BACKGROUND Published estimates on age-dependent frequency of diabetes in cystic fibrosis (CF) vary widely, and are based mostly on older data. However, CF treatment and prevention of comorbidities changed over recent years. In many studies, definition of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) is not in line with current guideline recommendations. Therefore, we evaluated age-dependent occurrenc...

OBJECTIVE To compare the American Diabetes Association (ADA) fasting glucose and the World Health Organization (WHO) oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) criteria for diagnosing diabetes and detecting people at increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Study subjects were 596 Japanese-Americans. Fasting insulin, lipids, and C-peptide levels; systolic and diast...

Abstract Background The ecotoxicological risk posed by metals and their mixtures in sediments depends on bioavailability. Many methods for evaluating the bioavailability of sediments/soils are time-consuming expensive, frequently result equivocal outcomes. diffusive gradients thin films (DGT) technique is a good measure that can avoid above drawbacks. Therefore, more effective approaches to thi...

The widespread and ubiquitous availability of Internet access enables the collective sharing of huge amount of data generated by heterogeneous sources. For example, the information, which will be exchanged among entities (sensors, people, and services) of future smart cities to enhance the security and lifestyle of their citizens, poses the challenging question of how this information can be ef...

Recently discovered As-hyperaccumulator ferns hold promise for phytoremediation of As-polluted soils. We investigated changes in the rhizosphere characteristics of Pteris vittata (Chinese Brake fern) relevant for its use in phytoextraction. Plants were grown in rhizoboxes filled with soil containing 2270 mg kg(-1) As. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in rhizosphere soil solution we...

A diffusive gradient in thin films (DGT) technique, based on a strongly basic anion exchange resin (Amberlite IRA-400), was successfully tested for 34S/32S analysis in labile soil sulfate. Separation of matrix elements (Na, K, and Ca) that potentially cause non-spectral interferences in 34S/32S analysis by MC ICP-MS (multi-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry) during sampling ...

An evaluation of the effectiveness tax objection review by Directorate General Taxes (DGT) is required due to increasing number disputes that continue litigation and a low winning rate for DGT in court (approximately 40%). This study aims analyze reviewing objections at using Campbell's Effectiveness Theory (1989) with criteria programs goals success, program satisfaction, inputs outputs confor...

Since the discovery of gamma-tubulin, attention has focused on its involvement as a microtubule nucleator at the centrosome. However, mislocalization of gamma-tubulin away from the centrosome does not inhibit mitotic spindle formation in Drosophila melanogaster, suggesting that a critical function for gamma-tubulin might reside elsewhere. A previous RNA interference (RNAi) screen identified fiv...

The technique of diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) has been developed for the measurement of dissolved sulfide. Sulfide species from the sampled waters diffuse through a polyacrylamide hydrogel and then react with pale yellow AgI((s)), incorporated at the surface of a second gel, to form black Ag(2)S((s)). The accumulated sulfide can be measured with a conventional purge-and-trap method f...

DoS / DDoS(Distributed Denial of Service) attacks deny regular, internet services accessed by legitimate users, either by blocking the services completely, or by disturbing it completely, so as to cause customer baulking. Several traceback schemes are available to mitigate these attacks. The simulation approach also can be used to test the performing effects of different marking schemes in larg...