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We propose several schemes for the joint remote preparation of four-qubit cluster-type states with real coefficients and complex coefficients by using six Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) pairs and two six-qubit entangled states as quantum channels respectively. In these schemes, two senders share the original state which they wish to help the receiver to remotely prepare. It is shown that, only if two senders collaborate with each other, and perform four-qubit projective measurements on their own qubits respectively, the receiver can reconstruct the original state by means of some appropriate unitary operations.

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In this paper we propose two schemes for quantum information splitting via tripartite entangled states. Explicit protocols for the quantum information splitting of a single qubit state and an arbitrary two-qubit entangled state are illustrated. We also consider the security against certain eavesdropping attacks. Moreover, a generalization of the scheme to multi-particle case is also outlined.

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Hyperinsulinemia and the metabolic syndrome confer increased risks of endometrial carcinoma. The roles of insulin, and, insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins (IGFBPs) in the etiology of endometrial carcinoma, remain unclear. We recruited 206 patients with endometrial carcinoma and 350 healthy women to a case-control study of fasting insulin and IGFBP-related protein 1 (IGFBP-rP1) in a Chinese tertiary centre. Patients with endometrial carcinoma had higher insulin concentrations (14.8 ± 16.7 vs. 8.1 ± 9.4 μU/mL; p < 0.001) and lower IGFBP-rP1 levels (17.5 ± 17.2 vs. 22.4 ± 22.8 μg/L; p = 0.018) than controls. High insulin and IGFBP-rP1 levels were both positively and negatively associated with endometrial cancer (odds ratio for the highest tertile versus the lowest tertile: insulin: 4.11; 95% CI = 2.61-6.47; IGFBP-rP1: 0.38; 95% CI = 0.24-0.60). Logistic regression analysis confirmed the associations between endometrial carcinoma and fasting insulin or IGFBP-rP1 after adjustments for age, BMI, serum glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (odds ratio for the highest tertile versus the lowest tertile: insulin: 2.13; 95% CI = 1.30-3.49; IGFBP-rP1: 0.57; 95% CI = 0.34-0.94). Hyperinsulinemia and high IGFBP-rP1 levels confer altered risks for endometrial carcinoma.