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Effect of a Brown Rice Based Vegan Diet and Conventional Diabetic Diet on Glycemic Control of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A 12-Week Randomized Clinical Trial

Objective Several intervention studies have suggested that vegetarian or vegan diets have clinical benefits, particularly in terms of glycemic control, in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D); however, no randomized controlled trial has been conducted in Asians who more commonly depend on plant-based foods, as compared to Western populations. Here, we aimed to compare the effect of a vegan diet and conventional diabetic diet on glycemic control among Korean individuals. Materials and Methods Participants diagnosed with T2D were randomly assigned to follow either a vegan diet (excluding animal-based food including fish; n = 46) or a conventional diet recommended by the Korean Diabetes Association 2011 (n = 47) for 12 weeks. HbA1c levels were measured at weeks 0, 4, and 12, and the primary study endpoint was the change in HbA1c levels over 12 weeks. Results The mean HbA1c levels at weeks 0, 4, and 12 were 7.7%, 7.2%, and 7.1% in the vegan group, and 7.4%, 7.2%, and 7.2% in the conventional group, respectively. Although both groups showed significant reductions in HbA1C levels, the reductions were larger in the vegan group than in the conventional group (-0.5% vs. -0.2%; p-for-interaction = 0.017). When only considering participants with high compliance, the difference in HbA1c level reduction between the groups was found to be larger (-0.9% vs. -0.3%). The beneficial effect of vegan diets was noted even after adjusting for changes in total energy intake or waist circumference over the 12 weeks. Conclusion Both diets led to reductions in HbA1c levels; however, glycemic control was better with the vegan diet than with the conventional diet. Thus, the dietary guidelines for patients with T2D should include a vegan diet for the better management and treatment. However, further studies are needed to evaluate the long-term effects of a vegan diet, and to identify potential explanations of the underlying mechanisms. Trial Registration CRiS KCT0001771
Minimizing the makespan using Hybrid algorithm for cloud computing

Cloud computing technologies offer major benefits to the IT industries in terms of elasticity and rapid provisioning, pay-as-you-go-model, reduced capital cost, access to unlimited resources, flexibility. Job scheduling is a combinatorial optimization problem in the fields of computer science where the ideal jobs are assigned to required resource at a particular instant of time. In this paper we proposed Hybrid algorithm which combine the advantage of ACO and Cuckoo search. The makespan or completion time can be reduced with the help of hybrid algorithm, since the jobs have been executed with in the specified time interval by allocation of required resources using the Hybrid algorithm. The obtain results shows that Hybrid algorithm performs well than compared with the ACO algorithm in terms of performance of the algorithm and makespan.
A Case of Brucellosis with Recurrent Attacks of Vasculitis

Brucellosis is a zoonosis that affects several organs or systems. Skin involvement is nonspecific and it is reported to range between 0,4 and 17% of the patients with brucellosis. Here, we defined a 36-year-old female patient presented to our clinic with a clinical picture of recurrent attacks of vasculitis due to brucellosis for the first time. Skin involvement and vasculitic lesions as a finding of skin involvement are nonspecific in brucellosis. Therefore, in the regions like Turkey where brucellosis is endemic, brucellosis should be kept in mind necessarily in the differential diagnosis of vasculitis.
X-ray variability in M87

We present the evidence for X-ray variability from the core and from knot A in the M87 jet based on data from two observations with the Einstein Observatory High Resolution Imager (HRI) and three observations with the ROSAT HRI. The core intensity showed a 16% increase in 17 months ('79-'80); a 12% increase in the 3 years '92 to '95; and a 17% drop in the last half of 1995. The intensity of knot A appears to have decreased by 16% between 92Jun and 95Dec. Although the core variability is consistent with general expectations for AGN nuclei, the changes in knot A provide constraints on the x-ray emission process and geometry. Thus we predict that the x-ray morphology of knot A will differ significantly from the radio and optical structure.
Genome-wide profiling of forum domains in Drosophila melanogaster

