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Brown, Sarah J. "Genetic manipulation of phytohormone levels in sugar beet." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.685930.
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Vail, Daniel Robert. "Artemisinin Biosynthesis: Developmental and Sugar Regulation of mRNA Levels." Digital WPI, 2008. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/415.
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Artemisinin, produced by the plant Artemisia annua, is a sesquiterpene anti-malarial therapeutic. Due to the medicinal relevance of this plant product, there is significant interest in understanding how the biosynthetic pathway is regulated at several key steps. The objective of this study is to examine several factors known to influence artemisinin yields to determine if those effects are occurring at the transcriptional level of the biosynthetic pathway. Artemisinin content has been shown to increase as the plant shifts from vegetative growth to reproductive, flowering growth. To test whether there is a corresponding increase in terpenoid gene expression during the shift to reproductive growth, levels of mRNA of terpenoid genes were measured during flowering budding and full flowering and compared to those measured during vegetative growth. Results indicate that in response to the photoperiod signal to shift to reproductive growth, early cytosolic pathway genes were highly upregulated, while there was no change in early plastidic pathway genes. Late pathway genes specific to artemisinin synthesis were upregulated >6-fold. Furthermore, glucose has also been shown to stimulate artemisinin production compared to sucrose. To test whether glucose is acting as signal to increase terpenoid gene expression, levels of mRNA of terpenoid genes were measured in glucose- and fructose-treated seedlings and compared to those in sucrose-treated seedlings. Results indicate that in response to treatment with glucose, compared with sucrose, early pathway genes in both compartments were initially upregulated. Transcript levels subsequently decreased to levels similar to those in sucrose-treated seedlings. ADS was upregulated by glucose, compared with sucrose, reaching a peak at day 7. Finally, coordinate control of sterol and sesquiterpene synthesis at a critical branch-point in the terpenoid biosynthetic pathway has been demonstrated. To test whether amorpha-4,11-diene synthase (ADS) and squalene sythase (SQS) are coordinately regulated, levels of mRNA of those two genes were measured and compared in both experimental conditions. Results indicate that under the conditions used in this study, ADS and SQS did not show coordinate regulation. This study was the first to demonstrate that: 1. terpenoid genes relating to artemisinin biosynthesis are regulated at the level of transcript accumulation as the plant shifts from vegetative to reproductive growth; 2. glucose is acting as a signal in artemisinin biosynthesis by upregulating transcript levels for several terpenoid genes.
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Ross, Dianne S., of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, and Faculty of Science and Technology. "Development of biscuits with reduced levels of sugar and fat." THESIS_FST_xxx_Ross_D.xml, 1996. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/28.
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The market drive to develop lite foods in Australia. Extensive research has been conducted in the area of dairy products and processed meats. Some research has been carried out on cookies, crackers and cakes, whilst little has been done on plain sweet biscuits. As plain sweet biscuits have a considerable share of the Australian biscuit market, the potential for reducing sugar and fat in this variety was investigated. The functional properties of polydextrose as a sugar and a fat replacer were also determined. Replacements of up to 100% sugar and 50% fat were separately achieved using polydextrose without significantly affecting sensory acceptability. Up to 20% fat was successfully removed from the formulation containing 100% polydextrose in replacement for sugar. The total energy was reduced, with the energy contribution from fat being below, whilst sugar was slightly above the NH and MRC dietary targetsMaster of Science (Hons)
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Ross, Dianne S. "Development of biscuits with reduced levels of sugar and fat /." View thesis, 1996. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030811.132937/index.html.
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Thesis (M. Sc. (Hons))--University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 1996.Thesis "submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science." Title page incorrectly cites "Faculty of Food Science and Technology."
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Kirkham, Paul A. "The measurement of a glycated protein by immunoassay." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1989. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/847606/.
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The measurement of glycated proteins, in particular, glycated albumin using specific antibodies offers the much-needed possibility of a (semi) automated method for the diagnosis and monitoring of diabetic control. Glycated proteins would appear to be poor immunogens as is evident by the lack of antibodies successfully raised against them when compared against the number of antibodies recognising reduced-glycated proteins. This study has successfully overcome this problem by synthesing several different glycated compounds as haptens and then using them in conjunction with a carrier protein to raise antisera in sheep. The binding of one of these antisera, with a titre 1:100000 showed considerable displacement when incubated with diabetic plasma at various dilutions. Western blot analysis on human plasma confirmed that the antiserum specifically recognised a continuous epitope on glycated human serum albumin. Affinity purified antibodies were used to develop both an indirect competitive ELISA and later a direct non-competitive ELISA for glycated serum albumin which does not require prior reduction of the glycated protein to the glucitol form. These assays have a dynamic range at 0 to 100 mug/ml and 0 to 50mug/ml of glycated human serum albumin respectively. The competitive ELISA exhibited < 0.15% cross reactivity with both sodium borohydride and sodium periodate treated human serum albumin. Further work was needed to be undertaken to develop a rugged ELISA that could discriminate between diabetics and normals by routinely measuring glycated human serum albumin levels.
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Wang, Ting. "Rapid Determination of Sugar and Salt Levels in Snack Products Using Infrared Spectroscopy." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1313443430.
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Watts, Gerald F. "Practical aspects of screening for and monitoring microalbuminuria in diabetes mellitus." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.316492.
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Funk, Andrew Joseph. "Effects of sugar metabolism mutations on ethylene production and related transcript levels in developing maize seeds." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0024674.
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Stanley-Fuller, Tricia. "Impact of a certified diabetes education program with telephonic follow-up on glucose levels of type II diabetics." Virtual Press, 2000. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1191720.
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Maintaining appropriate glucose levels is important to patients with diabetes because it helps to improve patients' quality of life and prevents medical complications. This study was designed to determine if there was a statistically significant difference in blood glucose levels between a treatment group that completed a certified diabetes education program with telephonic follow-up by a diabetes educator and a comparison group that also received the certified diabetes education program but without telephonic follow-up. A pretest/posttest control group design was used which randomly assigned subjects to groups by clusters. From the analysis of data it was determined that there was no statistical difference in blood glucose levels between the treatment and the comparison groups. Therefore, weekly telephonic follow-up did not statistically impact blood glucose levels in the treatment group. However, the results did indicate that the telephonic follow-up may have impacted the proportion of patients who returned for post blood glucose testing and sought treatment for other related health concerns.Department of Physiology and Health Science
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Vikström, Hanna, and Kosovare Shala. "Can sugar be good for your oral health? Correlations between caries and levels of bound monosaccharides in whole saliva." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Odontologiska fakulteten (OD), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-19868.
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Introduktion och syfte: Kariesutveckling influeras av faktorer hos både värd och bakterier. Men när olika individer exponeras för samma nivåer av externa riskfaktorer, är en del individer mer mottagliga för karies jämfört med andra. En förklaring skulle kunna vara olika glykosylering av glykoprotein i saliven. I denna pilotstudie undersökte vi skillnaden i nivåer av monosackariderna sialinsyra, fukos och galaktos hos personer som aldrig haft karies och personer som har/har haft karies. Syftet var även att undersöka om plackenzym kan vara en modifierare av nämnda glykoprotein.Material och metod: Två grupper, med 10 individer i varje, inkluderades i studien. Ena gruppen hade DMFT = 0 och den andra DMFT ≥ 1. Saliv och plack samlades och innehållet av bundna monosackarider (sialinsyra, fukos och galaktos) samt glykosidaser (sialidas, β-fukosidas, β-galaktosidas, α-glukosidas och N-acetylglukosaminidas) analyserades med en fluorometer. Även salivflödet kalkylerades.Resultat: Innehållet av både sialinsyra och galaktos var signifikant högre i gruppen med DMFT = 0, medan innehållet av fukos inte skilde sig åt signifikant mellan grupperna. Ingen signifikant skillnad kunde ses mellan de två grupperna avseende enzymaktivitet och salivflöde.Konklusion: Högre nivåer av bunden sialinsyra och galaktos fanns hos gruppen med DMFT = 0. Resultaten indikerar att dessa monosackarider kan vara en möjlig markör för oral hälsa. Större longitudinella studier behövs för att verifiera sambandet.Introduction and aim: Caries development is affected by factors within bacteria and host. But when different individuals are exposed to same levels of external risk factors, some individuals are still more susceptible to caries. One explanation could be different glycosylation of salivary glycoproteins. In this pilot study, we investigated the difference in levels of the monosaccharides sialic acid, fucose and galactose between individuals with or without previous caries experience. We also aimed to investigate if plaque glycosidases could be a modifier of these glycoproteins.Material and method: Two groups, with 10 subject in each, were included in this study. One group had DMFT = 0 and the other DMFT ≥ 1. Saliva and plaque were collected and content of bound monosaccharides (sialic acid, fucose and galactose) and glycosidases (sialidase, α-fucosidase, β-galactosidase, α-glucosidase and N-acetylglucosaminidase) were detected using absorbance and fluoroscens respectively. Salivary flow rate was also measured.Results: Content of both sialic acid and galactose were significantly higher in the group with DMFT = 0, while the content of fucose did not differ significantly between the groups. No significant differences could be seen between the two groups (DMFT = 0 and DMFT ≥ 1) regarding any of the investigated glycosidases and salivary flow rate. Conclusion: Higher levels of bound sialic acid and galactose were found in the group with DMFT = 0 and the results indicate that these monosaccharides could be a possible marker for oral health. Larger longitudinal studies are needed to verify this correlation.
