by an inset microstrip transmission line
was measured for various feed positions. The dependence found was then compared to …

Pesticide use and incident diabetes among wives of farmers in the Agricultural Health Study

AP Starling, DM Umbach, F Kamel, S Long… - Occupational and …, 2014 - oem.bmj.com
Objective To estimate associations between use of specific agricultural pesticides and
incident diabetes in women. Methods We used data from the Agricultural Health Study, a …