Forum domains are stretches of chromosomal DNA that are excised from eukaryotic chromosomes during their spontaneous non-random fragmentation. Most forum domains are 50–200 kb in length. We mapped forum domain termini using FISH on polytene chromosomes and we performed genome-wide mapping using a Drosophila melanogaster genomic tiling microarray consisting of overlapping 3 kb fragments. We found that forum termini very often correspond to regions of intercalary heterochromatin and regions of late replication in polytene chromosomes. We found that forum domains contain clusters of several or many genes. The largest forum domains correspond to the main clusters of homeotic genes inside BX-C and ANTP-C, cluster of histone genes and clusters of piRNAs. PRE/TRE and transcription factor binding sites often reside inside domains and do not overlap with forum domain termini. We also found that about 20% of forum domain termini correspond to small chromosomal regions where Ago1, Ago2, small RNAs and repressive chromatin structures are detected. Our results indicate that forum domains correspond to big multi-gene chromosomal units, some of which could be coordinately expressed. The data on the global mapping of forum domains revealed a strong correlation between fragmentation sites in chromosomes, particular sets of mobile elements and regions of intercalary heterochromatin.
Expression Variants of the Lipogenic AGPAT6 Gene Affect Diverse Milk Composition Phenotypes in Bos taurus

Milk is composed of a complex mixture of lipids, proteins, carbohydrates and various vitamins and minerals as a source of nutrition for young mammals. The composition of milk varies between individuals, with lipid composition in particular being highly heritable. Recent reports have highlighted a region of bovine chromosome 27 harbouring variants affecting milk fat percentage and fatty acid content. We aimed to further investigate this locus in two independent cattle populations, consisting of a Holstein-Friesian x Jersey crossbreed pedigree of 711 F2 cows, and a collection of 32,530 mixed ancestry Bos taurus cows. Bayesian genome-wide association mapping using markers imputed from the Illumina BovineHD chip revealed a large quantitative trait locus (QTL) for milk fat percentage on chromosome 27, present in both populations. We also investigated a range of other milk composition phenotypes, and report additional associations at this locus for fat yield, protein percentage and yield, lactose percentage and yield, milk volume, and the proportions of numerous milk fatty acids. We then used mammary RNA sequence data from 212 lactating cows to assess the transcript abundance of genes located in the milk fat percentage QTL interval. This analysis revealed a strong eQTL for AGPAT6, demonstrating that high milk fat percentage genotype is also additively associated with increased expression of the AGPAT6 gene. Finally, we used whole genome sequence data from six F1 sires to target a panel of novel AGPAT6 locus variants for genotyping in the F2 crossbreed population. Association analysis of 58 of these variants revealed highly significant association for polymorphisms mapping to the 5′UTR exons and intron 1 of AGPAT6. Taken together, these data suggest that variants affecting the expression of AGPAT6 are causally involved in differential milk fat synthesis, with pleiotropic consequences for a diverse range of other milk components.
Towards context-aware components

Making component self-adaptable requires observation abilities. Observation features are usually intricated within the functional code. We propose to consider observation as an aspect. The solution we present in this paper allows an explicit specification of which observation data are required by a business component and which observation data this component offers to the other entities of the system. We illustrate the advantages of this separation of concerns for a self-adaptable web server.
Exploiting operating system support for dynamic page placement on a NUMA shared memory multiprocessor

Exploiting Operating System Support for Dynamic Page Placement on a NUMA Shared Memory Multiprocessor* Richard P. LaRowe Jr. James T. Wilkes Carla Schlatter Ellis Department of Computer Science Duke University Durham, NC 27706 Shared memory multiprocessors are attractive because they are programmed in a manner similar to uniprocessors. The UMA class of shared memory multiprocessors is the most attractive, from the programmer’s point of view, since the programmer need not be concerned with the placement of code and data in the physical memory hierarchy. Scalable shared memory multiprocessors, on the other hand, tend to present at least some degree of non-uniformity of memory access to the programmer, making the NUMA class an important one to consider. In this paper, we investigate the role that DUnX, an operating system supporting dynamic page placement on a BBN GP 1000, might play in simplifying the memory model presented to the applications programmer. We consider a case study of psolu, a real scientific application originally targeted for a NUMA architecture. We find that dynamic page placement can dramatically improve the performance of a simpler implementation of psolu targeted for an UMA memory architecture. The addition of a phase change hint to the UMA version of psolu enables the operating system to further improve performance, approaching that of the hand-tuned NUMA implementation. *This research was supported in part by NSF grants CCR8721781 and CCR-8821809, ONR contracts NOO014-85-K-0487 and I’JOO014-89-. J-1644, and AT&T contract #248953. Permieeion to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted providad that the copies ara not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the ACM copyright notice and tha titla of tha publication and its date appaar, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the Association for Computing Machinery. To copy otherwise, or to rapublish, raquires a fee and/or specific ~ermission. ~ 1991 ACM 0-89791-390-6/91 1000410122. $1.50
Teaching experienced developers to design graphical user interfaces

