<unk>  is a<unk>  computer program that permits the<unk>  simulation of plasma insulin and blood glucose profiles for demonstration, teaching, self-learning, and research purposes. Originally developed in 1991, it has been updated and enhanced since, and made available without charge from 1996 on the World Wide Web. The<unk>  software can be downloaded now from: http://www.2aida.org and http://www.2aida.net as well as from numerous<unk>  software repositories as a non-commercial contribution to continuing<unk>  education. The program, which is still being updated, has gone through a number of revisions and developments in the 16+ years since its original internet launch. During this time over 2.5 million visits have been logged at the<unk>  Websites and more than 400,000 copies of the program have been downloaded, gratis (see: http://www.2aida.org/logstats). Further copies of the<unk>  have been made available, in the past, on diskette by the system developers and from the British Diabetic Association (BDA) — now called<unk>  UK' — London, England, following the BDA's own independent evaluation of the software. More than 1,075,000<unk>  simulations have been run via a web-based version of the<unk><unk><unk>  — called<unk>  on-line — accessible directly at: http://www.2aida.net. The<unk>  software is intended to serve as an<unk>  support tool and can be used by anyone — person with<unk> , relative of a patient, health care professional (doctor, nurse, clinical<unk>  educator, dietician, pharmacist, etc.), or student — even if they may have minimal knowledge of the pathophysiology of<unk>  mellitus. Image:Aida-h.Simulation from<unk>  downloadable<unk><unk><unk>  showing the effect of omitting a morning insulin injection (before breakfast at 8am). This would send the simulated virtual person with<unk>  ('Joy Wilson' pseudonym) markedly hyperglycemic in the afternoon (with a predicted blood glucose level of 18.8 mmol/l 338 mg/dl at 2:30pm) — and leave her at significant risk of developing diabetic ketoacidosis. The simulated blood glucose profile is shown in the upper graph, and the carbohydrate intake and insulin injections are shown in the lower graph, with the simulated plasma insulin profile shown superimposed on the lower graph. The missed usual insulin injection is shown highlighted in yellow. Sources = http://www.2aida.org & http://www.2aida.net (Reproduced with full permission).
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