In the past 10 years the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mel itus(T2DM) has increased hugely worldwide,driven by a rise in the numbers of overweight and obese individuals.A number of diets have been shown to be effectiv...In the past 10 years the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mel itus(T2DM) has increased hugely worldwide,driven by a rise in the numbers of overweight and obese individuals.A number of diets have been shown to be effective for the management of T2DM:the Mediterranean diet,the vegetarian diet and the low-calorie diet.Results of studies clearly indicate,however,that the efficacy of these diets is not solely related to the biochemical structure of the individual nutrients they contain.This review discusses this point with reference to the potential role of the intestinal microbiota in diabetes.The macrobiotic Ma-Pi 2 diet is rich in carbohydrates,whole grains and vegetables,with no animal fat or protein or added sugar.In shortand medium-term trials conducted in patients with T2 DM,the Ma-Pi 2 diet has been found to significantly improve indicators of metabolic control,including fasting blood glucose,glycosylated hemoglobin,the serum lipid profile,body mass index,body weight and blood pressure.The diet may also alter the gut microbiota composition,which could additionally affect glycemic control.As a result,the Ma-Pi 2 diet could be considered a valid additional shortto medium-term treatment for T2 DM.展开更多
Applying dynamic web services composition is one of the important schemas for solving service-oriented architecture （SOA）and service-oriented computing（SOC）.For implementing dynamic web services composition,the mu...Applying dynamic web services composition is one of the important schemas for solving service-oriented architecture （SOA）and service-oriented computing（SOC）.For implementing dynamic web services composition,the multi agent system （MAS）is applied to web services composition.First, the essentials of the MAS and web services composition are analyzed and their relationship is discussed.Secondly, an MAS-based architecture is designed for dynamic web services composition,and it is named as CSMWC.A Jade tool is used to implement the major components.The architecture can primarily implement syntactic level dynamic web services composition,and it gives a basis for semantic level dynamic web services composition.For specifying the correctness of the architecture,by using pi-calculus,the architecture of the MAS is formally described,and its dynamic properties and adaptability are reasoned.Finally,it demonstrates the idea proposed by the Pi4SOA tool.展开更多
This paper is concerned with a control problem of a diffusion process with the help of static mesh sensor networks in a certain region of interest and a team of networked mobile actuators carrying chemical neutralizer...This paper is concerned with a control problem of a diffusion process with the help of static mesh sensor networks in a certain region of interest and a team of networked mobile actuators carrying chemical neutralizers.The major contribution of this paper can be divided into three parts:the first is the construction of a cyber-physical system framework based on centroidal Voronoi tessellations(CVTs),the second is the convergence analysis of the actuators location,and the last is a novel proportional integral(PI)control method for actuator motion planning and neutralizing control(e.g.,spraying)of a diffusion process with a moving or static pollution source,which is more effective than a proportional(P)control method.An optimal spraying control cost function is constructed.Then,the minimization problem of the spraying amount is addressed.Moreover,a new CVT algorithm based on the novel PI control method,henceforth called PI-CVT algorithm,is introduced together with the convergence analysis of the actuators location via a PI control law.Finally,a modified simulation platform called diffusion-mobile-actuators-sensors-2-dimension-proportional integral derivative(Diff-MAS2D-PID)is illustrated.In addition,a numerical simulation example for the diffusion process is presented to verify the effectiveness of our proposed controllers.展开更多
文摘In the past 10 years the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mel itus(T2DM) has increased hugely worldwide,driven by a rise in the numbers of overweight and obese individuals.A number of diets have been shown to be effective for the management of T2DM:the Mediterranean diet,the vegetarian diet and the low-calorie diet.Results of studies clearly indicate,however,that the efficacy of these diets is not solely related to the biochemical structure of the individual nutrients they contain.This review discusses this point with reference to the potential role of the intestinal microbiota in diabetes.The macrobiotic Ma-Pi 2 diet is rich in carbohydrates,whole grains and vegetables,with no animal fat or protein or added sugar.In shortand medium-term trials conducted in patients with T2 DM,the Ma-Pi 2 diet has been found to significantly improve indicators of metabolic control,including fasting blood glucose,glycosylated hemoglobin,the serum lipid profile,body mass index,body weight and blood pressure.The diet may also alter the gut microbiota composition,which could additionally affect glycemic control.As a result,the Ma-Pi 2 diet could be considered a valid additional shortto medium-term treatment for T2 DM.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.90612014)IBM China Research Lab Joint Project
文摘Applying dynamic web services composition is one of the important schemas for solving service-oriented architecture （SOA）and service-oriented computing（SOC）.For implementing dynamic web services composition,the multi agent system （MAS）is applied to web services composition.First, the essentials of the MAS and web services composition are analyzed and their relationship is discussed.Secondly, an MAS-based architecture is designed for dynamic web services composition,and it is named as CSMWC.A Jade tool is used to implement the major components.The architecture can primarily implement syntactic level dynamic web services composition,and it gives a basis for semantic level dynamic web services composition.For specifying the correctness of the architecture,by using pi-calculus,the architecture of the MAS is formally described,and its dynamic properties and adaptability are reasoned.Finally,it demonstrates the idea proposed by the Pi4SOA tool.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61473136,61807016)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(JUSRP51322B)+1 种基金the 111 Project(B12018)Jiangsu Innovation Program for Graduates(KYLX15 1170)
文摘This paper is concerned with a control problem of a diffusion process with the help of static mesh sensor networks in a certain region of interest and a team of networked mobile actuators carrying chemical neutralizers.The major contribution of this paper can be divided into three parts:the first is the construction of a cyber-physical system framework based on centroidal Voronoi tessellations(CVTs),the second is the convergence analysis of the actuators location,and the last is a novel proportional integral(PI)control method for actuator motion planning and neutralizing control(e.g.,spraying)of a diffusion process with a moving or static pollution source,which is more effective than a proportional(P)control method.An optimal spraying control cost function is constructed.Then,the minimization problem of the spraying amount is addressed.Moreover,a new CVT algorithm based on the novel PI control method,henceforth called PI-CVT algorithm,is introduced together with the convergence analysis of the actuators location via a PI control law.Finally,a modified simulation platform called diffusion-mobile-actuators-sensors-2-dimension-proportional integral derivative(Diff-MAS2D-PID)is illustrated.In addition,a numerical simulation example for the diffusion process is presented to verify the effectiveness of our proposed controllers.
