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Gebremariam BM, Aboye GT, Dessalegn AA, Simegn GL. Rule-based expert system for the diagnosis of maternal complications during pregnancy: For low resource settings. Digit Health 2024; 10:20552076241230073. [PMID: 38313364 PMCID: PMC10836132 DOI: 10.1177/20552076241230073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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Objectives Maternal complications are health challenges linked to pregnancy, encompassing conditions like gestational diabetes, maternal sepsis, sexually transmitted diseases, obesity, anemia, urinary tract infections, hypertension, and heart disease. The diagnosis of common pregnancy complications is challenging due to the similarity in signs and symptoms with general pregnancy indicators, especially in settings with scarce resources where access to healthcare professionals, diagnostic tools, and patient record management is limited. This paper presents a rule-based expert system tailored for diagnosing three prevalent maternal complications: preeclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and maternal sepsis. Methods The risk factors associated with each disease were identified from various sources, including local health facilities and literature reviews. Attributes and rules were then formulated for diagnosing the disease, with a Mamdani-style fuzzy inference system serving as the inference engine. To enhance usability and accessibility, a web-based user interface has been also developed for the expert system. This interface allows users to interact with the system seamlessly, making it easy for them to input relevant information and obtain accurate disease diagnose. Results The proposed expert system demonstrated a 94% accuracy rate in identifying the three maternal complications (preeclampsia, GDM, and maternal sepsis) using a set of risk factors. The system was deployed to a custom-designed web-based user interface to improve ease of use. Conclusions With the potential to support health services provided during antenatal care visits and improve pregnant women's health outcomes, this system can be a significant advancement in low-resource setting maternal healthcare.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- Department of Midwifery, Jimma Institute of Health sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
- Artificial Intelligence & Biomedical Imaging Research Lab, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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Dulin AJ, Dunsiger S, Benitez T, Larsen B, Marcus BH, Champion G, Gans KM. The Hombres Saludables Physical Activity Web-Based and Mobile Phone Intervention: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial With Latino Men. J Med Internet Res 2023; 25:e39310. [PMID: 38060285 PMCID: PMC10739242 DOI: 10.2196/39310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Owing to structural-level, interpersonal-level, and individual-level barriers, Latino men have disproportionately high rates of physical inactivity and experience related chronic diseases. Despite these disparities, few physical activity (PA) interventions are culturally targeted for Latino men. OBJECTIVE This study reported the feasibility and acceptability of Hombres Saludables PA intervention for Latino men. We also reported the preliminary efficacy of the intervention on PA change and provided the results of the exploratory moderator and mediator analysis. METHODS We completed a 6-month, single-blind, pilot randomized controlled trial of Hombres Saludables with Latino men aged between 18 and 65 years. Men were randomized to either (1) a theory-driven, individually tailored, internet-based and SMS text message-based, Spanish-language PA intervention arm or (2) a nutrition and wellness attention contact control arm that was also delivered via the web and SMS text message. We assessed the primary study outcomes of feasibility using participant retention and acceptability using postintervention survey and open-ended interview questions. We measured the preliminary efficacy via change in minutes of moderate to vigorous PA per week using ActiGraph wGT3X-BT accelerometry (primary measure) and self-reported minutes per week using 7-day Physical Activity Recall. Participants completed the assessments at study enrollment and after 6 months. RESULTS The 38 participants were predominantly Dominican (n=8, 21%) or Guatemalan (n=5, 13%), and the mean age was 38.6 (SD 12.43) years. Retention rates were 91% (21/23) for the PA intervention arm and 100% (15/15) for the control arm. Overall, 95% (19/20) of the intervention arm participants reported that the Hombres study was somewhat to very helpful in getting them to be more physically active. Accelerometry results indicated that participants in the intervention group increased their PA from a median of 13 minutes per week at study enrollment to 34 minutes per week at 6 months, whereas the control group participants showed no increases. On the basis of self-reports, the intervention group was more likely to meet the US PA guidelines of 150 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous PA at 6-month follow-up, with 42% (8/19) of the intervention participants meeting the PA guidelines versus 27% (4/15) of the control participants (odds ratio 3.22, 95% CI 0.95-13.69). Exploratory analyses suggested conditional effects on PA outcomes based on baseline stage of motivational readiness, employment, and neighborhood safety. CONCLUSIONS The PA intervention demonstrated feasibility and acceptability. Results of this pilot study indicate that the Hombres Saludables intervention is promising for increasing PA in Latino men and suggest that a fully powered trial is warranted. Our technology-based PA intervention provides a potentially scalable approach that can improve health in a population that is disproportionately affected by low PA and related chronic disease. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03196570; https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03196570. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID) RR2-10.2196/23690.
