Patients with Phenylketonuria Consumed Adequate Amounts of Calcium and Vitamin D

Objective: To determine if patients with PKU at the mid south clinic are getting the recommended amount of vitamin D and calcium in accordance with the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)Design: This was a retrospective study using existing nutrition data which were from using the MetabolicPro software to analyze the 3-day food records collected between June 30, 2010 to February 29, 2012. The means of calcium and vitamin D intake were calculated and compared with the subject\u27s RDA. Descriptive analysis was used to determine frequency, percentages, mean, and standard deviation. T-test were conducted to compare calcium and vitamin D intake to the RDA recommendation based on age.Subjects: The participatns had a diagnosis of PKU, were between 0-21 years old, and had completed the 3-day food record (N=13)Results: The patients are getting sufficient vitamin D and calcium when compared to the RDA respectively (p=0.084 and p=0.626

Malakoplakia of Ipsilateral Kidney, Ureter and Bladder

AbstractMalakoplakia is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of the urinary tract, usually caused by Escherichia coli infection. We report a 75-year-old woman who presented with hydronephrosis and pyuria associated with E. coli infection. Abdominal computed tomography revealed several renal stones and severe hydronephrosis of the right kidney. Biopsies of the urinary bladder and ureter revealed erosion and acute inflammation. According to a culture sensitivity test, antimicrobial treatment was prescribed with cephradine 500 mg every 6 hours and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid 100 mg twice daily for 1 month. Because of the advanced hydronephrosis with impaired renal function, a right nephroureterectomy was performed. Malakoplakia of the right kidney, ureter and urinary bladder was confirmed by pathology with Michaelis-Gutmann bodies present in the surgical specimen. The patient tolerated the operation well. She regained a good health status and was regularly followed-up in the urologic department

Diffusion and decay of turbulent elliptic wakes

CER65YHK-LVB42.CEP66-67LVB-YHK68.August 1965.Includes bibliographical references (page 13).Research Sponsored by the Bureau of Ships Fundamental Hydromechanics Research Program. Administered by the NONR 1610(08).Three-dimensional, turbulent wakes having elliptical cross-sections were studied both experimentally and analytically for a constant-fluid-property, zero-pressure-gradient flow. An analytical solution for wake diffusion and decay was obtained from a linearized momentum equation by assuming a constant eddy viscosity in the transverse plane but variable along the wake centerline. The experimental data confirmed the prediction that elliptical wakes approach a axisymmetry far downstream. Data were obtained in wakes of 1 inch and 3 inch diameter disks having eccentricities of 1.0, 0.6 and 0.2 over a mean Reynolds number range from 2.4 x 10^4 to 7.1 x 10^4 Mean velocity and turbulent intensity data were gathered between 8 and 266 diameters downstream of the disks. Several arbitrary constants of the analysis were determined so that engineering estimates can be made from the analytical results. Unlike axisymmetric and two-dimensional geometries, elliptic wakes offer an opportunity to test eddy viscosity assumptions in one plane without adjustable factors, and this was done. However, the mean velocity profiles deviated from the predicted Gaussian shape even though approximate similarity was attained far downstream

Identity Laws and Privacy Protection in a Modern State: The Legal History Concerning Personal Information in Taiwan (1895-2015)

This article investigates the continuity and transformation of the personal identity and identification legal systems in Taiwan. From 1895 to 2015, Japan and subsequently the Republic of China (ROC) ruled Taiwan and transplanted different legal systems of personal information to Taiwan. This article analyzes how these systems were applied to and impacted Taiwanese society in three periods: the Japanese rule period (1895–1945), the period of strict control by the ROC government (1945–1992), and the rise and evolution of the privacy period (1993–2015). When Taiwan was ruled by the Qing Empire (1683–1895), there was no precise personal information database in Taiwan. After the Sino-Japanese War, in 1895 the Qing Dynasty ceded Taiwan to Japan, which spent a ten years using its police to conduct surveys to collect person information of all residents in Taiwan. Based on the survey results, Japan established a modern household registration system to govern legal identity and identification affairs in Taiwan. While this personal database facilitated the enforcement of public policies, the main purpose of the Japanese household registration system was to allow the police to closely monitor the residents in Taiwan. After World War II, the ROC government ruled Taiwan since 1945. Using the Japanese household registration records as a foundation, the ROC government was able to quickly construct its own household registration system. Moreover, in order to counter the threats of the Communist Party in Mainland China, the ROC government combined the household registration system with the police system and issued National Identification Cards (National ID Cards) for every Taiwanese adult citizen for mobilization and surveillance. The combination of the police and the household registration systems was in effect until 1992. However, advanced computer technology made fingerprint databases feasible, which posed new threats to privacy rights. In 1997, the ROC Legislative Yuan amended the Household Registration Act to establish a fingerprint database for strengthening social order. Article 8 of the amended act required all Taiwanese adults to provide their fingerprints when they renewed their National ID Cards. This requirement raised heated debates on the issue of whether the government’s collection of fingerprints intruded on right of privacy. Responding to such dispute, in 2005 the Constitutional Court struck down Article 8 of the Household Registration Act for violating individual privacy rights. The repeal of the Household Registration Act signified a landmark event for privacy protection in Taiwan. After about one hundred years of suppression and surveillance, the Taiwanese people ultimately become aware of the value of privacy rights. Yet, due to the threats of terrorism and advanced technology, Taiwan and other countries are facing concerns about the collection of information, improvement of national security, and protection of privacy rights. The Taiwanese people, as well as people around the world, must carefully seek to balance these competing interests