Five groups of developers with experience in the design of character-based user interfaces were taught graphical user interface design through a short workshop with a focus on practical design exercises using low-tech tools derived from the PICTIVE method. Several usability problems were found in the designs by applying the heuristic evaluation method, and feedback on these problems constituted a way to make the otherwise abstract usability principles concrete for the designers at the workshop. Based on these usability problems and on observations of the design process, we conclude that object-oriented interactions are especially hard to design and that the developers were influenced by the graphical interfaces of personal computers with which they had interacted as regular users.
Homing the Dutch City

Abstract This article discusses the iconography of home and the representation of space in Zaanstad, a Dutch city on the northern fringe of the metropolitan region of Amsterdam. Zaanstad is saturated with iconic images of local, regional, and national identity. Linking questions of home and belonging to the politics of symbolic representation, the current article examines home as a multi-sided field of action. Large-scale redevelopments frame home as a regional landscape of belonging, cast in vernacular architecture, and landmark buildings. Grass-roots initiatives to revitalize working-class communities highlight identities based on class and local culture. The empirical case studies locate the politics of urban space in the symbolism that professionals and residents use for “homing” their city. Combining the study of symbolic representation and political discourse on urban space, it is argued, is a way toward framing home as a multi-sided ideological project.
Does Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Ameliorate Oxidative Stress in Diabetes? Evidence Based on Experimental and Clinical Studies

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) has shown to influence the oxidative stress status in a number of in vitro, in vivo and clinical studies. Well-known effects of GLP-1 including better glycemic control, decreased food intake, increased insulin release and increased insulin sensitivity may indirectly contribute to this phenomenon, but glucose-independent effects on ROS level, production and antioxidant capacity have been suggested to also play a role. The potential ‘antioxidant’ activity of GLP-1 along with other proposed glucose-independent modes of action related to ameliorating redox imbalance remains a controversial topic but could hold a therapeutic potential against micro- and macrovascular diabetic complications. This review discusses the presently available knowledge from experimental and clinical studies on the effects of GLP-1 on oxidative stress in diabetes and diabetes-related complications.
A Web-Based Collaborative e-Learning Environment Based on a Model of Social Cognitive Development Theories

II Acknowledgment It is quite hard to believe this will be the final step towards receiving my Master's degree in Information Technology after an academic journey of continuous eight years at the Islamic University of Gaza. Starting from Bachelor program in Information Technology, then a diploma in Education and ending with Master program in Information Technology. It was a rich experience which truly enriched my life in many ways and allowed me to learn a lot and also made many good friends. All thanks and praises to Allah who granted me the strength, support, guidance and eased the difficulties which I faced during the accomplishment of this thesis. I would like to take the opportunity to thank a few people for making this thesis possible. First of all, I would like to thank Dr. Rebhi Baraka for his supervision, advice, time and constructive feedback. Furthermore, much appreciation to my parents and my family for their love and continuous support. Special thanks go out to my friend Mrs. Lamiya El-Saedi who has been a great support to me. Thank you for motivating me and being there for me whenever I felt lost III Abstract Putting all powerful Web technologies like Cloud Computing and Web 2.0 technologies together in an e-learning environment maximizes the opportunity for learners to acquire knowledge and skills in an interactive, collaborative and social manner and decreases technical efforts and financial burdens on educational institutions. This research proposes a collaborative e-learning model that consists of six levels and six tasks based on four social cognitive development theories which are: Connectivism, Social A rich Web-based collaborative e-learning environment called ShareSpace is developed as a realization of the proposed collaborative e-learning model. ShareSpace is evaluated based on the proposed collaborative e-learning model, on a framework for evaluating computer supported collaborative learning and on an adaptable usability heuristic checklist for online courses. ShareSpace is an interactive and flexible social collaborative e-learning environment which can be utilized by educational institutes and contributes to the overall goal of learning process which is maximizing the learning outcome.
Advanced Computer Graphics Project Report Terrain Approximation

DEM datasets are getting larger and larger with increasing precision, so that approximating DEM can be useful in some situations. Conventional terrain simplification algorithms try to minimize the elevation error between the simplified and the original terrains [3]. This project tries to minimize the visibility error in terrain approximation. The error metric is defined as the average viewshed error of a number of random viewpoints over the terrain. In order to minimize the error, the viewshed computed on the approximated terrain should be as close as possible to the viewshed computed on the original terrain. One possible way of keeping the viewshed is to keep the points defining the viewshed, which can be identified by computing viewsheds at all points of the terrain. This information can be used in triangulation to compute approximations of the terrain. The method is compared with the maximum elevation error based triangulation for the average viewshed error.
Impact of HIV-1 Subtype on the Time to CD4+ T-Cell Recovery in Combination Antiretroviral Therapy (cART)-Experienced Patients

