World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Medical, Health, Biomedical, Bioengineering and Pharmaceutical Engineering最新文献

{"title":"Performance of the Aptima® HIV-1 Quant Dx Assay on the Panther System","authors":"S. O'shea, S. Nair, HeeCheol Kim, C. T. Nugent, C. Tong, S. Douthwaite, A. Worlock","doi":"10.1016/j.jcv.2016.08.168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2016.08.168","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23673,"journal":{"name":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Medical, Health, Biomedical, Bioengineering and Pharmaceutical Engineering","volume":"51 1","pages":"397-400"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82644384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Possible Exposure of Persons with Cardiac Pacemakers to Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Electric and Magnetic Fields","authors":"L. Korpinen, R. Pääkkönen, F. Gobba, V. Virtanen","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.1100683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1100683","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract—The number of persons with implanted cardiac pacemakers (PM) has increased in Western countries. The aim of this paper is to investigate the possible situations where persons with a PM may be exposed to extremely low frequency (ELF) electric (EF) and magnetic fields (MF) that may disturb their PM. Based on our earlier studies, it is possible to find such high public exposure to EFs only in some places near 400 kV power lines, where an EF may disturb a PM in unipolar mode. Such EFs cannot be found near 110 kV power lines. Disturbing MFs can be found near welding machines. However, we do not have measurement data from welding. Based on literature and earlier studies at Tampere University of Technology, it is difficult to find public EF or MF exposure that is high enough to interfere with PMs.","PeriodicalId":23673,"journal":{"name":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Medical, Health, Biomedical, Bioengineering and Pharmaceutical Engineering","volume":"64 1","pages":"373-376"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82789269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Patient’s Knowledge and Use of Sublingual Glyceryl Trinitrate Therapy in Taiping Hospital, Malaysia","authors":"Wan Rabiah Wan Omar, Selva Rani John Jasudass, S. R. Saad","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.1100183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1100183","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The objectives of this study were to \u0000assess patient’s knowledge of appropriate sublingual glyceryl \u0000trinitrate (GTN) use as well as to investigate how patients commonly \u0000store and carry their sublingual GTN tablets. Methodology: This was \u0000a cross-sectional survey, using a validated researcher-administered \u0000questionnaire. The study involved cardiac patients receiving \u0000sublingual GTN attending the outpatient and inpatient departments of \u0000Taiping Hospital, a non-academic public care hospital. The minimum \u0000calculated sample size was 92, but 100 patients were conveniently \u0000sampled. Respondents were interviewed on 3 areas, including \u0000demographic data, knowledge and use of sublingual GTN. Eight \u0000items were used to calculate each subject’s knowledge score and six \u0000items were used to calculate use score. Results: Of the 96 patients \u0000who consented to participate, majority (96.9%) were well aware of \u0000the indication of sublingual GTN. With regards to the mechanism of \u0000action of sublingual GTN, 73 (76%) patients did not know how the \u0000medication works. Majority of the patients (66.7%) knew about the \u0000proper storage of the tablet. In relation to the maximum number of \u0000sublingual GTN tablets that can be taken during each angina episode, \u000036.5% did not know that up to 3 tablets of sublingual GTN can be \u0000taken during each episode of angina. Fifty four (56.2%) patients were \u0000not aware that they need to replace sublingual GTN every 8 weeks \u0000after receiving the tablets. Majority (69.8%) of the patients \u0000demonstrated lack of knowledge with regards to the use of sublingual \u0000GTN as prevention of chest pain. Conclusion: Overall, patients’ \u0000knowledge regarding the self-administration of sublingual GTN is \u0000still inadequate. The findings support the need for more frequent \u0000reinforcement of patient education, especially in the areas of \u0000preventive use, storage and drug stability.","PeriodicalId":23673,"journal":{"name":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Medical, Health, Biomedical, Bioengineering and Pharmaceutical Engineering","volume":"6 1","pages":"758-761"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78874306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Annoyance Caused by Air Pollution: A Comparative Study of Two Industrialized Regions","authors":"Milena M. Melo, J. M. Santos, S. Frère, V. Reisen, N. C. Reis, M. D. F. S. Leite","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.1099792","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1099792","url":null,"abstract":"Although