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Wu, Min. "Effect of Nutrient Solution Electrical Conductivity Levels on Lycopene Concentration, Sugar Composition and Concentration of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195203.
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Tomato is an important commodity in fresh vegetable market. Recently, there is great interest for North American hydroponic growers to improve the fruit quality by introducing better cultivation methods. Manipulation of electrical conductivity (EC) of nutrient solution is a well-known technique to increase sugar concentrations of tomato; however, the potential risk of lower yield is the drawback of introducing this technique. Therefore to find a range of EC that can enhance the fruit quality while maintaining overall yield was the goal of this research. For this purpose, plant physiological responses such as transpirational and photosynthetic characteristics and fruit quality attributes including sugars and lycopene were investigated for selected cultivars under different EC. Regardless of cultivar, tomato plants showed a greater net photosynthetic rate at the reproductive growth stage compared to the vegetative growth stage. An increase of EC of influx nutrient solution up to 4.8 dS m-1 did not reduce the leaf photosynthesis, which supported a hypothesis that there is an optimum EC range for enhancing fruit quality without significant yield loss. A following experiment showed that the tomato fruit quality could be significantly enhanced when plants were grown under around 4.5 dS m-1 EC, in terms of total soluble solids (TSS) and lycopene concentration with no significant yield loss. Last experiment was conducted to quantitatively understand the accumulation of lycopene and sugars in fruits as affected by EC and its application timing relative to the fruit ripeness stages. High EC treatment of 4.5 dS m-1, regardless of its application timing, enhanced TSS and sugar concentration in the juice and lycopene concentrations of the fruit. However, the delayed high EC treatment (application of high EC after 4 weeks of anthesis) showed less enhancement for TSS and sugar concentration. Lycopene concentration of the fruit in the delayed EC treatment reached the same level as that in the standard high EC treatment (application since anthesis), which suggests that enhanced lycopene development under high EC is more related to an abiotic stress response during the fruit maturation, rather than fruit mass balance altered by the limited water flux to the fruit.
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Miller-Cobb, Tiffany. "Evaluating the Differences in Dietary Intake of Adolescents with Varying Levels of Anxiety and Depression." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1604661721439159.
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Pinto, Adriane dos Santos. "Diagnose do estado nutricional de sete variedades de cana-de-açúcar (Saccharum SSP) segundo corte, no município de Coruripe, estado de Alagoas." Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 2008. http://repositorio.ufal.br/handle/riufal/236.
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The study of the tissues analysis is characterized by the determination of the concentration of one element or of an extractable fraction of such element in a sample taken from a portion of a particular plant, at a certain moment or at a definite morphologic development stage. The nutritional efficiency optimization is fundamental to boost productivity and reduce production costs. The present research had as its main objective to evaluate the nutritional condition, production, nutrients accumulation and the nutritional efficiency of seven different types of sugar cane in two soils, under field condition. The experiment was conducted in Progresso Farm and in Santo Antônio B Farm both belonging to Coruripe Mill in the State of Alagoas, with the following varieties: SP79-1011, RB72454, RB855113, RB867515, RB92579, RB93509 and Co997, and the following soils: fragipanic Dystrophic Yellow Argillous PAdx1, argillous/light/medium texture and fragipanic orthic ferrocarbic Spodosoil ESox2, light/medium texture. Casualized block description was used with 7 treatments and 4 repetitions per local. The fragments were constituted of 6 ten-meter-long lines, with spaces of 1,0 m between lines. Leaves samples were collected for macro and micro nutrients analysis. The agricultural and industrial returns were analyzed at harvest time. The dry matter and nutrient accumulation in all the plant was obtained by means of the addition of dry matter and nutrients accumulated by the culms, edges and the leaves of the plants. The nutrients utilization efficiency in the plant was obtained by means of the relation between the extracted quantity of nutrients and the production of green mass of the culms, leaves and edges. The PAdx1 soil was the one which contributed mostly in the foliar contents of the nutrients and edges. The RB93509 variety presented the highest foliar nutrient content, as well as the green and dry mass production. It also presented higher accumulation of macronutrients in the culms, edges and in the total accumulated. The extraction order for the macronutrients was: K > N > Ca > Mg > S > P.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
O estudo da análise de tecidos é caracterizado pela determinação da concentração de um elemento ou de uma fração extraível desse elemento em uma amostra tomada de uma porção particular de uma planta, num momento ou estádio de desenvolvimento morfológico definido. A otimização de eficiência nutricional é fundamental para ampliar a produtividade e reduzir o custo de produção. O presente trabalho teve por objetivo geral, avaliar o estado nutricional, a produção, o acúmulo de nutrientes e a eficiência nutricional de sete variedades de cana-de-açúcar em dois solos, sob condições de campo. O experimento foi conduzido na Fazenda Progresso e Fazenda Santo Antônio B pertencente à Usina Coruripe-AL, com as variedades: SP79-1011, RB72454, RB855113, RB867515, RB92579, RB93509 e Co997, e os solos: PAdx1 Argissolo Amarelo Distrófico fragipânico, textura média/leve/argilosa e ESox2 Espodossolo ferrocárbico órtico fragipânico textura media/leve. Foi utilizado o delineamento em blocos casualizados com 7 tratamentos e quatro repetições por local. As parcelas constituídas de 6 linhas de 10 m de comprimento, com espaçamento de 1,0 m entre linhas. Foram coletadas amostras de folhas, para análise de macro e micronutrientes. O rendimento agrícola e industrial foi analisado na ocasião da colheita. O acúmulo de matéria seca e nutriente em toda a planta foi obtido pelo somatório da matéria seca e dos nutrientes acumulados pelos colmos, ponteiros e folhas das plantas. A eficiência de utilização dos nutrientes em toda a planta foi obtida pela relação da quantidade de nutriente extraída e a produção de massa verde dos colmo, folhas e ponteiros. O solo PAdx1 foi o que mais contribuiu nos teores foliares dos nutrientes e nas produções agroindustriais. A variedade RB93509 apresentou o maior teor foliar de nutrientes, e as maiores produções de massa verde e seca, maior acúmulo de macronutrientes nos colmos, ponteiros e do total acumulado. A ordem de extração para os macronutrientes foi: K > N > Ca > Mg > S > P.
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Della, Corte Karen Aimee [Verfasser]. "Dietary sugar intake: International time trends in intake levels among children and adolescents and aspects of its relevance for subclinical inflammation and insulin sensitivity among adults / Karen Aimee Della Corte." Paderborn : Universitätsbibliothek, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1230468323/34.
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Amadi, Juliana N. "Crop level productivity, producer levies and returns to research in UK agriculture (1953-1995)." Thesis, University of Reading, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.269731.
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Genuíno, Shirley Luanna Vieira Peixoto. "Gestão ambiental sob a perspectiva estratégica: um retrato do setor sucroalcooleiro nacional." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2013. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/3822.
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The main goal of this research was to identify the environmental management approaches characteristics, under a strategic perspective, used but companies from the sugar/ethanol brazilian sector. To reach this goal, a cross-sectional quantitative descriptive research was held. The method used was survey, and data collection was made through a phone questionnaire. The research population was compound by 364 companies. The collected sample was 102 companies. For data analysis, it was used parametric and nonparametric descriptive statistics technics. Initially, a sector profile was created in which can be observed that the medium-large companies are majority, followed by the large and medium organizations. Regarding to environmental management position, it was verified that it is predominantly occupied by male sex workers and that there s no direct relationship between the position existence and the level of environmental management occupied by the company. Regarding to the motivating factors for the efforts in favor of the environment, the following variables, in decreasing order, were diagnosed: legislation, environmental impacts, company image, competitiveness, cost and, at last, credit. About the environmental management levels, it was observed that it wasn t possible to classify the sugar alcohol factory precisely with only three stages, according to what was suggested by the literature. Therefore, two more levels were added, changing the classification to the following composition: control, advanced control, prevention, advanced prevention and proactive. More than 60% of the interviewed companies are in the advanced prevention level. About the environmental management practices, rankings about realizations were created, and a intersection between practices and levels was made. The most used practices are related to toxic substances control and about the use of bio fertilizers. At last, it was studied how the process of environmental strategies happens. Data shows that the prior claim relies on planned strategy. It means that organization elaborate in advance its actions, then formalize and disseminate its intentions. Throughout this data, it can be stated that the interviewed companies are on the way to environmental priority, through the use of diverse ecological sustainable practices.