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- Akilah J Dulin
- Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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Pfisterer KJ, Lohani R, Janes E, Ng D, Wang D, Bryant-Lukosius D, Rendon R, Berlin A, Bender J, Brown I, Feifer A, Gotto G, Saha S, Cafazzo JA, Pham Q. An Actionable Expert-System Algorithm to Support Nurse-Led Cancer Survivorship Care: Algorithm Development Study. JMIR Cancer 2023; 9:e44332. [PMID: 37792435 PMCID: PMC10585445 DOI: 10.2196/44332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Comprehensive models of survivorship care are necessary to improve access to and coordination of care. New models of care provide the opportunity to address the complexity of physical and psychosocial problems and long-term health needs experienced by patients following cancer treatment. OBJECTIVE This paper presents our expert-informed, rules-based survivorship algorithm to build a nurse-led model of survivorship care to support men living with prostate cancer (PCa). The algorithm is called No Evidence of Disease (Ned) and supports timelier decision-making, enhanced safety, and continuity of care. METHODS An initial rule set was developed and refined through working groups with clinical experts across Canada (eg, nurse experts, physician experts, and scientists; n=20), and patient partners (n=3). Algorithm priorities were defined through a multidisciplinary consensus meeting with clinical nurse specialists, nurse scientists, nurse practitioners, urologic oncologists, urologists, and radiation oncologists (n=17). The system was refined and validated using the nominal group technique. RESULTS Four levels of alert classification were established, initiated by responses on the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite for Clinical Practice survey, and mediated by changes in minimal clinically important different alert thresholds, alert history, and clinical urgency with patient autonomy influencing clinical acuity. Patient autonomy was supported through tailored education as a first line of response, and alert escalation depending on a patient-initiated request for a nurse consultation. CONCLUSIONS The Ned algorithm is positioned to facilitate PCa nurse-led care models with a high nurse-to-patient ratio. This novel expert-informed PCa survivorship care algorithm contains a defined escalation pathway for clinically urgent symptoms while honoring patient preference. Though further validation is required through a pragmatic trial, we anticipate the Ned algorithm will support timelier decision-making and enhance continuity of care through the automation of more frequent automated checkpoints, while empowering patients to self-manage their symptoms more effectively than standard care. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID) RR2-10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045806.
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- Kaylen J Pfisterer
- Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network, Techna Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network, Techna Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network, Techna Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network, Techna Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network, Techna Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, ON, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Niagara Health System, Thorold, ON, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network, Techna Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network, Techna Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network, Techna Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Tefler School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Lau CF, Malek S, Gunalan R, Saw A, Milow P, Song C. Paediatric orthopaedic expert system. Health Informatics J 2023; 29:14604582231218530. [PMID: 38019888 DOI: 10.1177/14604582231218530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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The paediatric orthopaedic expert system analyses and predicts the healing time of limb fractures in children using machine learning. As far we know, no published research on the paediatric orthopaedic expert system that predicts paediatric fracture healing time using machine learning has been published. The University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) offers paediatric orthopaedic data, comprises children under the age of 12 radiographs limb fractures with ages recorded from the date and time of initial trauma. SVR algorithms are used to predict and discover variables associated with fracture healing time. This study developed an expert system capable of predicting healing time, which can assist general practitioners and healthcare practitioners during treatment and follow-up. The system is available online at https://kidsfractureexpert.com/.
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- Chia Fong Lau
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Orthopaedics / NOCERAL, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Orthopaedics / NOCERAL, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Thevapalan A, Apeldoorn D, Kern-Isberner G, Meyer RG, Nietzke M, Panholzer T. Comparison and Incorporation of Reasoning and Learning Approaches for Cancer Therapy Research. Stud Health Technol Inform 2023; 307:161-171. [PMID: 37697850 DOI: 10.3233/shti230709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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Representing knowledge in a comprehensible and maintainable way and transparently providing inferences thereof are important issues, especially in the context of applications related to artificial intelligence in medicine. This becomes even more obvious if the knowledge is dynamically growing and changing and when machine learning techniques are being involved. In this paper, we present an approach for representing knowledge about cancer therapies collected over two decades at St.-Johannes-Hospital in Dortmund, Germany. The presented approach makes use of InteKRator, a toolbox that combines knowledge representation and machine learning techniques, including the possibility of explaining inferences. An extended use of InteKRator's reasoning system will be introduced for being able to provide the required inferences. The presented approach is general enough to be transferred to other data, as well as to other domains. The approach will be evaluated, e. g., regarding comprehensibility, accuracy and reasoning efficiency.
