Group-based behaviour therapy improves self-care, glycaemic control and distress in adults with type 1 diabetes.

Aims: Psychological interventions have had modest effects on HbA1c in adults with Type 1 diabetes (T1D). We evaluated a novel behaviour therapy (BT) group program aiming to improve diabetes self-care and reduce HbA1c and distress. Core features were the application of a functional-analytic model, behavioural self-management training, and personally selected T1D self-care behaviours as treatment targets.

At-line porosity sensing for non-destructive disintegration testing in immediate release tablets.

Fully automated at-line terahertz time-domain spectroscopy in transmission mode is used to measure tablet porosity for thousands of immediate release tablets. The measurements are rapid and non-destructive. Both laboratory prepared tablets and commercial samples are studied.

Selective Sampling Importance Resampling Particle Filter Tracking With Multibag Subspace Restoration.

The focus of this paper is a novel object tracking algorithm which combines an incrementally updated subspace-based appearance model, reconstruction error likelihood function and a two stage selective sampling importance resampling particle filter with motion estimation through autoregressive filtering techniques. The primary contribution of this paper is the use of multiple bags of subspaces with which we aim to tackle the issue of appearance model update. The use of a multibag approach allows our algorithm to revert to a previously successful appearance model in the event that the primary model fails.

Associations of demographic and behavioural factors with glycaemic control in young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Background: Despite recognised benefits of optimal glycaemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), good control is still difficult to achieve, particularly for adolescents and young adults. Recognition of factors that may assist early optimisation of glycaemic control is therefore important.

Aims: We explored associations of demographic, social and behavioural factors with glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels in participants with T1DM aged 18-25 years.

Interactions and binding energies of dimethyl methylphosphonate and dimethyl chlorophosphate with amorphous silica.

The fundamental interactions of dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP) and dimethyl chlorophosphate (DMCP) on amorphous silica nanoparticles have been investigated with transmission infrared spectroscopy and temperature-programmed desorption (TPD). DMMP and DMCP both adsorb molecularly to silica through the formation of hydrogen bonds between isolated silanols and the phosphoryl oxygen of the adsorbate. The magnitude of the shift of the ν(OH) mode upon simulant adsorption is correlated to the adsorption strength.