O objetivo central desta pesquisa foi identificar as características das abordagens de gestão ambiental, sob uma perspectiva estratégica, adotadas por empresas pertencentes ao setor sucroalcooleiro nacional. Para o alcance deste propósito foi realizada uma pesquisa crosssectional de característica quantitativa com caráter descritivo. O método adotado foi o survey e o procedimento de coleta foi um questionário aplicado por telefone. A população da pesquisa foi composta por 364 empresas. A amostra coletada foi composta 102 empresas. Para análise dos resultados foram aplicados técnicas de estatísticas descritivas paramétricas e nãoparamétricas. Inicialmente, foi traçado um perfil do setor onde pode ser observado que as empresas de médio-grande porte são maioria, seguidas pelas grandes e médias organizações. Quanto ao cargo de gestão ambiental, foi verificado que ele é predominantemente ocupado por funcionários do sexo masculino e que não há relação direta entre a presença do cargo e o nível de gestão ambiental que a empresa ocupa. Sobre os fatores motivadores para os esforços em prol do meio ambiente as seguintes variáveis, em ordem decrescente, foram diagnosticadas: legislação, impactos ambientais, imagem, competitividade, custo e, por fim, crédito. A respeito dos níveis de gestão ambiental foi observado que não era possível classificar com maior precisão as usinas sucroalcooleiras com apenas três estágios, conforme sugerido pela literatura pertinente. Assim mais dois níveis foram acrescentados, ficando a classificação definida da seguinte forma: controle, controle avançado, preventivo, preventivo avançado, e proativo. As empresas participantes da pesquisa possuem mais de 60% inseridas no nível preventivo-avançado. Quanto às práticas de gestão ambiental foram desenvolvidos rankings de realizações e formulado um cruzamento entre práticas e níveis. As práticas mais utilizadas são as relacionadas ao controle de substâncias tóxicas e ao uso de biofertilizantes. Por fim, foi estudado como se dá o processo de formulação das estratégias ambientais. Os dados apontaram, prioritariamente, para o tipo de estratégia Planejada . Isto significa que as organizações elaboram antecipadamente suas ações, formalizam e disseminam suas intenções. Através destes dados pode-se afirmar que as empresas participantes da pesquisa estão a caminho da proatividade ambiental, através do uso de diversas práticas sustentáveis ecologicamente.
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Griffith, Janet. "The effects of sugar on the body: A teaching unit for the secondary level." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1985. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/171.
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Taylor, Lori Anne. "Cognitive function, affective state, and somatic symptoms related to blood sugar level." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26930.
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In an attempt to find out whether decreased blood sugar level is associated with impaired cognitive function, adverse emotional changes, or somatic symptoms, 36 subjects who believed or suspected that they had hypoglycemia were given 5-hour glucose tolerance tests (GTTs). After each of the nine blood samples taken during the GTT, the subject's mood, performance on the Serial Sevens Test (SST), and somatic symptom reports were recorded. The subjects reported significantly more negative affect after glucose nadir (the lowest level of blood sugar reached) than before nadir, and endorsed more somatic symptoms after nadir than before nadir. SST performance deteriorated at glucose nadir. All of these effects were more pronounced for subjects with high hypoglycemic index scores than for subjects with low index scores. The index is calculated from the speed and magnitude of the decrease in blood sugar, and the absolute value of the nadir. The impairment in SST performance was greater for subjects who showed rapid decreases in blood sugar than for subjects who showed slow decreases. Dividing subjects by high and low nadirs, large and small magnitudes of decrease, and by large and small decreases below fasting level, did not reveal any differences in symptomatology. It is concluded that changes in mood, reports of somatic symptoms, and inferior performance on a mental arithmetic task are associated with lowered blood sugar levels, especially in subjects with high hypoglycemic index scores.Arts, Faculty of
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Griecci, Christina F. "Evaluating Multi-Level Factors Influencing Adolescent Sugar Sweetened Beverage Consumption." eScholarship@UMMS, 2018. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_diss/972.
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Background: Sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) comprise the largest source of added sugars in US adolescents’ diets. SSB consumption is pervasive in US culture and is a critical risk factor for weight gain and obesity in adolescents. This thesis evaluates multi-level factors that influence adolescent SSB consumption.
Methods: The first two aims of this thesis utilized data from the cross sectional, internet based Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health and Eating (FLASHE) study to: 1) examine availability of SSBs in multiple settings (home, school, neighborhood) and adolescent SSB consumption, 2) examine the associations between perceptions of parenting practices and adolescent SSB consumption. The third aim used focus group discussions to understand adolescents’ perceptions about SSBs.
Results: We found that SSB availability in the home was an important predictor of adolescent SSB consumption, regardless of SSB availability in other settings. Also, parenting practices that facilitate adolescent SSB consumption are associated with higher adolescent SSB consumption, but discussing/negotiating SSB behaviors is not associated with adolescent SSB consumption. Adolescents’ described their attitudes, reinforcements, knowledge, and sources of influence around SSBs which are multifactorial and complex.
Conclusions: This thesis identified potential targets for addressing adolescent SSB consumption through availability of SSBs at home, parenting practices, and adolescent perceptions around SSBs. These are important modifiable factors in the adolescents’ sociocultural environment that should be targeted in future dietary interventions to influence adolescent SBB consumption.
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Lau, Chuk-ping, and 劉祝屏. "The effect of antipsychotics on blood glucose level/lipid level of patients with mental illness." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206545.
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The study is to explore the relationship between antipsychotics and blood glucose level or lipid level of patients with mental illness in psychiatric outpatient clinic of Queen Mary Hospital.
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Case reviews through Clinical Management System were carried out. Total 108 psychotic cases involved in the study. 24 were excluded as the patients did not have any treatment of antipsychotics. 84 patients were qualified for review. 40 females and 68 males involved. Their ages are between 13 and 68.
Patients’ demographics information, blood glucose level or lipid level were retrieved. Some important findings are also noted. Data collection carried in May 2014.
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There are no significant changes in fasting blood glucose or lipid level for either typical or atypical antipsychotics. We found that the frequency of checking blood glucose or lipid level was too low and not regular.
Risperidone and Olanzapine are the most commonly used in this psychiatric outpatient clinic. Moreover, 9 cases change from psychosis to Paranoid type schizophrenia. The most frequent diagnosis in the clinic is Paranoid type schizophrenia. 36 cases, one third of the samples, are diagnosed as Paranoid type schizophrenia.
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Although we cannot conclude the effect of antipsychotics on blood glucose level or lipid level of patients with mental illness, there is an increasing concern about antipsychotics leading to metabolic problems through the case reviews. We suggest that routine physical health screening, guidelines setting up, predictors should be carried out in the clinic.published_or_final_version
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Parastouk, Yasemin. "The Effect Of Ploidy Level On Plant Regeneration In Sugar Beet (beta Vulgaris L.)." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607581/index.pdf.
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Three different genotypes of sugar beet (diploid, triploid and tetraploid)4 varieties from diploid and triploid genotypes Soraya (KWS8123) and Leila (diploid), Visa (H68121) and Kassandra (triploid) and 2 lines from tetraploid genotype Ç
BM315 and EA2075 (tetraploid) were used for investigating the effects of ploidy level on plant regeneration. Within three sugar beet genotypes, with respect to the treatments, triploids or tetraploids were found to respond to treatments significantly different when compared with diploids. The responses of polyploids were superior over the responses of diploids. Moreover, varieties from same genotype responded differently to treatments. Two types of calli were obtained
one white and friable with regenerative capacity and the other green and compact with no regenerative capacity. Concentration of sucrose on callus development was observed to be important. High concentration of sucrose (30 g/L) was found to cause discoloration and irresponsiveness of formed calli at callus enlargement and subsequent shoot regeneration stages. Therefore, low concentration (10 g/L) is advised to be used at these stages
although this caused less callus induction. Although initially used for the prevention of tissue discoloration, L-ascorbic acid inclusion into the medium was found to be positively affecting the regeneration capacity. When used at 20 mg/100 mL concentration, the only two spontaneous shoots from the tetraploid EA2075 line were obtained. Subsequently, these shoots were successfully rooted and whole plants were obtained. The effect of silver nitrate, in combination with L-ascorbic acid, on the prevention of sugar beet tissue discoloration was investigated. Unfortunately, the symptoms of discoloration did not diminish. Moreover, callus formation was reduced and the subsequent shoot recovery could not be achieved. Since a total of 3456 explants were used during this study, and only 2 whole plants were regenerated, the efficiency of plant recovery was calculated as a rather low value of 0.058 %.
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Rehman, Abdul. "Lagooning and bio-consortium optimisation for secondary level remediation of simulated sugar factory wastewater." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2011. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14578/.
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Sugar factories are a significant source of water pollution, particularly in developing countries such as Pakistan, where the sugar industry is the second largest after tanneries. The wastewater is disposed of untreated to the environment, since traditional wastewater treatment processes are capital-intensive, energy-demanding and complex in operation. The common approach is to use waste stabilization ponds or lagoons mostly operated on complete retention basis. This work is an attempt to highlight the possibility of effectively applying wastewater lagooning process utilizing the inherent organic contents of sugar factory wastewater with the aid of an algae-bacterial consortium (ABC) to investigate its capacity to utilize this resource to produce renewable fuel while de-polluting wastewater rather than it being a liability to be disposed of. A lagoon photo tank (LPT) resembling a prototype raceway lagoon was designed and used to carry out mass cell cultivation on a sugar-oriented medium for the assessment and inter-optimization of the process conditions such as temperature, incident light (IL), pH, dissolved oxygen (DO). The evaluation of the process performance was observed via the analyses of parameters such as chemical oxygen demand (COD), total organic carbon and cell mass growth. The first part of this study was related with the baseline assessment of LPT process conditions using distilled water as well as sucrose solution or sugar water to establish basis for a priori analysis of simulated sugar factory wastewater (SSFW) carried out in the second part. The suitability of the dosing of copolymer Polyacrylate polyalcohol was optimised through a series of trial runs to aid in the immobilization of mono or mixotrophic cultures of green algae Chlorella Vulgaris and bacteria Pseudomonas Putida at the surface of LPT in order to influence reduction in the organic concentration of SSFW. This research study has contributed to the knowledge base of the concerned area of study with respect to hitherto unknown application of copolymer Polyacrylate polyalcohol, which showed viable characteristics in the cultivation medium in terms of cell immobilization at the surface of LPT resulting in the formation of growth-conducive copolymer-algae matrices leading to the rapid growth of the cell mass with increased process efficiency. This process optimisation resulted in SSFW depollution by around 89% along with energetic biomass growth with a calorific value of 27 kJ g1 and at an optimum growth rate of 1.2 d1 suggesting towards the potential of copolymer addition in the system to enhance the efficiency of the organisms inducing optimum substrate utilization.
