175 research outputs found
Supplemental material for Relations between food intake, psychological distress, and gastrointestinal symptoms: A diary study
No full textSupplemental Material for Relations between food intake, psychological distress, and gastrointestinal symptoms: A diary study by Egbert Clevers, Hans Törnblom, Magnus Simrén, Jan Tack and Lukas Van Oudenhove in United European Gastroenterology Journal</p
Symptom patterns in irritable bowel syndrome
No full textWho has never had them: symptoms in the abdominal region, such as pain, bloating, constipation, and diarrhoea? These are common symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). IBS affects 5-10% of the population, especially females between the age of 16 and 40.
The good news is that IBS is a benign disorder: IBS does not increase the risk of cancer, and symptoms are not progressive. The bad news is that impact on quality of life is high due to symptoms in the abdomen as well as elsewhere (e.g. joint pain) and psychological symptoms (e.g. anxiety) or even psychiatric disorders (e.g. anxiety disorders). Specifically, symptom-related anxiety is a predictor of more severe symptoms and worsening quality of life.
Why exactly do people have symptoms? In part, symptoms can be explained by lifestyle factors, mainly food and stress. Common food triggers have been described for diarrhoea (confectionery, coffee, spices), flatulence (onions, fruits, bread), bloating (late eating), and pain (late eating, rice, bread). Before we start dieting, however, two important remarks must be made:
- Intolerances to food and stress are very person-specific. Person-specific food-symptom and stress-symptom relations may be identified when a patient keeps a diary of food intake, stress, and symptoms. The computer analyses the diary for possible symptom triggers. Exclusion of personal triggers may lead to symptom improvement for a group of patients.
- There are many non-lifestyle factors that drive symptoms in IBS. These include the gut bacteria and immune system. Therefore, it is possible that a patient does not benefit from any dietary or psychological therapy.
This thesis leads to two research suggestions, both aiming for personalised management of IBS:
- Personal symptom triggers. Although we know that the food/symptom diary concept can generate personalised lifestyle advice, we still lack evidence that it actually improves symptoms. Patients who keep a diary and receive personalised lifestyle advice should be followed up to monitor symptom evolution. A great opportunity would be to combine it with smart devices that measure physiologic variables, as these may explain how a trigger leads to symptoms.
- Predictors of treatment response. For the patient, finding a good treatment is currently a process of trial and error. There is a need for an evidence-based treatment algorithm, as this makes IBS management more efficient and teaches us about the underlying mechanisms
Review of the book Unbegrenzte moglichkeiten: Amerikanisierung in Deutschland und Frankreich (1900-1933) by Egbert Klautke
No full textDr. Jeff R. Schutts (Douglas College) reviews the book Unbegrenzte Moglichkeiten: Amerikanisierung in Deutschland und Frankreich (1900-1933) by Egbert Klautke (2005).Final article published
The New Textbook ”Advanced Aircraft Design – Conceptual Design, Technology and Optimization of Subsonic Civil Airplanes“
No full textPresentation on the occasion of the new book:
"Advanced Aircraft Design: Conceptual Design, Analysis and Optimization of Subsonic Civil Airplanes".
Author: Egbert Torenbeek
Published Online: 27 MAY 2013
Print ISBN: 9781118568118
Online ISBN: 9781118568101
DOI: 10.1002/9781118568101http://EWADE.AircraftDesign.org --- http://ProceedingsEWADE2013.AircraftDesign.or
UA94/6/1 Ercell Jane Egbert: An Appreciation
No full textWeaver, Bill. Ercell Jane Egbert: An Appreciation. The author, a former student, teaches in the History Department and is Staff Assistant in the Graduate College at Western Kentucky University. Grateful appreciation is expressed to Mrs. Cleo Carner, Mrs. Virgie Morse, Miss Fannie Holland, Miss Sara Tyler and Miss Julia Neal for sharing their information
Archives and Absence: The Role of the Institutional Archive in Retaining Cultural Memory (Part 1)
No full textPresented during American Archives Month, archivists Veronica Denison, Helena Egbert, and Irina Rogova from K-State Libraries’ Morse Department of Special Collections offer the first in a series of three talks inspired by the themes of community and memory in The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline.
