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Defendants are both corporations which sell office products including office supplies, business machines, computers and furniture through retail stores, commonly described as office supply superstores, as well as through direct mail delivery and contract stationer operations. Staples is the second largest office superstore chain in the United States with approximately 550 retail stores located in 28 states and the District of Columbia, primarily in the Northeast and California. In 1996 Staples' revenues from those stores were approximately $4 billion through all operations. Office Depot, the largest office superstore chain, operates over 500 retail office supply superstores that are located in 38 states and the District of Columbia, primarily in the South and Midwest. Office Depot's 1996 sales were approximately $6.1 billion. OfficeMax, Inc., is the only other office supply superstore firm in the United States.

Question 1

What false-positive factors could cause ketone bodies to appear in the

urine in a non-diabetic patient?

Question 2

Why is tetanus not seen in a diabetic foot wound?415019

Question 3

Can impaired glucose tolerance cause recurrent lower motor facial palsy?

Question 4

Can long-term diabetes mellitus cause vertigo not accompanied by other

brainstem signs?

Question 5

We know that type 2 diabetes mellitus provokes left ventricular diastolic

dysfunction. Does chronic stable angina, associated with type 2 diabetes

mellitus, further increase the prevalence of left ventricular diastolic

dysfunction?

Question 6

Is there adequate evidence for choosing an angiotensin-converting

enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or antagonist for the initial management of

raised blood pressure in type 2 diabetes, or is it now advisable to choose

any tolerated antihypertensive?

Question 7

Why is there immunosuppression in diabetes?

Question 8

Dextrose infusion in quinine induced hypoglycaemia causes more

hypoglycaemia, so what is to be used?

Question 9

Does the serum cholesterol level rise with age?

Question 10

Please explain the significance of having normal total high-density

lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol but a

raised lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] in a normotensive, non-smoking patient?