Background: Physicians tailor insulin dosing based on blood glucose goals, response to insulin, compliance, lifestyle, eating habits, daily schedule, and fear of and ability to detect hypoglycemia. Method: We introduc...
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A theoretical model is developed for ferroelectric bilayers and multilayer heterostructures that employs a nonlinear Landau-Devonshire formalism coupled with a detailed analysis of the depolarizing fields arising from...
A theoretical model is developed for ferroelectric bilayers and multilayer heterostructures that employs a nonlinear Landau-Devonshire formalism coupled with a detailed analysis of the depolarizing fields arising from the polarization mismatch across interlayer interfaces and the electrical fields of localized space charges at such interfaces. We first present how space charges alter the free-energy curves of ferroelectrics and then proceed with a numerical analysis for heteroepitaxial (001) PbTiO3-SrTiO3 (PTO-STO) bilayers and (001) superlattice structures on (001) STO substrates. The switchable (ferroelectric) and nonswitchable (built-in) polarizations and the dielectric properties of PTO-STO bilayers and superlattices are calculated as a function of the planar space-charge density and the volume fraction of the PTO layer. Similar to the temperature dependence of a monolithic ferroelectric, there exists a critical volume fraction PTO below which the bilayer or the superlattice is in the paraelectric state. This critical volume fraction is strongly dependent on the density of trapped charges at the interlayer interfaces. For charge-free (001) PTO-STO heteroepitaxial bilayer and superlattices, the critical fraction is 0.40 for both constructs but increases to 0.6 and 0.72, for the bilayer and the superlattice, respectively, for a planar space-charge density of 0.05 C/m2. Furthermore, our results show that close to the vicinity of ferroelectric-paraelectric phase transition, there is a recovery in ferroelectric polarization. The dielectric-response calculations verify that there is sharp ferroelectric phase transformation for charge-free bilayers and superlattices whereas it is progressively smeared out with an increase in the charge density. Furthermore, our analysis shows that the dielectric constant of these multilayers at a given volume fraction of PTO decreases significantly in the presence of space charges.
An adaptive scheme is developed to automatically adjust the insulin dosing protocol for a person with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The adaptive strategy follows the run-to-run philosophy with a multiple-daily injections ...
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An adaptive scheme is developed to automatically adjust the insulin dosing protocol for a person with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The adaptive strategy follows the run-to-run philosophy with a multiple-daily injections (MDI) therapy. Insulin lispro (rapid acting) and insulin glargine (slow acting) are employed in the protocol which uses pre and postprandial glucose concentrations. The key information for the synthesis of the control algorithm is the subject's insulin sensitivity that is calculated considering that there is no previous information about the subject's response to the insulin protocol. Therefore, the sensitivity information is estimated recursively using online data in a time scale of days. After the sensitivity is recalculated, the run-to-run correction scheme is updated, obtaining an adaptive MDI therapy. The advisory algorithm is evaluated in silico by constant random parameters variations and superimposing sinusoidal oscillations on glucose-insulin model parameters to implement intra-individual variability of the glucoregulatory system. For this purpose, the glucose-insulin model developed by Dalla Man et al. (2007) and subcutaneous insulin absorption description by Tarin et al. (2005) were employed. The results show that the algorithm is successful in achieving an euglycemic control despite variable meals (+-15percent variation in carbohydrate content and timing +-15 min) and time-varying parametric variations in the glucose-insulin model. No severe hypoglycemic (< 50 mg/dL) or hyperglycemic (> 180 mg/dL) events were observed in average for 30 virtual patients.
Stable RNAs are modular and hierarchical three-dimensional (3D) architectures taking advantage of recurrent structural motifs to form extensive non-covalent tertiary interactions (1, 2). Using comparative sequence and...
Stable RNAs are modular and hierarchical three-dimensional (3D) architectures taking advantage of recurrent structural motifs to form extensive non-covalent tertiary interactions (1, 2). Using comparative sequence and structural analysis of known X-ray structures of RNAs, folding and assembly principles of RNA can presently be gathered to generate the syntax of a proto-language for rational design and prediction of RNA 3D shapes. RNA architectonics refers to the deciphering of this proto-language and to its use to build new functional RNA shapes with self-assembly properties (3-5). This approach can therefore contribute to the prediction and rational design of RNA tertiary structures for potential applications in nanotechnology, synthetic biology and medicine.
A fluorogen named 1-decyl-1-methyl-2,5-bis{4-[(N,N-diethylamino)methyl]phenyl}-3,4-diphenylsilole (3) was synthesized. It emitted weakly as isolated molecule but strongly as supramolecular aggregate, showing a charact...
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A fluorogen named 1-decyl-1-methyl-2,5-bis{4-[(N,N-diethylamino)methyl]phenyl}-3,4-diphenylsilole (3) was synthesized. It emitted weakly as isolated molecule but strongly as supramolecular aggregate, showing a characteristic behavior of aggregation-induced emission (AIE). The molecules of 3 formed highly emissive nanoparticles in aqueous media, which quickly and selectively marked cytoplasm of HeLa cells and posed no toxicity to the living cells. The fluorogen is thus a promising candidate mate-rial for cell imaging as a sensitive, selective and cytocompatible biosensor.
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