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OBJECTIVE: The use of a real time continuous glucose monitoring system (RT-CGM) was studied as a behavior modification tool and the effectiveness of a RT-CGM in glucose control for patients with type 2 diabetes was determined. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, open-label, randomized, controlled clinical trial in 65 patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes (8.0
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Blood Glucose/metabolism , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/psychology , Glycated Hemoglobin/metabolism , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring/methods , Body Mass Index , Body Weight , Energy Intake , Exercise , Female , Humans , Life Style , Male , Middle Aged , Time Factors , Young AdultABSTRACT
A study of using dual membrane technologies, microfiltration (MF) and reverse osmosis (RO), for reclaiming blowdown of the cooling tower was conducted at ZJK power plant, Hebei province, China. The study shows that the combined MF-RO system can effectively reduce water consumption in the power industry. The results indicate that MF process is capable of producing a filtrate suitable for RO treatment and achieving a silt density index (SDI) less than 2, turbidity of 0.2 NTU. The water quality of RO effluent is very good with an average conductivity of about 40 micros/cm and rejection of 98%. The product water is suitable for injection into the cooling tower to counteract with cooling water intrusion. After adopting this system, water-saving effectiveness as expressed in terms of cycles of concentration could be increased from 2.5-2.8 times to 5 times.
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Conservation of Natural Resources , Power Plants , Waste Disposal, Fluid/methods , Water Purification/methods , Aluminum Hydroxide/chemistry , Carbonates/analysis , Chlorides/analysis , Cold Temperature , Filtration , Membranes, Artificial , Metals/analysis , Nephelometry and Turbidimetry , Nitrates/analysis , Osmosis , Pressure , Sulfates/analysis , Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysisABSTRACT
Two cases of sarcoma complicated by pathologically confirmed myelophthisic anemia are presented. Although marrow involvement may occur in childhood rhabdomyosarcoma, complete marrow replacement in adult patients with sarcoma has not been previously described.