there had been a many studies that shows the impact of air pollution on physical health, comparatively less was known of human behavioral responses and annoyance impacts. Annoyance caused by air pollution is a public health problem because it can be an ambient stressor causing stress and disease and can affect quality of life. The objective of this work is to evaluate the annoyance caused by air pollution in two different industrialized urban areas, Dunkirk (France) and Vitoria (Brazil). The populations of these cities often report feeling annoyed by dust. Surveys were conducted, and the collected data were analyzed using statistical analyses. The results show that sociodemographic variables, importance of air quality, perceived industrial risk, perceived air pollution and occurrence of health problems play important roles in the perceived annoyance. These results show the existence of a common problem in geographically distant areas and allow stakeholders to develop prevention strategies. Keywords—Air pollution, annoyance, industrial risks, perception of pollution, public health, settled dust.","PeriodicalId":23673,"journal":{"name":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Medical, Health, Biomedical, Bioengineering and Pharmaceutical Engineering","volume":"7 1","pages":"182-187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86530350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of Loudness Compression on Hearing with Bone Anchored Hearing Implants","authors":"A. Kurz, Mark Flynn, Tobias Good, M. Caversaccio, M. Kompis","doi":"10.7892/BORIS.47634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7892/BORIS.47634","url":null,"abstract":"Bone Anchored Hearing Implants (BAHI) are routinely used in patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss, e.g. if conventional air conduction hearing aids cannot be used. New sound processors and new fitting software now allow the adjustment of parameters such as loudness compression ratios or maximum power output separately. Today it is unclear, how the choice of these parameters influences aided speech understanding in BAHI users. In this prospective experimental study, the effect of varying the compression ratio and lowering the maximum power output in a BAHI were investigated. Twelve experienced adult subjects with a mixed hearing loss participated in this study. Four different compression ratios (1.0; 1.3; 1.6; 2.0) were tested along with two different maximum power output settings, resulting in a total of eight different programs. Each participant tested each program during two weeks. A blinded Latin square design was used to minimize bias. For each of the eight programs, speech understanding in quiet and in noise was assessed. For speech in quiet, the Freiburg number test and the Freiburg monosyllabic word test at 50, 65, and 80 dB SPL were used. For speech in noise, the Oldenburg sentence test was administered. Speech understanding in quiet and in noise was improved significantly in the aided condition in any program, when compared to the unaided condition. However, no significant differences were found between any of the eight programs. In contrast, on a subjective level there was a significant preference for medium compression ratios of 1.3 to 1.6 and higher maximum power output.","PeriodicalId":23673,"journal":{"name":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Medical, Health, Biomedical, Bioengineering and Pharmaceutical Engineering","volume":"48 1","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79653759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rehabilitation Robot in Primary Walking Pattern Training for SCI Patient at Home","authors":"T. Sakaki, T. Shimokawa, N. Ushimi, K. Murakami, Yong-Kwun Lee, K. Tsuruta, K. Aoki, K. Fujiie, Ryuji Katamoto, Atsushi Sugyo","doi":"10.1007/978-3-319-08072-7_29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08072-7_29","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23673,"journal":{"name":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Medical, Health, Biomedical, Bioengineering and Pharmaceutical Engineering","volume":"49 1","pages":"513-517"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78949764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Using Multi-Linguistic Techniques for Thailand Herb and Traditional Medicine Registration Systems","authors":"Thanapol Wisuttikul, C. Haruechaiyasak, Santipong Thaiprayoon","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.1088358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1088358","url":null,"abstract":"Thailand has evolved many unique culture and knowledge, and the leading is the Thai traditional medicine (TTM). Recently, a number of researchers have tried to save this indigenous knowledge. However, the system to do so has still been scant. To preserve this ancient knowledge, we therefore invented and integrated multi-linguistic techniques to create the system of the collected all of recipes. This application extracted the medical recipes from antique