84 research outputs found
Food sources of sodium, saturated fat and added sugar in the Physical Activity and Nutrition for Diabetes in Alberta (PANDA) Trial
No full textDiabetic patients may find it difficult to achieve recommended nutrient intakes embedded within dietary guidelines. The objective of this analysis was to document total sodium, saturated fat and added sugar intake as well as the main food sources of these nutrients in Canadian adults with type 2 diabetes before and after an intervention focused on healthy eating. Participants were enrolled in a single-arm dietary intervention trial designed to improve glycemic control and adherence to dietary recommendations. A 4-week menu plan and recipes was provided for participants along with a 6-week educational curriculum. Three repeated 24-hour dietary recalls were collected at baseline and 3 months. Food sources of sodium, saturated fat and added sugar were a secondary outcome derived from the dietary recalls. After 3 months, there was a reduction (pThe accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author
Relationship of Diet Quality to Food Security and Nutrition Knowledge in Low-Income, Community-Dwelling Elders with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pilot Study
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Retraction notice to “Rechargeable Batteries for Energy Storage: A review” [e-Prime - Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy 8 (2024) 100510]
No full textThis article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal).Suspicious changes in authorship between the original submission and the revised version of this paper were discovered.The paper was originally submitted by Ehsan Kianfar as single author. Co-authors Chou-Yi Hsu, Yathrib Ajaj, Ghadir Kamil Ghadir, Hayder Musaad Al-Tmimi, Zaid Khalid Alani, Ausama A. Almulla, Mustafa Asaad Hussein, Ahmed Read Al-Tameemi, Zaid H. Mahmoud, Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa, Farshid Kianfar, and Sajjad Habibzadehwere were added to the revised paper without explanation and without exceptional approval by the journal editor, which is a violation of the journal's policies. The publisher reached out to the authors for an explanation, but they failed to provide a satisfactory explanation to these changes.The Editor has determined that the authorship and the findings of the article cannot be relied upon and has decided to retract the article
Mourid Barghouti’s <i>I Saw Ramallah</i>: The Impossible Return of the Displaced Autobiographer
No full textThis article examines and problematizes the idea of return in the autobiography of Mourid Barghouti’s Ra’aytu Ram Allah (I Saw Ramallah). After thirty years of living in Egypt and Budapest, Barghouti returned to his hometown Ramallah in 1996 for a short visit that composes the core of his text. I investigate how Barghouti’s text unveils the Palestinian exile as a permanent state, but also as a challenged, resisted, or accepted the process of shifting people and places over time. By re-examining this autobiography within the frame of reading it as a displaced text, (or “displaced autobiography„) I show how I Saw Ramallah seeks to move beyond the state of exile and expose its aftermath, especially when the displaced person is back in his or her homeland. I also explore how the author’s return to his original place invokes the memory of a remote past, inviting a buried or forgotten selfhood. I argue that by recalling this past, which occurred before displacement, a displaced autobiographer like Barghouti attempts to “fix„ Palestine as a land for the people who have memories and history in it
Speaking for Voiceless Women: A Comparative Study of Nizar Qabbani’s and Zhai Yongming’s Poetry
No full textThesis (Ph.D.) - Indiana University, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, 2022This dissertation is an investigation of three primary issues in the writing of the Syrian male poet Nizar Qabbani and the Chinese female poet Zhai Yongming: the relationship between the author and reader, the combination of life writing with poetry, and the articulation of a feminine voice from a marginalized space. While I rely on some of their prose works to better understand their views of gender and poetry, my primary focus for comparison are the two poetry collections: Qabbani’s The Journal of an Indifferent Woman (1968) and Zhai’s Jing’an Village (1985). During his diplomatic stay in Beijing, Qabbani wrote The Journal in the form of a diary depicting the voice of a frustrated, rebelling Arab woman condemning the suppression of women’s rights in the Arab tradition. On the other hand, Zhai’s Jing’an Village contains twelve poems named after the twelve lunar year months and is the epitome of her two-year life as a rusticated youth. Thematically, The Journal and Jing’an embody the authors’ misplaced personal experiences as an outsider in a foreign country or a strange village. In form, these