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Lam, Yan-yee, and 林茵儀. "Effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT) injection on the hemolymph glucose level and gene expression of reproductive shrimp (metapenaeusensis)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B27785452.
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Ferguson, Katherine E. "Demographic Factors and Beverage Consumption Patterns: Health Literacy, Education, and Income Level." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42513.
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Over the past several decades, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased to 68% of American adults1. During this same time period, there has been an increase in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. This increase in added sugar consumption, particularly from sugar-sweetened beverages, has been theorized as a possible contributor to the obesity epidemic2,3,4. Sugar-sweetened beverages are the number one source of added sugars in the American diet and organizations such as the American Heart Association have addressed this issue of added sugar consumption due to its association with negative health outcomes5. A variety of demographic factors have been linked to increased added sugar consumption6. Health literacy is another variable which may influence beverage consumption patterns, specifically sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. To date only one study has investigated this association, and the authors reported an inverse relationship between health literacy scores and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption7. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation was to determine what demographic variables serve as predictors of consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, water, milk, and total beverage calories. This could allow for appropriate interventions to be developed targeting healthier beverage consumption patterns in specific sub-populations.Master of Science
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Oliveira, Franklin Meireles de [UNESP]. "Arranjo produtivo de cachaça da região Salinas-MG: aprendizagem, tecnologia e viabilidade econômica." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/152093.
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Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo avaliar a trajetória produtiva do setor agroindustrial da cachaça da região de Salinas-MG e inferir sobre a construção do aprendizado dos autores, da capacidade tecnológica e inovadora das agroindústrias e por fim foi feita uma análise econômica do sistema de três modelos de produção. Para tanto, realizouse uma pesquisa do tipo descritiva exploratória, sendo os dados coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, visitas, filmagens e análise documental realizadas com pesquisadores, gerentes, funcionários e produtores envolvidos no processo. O referencial teórico contemplou uma revisão de literatura sobre APL, Modelos de Aprendizado, Viabilidade, Custos e Rentabilidade Econômica e evolução das tecnologias para o complexo agroindustrial proposto. A pesquisa revela que os atores que atuam no complexo produtivo mesclam conhecimentos tradicionais, modernos e aprendizados que aprimoram a cadeia e dão alternativas para fortalecimento da Cachaça de qualidade que ali produzem, permitindo alcance de notoriedade e reconhecimento nacional à bebida regional. A pesquisa demostrou uma participação relativa econômica desta atividade em média de 30% em arrecadação de ICMS nos últimos três anos para os municípios da Região Salinas em relação à produção do setor no estado de Minas Gerais. Os índices apontam o município de Salinas especializado neste segmento, indicando um processo de concentração de mercado. O conjunto das empresas que constituem o APL é significativo e envolve desde microempreendedores a empresas de pequeno porte que geram mais de 500 empregos diretos para a região, além de consumo indireto de insumos, tecnologia e equipamentos movimentando ainda mais a economia regional. No processo de aprendizagem, notadamente o APL estudado vem se organizando e se estruturando para maior fortalecimento e expansão nacional e internacional. A aplicação empírica da matriz de Lall (1992), para a agroindústria canavieira Norte-mineira de cachaça artesanal, permite concluir que 26% das empresas se capacitam em nível A, as demais 84% compõem o nível B. Foram avaliados dois modelos de produção agroindustrial com capacidades tecnológicas distintas, denominados como modelos “A” em que a matéria prima (cana-de-açúcar é adquirida de fornecedores) e “B”, em dois outros modelos, B1 e B2 nos quais a produção agrícola é integrada a produção agroindustrial. Constatou-se que é um negócio moderadamente lucrativo no longo prazo; requer um investimento inicial alto e período de carência para iniciar a prover rendimentos efetivamente a partir do terceiro ano de produção. O modelo A, com compra de matéria prima, apresentou mais atratividades em relação aos rendimentos no tempo do investimento aplicado com um VPL de R$ 733.950,64, uma TIR em 14,02% e um Payback de 7,5 anos. Na comparação dos modelos B1 e B2, o maior investimento do modelo B1 classificando-o em um nível tecnológico A, de acordo esta pesquisa, obteve uma melhor resposta em rendimentos com VPL de R$ 544.100,86, TIR em 20,06% e Payback de 6 anos.
The objective of this research was to evaluate the productive trajectory of the cachaça agro-industrial sector of the Salinas-MG region and infer about the construction of the authors' learning, the technological and innovative capacity of the agroindustries, and finally an economic analysis of the two models system of production. For that, a descriptive exploratory research was carried out, being the data collected through semistructured interviews, visits, filming and documental analysis performed with researchers, managers, employees and producers involved in the process. The theoretical framework included a literature review on APL, Learning Models, Feasibility, Cost and Economic Profitability and evolution of technologies for the proposed agroindustrial complex. The research reveals that the actors who act and guide the production system mix traditional and modern knowledge and learning that improve the chain and give alternatives to strengthen the quality Cachaça that they produce there, allowing to reach of notoriety and national recognition to the regional product. The survey showed a relative economic participation of this activity on average 30% in ICMS tax of this segment in the last three years for the municipalities of the Salinas Region in relation to the production in the state of Minas Gerais. The indexes indicate the municipality of Salinas specialized in this segment, indicating a process of market concentration. The group of companies that make up the APL is significant and it involves from microentrepreneurs to small companies that generate more than 500 jobs directly to the region in addition to indirect consumption of inputs, technology and equipment moving the regional economy even more. In the process of learning, notably the APL studied has been organizing and structuring itself for greater national and international strengthening and expansion. Two models of agroindustrial production with different technological capacities were evaluated: model "A", in which the raw material (sugarcane) is acquired from suppliers and model "B", divided in two other models, B1 and B2, in which the production is integrated into agro-industrial production on different scales. It has been found to be a moderately profitable business in the medium term, and requires a high initial investment, and grace period to begin to effectively provide income from the third year of production. The model A, with the purchase of raw materials, showed more attractiveness in relation to the yields in the investment time applied with a NPV of R $ 733,950.64, an IRR of 14.02% and a Payback of 7.5 years. In the comparison of models B1 and B2, the largest investment of the B1 model classifying it at a technological level A, according to this research, obtained a better response in NPV yields of R $ 544,100.86, IRR of 20.06% and Payback of, 6 years.
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Oliveira, Franklin Meireles de. "Arranjo produtivo de cachaça da região Salinas-MG : aprendizagem, tecnologia e viabilidade econômica /." Ilha Solteira, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/152093.
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Orientador: Silvia Maria Almeida Lima CostaResumo: Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo avaliar a trajetória produtiva do setor agroindustrial da cachaça da região de Salinas-MG e inferir sobre a construção do aprendizado dos autores, da capacidade tecnológica e inovadora das agroindústrias e por fim foi feita uma análise econômica do sistema de três modelos de produção. Para tanto, realizouse uma pesquisa do tipo descritiva exploratória, sendo os dados coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, visitas, filmagens e análise documental realizadas com pesquisadores, gerentes, funcionários e produtores envolvidos no processo. O referencial teórico contemplou uma revisão de literatura sobre APL, Modelos de Aprendizado, Viabilidade, Custos e Rentabilidade Econômica e evolução das tecnologias para o complexo agroindustrial proposto. A pesquisa revela que os atores que atuam no complexo produtivo mesclam conhecimentos tradicionais, modernos e aprendizados que aprimoram a cadeia e dão alternativas para fortalecimento da Cachaça de qualidade que ali produzem, permitindo alcance de notoriedade e reconhecimento nacional à bebida regional. A pesquisa demostrou uma participação relativa econômica desta atividade em média de 30% em arrecadação de ICMS nos últimos três anos para os municípios da Região Salinas em relação à produção do setor no estado de Minas Gerais. Os índices apontam o município de Salinas especializado neste segmento, indicando um processo de concentração de mercado. O conjunto das empresas que constituem o APL é sig... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
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Najar, Carol Argelia, Jessi Nataly Vila-Quispe, Laura Astete-Robilliard, and Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz. "Association between household socioeconomic level and consumption of fast food and soft drinks: A cross-sectional assessment of the Young Lives cohort in Peru." Asociacion Espanola de Dietistas-Nutricionistas, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655884.
