Optimal fluid intake in daily diet: Avicenna's view

Adequate daily water consumption is an important factor of keeping regular homeostasis. However, the best quantity of daily water consumption for a healthy individual is not virtually stated in the literature. Despite the dearth of evidence-based recommendations, it is commonly thought that ingesting eight glasses of water a day is good for a healthy person. Avicenna had a unique viewpoint. He believed that daily water intake depended on numerous elements together with age, intercourse, body temperament, season, occupation and various internal and external elements. He also cited a few essential and usefu measures regarding proper water consumption, which have additionally been emphasized in Islamic hadiths.

Design and application of weight gain graphs based on Bandura’s self-efficacy theory for patients on maintenance haemodialysis

Purpose:To design interdialytic and daily weight gain graphs for patients on maintenance haemodialysis and to evaluate their effect on patient adherence to restricted fluid intake.Methods:Forty-five patients on maintenance haemodialysis were recruited from August to October 2012.The graphs were applied for 12 weeks based on Bandura’s self-efficacy theory.Adherence to restricted fluid intake,dialysis adequacy,and satisfaction were compared before and after the graphs were applied.Results:Adherence to restricted fluid intake increased from 53.3%to 91.1%;the mean rate of urea clearance(Kt/V)decreased from 1.197 to 1.311,and the qualified rate increased from 42.5%to 70%.The rate of adherence was 86.77%;acceptance and satisfaction rates were 100%.Conclusion:It is acceptable to apply the graphs clinically for subsequent effective improvement of adherence to restricted fluid intake,promoting dialysis adequacy,and increasing patient satisfaction.Therefore,clinical application of the graphs is worthwhile.

Effect of traffic tidal flow on pollutant dispersion in various street canyons and corresponding mitigation strategies

Increasing traffic emission presents a high risk of exposure to residents in near-road buildings.Traffic tidal flow(TTF)has gradually become one of the most important components of urban traffic congestion.By computational fluid dynamics simulation,the present study examines the airflow,spatial distribution of pollutant concentration,and personal intake fraction(IF_p)of CO in five street canyon structures(shallow,regular,deep,step-up,and step-down street canyons),with non-uniform TTF-induced traffic emission considered.Optimal urban design devices(wind catchers)are subsequently introduced to reduce IF_p.The results suggest that leeward IF_p is far higher in concentration than the windward wall in the shallow,regular,step-up,and step-down street canyons but lower than the windward side in the deep street canyon under different TTF conditions.Moreover,the TTF condition S L(leeward source)/S W(windward source)=3/1 leads to a higher leeward IF_p in the shallow,regular,deep,and step-up street canyons,compared with S L/S W=1/3;however,no significant difference in windward IF_p is found under the different TTF conditions.The highest IF_p and lowest IF_p for both TTF configurations occur in the step-down and shallow street canyons,respectively.Finally,the effect of wind catchers(WCs)varies between the street canyon structures under different TTF conditions.WCs can lead to at least 30.6%reduction in leeward overall average IF_p(<IF_p>)in the shallow,regular,step-up,and step-down street canyons,as well as 12.8%-78.4%decrease in windward<IF_p>owing to the WCs in the regular,deep,step-up,and step-down street canyons.