ITGS IA Presentation Pawel

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The Gluten Database

• www.glutendb.webs.com
• Pawel Cieslewski

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Criterion G

• 1 out of every 130 people have an allergy to
  gluten.
• Gluten Protein in wheat,
  rye, and barley.

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Identifying Gluten

• Identifying gluten requires knowledge of what it
  is, and what contains it.
• Nutrition facts are confusing.

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This is tedious.

• It is a extremely tedious process to constantly
  check these labels.
• Tedious is a waste of time.

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Tedious Dangerous

• Tedious also means that a allergenic person may
  get lazy and not be as careful as they once were.
  That is dangerous.

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FRUSTRATION

• The FDA says caramel coloring might contain
  gluten.
• How can you tell?
• You can't.
• There has to be
• another way.

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Criterion H

• So... A database of foods containing / not
  containing gluten could be useful.
• At least this way we wouldn't have to deal with
  the FDA's stupidity difficult language.

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Criterion I

• So I decided to make the database.
• Me and my end-user (Debra Mirek RN) took up this
  adventure.

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Gantt Chart

• The previous image was my gantt chart.
• Everything went according to schedule.

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Delay

• The big delay was the fact that I found out that
  my project needed to be online, to reach a wide
  audience.

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Criterion I Continued

• So the final product was an online database
  hosted at
• www.glutendb.webs.com

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Criterion J Testing

• There were a total of 3 tests done with my
  end-user and testers. There was also a final
  evaluation by my end user.

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Test 1

• The products needed to be alphabetized. Also the
  search needed to be polished, but that was never
  achieved.

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Test 2

• My product needed images for confirmation of the
  foods.

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Test 3

• I had to state my sources on the website to make
  it trust-worthy.

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Criterion K

• So this projects main goal was to impact the
  health of people with a gluten allergy.

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Success and Failure

• It was somewhat successful according to my
  end-user. Except...
• Search function is exceptionally bad.
• Very small scale.
• Formatting is par.

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Conclusion

• If my project had grown to a large scale and done
  with a little more expertise it could have become
  a useful tool in the gluten allergenic community.

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Random Tip of the Day

• For all you cooker people out there. We all love
  food, and so does the gluten intolerant community
  so lets show some love.

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Final Examination

• Why did I have to host the database online?
• A I have a lot of spare time.
• B The internet needs me.
• C To reach a wider audience.
• D I figured it would be less complicated.

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• What's wrong with nutrition facts the way they
  are?
• A They are difficult to understand.
• B They are too fun.
• C They are printed too small.
• D They make you feel fat.

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• So what if you can't understand the facts right
  away.
• A None of the below.
• B It's a waste of time and tedious.
• C It is cliche.
• D Pickles are special.

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4

• Tediousness leads to...
• A Crying
• B Laziness
• C Death
• D The X that marks the spot.

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• Why are some gluten containing foods frustrating?
• A They are made from rubber chickens.
• B They contain gluten but they are not properly
  labeled.
• C They taste bad.
• D They are not good for you.

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• What is gluten?
• A Gluten is a protein in wheat, rye, and barley.
• B A part of a cow's cerebral cortex.
• C The thing! You know... C'mon!
• D A strain of the Native Swaziland Oak Tree.

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• What type of issues is this project attempting to
  solve?
• A Health
• B Economic
• C A Historic Controversy
• D The fact the Dr. Bogard hates Pawel with the
  burning passion of one-hundred trillion
  supernovas.

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• What was my solution?
• A Database
• B A gluten free shopping network.
• C Gluten free cookies.
• D A catapult that only shoots gluten free
  products.

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• What went wrong with my timing?
• A I had to do stuff with it.
• B I was lazy and never did my work.
• C My computer crashed.
• D The difficulty of hosting something online
  slowed me down.

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• How many people have a gluten allergy?
• A 1.
• B 1/130
• C 1/239876
• D 1/2