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Introduction: The consumption of fast food and soft drinks is a risk factor for developing overweight and obesity. This study aimed at assessing if there is association between household socioeconomic level and the consumption of fast food and soft drinks among children. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional assessment of the data from the third round (2009-2010) of the youngest cohort of the Young Lives study in Peru was conducted. Sampling was conducted in three stages: In the first one, the country was divided into equal geographical regions, excluding the 5% of the richest district; in the second stage, 20 sentinel sites were chosen and an area within each sentinel site was selected. Finally, in the third stage, eligible children were selected. Outcomes were the self-reported consumption of fast food and soft drinks (never, sometimes, and always), whereas the exposure was household socioeconomic status (in quintiles). Crude and adjusted models were created between variables of interest using Poisson regression models, with robust variance, to report prevalence ratios (PR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results: Data of 1901 children, of which 942 (49.6%) were girls, with a mean age of 7.5 (SD: 0.5) was analyzed. A total of 24.1% (95%CI: 22.2%-26.1%) reported always consuming fast food, whilst this number was 22.4% (20.5%-24.3%) for soft drinks. Compared to the lowest socioeconomic quintile, those who were in higher socioeconomic status had more probability of consuming fast food and soft drinks (Chi-squared for trends <0.001). The highest socioeconomic quintile had a greater probability to always consume fast food (PR=1.42; 95%CI: 1.08-1.88) and soft drinks (PR=1.71; 95%CI: 1.24-2.37). Conclusions: This study shows that there is a significant association between the household socioeconomic level and the consumption of soft drinks and fast food.Revisión por pares
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Araujo, Cespedes Fabiola. "RF Sensing System for Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6998.
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The purpose of this research was to design a blood glucose sensing system based on the induced shift in the resonant frequency of an antenna patch operating in the ISM band (5.725 – 5.875 GHz). The underlying concept is the fact that when a person has variations in their blood glucose levels, the permittivity of their blood varies accordingly. This research analyzed the feasibility of using an antenna patch as a blood glucose sensing device in three configurations: 1) as an implantable active sensor, 2) as an implantable passive antenna sensor, and 3) as a non-invasive sensor. In the first arrangement, the antenna is to be implanted inside the body as an active antenna, requiring that its power supply and internal circuitry to be implanted. In the second arrangement, the antenna is also implanted, but would not require a power supply or internal circuity since it would be passive. For the third arrangement, the non-invasive sensing approach, the antenna is placed facing the upper arm while mounted outside the body. In order to evaluate the best approach all the three approaches were simulated using the electromagnetic field tool simulator ANSYS EM15.0 HFSSTM, along with a human tissue model. The tissue model included physiological and electrical characteristics of the human abdomen for simulating the active and passive approaches, and the upper arm for the non-invasive approach. The electromagnetic boundaries were set with perfectly matched layers to eliminate any reflections which would cause a non-physical resonance in the results. Simulation of the active sensing configuration resulted in a resonant frequency shift from 5.76 to 5.78GHz (i.e., a 20 MHz shift) for a simulated blood permittivity variation of 62.0 to 63.6. This corresponds, theoretically, to an approximate glucose shift of 500 mg/dL. The passive configuration simulations did not yield conclusive variations in resonant frequency and this approach was abandoned early on in this research. Thirdly, the non-invasive approach resulted in a simulated shift of resonant frequency from 5.797 to 5.807 (i.e., a 10MHz shift) for simulated blood permittivity variation of 51.397 to 52.642 (an approximate variation of 2000 mg/dL in glucose). In the literature planar, continuous blood-rich layers are used to simulate RF sensing of glucose, which is not applicable when measuring glucose in actual human veins, which are tubular in geometry and of finite extent. Therefore the model employed assumed a 1.8 mm diameter blood vessel, buried under a fatty layer that was capped with skin. The above results, both simulated and verified experimentally, used this more realistic model which is further proof that a practical non-invasive blood glucose measurement system should be possible.
The non-invasive approach was tested experimentally by using oil in gel phantoms to mimic the electrical properties of skin, fat, blood and muscle. A fat phantom was placed over a muscle phantom, with a strip of blood phantom within and a skin phantom was placed on top. The blood phantom had a 2000mg/dL variation of D-glucose in the phantom mixture which decreased the relative permittivity from 52.635 to 51.482 and resulted in a shift of resonant frequency from 5.855 to 5.842 (i.e., a 13MHz shift). This is consistent with the non-invasive simulated results thus validating our model of the non-invasive sensing approach. While this variation in blood glucose is non-physical (typical human glucose range can range in the extremes from 30 to 400 mg/dL, where healthy glucose levels vary from 70mg/dL to 180mg/dL) it was necessary to provide a high confidence fit between the simulated and experimental data. This is because the level of precision with which the physical phantoms could be fabricated with was insufficient to match the highly precise simulated data.
Analysis on the effect of lateral displacement of the antenna from the blood vessel, its elevation above the skin and variations caused by different skin thickness, and blood vessel depth were evaluated. A calibration technique to correct physical misalignment by the user is proposed in which two additional antennas, located diagonally with respect to the sensing antenna, serve as reference point for placement over the upper arm in line of sight with the blood vessel.
Once the non-invasive sensor approach was shown to be viable for continuous glucose monitoring, a sensor platform was designed whereby an RF generator was used to drive the antenna with a frequency sweep between 5.725 to 5.875GHz. A fraction of its output power was coupled to both the antenna and the system analysis circuitry through a directional coupler. The transmitted and received power were then processed with demodulating logarithmic amplifiers which convert the RF signal to a corresponding voltage for downstream processing. Both inputs were then fed into a microcontroller and the measured shift in resonant frequency, fO, converted to glucose concentration which was displayed on glucose meter display.
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Htoo, Zaw Wai. "Is lifestyle modification effective for glycemic control among type II diabetic adults in Southeast Asia?" Thesis, Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/19191.
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Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a costly and burdensome lifelong disease, and without proper glycemic control, severe life-threatening complications result. In Southeast Asia, the prevalence of T2DM is forecast to increase markedly from 2000 to 2030. Although literature reviews on lifestyle modification for glycemic control are available, these are mainly for the Western context, and there is a dearth of evidence for Southeast Asians who are at greater risk of T2DM and have differing patterns of diet, physical activity and body composition than Western populations. Objective: To systematically review literature on the effectiveness of lifestyle modification interventions for glycemic control in T2DM patients from Southeast Asia. Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCT) with interventions ≥ 8 weeks that compared HbA1c or blood glucose for intervention (lifestyle modification) versus control groups were identified from searches in Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PubMed, ProQuest, Science Direct, SPORTDiscus, Scopus and Web of Science. Results: Seven RCTs (679 participants) meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria were identified. There was a significant reduction in HbA1c% (MD = -0.56%; 95% CI = -0.95,-0.16%; p = 0.006; n = 5 studies) and in blood glucose mg/dl (MD = -16.76 mg/dl; 95% CI = -31.36, -2.17 mg/dl; p = 0.02; n = 4 studies) over 3 months for lifestyle modification intervention groups. Lifestyle interventions included diet (n = 2), exercise (n = 2), and general lifestyle interventions (n = 3). Duration of interventions ranged from 12 weeks to 6 months. Studies included populations from Thailand (n = 5) and Malaysia (n = 2). Conclusion: Overall, lifestyle modification interventions are effective for the glycemic control of T2DM patients in countries of Southeast Asia.
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Borja, Edilberto Vitorino de. "Efeito da adi??o de argila expandida e adi??es minerais na formula??o de concretos estruturais leves autoadens?veis." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2011. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/15567.
