BACKGROUND Novel preventive care opportunities, such as in hospitalized patients, may merit further investigation in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model. As 40% of patients with diabetes are undiagnosed, diabetes screening is an urgent public health need. Screening fasting preoperative patients may present an effective means to identify patients who might otherwise remain undiagnosed. ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this article was to assess mortality risks at different levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG) in Taiwan, with particular attention to those pre-diabetic subjects with impaired fasting glucose (IFG). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Governmental employees and schoolteachers were followed up for an average of 11 years. With the use of Cox regression analyses, mortality ris...

We solve the coupled mode equations governing the chalcogenide nonlinear fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) numerically, and obtain the bistability characteristics. The characteristics of the chalcogenide nonlinear FBGs such as: switching threshold intensity, bistability interval and on-off switching ratio are studied. The effects of FBG length and its third order nonlinear refractive index on FBG cha...

A wavelength-tunable single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) narrow-linewidth thulium/holmium co-doped fiber laser (THDFL) was developed in this study. The lasing wavelength determined by combining a phase-shifted Bragg grating (PS-FBG) and uniform FBG (UFBG). SLM oscillation achieved incorporating dual-coupler ring filter with the PS-FBG. At pump power of 2.0 W, THDFL exhibited excellent performance st...

This paper review of the chromatic dispersion compensation in optical fiber communication system. In optical communication system to compensate dispersion Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is one amongst the applicable and necessary components. During this the appliance of chirped FBG was studied as a dispersion compensator in optical communication systems. This paper studied the various types of simul...

  Background: A new sweetener with the commercial name of Lacritose has been recently produced, which is a combination of four simple sugars (lactose, fructose, sucrose, erythritol), with specific ingredients and percentages. This study aimed to assess glycemic response and short term gastrointestinal reactions in type 2 diabetic patients. Methods: In this triple-blind randomized clinical tria...

Utilizing optical Fiber Bragg Grating’s (FBG) characteristic of transmission optic signals in noncontact way, the measure method of the twisted, variable cross-section, variable thickness, rotating rectangular blade’s local strain has been presented. Firstly, by using the finite element method to obtain the rotating blade’s natural frequency, modal shape and strain modal shape, the mounting loc...

We demonstrate an all-fiber Tm(3+)-doped silica fiber laser operating at a wide selectable wavelength range by using different fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) as wavelength selection elements. With a specifically designed high reflective (HR) FBG and the fiber end as an output coupler, the lasing in the range from 1975 nm to 2150 nm with slope efficiency of >30% can be achieved. By employing a low ...

An electrically controllable fiber Bragg grating (FBG) with polarization-dependent characteristics is described. The optic axis of a liquid crystal (LC) can be rearrangeable by means of external electric fields, which results in the change of an effective refractive index of an LC. The reflectivity and Bragg wavelength of an LC-cladding FBG can be controlled according to the refractive index of...

In order to solve the key technical problem of accurate perception straightness a scraper conveyor in intelligent mining coal mines, three-dimensional (3D) curvature sensor fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is designed and developed based on sensing principle FBG. The string embedded FBG simulated under radius 100 m, 200 300 400 m 500 m. results show that strain built-in linearly related at bend string...