scriptures then normalized antiquarian words, primitive grammar and antiquated measurement of them to the modern ones. Then, we applied ingredient-duplication-calculation, proportionsimilarity-calculation and score-ranking to examine duplicate recipes. We collected the questionnaires from registrants and people to investigate the users’ satisfaction. The satisfactory results were found. This application assists not only registrants to validating the copyright violation in TTM registration process but also people to cure their illness that aids both Thai people and all mankind to fight for intractable diseases. Keywords—Medicine Registration, Search Engine, Text Approximation, Traditional Medicine.","PeriodicalId":23673,"journal":{"name":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Medical, Health, Biomedical, Bioengineering and Pharmaceutical Engineering","volume":"23 1","pages":"634-638"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81992161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Survey of Cerebral Palsy Cases in Tripoli Children Hospital in the Period between (2009-2010)","authors":"W. Astiata, N. Elmesrati, A. Reyana","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.1088508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1088508","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23673,"journal":{"name":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Medical, Health, Biomedical, Bioengineering and Pharmaceutical Engineering","volume":"24 1","pages":"665-668"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90795217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Amplitude and Phase Analysis of EEG Signal by Complex Demodulation","authors":"S. Yoo, Hee Cheol Kang","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.1088478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1088478","url":null,"abstract":"Analysis of amplitude and phase characteristics for delta, theta, and alpha bands at localized time instant from EEG signals is important for the characterizing information processing in the brain. In this paper, complex demodulation method was used to analyze EEG (Electroencephalographic) signal, particularly for auditory evoked potential response signal, with sufficient time resolution and designated frequency bandwidth resolution required. The complex demodulation decomposes raw EEG signal into 3 designated delta, theta, and alpha bands with complex EEG signal representation at sampled time instant, which can enable the extraction of amplitude envelope and phase information. Throughout simulated test data, and real EEG signal acquired during auditory attention task, it can extract the phase offset, phase and frequency changing instant and decomposed amplitude envelope for delta, theta, and alpha bands. The complex demodulation technique can be efficiently used in brain signal analysis in case of phase, and amplitude information required. Keywords—EEG, Complex Demodulation, Amplitude, Phase.","PeriodicalId":23673,"journal":{"name":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Medical, Health, Biomedical, Bioengineering and Pharmaceutical Engineering","volume":"25 1","pages":"648-651"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74220008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biomechanics Analysis of Bicross Start","authors":"Miriam Kalichová, Sylva Hřebíčková, Romana Labounková, Petr Hedbávný, G. Bago","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.1088132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1088132","url":null,"abstract":"The article deals with a biomechanics analysis of the classic\u0000bicross start with a backward movement of the bike. This is a\u0000case study analyzing this type of start in two bicross riders\u0000representing the Czech Republic. Based on the 3D kinematic\u0000analysis and with a special emphasis on the ankle movement we\u0000have divided the start into five phases – phase n. 1 – reaction\u0000time, phase n. 2 – preparation movements time, phase n. 3 –\u0000first pedal stroke time, phase n. 4 – dead point pedal passage\u0000time, phase n. 5 – second pedal stroke time. Further we have\u0000demonstrated the significance of kinematic characteristics in\u0000various stages of the bicross start including their values and\u0000the extent of change. These primarily include the vector of the\u0000instantaneous velocity of the head, wrists, elbows, shoulders,\u0000hip and knee joints. The significant angle characteristics have\u0000been noted in elbow, shoulder, hip and knee joints. The results\u0000of this work indicate the types of movement prevailing in the\u0000respective phases and as such are expected to serve as a basis\u0000for further analyses of this movement structure performed,\u0000however, on a large research sample.","PeriodicalId":23673,"journal":{"name":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Medical, Health, Biomedical, Bioengineering and Pharmaceutical Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":"614-622"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89002041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}