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Previous issue date: 2011-02-10The search for alternative materials with lower density, reduction in heat transfer and propagation of noise associated with the ease of handling and application in concrete structures, represents an enormous challenge in the formulation and knowledge of the performance of self-compacting lightweight concrete, which has technology little known nationally, and appears on the international scene as an innovative material and alternative to conventional concrete. Based on these, this study set out to study self-compacting lightweight concrete made with two distinct grades of expanded clay associated with the addition of plasticizing/superplasticizers additives and mineral additions of metakaolin and bagasse ash of sugar cane. There is also an object of study, evaluation of pozzolanic activity of mineral admixtures and their influence on the durability characteristics of concrete. The rheological, physical, mechanical and microstructural analysis in this study served as basis in the classification of concretes autoadens?veis, targeting the national technical requirements for their classification in the category autoadens?vel and lightweight structural. The inclusion of mineral admixtures (metakaolin and bagasse ash of sugar cane), partial replacement of cement, pozzolanic activity and demonstrated maintenance of mechanical properties through the filler effect, a reduction of up to 76% of the nitrogen gas permeability in blend with 20% bagasse ash. All concretes had rheology (cohesion and consistency) suitable for self-adensability as well as strength and density inherent structural lightweight concrete without presenting phenomena of segregation and exudation
A busca por materiais alternativos de menor massa espec?fica, redu??o na transfer?ncia de calor e propaga??o do barulho, associado ? facilidade de manuseio e aplica??o em estruturas de concreto armado, representa grande desafio na formula??o e conhecimento do desempenho de concretos estruturais leves autoadens?veis, que tem tecnologia pouco difundida em n?vel nacional, e surge no cen?rio internacional como um material inovador e alternativo ao concreto convencional. Frente ao exposto, este trabalho se prop?s a estudar concretos estruturais leves autoadens?veis elaborados com duas gradua??es distintas de argila expandida associados ? inclus?o de aditivos plastificantes/superplastificantes e adi??es minerais de metacaulim e cinza de biomassa de cana-de-a??car. Tem-se ainda como objeto do estudo, a avalia??o da atividade pozol?nica das adi??es minerais e sua influ?ncia nas caracter?sticas de durabilidade dos concretos. As propriedades reol?gicas, f?sicas, mec?nicas e microestruturais, analisadas neste estudo, serviram como fundamenta??o na qualifica??o dos concretos leves autoadens?veis, visando ?s exig?ncias t?cnicas nacionais para sua classifica??o no quesito autoadens?vel e estrutural leve. A inclus?o das adi??es minerais (metacaulim e cinza de biomassa de cana-de-a??car), em substitui??o parcial do cimento, demonstrou atividade pozol?nica e manuten??o das propriedades mec?nicas atrav?s do efeito filler, apresentando redu??o de at? 76% da permeabilidade a g?s nitrog?nio na mistura com 20% de cinza de biomassa. Todos os concretos dosados apresentaram reologia (coes?o e consist?ncia) adequada para autoadensabilidade, bem como resist?ncia e massa espec?fica inerentes aos concretos estruturais leves, sem apresentar fen?menos de segrega??o e exsuda??o
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ORTIZ, ANGEL V. "Desenvolvimento de processo de obtenção de nanopartículas de sílica a partir de resíduo de fonte renovável e incorporação em polímero termoplástico para a fabricação de nanocompósito." reponame:Repositório Institucional do IPEN, 2016. http://repositorio.ipen.br:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/27498.
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A tecnologia de nanocompósitos é aplicável a uma vasta gama de polímeros termoplásticos e termofixos. A utilização de subprodutos da cana de açúcar tem sido extensivamente estudada como fonte de reforços para os nanocompósitos. O bagaço da cana é largamente utilizado na cogeração de energia e, como resultado da queima deste material, são produzidas milhões de toneladas de cinzas. Para este trabalho, sílica contida nas cinzas do bagaço da cana de açúcar foi extraída por método químico e método térmico. O método térmico se mostrou mais eficiente levando a uma pureza de mais de 93 % em sílica, enquanto o método químico gerou sílica bastante contaminada com cloro e sódio provenientes dos reagentes da extração. As partículas de sílica obtidas foram avaliadas por espalhamento de luz dinâmico (DSL) e apresentaram tamanho médio de 12 μm. Estas partículas foram submetidas à moagem em moinho de bolas e na sequência a tratamento sonoquímico em meio líquido. As partículas de sílica tratadas no processo sonoquímico a 20 kHz, potência de 500 W e 90 minutos tiveram suas dimensões reduzidas a escala nanométrica da ordem de dezenas de nanômetros. A nanossílica obtida foi então incorporada como reforço em polietileno de alta densidade (HDPE). Ensaios mecânicos e termo-mecânicos mostram ganhos de propriedades mecânicas, com exceção da propriedade de resistência ao impacto. O ensaio de deflexão térmica (HDT) mostrou que a incorporação deste reforço no HDPE levou a um pequeno aumento nesta propriedade relação ao HDPE puro. A cristalinidade dos nanocompósitos gerados foi avaliada por meio de calorimetria exploratória diferencial (DSC) e observou-se um decréscimo de cristalinidade do material quando a incorporação de reforço foi de 3%. O material irradiado a 250 kGy com feixe de elétrons mostra ganhos acentuados na principais propriedades do mesmo, principalmente devido ao alto nível de reticulação do HDPE irradiado.
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Kerrigan, Anita Cimino. "A comparison study on the effect of coaching as a nursing intervention on comfort levels and blood sugar levels in two groups of individuals with diabetes." 2011. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1637944.
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The purpose of this comparative study was to investigate the effect of coaching,
as a nursing intervention, on comfort levels and blood sugar levels of individuals with
diabetes. The hypothesis of the study was that individuals with diabetes who received
coaching at specified intervals of time would have higher levels of comfort, as measured
by the Diabetes Mellitus Comfort Questionnaire (DMCQ), and lower blood sugar levels,
as recorded on the individual’s personal glucometer, than individuals with diabetes who
did not receive coaching. Prior to conducting the study, approval of the university review
board and hospitals was obtained. Participants were solicited from two accredited
hospital-based diabetic education programs in a Midwestern city. Participation in the
study was voluntary. The participants solicited from one hospital-based diabetic
education program received coaching as a nursing intervention throughout the study
while the participants from the other hospital-based diabetic education program did not.
The participants were enrolled in the study the last day of the diabetic education program
and completed a demographic data form, the DMCQ, and the Self Care InventoryRevised
(SCI-R) to measure compliance. They also documented the average of their
daily blood sugar levels from the past seven days as recorded on their personal
glucometer. Two and four weeks after enrolling in the study participants from each
group repeated the process of completing the DMCQ, the SCI-R, and documenting the
average daily blood sugar levels over the past seven days as recorded on their
glucometers. One hospital-based diabetic education group received coaching from the
researcher via a telephone call two and four weeks after completing the formal diabetic
education program and prior to completing the DMCQ, the SCI-R, and documenting their
average daily blood sugar from the next seven days. Confidentiality of data collected
from the participants was maintained. There was no risk of harm. Of the participants
enrolled in the study, there were 30 participants who completed the study for one group
and 35 participants who completed the study for the other group. Analysis of variance
was used to analyze the data. Results showed no significant difference in comfort levels,
compliance scores, or blood sugar levels between the two groups. The hypothesis of the
study was not supported. Nonetheless, the information obtained from this study is
valuable to nursing by contributing to the growing body of knowledge for developing
cost-effective education and supportive strategies for individuals with diabetes to manage
their condition.Department of Educational Studies
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Tessier, Angela B. M. "The relation between preharvest sprouting and embryonic sugar levels in two-rowed malting barleys." 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/17415.
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Magistrelli, Ashley M. "Effects of ground cinnamon on postprandial blood glucose levels between obese and normal weight individuals." 2010. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1607094.
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The purpose of this project was to determine the effects of 6 g of ground cinnamon added to farina (Cream of Wheat) cereal on blood glucose levels between obese and normal weight individuals. Thirty students, aged 19-30 years, were recruited to participate in this study. During study visits, participants were given one of two test meals (74 g of farina with and without 6 g of cinnamon) followed by seven blood glucose measurements over a two-hour period. A significant difference was seen in glycemic response between the two dietary conditions, but not between the two BMI groups (normal and obese). The two BMI groups were combined for analysis of dietary conditions. Ingestion of the cinnamon cereal resulted in significantly lower blood glucose responses at minutes 15, 30, 45 and 60 compared to the plain cereal. The results of this study confirm the positive glucose-lowering effects of cinnamon.Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
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Chen, Shwu Jane, and 陳淑珍. "A Study on Diabetes Perceptions and Coping Strategies and Their Effects on Urban Diabetic Seniors’ Blood Sugar Levels and Emotional Representations." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/28680112945263594081.
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碩士實踐大學
家庭研究與兒童發展學系碩士班
96
Diabetes mellitus is a complex and chronic metabolic disease, impacting both a patient's physical and mental health. This paper researches diabetes perceptions and coping strategies and their effects on urban diabetic seniors’ blood sugar levels and emotional representations by the “Common Sense Model”. The objects of study were 202 diabetes patients over 60 years old from an outpatient center in Taipei. The author used the purposive sampling method to collect data via the structured questionnaire, an illness perception questionnaire （including emotional representations）, a coping strategies questionnaire, and HbA1c. Data was analyzed by frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation and compared by t-test, one-way ANOVA and multiple regression. The results reveal positive effects on the patients’ mental and physical health through increased illness awareness and development of coping strategies. The most frequent method was positive emotion-focused coping, with problem-focused coping as second, and avoidant coping as third. The HbA1c control needed to be improved. The negative emotional representations were described less. There were effects on illness perceptions by gender, duration of diabetes, diabetes complications and chronic diseases. There were effects on copying strategies by education, type of treatment, diabetes complications, chronic diseases and exercise. Three coping strategies were predicted by illness perceptions. The HbA1c was affected by emotion-focused coping as a mediatory effect. The result of this study may help shared care teams to understand the effects on blood sugar and emotional representations of elderly diabetes patients with the illness perceptions and coping strategies through providing multidimensional and integrated care. The result of this study may also provide references for further research.
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Chan, Te-Fu, and 詹德富. "Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage and Circulating retinol-binding protein 4 levels connected to adolescent cardiometabolic risk components and metabolic syndrome." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73772176182319545237.