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtypes have been shown to differ in the rate of clinical progression. We studied the association between HIV-1 subtypes and the rate of CD4+ T-cell recovery in a longitudinal cohort of patients on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). We studied 103 patients infected with CRF01_AE (69%) and subtype B (31%) who initiated cART between 2006 and 2013. Demographic data, CD4+ T-cell counts and HIV-1 viral load were abstracted from patient medical charts. Kaplan-Meier was used to estimate the time to CD4+ T-cell count increase to ≥350 between subtypes and effects of covariates were analysed using Cox proportional hazards. An 87% of the study population were male adults (mean age of 38.7 years old). Baseline CD4+ T-cell counts and viral loads, age at cART initiation, sex, ethnicity and co-infection did not differ significantly between subtypes. A shorter median time for CD4+ T-cell count increase to ≥350 cells/μL was observed for CRF01_AE (546 days; 95% confidence interval [CI], 186–906 days; P = .502) compared to subtype B (987 days; 95% CI, 894–1079 days). In multivariate analysis, female sex was significantly associated with a 2.7 times higher chance of achieving CD4+ T-cell recovery (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 2.75; 95% CI, 1.21–6.22; P = .025) and both baseline CD4+ T-cell count (P = .001) and viral load (P = .001) were important predictors for CD4+ T-cell recovery. Immunological recovery correlated significantly with female sex, baseline CD4+ T-cell counts and viral load but not subtype.
Cooperative Routing in Multi-Source Multi-Destination Multi-Hop Wireless Networks

In a network supporting cooperative communication, the sender of a transmission is no longer a single node, which causes the concept of a traditional link to be reinvestigated. Thus, the routing scheme basing on the link concept should also be reconsidered to ";truly"; exploit the potential performance gain introduced by cooperative communication. In this paper, we investigate the joint problem of routing selection in network layer and contention avoidance among multiple links in MAC layer for multi-hop wireless networks in a cooperative communication aware network. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first work to investigate the problem of cooperative communication aware routing in multi-source multi-destination multi-hop wireless networks. Several important concepts, including virtual node, virtual link and virtual link based contention graph are introduced. Basing on those concepts, an optimal cooperative routing is achieved and a distributed routing scheme is proposed after some practical approximations. The simulation results show that our scheme reduces the total transmission power comparing with non-cooperative routing and greatly increases the network throughput comparing with single flow cooperative routings.
Regional Integration and Wage Inequality

There is little disagreement among most economists that countries benefit from trade liberalization. Yet, whether unilateral, multilateral (through the World Trade Organization) or through regional integration agreements (RIAs), trade liberalization has been one of the most controversial economic issues of our time. It is the focus of everyone from politicians to union leaders and anti-globalization forces because, while there are overall welfare gains from liberalization, these gains are not evenly distributed. What's more, in addition to some groups actually hurt by trade liberalization, there are others who have the perception at the very least that it has led to increased inequality, that is—that the burden of trade liberalization falls mainly on the poor. Latin America has come a long way in terms of liberalization, reducing barriers to trade and eliminating restrictions to capital flows. While much of the liberalization occurred at the unilateral level, during the 1990s most countries deepened trade links at the subregional level as well (see Chapter 2), entering into a variety of South-South and North-South RIAs within the Americas. Several countries are currently negotiating trade arrangements with the European Union, and the hemisphere as a whole is moving toward the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). South-South and North-North integration may have very different effects on wage inequality. In the context of the wave of trade liberalization sweeping Latin America—and all the perceptions and controversies surrounding it—this chapter will examine its impact on wage inequality in the region, with a focus on how wage inequality is affected by different forms of regional integration. The effects on poverty are examined as well (see Box 12.1), although the link between trade and poverty is less direct than that between trade and wage inequality, since in the former , factors such as labor force participation decisions among household members and the price of the consumption basket intervene. The chapter first explores trends in relative wages across skill groups, then moves on to examine the theory behind how trade and labor markets are related. We begin with the neoclassical Heckscher-Ohlin model in which countries differ in the relative endowment of factors. In its strictest form, this model offers relatively straightforward predictions of how trade and wages—especially wage inequality—should be related. This model is perhaps most relevant for countries with large differences in relative endowments (North-South trade). Relaxing some assumptions allows for considering the effects of North-North and South-South trade, …