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- IMBEI Medical Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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- IMBEI Medical Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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Perera JC, Gopalakrishnan B, Bisht PS, Chaudhari S, Sundaramoorthy S. A Sustainability-Based Expert System for Additive Manufacturing and CNC Machining. Sensors (Basel) 2023; 23:7770. [PMID: 37765829 PMCID: PMC10537271 DOI: 10.3390/s23187770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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The objective of this research study is to develop a set of expert systems that can aid metal manufacturing facilities in selecting binder jetting, direct metal laser sintering, or CNC machining based on viable products, processes, system parameters, and inherent sustainability aspects. For the purposes of this study, cost-effectiveness, energy, and auxiliary material usage efficiency were considered the key indicators of manufacturing process sustainability. The expert systems were developed using the knowledge automation software Exsys Corvid®V6.1.3. The programs were verified by analyzing and comparing the sustainability impacts of binder jetting and CNC machining during the fabrication of a stainless steel 316L component. According to the results of this study, binder jetting is deemed to be characterized by more favorable indicators of sustainability in comparison to CNC machining, considering the fabrication of components feasible for each technology.
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- Josage Chathura Perera
- Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), 1 Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
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Küçüktopçu E, Cemek B, Simsek H. Application of Mamdani Fuzzy Inference System in Poultry Weight Estimation. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:2471. [PMID: 37570279 PMCID: PMC10417342 DOI: 10.3390/ani13152471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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Traditional manual weighing systems for birds on poultry farms are time-consuming and may compromise animal welfare. Although automatic weighing systems have been introduced as an alternative, they face limitations in accurately estimating the weight of heavy birds. Therefore, exploring alternative methods that offer improved efficiency and precision is necessary. One promising solution lies in the application of AI, which has the potential to revolutionize various aspects of poultry production and management, making it an indispensable tool for the modern poultry industry. This study aimed to develop an AI approach based on the FL model as a viable solution for estimating poultry weight. By incorporating expert knowledge and considering key input variables such as indoor temperature, indoor humidity, and feed consumption, FL-based models were developed with different configurations using Mamdani inferences and evaluated across eight different rearing periods in Samsun, Türkiye. This study's results demonstrated the effectiveness of FL-based models in estimating poultry weight. The models achieved varying average absolute error values across different age groups of broilers, ranging from 0.02% to 5.81%. These findings suggest that FL-based methods hold promise for accurate and efficient poultry weight estimation. This study opens up avenues for further research in the field, encouraging the exploration of FL-based approaches for improved poultry weight estimation in poultry farming operations.
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- Erdem Küçüktopçu
- Department of Agricultural Structures and Irrigation, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun 55139, Türkiye;
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- Department of Agricultural Structures and Irrigation, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun 55139, Türkiye;
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA;
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Casal-Guisande M, Ceide-Sandoval L, Mosteiro-Añón M, Torres-Durán M, Cerqueiro-Pequeño J, Bouza-Rodríguez JB, Fernández-Villar A, Comesaña-Campos A. Design of an Intelligent Decision Support System Applied to the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Diagnostics (Basel) 2023; 13:diagnostics13111854. [PMID: 37296707 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13111854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), characterized by recurrent episodes of partial or total obstruction of the upper airway during sleep, is currently one of the respiratory pathologies with the highest incidence worldwide. This situation has led to an increase in the demand for medical appointments and specific diagnostic studies, resulting in long waiting lists, with all the health consequences that this entails for the affected patients. In this context, this paper proposes the design and development of a novel intelligent decision support system applied to the diagnosis of OSA, aiming to identify patients suspected of suffering from the pathology. For this purpose, two sets of heterogeneous information are considered. The first one includes objective data related to the patient's health profile, with information usually available in electronic health records (anthropometric information, habits, diagnosed conditions and prescribed treatments). The second type includes subjective data related to the specific OSA symptomatology reported by the patient in a specific interview. For the processing of this information, a machine-learning classification algorithm and a set of fuzzy expert systems arranged in cascade are used, obtaining, as a result, two indicators related to the risk of suffering from the disease. Subsequently, by interpreting both risk indicators, it will be possible to determine the severity of the patients' condition and to generate alerts. For the initial tests, a software artifact was built using a dataset with 4400 patients from the Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital (Vigo, Galicia, Spain). The preliminary results obtained are promising and demonstrate the potential usefulness of this type of tool in the diagnosis of OSA.