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博士高雄醫學大學
醫學研究所
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The metabolic effect of fructose in sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) has been linked to de novo lipogenesisand uric acid (UA) production. This study investigated the biological effects of SSB consumption on serum lipid profiles and retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) among Taiwanese adolescents. We evaluated the anthropometric parameters and biochemical outcomes of 200 representative adolescents (98 boys and 102 girls) who were randomly selected from a large-scale cross-sectional study. Data were analyzed using multiple regression models adjusted for covariates. Results: Increased SSB consumption was associated with increased waist and hip circumferences, body mass index (BMI) values and serum UA, triglyceride (TG) and RBP4 levels. Adolescents who consumed >500 ml/day of beverages half-to-heavily sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) exhibited TG and RBP4 levels 22.7 mg/dl and 13.92 ng/ml higher than non-drinkers, respectively. HFCS drinkers with hyperuricemia had higher TG levels than HFCS drinkers with normal UA levels (98.6 vs. 81.6 mg/dl). The intake of HFCS-rich SSBs and high value of BMI (≥24) interactively reinforced RBP4 levels among overweight/obese adolescents. Circulating RBP4 levels were significantly correlated with weight-related outcomes and TG and UA concentration among HFCS drinkers ( r= 0.253 to 0.404), but not among non-drinkers. In conclusion, high-quantity HFCS-rich beverage consumption is associated with higher TG and RBP4 levels. Hyperuricemia is likely to intensify the influence of HFCS-rich SSB intake on elevated TG levels, and in overweight and obese adolescents, high BMI may modify the action of fructose on higher circulating levels of RBP4. RBP4 has been proposed to be a vital mediator connecting obesity and insulin resistance (IR). This study investigated the role of RBP4 in the adolescent “adipo-cardiovascular axis” by investigating the association of its circulating concentrations with cardiometabolic risk components and outcomes. We assessed the cardiometabolic risk factors and metabolic outcomes of 272 representative adolescents (132 boys and 140 girls) who were randomly selected from a large-scale cross-sectional study. Data were analyzed using principal component analysis and multivariate regression models adjusted for covariates. Three principal components were extracted from 12 cardiometabolic risk factors and the first principal component (PC1) accounted for 38.7% of the total variance. RBP4 levels were positively correlated to body-weight-related parameters, triglyceride, systolic blood pressure and uric acid in both sexes and to metabolic syndrome (MetS) and IR. Significant multivariate-adjusted differences at RBP4 levels (1.999 ng/dl in boys and 2.377 ng/dl in girls) for a one-unit increase in PC1 scores were found among adolescents with hyperuricemia, but not among those without. Circulating RBP4 levels were notably capable at discriminating the presence of MetS and IR. A one-standard deviation increment of RBP4 was associated with a 2.5- and 1.9-fold risk of contracting MetS and IR, respectively, and explained 5.5% and 13.7% of the excess risk of PC1 on these two metabolic disorders. In conclsion, circulating RBP4 levels are associated with combined-cardiometabolic risk components and adolescent MetS and IR. Hyperuricemia demonstrates clinical implications on the positive correlation between continuous cardiometabolic risk-scores and RBP4 levels.
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Gao, Pei-Yu, and 高培育. "Effects of different dietary levels of glimepiride and chromium picolinate on the growth and blood sugar of orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4wfff5.
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碩士國立臺灣海洋大學
水產養殖學系
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Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of different dietary levels of glimepiride and chromium picolinate on the growth of orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides. Diets included white fish meal as main protein source were supplemented with 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5 and 1 mg/kg glimepiride in experiment I. The crude protein and crude lipid of diets were 44.5 to 46.6% and 10.4 to 10.6%, respectively. 11.1±0.1 g grouper were fed three times a day to apparent satiation and experimental period was four weeks. There were no significantly different growth performance of grouper fed different treatment diets. Weight gains of fish fed 0-1 mg/kg glimepiride were 117.1±12.5, 122.8±20.6, 102.3±22.4, 108.5±23.3 and 115.2±26.3%, respectively. Survival were 100% of all treatments. The result of this study showed that the growth of orange-spotted grouper fed with dietary glimepiride did not have any significantly difference. After four weeks experiment, blood of fish were collected at 0, 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 hours for blood sugar analysis. Results indicated that blood sugars of all treatment were increased at 8 hour after fish were fed treatment diets. In the body composition, fish fed treatment diets had higher crude lipid then control group. Diets included white fish meal as main protein source were supplemented with 0.4, 0.8, 1.2 mg/kg chromium picolinate and 0.05 mg/kg glimepiride with 0.4, 0.8, 1.2 mg/kg chromium picolinate in the experiment II. The dietary crude protein and crude lipid were 46.63 to 47.46% and 10.14 to 10.49%, respectively. 5.43±0.07 g grouper were fed three times a day to apparent satiation and experimental period was six weeks. There were no significantly different weight gain of grouper fed different treatment diets. After six weeks, blood of fish were collected at 0, 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 hours for blood sugar analysis. Results indicated that blood sugars of all treatments were slowly increased after fish were fed for 6 hour. The control group had higher blood sugar than fish fed treatment diets at 6 hours. In the body composition, fish fed treatment diets had higher crude lipid than control group. Fish fed diets supplemented glimepiride had significant higher crude lipid than fish fed control group and diets supplemented chromium picolinate with glimepiride.
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Li, Pei-Yu, and 李培豫. "Effects of different levels of sugar solution and GdL solution on the quality of roast crispy pork during storage at 4°C." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31818058036613324593.
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碩士國立中興大學
動物科學系所
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Roast crispy pork is well known as a type of traditional Chinese meat product from Hong Kong. It characterized as crispness in the rind, and tender in meat. Generally, to increase the crispness and color of roast crispy pork, sugar solution was sprayed on the surface of pork rind before roasting. So it is importance to formulate the proper concentration of sugar solution. D-gluconic acid lactone (GdL) is one kind of expansive agent and able to decrease the pH. Therefore, in this study, sugar and GdL was selected to manufacture spraying solution and spray on the rind of raw meat before roasted. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of different concentrations (1, 3 and 5%) of sugar and GdL solution on physicochemical, microbiology, texture properties and sensory of roast crispy pork stored at 4°C for 28 days. The result of the pH value, VBN value, TBARS value and chemical compositions of roast crispy pork sprayed with different levels of sugar and GdL solution kept stable during storage at 4 °C for 28 days. The profile of microbial, total plate count and anaerobic count of all treatments increased slightly during storage and the count of all treatments showed small than 4 log CFU/g. The peak force of roast crispy porks spray with sugar and GdL solution decreased and reach the lowest limit value (1500 g/cm2) at day 7 and 14 respectively. This result indicated that the GdL solution can improve the crispiness of roast crispy pork. All sensory scores results of roast crispy pork except of crispiness decreased as storage time but were still accepted by the panelists at the end of storage. In conclusion, roast crispy pork treated with GdL solution is better for crispiness than sugar solution during storage at 4°C.
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周芷儀. "The effect of different dietary levels of Cornus Officinalis powder and extract on the growth and blood sugar of adult and juvenile tilapia, Oreochromis sp." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04273441021258255754.
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碩士國立臺灣海洋大學
水產養殖學系
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Three experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of different dietary levels of Cornus Officinalis powder and Cornus Officinalis extract on the growth and blood sugar of adult and juvenile Nile tilapia, Oreochromis sp. In the first trial, four isoenergetic (300.68 kcal/100g) and isonitrogenous (27.88 % CP) semipurified diet supplemented with Cornus Officinalis extract levels ranging from 0 ~ 0.2 % with 0.05 % increament were evaluated. 161.91 ± 21.87 g tilapia were fed twice a day. After four weeks experiment, blood of fish was collected at 0, 1, 2.5, 4, 5.5 and 8 hours from the caudal vein of each fish for blood sugar analysis. Results indicated that blood sugar value of 0 % treatment ascend from 0 to 8 hours, while blood sugar of the other treatments had a significant decrease. There were not significant differences in body composition among treatments. In the second trial, four isoenergetic (300.68 kcal/100g) and isonitrogenous (27.88 % CP) semipurified diet supplemented with Cornus Officinalis extract levels ranging from 0 ~ 0.2 % with 0.05 % increament were evaluated. 0.74 ± 0.03 g Juvenile tilapia were fed four times a day. After four weeks experiment, juvenile tilapia fed diet with 0.1 % cornus had significant final weight, SGR, FCR and PER than tilapia fed diet with 0.2 % cornus treatment. In the third trial, four isoenergetic (305.31 kcal/100g) and isonitrogenous (29.06 % CP) semipurified diet supplemented with Cornus Officinalis powder levels ranging from 0 ~ 1 % with 0.25 % increament were evaluated. 1.15 ± 0.02 g Juvenile tilapia were fed four times a day. After four weeks experiment, there were not significant differences in body composition and growth parameter among treatments.
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Wang, Ming-Yang, and 王明揚. "The associations between vegetarian diet and the levels of blood sugar, lipid profiles, oxidative stress, and inflammation status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/14762159199672231582.
