2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI)最新文献

Factors Influencing the Design of Unbounded Rule-Based Expert Architecture for Selection of Software Development Methodologies 影响软件开发方法选择无界规则专家体系结构设计的因素

2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI) Pub Date : 2018-10-01 DOI: 10.1109/OI.2018.8535728

Macheque Vhutshilo, Armstrong Kadyamatimba, N. Ochara, Donald Tutani

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引用次数: 1

Precision Health Care for Sustainable Patient Centric Solutions 以患者为中心的可持续解决方案的精确医疗保健

2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI) Pub Date : 2018-10-01 DOI: 10.1109/OI.2018.8535905

J. N. Odhiambo, Prof. Nixon Muganda Ochara

{"title":"Precision Health Care for Sustainable Patient Centric Solutions","authors":"J. N. Odhiambo, Prof. Nixon Muganda Ochara","doi":"10.1109/OI.2018.8535905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OI.2018.8535905","url":null,"abstract":"The quest for sustainable healthcare amidst the rising cost and shrinking resources has led to the industrial uptake of essential technology that has impacted on the provision of healthcare services, subsequently triggering the mobility of patients seeking specialized healthcare services. Precision Health Care (PHC) seeks to harness technology in its delivery of bespoke patient centered diagnosis and treatment. This entails utilizing an individual's medical history and advanced decision support systems to tailor treatment prescriptions. With the increasing availability of healthcare data, PHC has the potential to break down the walls in realizing substantial benefits to all its stakeholders by providing valuable information integral for the delivery of personalized health support services to the patients and improved clinical decision support for the service provider. Understanding the role of a precise healthcare system paves way for a more intelligent healthcare ecosystem that's focused on prevention, early disease detection and personalized treatments through health data integration. This paper seeks to deconstruct the viability PHC in the context of knowledge discovery, privacy, data re-use and governance in the context of patient centric treatment solutions.","PeriodicalId":331140,"journal":{"name":"2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116836371","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}

引用次数: 1

Review of Optimal Energy Management Applied on Ice Thermal Energy Storage for an Air Conditioning System in Commercial Buildings 冰蓄热在商业建筑空调系统中应用的优化能量管理综述

2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI) Pub Date : 2018-10-01 DOI: 10.1109/OI.2018.8535839

O. Y. Odufuwa, K. Kusakana, B. Numbi

{"title":"Review of Optimal Energy Management Applied on Ice Thermal Energy Storage for an Air Conditioning System in Commercial Buildings","authors":"O. Y. Odufuwa, K. Kusakana, B. Numbi","doi":"10.1109/OI.2018.8535839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OI.2018.8535839","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the cost saving potentials of energy for cooling loads in the commercial buildings using a realtime optimization control strategy capable of efficiently managing an operation of the (ITES) Ice Thermal Energy Storage for building's HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) system. The ITES is a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system, which reduces the cost of energy in HVAC systems. Reduction in the cost of energy is achieved by shifting the cooling load from the peak and standard periods to the off-peak periods, with the aid of stored ice, which is produced when the energy cost is affordable and discharging when the cooling demand is high, particularly at expensive tariff rates. The challenge is that, most of the existing ITES systems, particularly in South Africa, are not optimal in operation. The conventional system should be optimally controlled to a higher accuracy. Based on investigations, a preferred accuracy could be achieved, with some comparisons and validations of results, by utilization of real-time control and optimisation tools, such as Fuzzy logic, Neural network, Closed-loop and Model Predictive Control (MPC). Effective utilization of ITES allows a further advantage in the management of the off-peak tariffs and consumers' demands, in accordance with the Time of Use (TOU) and maximum demand. Climate changes, installation, payback costs and other objective functions are required as additional options to the improved utilisation and design of the ITES system. The findings from the review and analysis of technologies and approaches to optimisation should benefit improvisation of the ITES in future applications.","PeriodicalId":331140,"journal":{"name":"2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129882752","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}

引用次数: 8

A Narrative Review on Occupational Exposure to Radiofrequency Energy from Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Call for Enactment of Legislation 职业暴露于磁共振成像射频能量的叙述回顾:立法的呼吁

2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI) Pub Date : 2018-10-01 DOI: 10.1109/OI.2018.8535960

P. Rathebe

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引用次数: 3

Usage of Battery Energy Storage Systems to Defer Substation Upgrades 使用电池储能系统推迟变电站升级

2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI) Pub Date : 2018-10-01 DOI: 10.1109/OI.2018.8535635

S. Pienaar, K. Kusakana, P. Manditereza

引用次数: 6

Comparative Analysis of MAC Protocols in a Mobility Aware Wireless Body Area Network 移动感知无线体域网络中MAC协议的比较分析

2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI) Pub Date : 2018-10-01 DOI: 10.1109/OI.2018.8535982

Cleophas D. K. Mutepfe, Clement N. Nyirenda

{"title":"Comparative Analysis of MAC Protocols in a Mobility Aware Wireless Body Area Network","authors":"Cleophas D. K. Mutepfe, Clement N. Nyirenda","doi":"10.1109/OI.2018.8535982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OI.2018.8535982","url":null,"abstract":"Application areas of wireless body area networks (WBANs) are growing in our everyday lives and the main area being the medical field. WBANs are made up of small sensor nodes that monitor activities on the human body and send data to appropriate places. These sensors require energy and they are normally powered by small batteries. It is of utmost importance to make sure that the battery life of these sensors is conserved as much as possible as well as reliability of the network should be as high as possible. In this paper, media access control (MAC) protocols used for communication by the sensor nodes are analyzed using Castalia simulator based on the OMNET++ framework. A network consisting of 5 nodes is set up and mobility is configured on the suitable nodes, packets are then transmitted to the sink node. The IEEE 802.15.4, IEE802.15.6 and TMAC protocols are then used for media access and parameters such as battery usage, reliability, lifetime and latency of the network are observed as simulations are being carried out. It's observed that no protocol has all the desired properties such as high reliability and lower battery usage.","PeriodicalId":331140,"journal":{"name":"2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI)","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128810559","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}

引用次数: 2

Practical Implementation of Hybrid Energy Systems for Small Loads in Rural South Africa 南非农村小负荷混合能源系统的实际实施

2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI) Pub Date : 2018-10-01 DOI: 10.1109/OI.2018.8535658

K. Meje, L. Bokopane, K. Kusakana

引用次数: 3

Effects of GWEA Implementation on ICT Standardisation Across SA Government Departments 实施GWEA对南澳政府部门ICT标准化的影响

2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI) Pub Date : 2018-10-01 DOI: 10.1109/OI.2018.8535893

Modikwa Luwi Makovhololo

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引用次数: 0

Analysis and Performance Evaluation of Parameterization Algorithms in Remote Sensing Image Processing 遥感图像处理中的参数化算法分析与性能评价

2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI) Pub Date : 2018-10-01 DOI: 10.1109/OI.2018.8535671

Edmore Chikohora, B. M. Esiefarienrhe, T. Chikohora

引用次数: 0

The Usefulness of Administering Patient Health Records Electronically at Community Clinics in Potchefstroom, South Africa 在南非Potchefstroom的社区诊所电子管理病人健康记录的有效性

2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI) Pub Date : 2018-10-01 DOI: 10.1109/OI.2018.8535832

Motlhabane Jacobus Maboe

引用次数: 0