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- Manuel Casal-Guisande
- Department of Design in Engineering, University of Vigo, 36208 Vigo, Spain
- Design, Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligent Solutions Group (DESAINS), Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), SERGAS-UVIGO, 36213 Vigo, Spain
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- Design, Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligent Solutions Group (DESAINS), Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), SERGAS-UVIGO, 36213 Vigo, Spain
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- Pulmonary Department, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, 36213 Vigo, Spain
- NeumoVigo I+i Research Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), SERGAS-UVIGO, 36213 Vigo, Spain
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- Pulmonary Department, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, 36213 Vigo, Spain
- NeumoVigo I+i Research Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), SERGAS-UVIGO, 36213 Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Design in Engineering, University of Vigo, 36208 Vigo, Spain
- Design, Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligent Solutions Group (DESAINS), Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), SERGAS-UVIGO, 36213 Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Design in Engineering, University of Vigo, 36208 Vigo, Spain
- Design, Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligent Solutions Group (DESAINS), Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), SERGAS-UVIGO, 36213 Vigo, Spain
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- Pulmonary Department, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, 36213 Vigo, Spain
- NeumoVigo I+i Research Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), SERGAS-UVIGO, 36213 Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Design in Engineering, University of Vigo, 36208 Vigo, Spain
- Design, Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligent Solutions Group (DESAINS), Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), SERGAS-UVIGO, 36213 Vigo, Spain
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Hwang GJ, Jen HJ, Chang CY. Effects of a Technology-Supported Decision, Reflection, and Interaction Approach on Nursing Students' Learning Achievement and Self-Efficacy in Professional Training: A Pilot Study. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:healthcare11081164. [PMID: 37107998 PMCID: PMC10138522 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11081164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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In professional training, it is important to provide students with opportunities to make judgments on practical cases. However, most training courses are conducted in a one-to-many teaching mode, and it is not easy to consider the needs of individual students. In this study, a technology-supported Decision, Reflection, and Interaction (DRI)-based professional training approach is proposed to cope with this problem for those courses aiming at fostering students' competence in making correct judgments when facing real cases. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, an experiment was conducted. Two classes of 38 students from a nursing school were the participants. One class was an experimental group using the DRI-based professional training approach, and the other class was the control group using the conventional technology-assisted training approach. The experimental results showed that applying the proposed approach significantly improved the students' learning achievement and self-efficacy more than the conventional technology-assisted approach. In addition, based on the interview results, the students generally believed that learning through the DRI-based professional training approach benefited them from several perspectives, including "increasing the value of activities", "enhancing the planning and expensive capacity of conspicuous approaches", "promoting decision-making", "improving learning reflection", and "providing students with personalized interaction".
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- Gwo-Jen Hwang
- Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan
- Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 32003, Taiwan
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- School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
- Department of Nursing, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City 23561, Taiwan
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- School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
- Department of Nursing, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City 23561, Taiwan
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Biswas SK, Nath Boruah A, Saha R, Raj RS, Chakraborty M, Bordoloi M. Early detection of Parkinson disease using stacking ensemble method. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2023; 26:527-539. [PMID: 35587795 DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2022.2072683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common progressive neurodegenerative disorder that occurs due to corrosion of the substantianigra, located in the thalamic region of the human brain, and is responsible for the transmission of neural signals throughout the human body using brain chemical, termed as "dopamine." Diagnosis of PD is difficult, as it is often affected by the characteristics of the medical data of the patients, which include the presence of various indicators, imbalance cases of patients' data records, similar cases of healthy/affected persons, etc. Hence, sometimes the process of diagnosis may also be affected by human error. To overcome this problem some intelligent models have been proposed; however, most of them are single classifier-based models and due to this these models cannot handle noisy and imbalanced data properly and thus sometimes overfit the model. To reduce bias and variance, and to avoid overfitting of a single classifier-based model, this paper proposes an ensemble-based PD diagnosis model, named Ensembled Expert System for Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease (EESDPD) with relevant features and a simple stacking ensemble technique. The proposed EESDPD aggregates diverse assumptions for making the prediction. The performance of the proposed EESDPD is compared with the performances of logistic regression, SVM, Naïve Bayes, Random Forest, XGBoost, simple Decision Tree, B-TDS-PD and B-TESM-PD in terms of classification accuracy, precision, recall and F1-score measures.