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碩士中山醫學大學
營養學系碩士班
103
Almanac of food consumption survey in Taiwan indicates that 10 % of the populations are vegetarians. The purpose of this study was to examine the correlations between the levels of blood glucose, lipid profiles, oxidative stress, and inflammatory makers in vegetarians and omnivores who had type 2 diabetes. We recruited 54 vegetarians and 100 omnivores had type 2 diabetes. The characteristics of subjects (ie. gender、age、24-hours dietary recall, and lifestyle habits) were collected and anthropometry, blood pressure, fasting glucose, hemoglobin A1c, lipid profile (total cholesterol, triglyceride、apolipoprotein-A1 and apolipoprotein-B), oxidative stress markers (malondialdehyde and oxidized low-density lipoprotein), antioxidant enzymes activities (superoxide dismutase、catalase and glutathione peroxidase), and inflammatory markers (high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and high-sensitivity interleukin-6) were measured. The results showed that vegetarians had higher values for ratios of polyunsaturated fatty acid to saturated fatty acid intake, ratios of monounsaturated fatty acid to saturated fatty acid intake, serum triglyceride, oxidative stress, and inflammatory makers than omnivores. In addition, the values for ratios of polyunsaturated fatty acid to saturated fatty acid intake and serum triglyceride were significantly positively correlated with the level of oxidative stress, and inflammatory makers were significantly negatively correlated with antioxidant enzymes activities. As a result, we suspected that vegetarians with type 2 diabetes had higher levels of triglyceride and inflammation status might be associated with a higher oxidative stress.
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(9838247), Phul Subedi. "Non-invasive assessment of fruit: Attributes other than sweetness." Thesis, 2007. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Non-invasive_assessment_of_fruit_Attributes_other_than_sweetness/13454954.
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Fresh fruit eating quality, as defined by taste, texture (mouth feel) and smell, can be indexed by a number of attributes, including total soluble solids (TSS), total titratable acidity (TTA), firmness and aroma. Eating quality is further defined by a range of internal defects (e.g. dryness defect in mandarin). Available technologies for non-invasive assessment of these attributes are reviewed. The two technologies which have reached a stage of commercial adoption by the fruit industry are short wave near infrared spectroscopy (SWNIRS) and firmness assessment using impact or acoustic based techniques. The SWNIRS technique
apparently has utility in the assessment of fruit TSS and dry matter (DM), but literature reports on use for other attributes (e.g. individual soluble sugar levels or firmness) are less convincing (e.g. failing to demonstrate prediction of independent validation sets).
Based on the use of the Zeiss MMS1 NIR enhanced spectrometer module,
SWNIRS (700 - 1100 nm) was demonstrated to be capable of analysis of citric acid (CA) in aqueous solution with a root mean square error of prediction (RMSEP) of 0.34 % w/v. Difference spectra of pure aqueous solution of CA (i.e. subtraction of the water spectrum) supported interpretation of the CA spectra and partial least squares regression (PLSR) model regression coefficients, with absorption at 970 nm attributed to an O-H stretching band. For starch in aqueous solution, excellent model results (typical root mean square error of crossvalidation (RMSECV) = 0.30 % w/v) were interpreted in terms of scattering
caused by the starch grains. The influence of temperature and salt (NaCl) on SWNIR spectra of model solutions was also characterised.
Short wave near infrared spectroscopy was used in the development of
models for a range of internal quality attributes (TTA, TSS in fruit varying in starch content, firmness, internal flesh colour, maturity level, and flesh ‘dryness defect’) of intact fruit. In each case the wavelength range and the number of factors used in the PLS model was optimised. In general an interactance mode was adopted, but in some cases presentation geometry (angle between light source, sample and detector) was also optimised.
The SWNIRS technique was demonstrated to be effective in the assessment of DM content of a number of commodities (typical RMSEP around 1% DM). Sorting on DM spectra was shown to allow for removal of immature mangoes (fruit that will be slow or fail to ripen). Further, it was demonstrated that spectra collected of hard green mango could be directly related to TSS of fully ripe fruit.
The SWNIRS technique was also demonstrated to be effective in the assessment of mango fruit internal colour (as flesh Hunter L a b).
However, the SWNIRS technique was not recommended for assessment of TSS of intact fruit of varying starch level (i.e. in ripening mango or banana). In banana, for example, the PLSR model on TSS was interpreted in terms of assessment of peel chlorophyll content, representing an indirect assessment of TSS.
With an RMSECV >0.1 % and a RMSEP = 0.3 % w/v, SWNIRS models
were of marginal value in prediction of TTA of high acid fruit (e.g. lime,
x ± standard deviation (SD): 7.3 ± 0.51 %), and of no value in prediction of low TTA fruit (e.g. peach, x ± SD: 0.88 ± 0.17 %).
The SWNIR calibration models on fruit firmness achieved a Rcv2 >0.8, but in prediction of independent sets Rp 2 was <0.7. An acoustic technique based on sound velocity (SV) was better suited to assessment of fruit firmness. The SV decreased during ripening in mango, banana, peach and tomato fruit. The rate of this change was different to that of a penetrometer assessment, indicating that the two methods are assessing different mechanical properties of the fruit.
A dryness defect of cultivar (cv.) Imperial mandarin was associated with
cell proliferation within the juice sacs, and this character was associated with the observed colour of the juice sacs (high luminosity value). It was hypothesised that this character would decrease light transmission through affected fruit. However, fruit juice sac luminosity also varied with fruit maturity, and SWNIRS model performance was not consistent. Practical implementation of the SWNIRS technique for on-line sorting of defect fruit would involve constant model updating.
In conclusion, the factors contributing to a successful implementation of the SWNIRS technique to a given application are summarised, and future directions in instrumentation and chemometrics discussed.
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Chang, Yu-Hsien, and 張宇賢. "Assessment Of Microflora Profiles, pH Level, Sugar Content And Antioxidant Activities During Enzyme Processing." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/03450288131788100371.
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碩士實踐大學
食品營養與保健生技學系碩士班
100
Background and Purpose: Enzymes are essential for regulating the stable metabolic activities in the body. In the recent years, enzymes from nutraceutical products are becoming popular in Taiwan, since people are more conscious about the health maintenance, and believe that functional food can promote the health and prevent the diseases. This study was designed to investigate the metabolic benefits of the enzymes from manufacturing process and quality management. This study contained three purposes; 1) to examine the pH levels, sugar content, metabolites and microflora in fruit vegetable ferment (FVF), which was prepared by the addition of different concentration of sucrose and different preparation method to the fruits and vegetables mixture; 2) to analyze the end products of the FVF and 3) to extend the preservation time of FVF by adjusting the pH and sugar contents. Methods: One hundred kinds of edible products including fresh fruits, vegetables and Chinese herbs were cut into different degrees and added different percentage of sucrose. To achieve our aims, this study was divided into three groups, namely A, B and C groups. In group A, fruits and vegetables were cut into 3 cm size, minced and added 30% of sucrose according to the weight. For group B, fruits and vegetables were cut into small pieces randomly and added 30% of sucrose. In group C, fruits and vegetable were cut and added 60% of sucrose according to the weight, then contents from all groups were processed for 40-week. Results: In the results we found that pH values, sugar content, organic acids, ethanol, glucose, pyruvate and microflora profile for group A was similar to group B. Ethanol concentration was similar in all groups. However, group C showed different trend with group A and group B by possessing different pH values, sugar content, organic acids, glucose, pyruvate and microflora profiles. This data indicates that FVF prepared by adding different concentrations of sucrose can change the pH values, sugar, organic acids, glucose, pyruvate contents and microflora profiles. The analyzed end products of FVF showed that pH remained at 3.17, sugar content was 74% Brix and quantified acidity was 1.38%. The detected microflora in FVF was 1.85x103 CFU/ml of total bacteria, 2.5x102 CFU/ml of lactic acid and 1.83x103 CFU/ml of acetic acid bacteria, while yeast was not detected. We further investigated the antioxidant properties by in vitro studies, which showed that 100 mg of dried FVF possessed DPPH scavenging (80.33%) and SOD (2.05 U/g) activities. The above parameters can be considered as indicators to set the product quality. Adjusted pH value to 3, and adjusted sugar content to 75%Brix can extend the preservation time of the FVF.
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CHEN, Chi-Yung, and 陳基雍. "An empirical study of corporate entrepreneurship in Taiwan Sugar Corporation-- Perspective from Middle-Level Manager." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/dt7wf9.
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碩士長榮大學
高階管理碩士在職專班
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This research mainly discussed the relevance between middle-level executives from the Taiwan Sugar Corporation (TSC) with “environment of corporate entrepreneurship” with subjects of 322 middle-level executives in TSC. The main method adopted in this research to discuss the environment of corporate entrepreneurship was multivariate statistical analysis. Besides, this research also constructed the measuring scale for key internal organizational factors within activities of corporate entrepreneurship. This research defined corporate entrepreneurship in a broad sense as process of organization development and new concept implementation. As far as construct validity of scale of corporate entrepreneurship environment was concerned, this research adopted introductory factor analysis to make verification. From the verification results, the fitness model containing 31 questions in six dimensions were developed. Therefore, through verification of validity and reliability of scale, it may not only serve as an effective tool for public enterprises to evaluate the environment of corporate entrepreneurship, it could also found the base for future researchers in discussing the entrepreneurship environment of public enterprises or constructing related scales. Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship, Public enterprise, Middle-Level Manager
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Willcox, Martha Cameron. "Influence of diets containing sugary-Brawn2 or dent corn as grain sources at two forage levels on milk production, ruminal fermentation, and total tract digestion in dairy cows." 1993. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/29140319.html.
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Georg, Timm. "Zukünftige regionale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Zuckerrübenanbaus und Entwicklungsperspektiven ausgewählter Rübenanbaubetriebe an Standorten Norddeutschlands und Osteuropas." Doctoral thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-B02E-4.
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