Perceptions of adolescent patients of the "lived experience” of type 1 diabetes

The care and management of adolescents with type 1 diabetes presents numerous challenges that are inherent to the fears, attitudes, and perceptions of their illness. This qualitative study aimed to explore the “lived experience” of individuals with type 1 diabetes. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in their adolescent years to elicit their views, perceptions, and concerns regarding living with diabetes. All interviews were conducted and analyzed using the principles of grounded theory. Five categories defining the patients’ lived experience were elicited: Barriers, Develop Skills, Manage Emotion, Social World, and Health Care Professionals. The problems experienced by adolescent patients with type 1 diabetes are multi-factorial. Existentially, type 1 diabetes affects their daily activities and impinges on their academic achievement and personal aspirations. They have great difficulty coping with their health status and highlight a lack of empathy from health care professionals (HCPs). Their major fear is of hypoglycaemia, resulting in their subsequent focus of preventing hypoglycemic episodes. Indeed, regardless of consequence, blood glucose levels are often deliberately kept above recommended levels, which serves to decrease the effectiveness of their health care management. This study has shown that the quality of long-term provision of care for adolescent patients with type 1 diabetes is failing to meet their expectations and falls short of the essential standards commensurate with current health care policy. Improvements in long-term care management for these patients require changes in both patients’ and professionals’ understanding of the disease and of the ways it is managed

Studies on the chemical quality of cured fish products from the west coast of India

Fish curing is one of the oldest industries of the coastal areas of India. It has been estimated that about 50 to 70% of the marine fish catches of India are at present being processed into cured products {Government of India Publication, 1951 a and b). Though fish curing is of this magnitude, it is one of the least developed industries of India, although efforts are being made in some of the maritime States such as Madras, Travancore-Cochin and Bombay, to improve curing by providing better facilities to the fishermen engaged in the industry. The methods practised are generally primitive and the attention paid to cleanliness and sanitation leaves much to be desired. Only 17-3% of the total fish landing is being cured through the Government fish curing yards {Government of India Marketing Report, 1951), the rest being processed in private yards which are not under the supervision of Government agencies

IP address management : augmenting Sandia's capabilities through open source tools.

Internet Protocol (IP) address management is an increasingly growing concern at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and the networking community as a whole. The current state of the available IP addresses indicates that they are nearly exhausted. Currently SNL doesn't have the justification to obtain more IP address space from Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). There must exist a local entity to manage and allocate IP assignments efficiently. Ongoing efforts at Sandia have been in the form of a multifunctional database application notably known as Network Information System (NWIS). NWIS is a database responsible for a multitude of network administrative services including IP address management. This study will explore the feasibility of augmenting NWIS's IP management capabilities utilizing open source tools. Modifications of existing capabilities to better allocate available IP address space are studied

Determination of total volatile nitrogen in cured fish products

Estimation of total volatile nitrogenous bases has been generally made use of in routine analysis for the chemical assessment of the degree of spoilage in fish samples. The measurement of this index of spoilage furnishes a reasonably accurate and rapid method for the determination of the keeping quality of cured fish products. In fact it haa been pointed out by Velankar (1952) that total volatile nitrogen gives a better index of spoilage than the trimethylamine content. Tarr and Ney (1949) also observed that the test for the amount of trimethylamine present is not likely to prove a very sensitive measurement of the bacterial spoilage of varieties of Pacific coast fishes. It is suggested that trimethylamine is a product during the early stages of spoilage (Collins, 1938; Hess, 1941) and that it may be lost indiscriminately during storage

Sustainability assessment of steel fibre reinforced concrete pavements

The current scenario of depleting resources has lead to a major thrust in developing and applying highly sustainable solutions to construction industry. Therefore, it has become essential to devise designs based on materials that cost the least for the transportation network and at the same time have a minimum environmental impact. Though there are a few modern material solutions that may meet these criteria, like the use of steel fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) for pavement constructions, a proper evaluation of the performance and impact of utilization of such materials is lacking. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) offer the means to evaluate the sustainability, and have been used in this paper to provide frameworks analysing Asphalt, Jointed Plain concrete (JPC) and Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete pavements. In this work, asphalt, JPC and SFRC pavement sections have been designed as per the respective IRC guidelines so as to get equivalent designs for the given traffic loading, environmental and material conditions. Subsequently, LCCA is done as per the procedure provided in the Federal Highway Administration’s Interim Technical bulletin and LCA is done by using the process approach for each of the pavements. The assessment indicates where sustainable practices can be directed to so as to minimize environmental impacts in the initial stage of the pavement life cycle. The paper also discusses the limitations and difficulties of carrying out life cycle assessment and life cycle cost analysis for highways in India

Embedded polarizing filters to separate diffuse and specular reflection

Polarizing filters provide a powerful way to separate diffuse and specular reflection; however, traditional methods rely on several captures and require proper alignment of the filters. Recently, camera manufacturers have proposed to embed polarizing micro-filters in front of the sensor, creating a mosaic of pixels with different polarizations. In this paper, we investigate the advantages of such camera designs. In particular, we consider different design patterns for the filter arrays and propose an algorithm to demosaic an image generated by such cameras. This essentially allows us to separate the diffuse and specular components using a single image. The performance of our algorithm is compared with a color-based method using synthetic and real data. Finally, we demonstrate how we can recover the normals of a scene using the diffuse images estimated by our method.Comment: ACCV 201

On the large-scale colonisation of the spat of mussel, Mytilus viridis, in Cochin region

Large-scale colonisation of the spat of the green mussel, Mytilus viridis, a species heretofore considered as not existing in sizable quantities in the Cochin region, was noticed on the anti-erosicm granitestone embankments of Andakaran Azhi beach between Shertalai and Cochin. The spat, which appear to settle during the postfflonsoon period, grow in profusion in the midlittoral and infralittoral regions. The density of the population varies from surface to surface even on a single boulder. A marked concentration is noticed in the sheltered, dark niches beneath the stores, while the flat upper surfaces that are constantly exposed to severe wave actions appear to be least suitable for mussel growth. It was estimated that on an average, 220-248 spat|100 Cm' were in areas submerged most of the time, while 112-170, in less favourable surroundings. The population which is densest at Andakaran Azhi diminishes gradually northwards. But on the whole, the potentiality of this resource is large enough to provide ample seed for extensive culture operations along this region