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- Saroj Kumar Biswas
- Computer Science and Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India
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- Computer Science and Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India
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- Computer Science and Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India
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- Computer Science and Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, VIT-AP University, Amaravathi, India
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, VIT-AP University, Amaravathi, India
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Piłka T, Grzelak B, Sadurska A, Górecki T, Dyczkowski K. Predicting Injuries in Football Based on Data Collected from GPS-Based Wearable Sensors. Sensors (Basel) 2023; 23:1227. [PMID: 36772266 PMCID: PMC9919698 DOI: 10.3390/s23031227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The growing intensity and frequency of matches in professional football leagues are related to the increasing physical player load. An incorrect training model results in over- or undertraining, which is related to a raised probability of an injury. This research focuses on predicting non-contact lower body injuries coming from over- or undertraining. The purpose of this analysis was to create decision-making models based on data collected during both training and match, which will enable the preparation of a tool to model the load and report the increased risk of injury for a given player in the upcoming microcycle. For this purpose, three decision-making methods were implemented. Rule-based and fuzzy rule-based methods were prepared based on expert understanding. As a machine learning baseline XGBoost algorithm was considered. Taking into account the dataset used containing parameters related to the external load of the player, it is possible to predict the risk of injury with a certain precision, depending on the method used. The most promising results were achieved by the machine learning method XGBoost algorithm (Precision 92.4%, Recall 96.5%, and F1-score 94.4%).
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- Tomasz Piłka
- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
- KKS Lech Poznań, 60-320 Poznań, Poland
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
- KKS Lech Poznań, 60-320 Poznań, Poland
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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Butkevičiūtė E, Bikulčienė L, Žvironienė A. Physiological State Evaluation in Working Environment Using Expert System and Random Forest Machine Learning Algorithm. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11. [PMID: 36673588 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11020220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Healthy lifestyle is one of the most important factors in the prevention of premature deaths, chronic diseases, productivity loss, obesity, and other economic and social aspects. The workplace plays an important role in promoting the physical activity and wellbeing of employees. Previous studies are mostly focused on individual interviews, various questionnaires that are a conceptual information about individual health state and might change according to question formulation, specialist competence, and other aspects. In this paper the work ability was mostly related to the employee's physiological state, which consists of three separate systems: cardiovascular, muscular, and neural. Each state consists of several exercises or tests that need to be performed one after another. The proposed data transformation uses fuzzy logic and different membership functions with three or five thresholds, according to the analyzed physiological feature. The transformed datasets are then classified into three stages that correspond to good, moderate, and poor health condition using machine learning techniques. A three-part Random Forest method was applied, where each part corresponds to a separate system. The obtained testing accuracies were 93%, 87%, and 73% for cardiovascular, muscular, and neural human body systems, respectively. The results indicate that the proposed work ability evaluation process may become a good tool for the prevention of possible accidents at work, chronic fatigue, or other health problems.
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Gu F, Fan J, Cai C, Wang Z, Liu X, Yang J, Zhu Q. Automatic detection of abnormal hand gestures in patients with radial, ulnar, or median nerve injury using hand pose estimation. Front Neurol 2022; 13:1052505. [PMID: 36570469 PMCID: PMC9767954 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.1052505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background Radial, ulnar, or median nerve injuries are common peripheral nerve injuries. They usually present specific abnormal signs on the hands as evidence for hand surgeons to diagnose. However, without specialized knowledge, it is difficult for primary healthcare providers to recognize the clinical meaning and the potential nerve injuries through the abnormalities, often leading to misdiagnosis. Developing technologies for automatically detecting abnormal hand gestures would assist general medical service practitioners with an early diagnosis and treatment. Methods Based on expert experience, we selected three hand gestures with predetermined features and rules as three independent binary classification tasks for abnormal gesture detection. Images from patients with unilateral radial, ulnar, or median nerve injuries and healthy volunteers were obtained using a smartphone. The landmark coordinates were extracted using Google MediaPipe Hands to calculate the features. The receiver operating characteristic curve was employed for feature selection. We compared the performance of rule-based models with logistic regression, support vector machine and of random forest machine learning models by evaluating the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. Results The study included 1,344 images, twenty-two patients, and thirty-four volunteers. In rule-based models, eight features were finally selected. The accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity were (1) 98.2, 91.7, and 99.0% for radial nerve injury detection; (2) 97.3, 83.3, and 99.0% for ulnar nerve injury detection; and (3) 96.4, 87.5, and 97.1% for median nerve injury detection, respectively. All machine learning models had accuracy above 95% and sensitivity ranging from 37.5 to 100%. Conclusion Our study provides a helpful tool for detecting abnormal gestures in radial, ulnar, or median nerve injuries with satisfying accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. It confirms that hand pose estimation could automatically analyze and detect the abnormalities from images of these patients. It has the potential to be a simple and convenient screening method for primary healthcare and telemedicine application.