two collections are both poems disguised in the format of life writing. This innovative form combines two less studied genres, i.e., poetic diary and verse biography. With an interdisciplinary and cross-genre methodology, I use Arabic, Chinese, and Western literary theories, such as psychoanalytic criticism and Immanuel Kant’s aesthetic judgment, to demonstrate the transportability of the feminine voice in the text. My purpose is to use Qabbani’s and Zhai’s poems, as well as related theories, to testify that a feminine text is not necessarily written by a female author. The scarce differences in the texts due to the gender differences between Qabbani and Zhai are overcome by their same ambition to produce a feminine text that best illustrates women’s sufferings in a patriarchal society
The reliability and validity of the perceived dietary adherence questionnaire for people with type 2 diabetes
No full textNutrition therapy is essential for diabetes treatment, and assessment of dietary intake can be time consuming. The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid instrument to measure diabetic patients’ adherence to Canadian diabetes nutrition recommendations. Specific information derived from three, repeated 24-h dietary recalls of 64 type 2 diabetic patients, aged 59.2 ± 9.7 years, was correlated with a total score and individual items of the Perceived Dietary Adherence Questionnaire (PDAQ). Test-retest reliability was completed by 27 type 2 diabetic patients, aged 62.8 ± 8.4 years. The correlation coefficients for PDAQ items versus 24-h recalls ranged from 0.46 to 0.11. The intra-class correlation (0.78) was acceptable, indicating good reliability. The results suggest that PDAQ is a valid and reliable measure of diabetes nutrition recommendations. Because it is quick to administer and score, it may be useful as a screening tool in research and as a clinical tool to monitor dietary adherence
Assessment of the Variations of Local Parameters of Wetspass Model: Case Study Nile Delta Aquifer
No full textAbstractAssessment the variation of WetSpass model parameters in the Nile Delta aquifer, Egypt is very significance before applying it to estimate the variations of groundwater recharge from rainfall. The input WetSpass model parameters are investigated based on the soil type, crop classification, and the previous studies. The input model paramters are crop height (hc), root depth (rd), Interception percentage (I), leaf area index (LAI), bulk resistance (rs), roughness length (z) and zero plane displacement (d). The investigation results of this paper indicate that the local model parameters have a great variation. The WetSpass model was calibrated for crop height hc in a range between 0.4 m to 1.0m. The RMSE between the simulated WetSpass value and the calculated one increased with the increase of hc. The minimum RMSE equals 8.13mm/winter season at hc equals 0.4m. An extensive sensitivity analysis is required for all WetSpass parameters for the accurate determination of the model parameters
Effectiveness of a Lifestyle Intervention in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: The Physical Activity and Nutrition for Diabetes in Alberta (PANDA) Trial
No full textType 2 diabetes (T2D) patients often find integrating a new dietary pattern into their lifestyle challenging; therefore, the PANDA (Physical Activity and Nutrition for Diabetes in Alberta) menu plan intervention was developed to help people incorporate the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) nutrition therapy guidelines into their daily lives. The menu plan focused on recipes and foods that were accessible, available and acceptable to Albertans. The objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention on blood glucose control and dietary adherence and quality among patients with T2D. Participants with T2D (n = 73) enrolled in a single-arm incorporating interactive education based on a four-week menu plan that incorporated the recommendations of the CDA nutrition therapy guidelines. Post-intervention follow-up was conducted at three and six months. After three months, there were beneficial changes in A1c (−0.7%), body mass index (BMI, −0.6 kg/m2), diastolic blood pressure (−4 mmHg), total cholesterol (−63 mg/dL), HDL- (+28 mg/dL) and LDL-cholesterol (−89 mg/dL), Healthy Eating Index (+2.1 score) and perceived dietary adherence (+8.5 score) (all p < 0.05). The significant improvements in A1c, BMI and lipids were maintained at six months. The PANDA menu plan intervention was effective in improving glycemic control and diet quality. The results suggest that a dietary intervention incorporating interactive education sessions focused on menu planning with familiar, accessible foods may be effective for diabetes management
Daylight photodynamic therapy with methylene blue in plane warts: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study
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