Effect of diabetes and prediabetes on the development of disability and mortality among middle-aged Japanese adults: A 22-year follow up of NIPPON DATA90

滋賀医科大学博士（医学）application/pdfThesis or DissertationJournal of diabetes investigation. 2022 Nov;13(11):1897-1904.令和4年度thesi

University students' current situation and potential options for improving their abilities to self-study

Due to the underlying differences between the high school and university learning methodologies. Students at universities typically do much of their own studying because there isn't a daily check-in with the professor. It is a large-scale, ongoing activity that involves the acquisition of a great deal of knowledge. As was already indicated, there won't be much teacher guidance at university, so students will have to learn on their own. This will help them develop self-discipline, optimism, and self-reliance so that they can successfully complete their assigned tasks once they graduate. The only way for each of us to acquire and amass more information for ourselves is through learning and selfstudy. Never forget to study, whether you are a student or have already graduated. To learn more for your own work and for life, always exercise learning techniques and self-study whenever and wherever you can. The findings of this study, four factors have a significant negative impact on one's ability to independently study. The findings demonstrate that the theoretical underpinnings are congruent with the students' current practices, providing the groundwork for ongoing student developmen

Effect of Rare Earth on M7C3 Eutectic Carbide in 13% Chromium Alloy Cast Iron

The crystallization process of hypoeutectic white cast iron consists of the first secreted austenite branch after the reaction of the austenite -carbide crystal is formed, and the phase crystal fills in the middle of the austenite branches. If the austenite branches are small and smooth, the crystals carbide are fine. The cast iron with 13% chromium which has 3 – 3.2% carbon, have the carbide crystalline as M7C3. The elements in rare earth have a strong affinity for oxygen and sulfur to produce rare earth oxides. These rare earth oxides can create heterogeneous germ center for austenite phases and smooth down these phases. The effect of rare earth on the M7C3 and crystals of 13% chrome white iron has been elucidated. Along with the increase of rare earth content, the microstructure of M7C3 with fine finely graded, more uniformly distributed, dispersed throughout the sample surface. When the carbide is fine and dispersion, will contribute to improving the properties of cast iron especially the impact strength as well as the abrasion resistance of the alloy. The research results show that in the presence of rare earth, rare earth elements created with oxygen and form La2O3 and Ce2O3 as the nucleation for the solidification process and create the small fineness of phases. The orientation of the crystal structure of these oxides is similar to the crystal structure orientation of Fe-γ phase. Finding and proving the oxides of rare earth has crystal structure with phase γ which will be small smooth exogenous minds that the microstructure has a smooth, small size

Spectroscopic and Photoluminescent Properties of Nanostructured Polyfluorenes/TiO2 Composite Films used for OLEDs

In this work we present spectroscopic and photoluminescent properties of nanostructured polymeric composite films of nanocrystalline TiO2 and polyfuorenes (PF+nc-TiO2). The films were deposited onto glass and KBr substrates by spin-coating PF-in-toluene solution with embedding of 5-nm thick nc-TiO2 particles. The nc-TiO2 wt concentration embedded in PF was chosen as 1%, 2% and 4%. The FTIR, FTR, UV-VIS-NIR and photoluminescence characterization were carried-out to study the influence of oxide nanoparticles on the absorption spectra, molecular structures and emissive luminescence of the composites. It was shown that the presence of TiO2 nanoparticles results in improvement of charge separation of carriers generated by light excitation. Under a short wavelength excitation, in some samples a PL enhancement was observed. Under normal or long wavelength excitation, PF fluorescence quenching occurred for all the composites. Aging process of the composites was also investigated

Prevalence of Opisthorchis viverrini-like fluke infection in ducks in Binh Dinh Province, Central Vietnam

Following the first report of Opisthorchis viverrini infection in a domestic duck in Phu My District of Binh Dinh Province, Central Vietnam, many other cases were observed in the province. We determined the infection rate and intensity of O. viverrini infection in ducks in 4 districts of the province. A total of 178 ducks were randomly selected from 34 farms for examination of flukes in the liver and gall bladder. An infection rate of 34.3% (range 20.7-40.4% among districts) was found; the intensity of infection was 13.8 worms per infected duck (range 1-100). These findings show the role of ducks as a host for O. viverrini, duck genotype, which is sympatric with the human O. viverrini genotype in this province. It also stresses the need for investigations on the zoonotic potential and the life cycle of this parasite

Effect of diabetes and prediabetes on the development of disability and mortality among middle-aged Japanese adults : A 22-year follow up of NIPPON DATA90.

Aims/introduction:To examine the association between diabetes and prediabetes at baseline, and disability, mortality over a 22-year period among middle-aged Japanese adults.Materials and methods:Participants consisted of 1,788 adults aged 45-64 years at baseline from the cohort study National Integrated Project for Prospective Observation of Non-communicable Disease and its Trends in the Aged 1990 (NIPPON DATA90). Disability, defined as having a decline in activities of daily living (ADL), was assessed by a modified Katz questionnaire at four time points. Disability and death without disability for 22-year follow up were used as outcomes to test the association with a diagnosis of diabetes or prediabetes at baseline, using multinomial logistic regression. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) were obtained from four models that contained appropriate adjustment factors, such as age, sex, smoking status, drinking status, body mass index and cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, triglycerides, low serum high-density lipoprotein), at baseline.Results:In the present study, 334 participants (18.7%) reported at least one disability, and 350 (19.6%) were reported dead without observation of disability during follow up. Adjusting sex and other risk factors, participants with diabetes and prediabetes had a higher risk for disability (OR 1.43, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.07-1.91 and OR 1.66, 95% CI 1.10-2.50, respectively) and for mortality (OR 1.56, 95% CI 1.16-2.08 and OR 1.77, 95% CI 1.18-2.65, respectively) than individuals with normal glucose tolerance.Conclusions:In middle-aged Japanese adults, individuals with diabetes and prediabetes were more likely to be associated with disability and mortality. Our findings suggest that prediabetes and diabetes in middle-aged adults should be paid more attention, and requires more intervention to prevent disability and mortality in later life

Study on the impact of rooftop solar power systems on the low voltage distribution power grid: A case study in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam

Vietnam has developed solar power very quickly in recent years. However, the integration of the solar power system into a distribution power grid can cause a clear effect on the voltage of the grid. Accordingly, the voltage at the nodes increases significantly because of the appearance of photovoltaic (PV) systems, and it can lead to overvoltage at some load nodes near the solar power source. The impact of solar power stations with distribution power grids depends on the location and operating conditions of the utility grid. Therefore, the study of the impact of rooftop solar power on the distribution grid needs to add actual operating data of the utility grid to achieve a more detailed assessment and reliability. This study analyzed the influence of rooftop solar power on a low voltage distribution power grid in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam with the support of ETAP software. The scenario was calculated for 50% of the power (3-phase) penetration gain of the transformer. Besides, a proposed synthetic solution is a combination of reactive power compensation with a 5kVAr minimum compensation level at many points on the grid and adjustment of the load tap at the appropriate level depending on the load situation of the transformer. Thus, the voltage of the nodes on the power grid is improved, and the power loss is also decreased