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- Fanbin Gu
- Department of Microsurgery, Orthopedic Trauma and Hand Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Microsurgery, Orthopedic Trauma and Hand Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hand and Foot Rehabilitation, Guangdong Provincial Work Injury Rehabilitation Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Microsurgery, Orthopedic Trauma and Hand Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Microsurgery, Orthopedic Trauma and Hand Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China,Guangdong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Soft Tissue Biofabrication, Guangzhou, China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Orthopedics and Traumatology, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Microsurgery, Orthopedic Trauma and Hand Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China,Guangdong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Soft Tissue Biofabrication, Guangzhou, China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Orthopedics and Traumatology, Guangzhou, China,*Correspondence: Jiantao Yang
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- Department of Microsurgery, Orthopedic Trauma and Hand Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China,Guangdong Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Soft Tissue Biofabrication, Guangzhou, China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Orthopedics and Traumatology, Guangzhou, China,Qingtang Zhu
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Schwarz G, Errath M, Argüelles Delgado P, Wießpeiner U, Voit-Augustin H, Grims R, Kaltenböck F, Kober EM, Schöpfer A, Fuchs G. Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) in Selected Scenarios with Risk of Possible False-Positive or False-Negative Conclusions in Diagnosing Brain Death. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:1551. [PMID: 36294986 DOI: 10.3390/life12101551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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It is widely accepted that brain death (BD) is a diagnosis based on clinical examination. However, false-positive and false-negative evaluation results may be serious limitations. Ancillary tests are used when there is uncertainty about the reliability of the neurologic examination. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) is an ancillary test that tends to have the lowest false-positive rates. However, there are various influencing factors that can have an unfavorable effect on the validity of the examination method. There are inconsistent protocols regarding the evaluation criteria such as scoring systems. Among the most widely used different scoring systems the 4-point CTA-scoring system has been accepted as the most reliable method. Appropriate timing and/or Doppler pre-testing could reduce the number of possible premature examinations and increase the sensitivity of CTA in diagnosing cerebral circulatory arrest (CCA). In some cases of inconclusive CTA, the whole brain computed tomography perfusion (CTP) could be a crucial adjunct. Due to the increasing significance of CTA/CTP in determining BD, the methodology (including benefits and limitations) should also be conveyed via innovative electronic training tools, such as the BRAINDEXweb teaching tool based on an expert system.
