Settlement is one of the most important deformation characteristics of high concrete faced rockfill dams (CFRDs, >100 m). High CFRDs safety would pose a great threat to the security of people’s lives and property downstream if this kind of deformation were not to be measured correctly, as traditional monitoring approaches have limitations in terms of durability, coverage, and efficiency. It has...

The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) used for the diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes (CFRD) is inconvenient and requires a great deal of patient cooperation. Other investigations such as measuring fasting glucose and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) concentrations, could offer several practical advantages over the OGTT for diabetic screening. To investigate the ability of these tes...