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Household Food Security, Lifestyle Factors, And Glycemic Control Among Youth And Young Adults With Diabetes, Lauren A. Reid Jul 2021

Household Food Security, Lifestyle Factors, And Glycemic Control Among Youth And Young Adults With Diabetes, Lauren A. Reid

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The purpose of this study was to assess the associations between household food insecurity (HFI) and glycemic control, physical activity, and diet quality in youth and young adults (YYA) with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Among older adults, HFI has been shown to complicate diabetes management due to the essential role of diet in diabetes management and the financial stress associated with HFI. Although HFI is more prevalent among YYA with diabetes than the general population, there are only a handful of studies that have focused on this population and, studies that include YYA with T2D …


Evolution And Selection: From Suppression Of Metabolic Deficiencies To Bacteriophage Host Range And Resistance, Daniel Kurt Arens Apr 2021

Evolution And Selection: From Suppression Of Metabolic Deficiencies To Bacteriophage Host Range And Resistance, Daniel Kurt Arens

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The evolution and adaptation of microorganisms is so rapid it can be seen in the time frame of days. The root cause for their evolution comes from selective environmental pressures that see organisms with beneficial mutations survive otherwise deadly encounters or outperform members of its population who fail to adapt. This does not always result in strict improvement of the individual as in the case of antibiotic resistant bacteria who often display fitness tradeoffs to avoid death (see Reviews [1-3]). For example, when an ampicillin resistance gene (ampC) containing plasmid that is occasionally found in the wild was transformed into …


Kujdesi Infermieror Tek Pacientet Me Diabet Gestational, Gzonjetë Krosa Feb 2021

Kujdesi Infermieror Tek Pacientet Me Diabet Gestational, Gzonjetë Krosa

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Diabeti në shtatzëni është një nga temat më të diskutuara kohët e fundit në fushën e obstetrikës për arsye të rritjes së incidencës së saj. Shfaqja e saj gjatë një shtatzënie ndërlikon përfundimin e shtatzanisë për nënën dhe foshnjen.

Duke qenë se diabeti është një sëmundje e pakurueshme e cila e shoqëron pacientin gjatë gjithë jetës së tij, menaxhimi i tij sa më i mirë jo vetëm që zgjat jetën e pacientit, por dhe frenon komplikacionet e diabetit që çojnë deri në koma dhe vdekje. Diabeti gestational, ndryshe i quajtur diabeti i shtatzanisë, është një prej tipeve të diabetit i …