Part 1: Why are there so few materials from folks of marginalized identities in institutional archives
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Multistation magnetotellurics. Final report, 1 January 1996--30 June 1997
No full textThe author has developed the foundations of a practical multivariate approach to processing magnetotelluric array data. Compared to current standards for magnetotelluric data processing, the multivariate approach is unique in that all available data channels are used simultaneously. The approach is outlined in this report. Using Multmtrn, a program for multiple station analysis of magnetotelluric data, the author achieved significant improvements in apparent resistivity and phase estimates in initial tests. Examples of the use of this approach are given including: Carrizo Plain and Parkfield electromagnetic profiling data; sea floor magnetotelluric (MT) data from the Gulf of Mexico; MT survey in a culturally noisy area of Bavaria; and Parkfield/Hollister earthquake monitoring array data. Experience with these projects has resulted in an improved program. The new version of the code is available at http://www.cg.NRCan.gc.ca/mtnet/mtnet.html or by contacting egbert{at}oce.orst.edu. Appendices of this report present documentation for Multmtrn
Symptom patterns in irritable bowel syndrome
No full textWho has never had them: symptoms in the abdominal region, such as pain, bloating, constipation, and diarrhoea? These are common symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). IBS affects 5-10% of the population, especially females between the age of 16 and 40. The good news is that IBS is a benign disorder: IBS does not increase the risk of cancer, and symptoms are not progressive. The bad news is that impact on quality of life is high due to symptoms in the abdomen as well as elsewhere (e.g. joint pain) and psychological symptoms (e.g. anxiety) or even psychiatric disorders (e.g. anxiety disorders). Specifically, symptom-related anxiety is a predictor of more severe symptoms and worsening quality of life. Why exactly do people have symptoms? In part, symptoms can be explained by lifestyle factors, mainly food and stress. Common food triggers have been described for diarrhoea (confectionery, coffee, spices), flatulence (onions, fruits, bread), bloating (late eating), and pain (late eating, rice, bread). Before we start dieting, however, two important remarks must be made: -Intolerances to food and stress are very person-specific. Person-specific food-symptom and stress-symptom relations may be identified when a patient keeps a diary of food intake, stress, and symptoms. The computer analyses the diary for possible symptom triggers. Exclusion of personal triggers may lead to symptom improvement for a group of patients. -There are many non-lifestyle factors that drive symptoms in IBS. These include the gut bacteria and immune system. Therefore, it is possible that a patient does not benefit from any dietary or psychological therapy. This thesis leads to two research suggestions, both aiming for personalised management of IBS: -Personal symptom triggers. Although we know that the food/symptom diary concept can generate personalised lifestyle advice, we still lack evidence that it actually improves symptoms. Patients who keep a diary and receive personalised lifestyle advice should be followed up to monitor symptom evolution. A great opportunity would be to combine it with smart devices that measure physiologic variables, as these may explain how a trigger leads to symptoms. -Predictors of treatment response. For the patient, finding a good treatment is currently a process of trial and error. There is a need for an evidence-based treatment algorithm, as this makes IBS management more efficient and teaches us about the underlying mechanisms
Algebraic Presentations of Dependent Type Theories
No full textC-systems were defined by Cartmell as models of generalized algebraic
theories. B-systems were defined by Voevodsky in his quest to formulate and
prove an initiality conjecture for type theories. They play a crucial role in
Voevodsky's construction of a syntactic C-system from a term monad. In this
work, we construct an equivalence between the category of C-systems and the
category of B-systems, thus proving a conjecture by Voevodsky. We construct
this equivalence as the restriction of an equivalence between more general
structures, called CE-systems and E-systems, respectively. To this end, we
identify C-systems and B-systems as "stratified" CE-systems and E-systems,
respectively; that is, systems whose contexts are built iteratively via context
extension, starting from the empty context.Comment: v2: changed title, added some example
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