{"title":"ECG Waveform Classification Based on P-QRS-T Wave Recognition","authors":"M. Al-Ani","doi":"10.21928/UHDJST.V2N2Y2018.PP7-14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21928/UHDJST.V2N2Y2018.PP7-14","url":null,"abstract":"Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a periodic signal reflects the activity of the heart. ECG waveform is an important issue to define the heart function so it is helpful to recognize the type of heart diseases. ECG graph generate a lot of information that is converted into electrical signal with standard values of amplitude and duration. The main problem raised in this measurement is the mixing between normal and abnormal, in addition some time there are overlapping between the P-QRS-T waveform. This research aims to offer an efficient approach to measure all parts of P-QRS-T waveform in order to give a correct decision of heart functionality. The implemented approach including any steps; preprocessing, baseline process, feature extraction and diagnosis. The obtained result indicated an adequate recognition rate to verify the heart functionality.","PeriodicalId":32983,"journal":{"name":"UHD Journal of Science and Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48529857","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":"Current Antifungal Drug Prescribing to Treat Oral Thrush in Sulaimani City-Iraq","authors":"Hezha Omer Rsaul","doi":"10.21928/UHDJST.V2N2Y2018.PP1-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21928/UHDJST.V2N2Y2018.PP1-6","url":null,"abstract":"Oral thrush or oral candidosis is one of the most widespread fungal infections of the mucous membranes in human. This study aims to evaluate the pattern of prescribing of three antifungal drugs: nystatin, amphotericin B, fluconazole, and miconazole by the pharmacists and assistant pharmacists, which are used to treat oral thrush. A questionnaire was circulated to a random selection of pharmacies in Sulaimani city of Iraq between March 2017 and June 2017 and responses to were received from 101 pharmacies. The results were analyzed and the responses demonstrated as absolute and relative frequencies using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Program (SPSS) version 21. Among the participants (65.3%) were males and (34.7%) were females. The participant's age range was (20 – 70) years. The majority (52.3%) holds a postgraduate degree as their highest educational level and they graduated after 2010. Miconazole and nystatin were the most popular choices of an antifungal agent that pharmacists would use, followed by fluconazole and amphotericin-B. The possibility of using miconazole was positively linked to recently graduated participants.","PeriodicalId":32983,"journal":{"name":"UHD Journal of Science and Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44176484","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}