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Ong SQ, Nair G, Yusof UK, Ahmad H. Community-based mosquito surveillance: an automatic mosquito-on-human-skin recognition system with a deep learning algorithm. Pest Manag Sci 2022; 78:4092-4104. [PMID: 35650172 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Public community engagement is crucial for mosquito surveillance programs. To support community participation, one of the approaches is assisting the public in recognizing the mosquitoes that carry pathogens. Therefore, this study aims to build an automatic recognition system to identify mosquitos at the public community level. We construct a customized image dataset consisting of three mosquito species in either damaged or un-damaged body conditions. To distinguish the mosquito in harsh conditions, we explore two state-of-the-art deep learning (DL) architectures: (i) a freezing convolutional base, with partial trainable weights, and (ii) training the entire model with most of the trainable weights. We project a weighted feature map on different layers of the model to visualize the morphological region used by the model in classification and compared it with the morphological key used by the expert. RESULT It was found that the model with architecture two and the Adam optimizer achieves at least 98% accuracy in mosquito and conditions identification and when implemented on an independent dataset, the Xception model generalizes the best result with an accuracy of 0.7775 and 0.795 precision. Moreover, most of the morphological regions used by the model are able to match those of the human expert. CONCLUSION We report a customized DL model for performing pest mosquito taxonomy identification, and through visualization, some regions using computers to discriminate mosquito species could be adopted later in systematic identification. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Song-Quan Ong
- Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
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- UOW Malaysia KDU Penang University College, George Town, Malaysia
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- School of Computer Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- Vector Control Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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Ji H, Zou B, Ma Y, Lange CF, Liu J, Li L. Intelligent Design Optimization System for Additively Manufactured Flow Channels Based on Fluid-Structure Interaction. Micromachines (Basel) 2022; 13:mi13010100. [PMID: 35056266 PMCID: PMC8781275 DOI: 10.3390/mi13010100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Based on expert system theory and fluid–structure interaction (FSI), this paper suggests an intelligent design optimization system to derive the optimal shape of both the fluid and solid domain of flow channels. A parametric modeling scheme of flow channels is developed by design for additive manufacturing (DfAM). By changing design parameters, a series of flow channel models can be obtained. According to the design characteristics, the system can intelligently allocate suitable computational models to compute the flow field of a specific model. The pressure-based normal stress is abstracted from the results and transmitted to the solid region by the fluid–structure (FS) interface to analyze the strength of the structure. The design space is obtained by investigating the simulation results with the metamodeling method, which is further applied for pursuing design objectives under constraints. Finally, the improved design is derived by gradient-based optimization. This system can improve the accuracy of the FSI simulation and the efficiency of the optimization process. The design optimization of a flow channel in a simplified hydraulic manifold is applied as the case study to validate the feasibility of the proposed system.
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- Haonan Ji
- Center for Advanced Jet Engineering Technologies (CaJET), School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China; (H.J.); (B.Z.); (J.L.)
- Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture at Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250061, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical Engineering Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
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- Center for Advanced Jet Engineering Technologies (CaJET), School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China; (H.J.); (B.Z.); (J.L.)
- Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture at Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250061, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical Engineering Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China;
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada;
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- Center for Advanced Jet Engineering Technologies (CaJET), School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China; (H.J.); (B.Z.); (J.L.)
- Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture at Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250061, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical Engineering Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
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- Center for Advanced Jet Engineering Technologies (CaJET), School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China; (H.J.); (B.Z.); (J.L.)
- Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture at Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250061, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical Engineering Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
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Seibert K, Domhoff D, Bruch D, Schulte-Althoff M, Fürstenau D, Biessmann F, Wolf-Ostermann K. Application Scenarios for Artificial Intelligence in Nursing Care: Rapid Review. J Med Internet Res 2021; 23:e26522. [PMID: 34847057 PMCID: PMC8669587 DOI: 10.2196/26522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the promise of supporting nurses’ clinical decision-making in complex care situations or conducting tasks that are remote from direct patient interaction, such as documentation processes. There has been an increase in the research and development of AI applications for nursing care, but there is a persistent lack of an extensive overview covering the evidence base for promising application scenarios. Objective This study synthesizes literature on application scenarios for AI in nursing care settings as well as highlights adjacent aspects in the ethical, legal, and social discourse surrounding the application of AI in nursing care. Methods Following a rapid review design, PubMed, CINAHL, Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Xplore, Digital Bibliography & Library Project, and Association for Information Systems Library, as well as the libraries of leading AI conferences, were searched in June 2020. Publications of original quantitative and qualitative research, systematic reviews, discussion papers, and essays on the ethical, legal, and social implications published in English were included. Eligible studies were analyzed on the basis of predetermined selection criteria. Results The titles and abstracts of 7016 publications and 704 full texts were screened, and 292 publications were included. Hospitals were the most prominent study setting, followed by independent living at home; fewer application scenarios were identified for nursing homes or home care. Most studies used machine learning algorithms, whereas expert or hybrid systems were entailed in less than every 10th publication. The application context of focusing on image and signal processing with tracking, monitoring, or the classification of activity and health followed by care coordination and communication, as well as fall detection, was the main purpose of AI applications. Few studies have reported the effects of AI applications on clinical or organizational outcomes, lacking particularly in data gathered outside laboratory conditions. In addition to technological requirements, the reporting and inclusion of certain requirements capture more overarching topics, such as data privacy, safety, and technology acceptance. Ethical, legal, and social implications reflect the discourse on technology use in health care but have mostly not been discussed in meaningful and potentially encompassing detail. Conclusions The results highlight the potential for the application of AI systems in different nursing care settings. Considering the lack of findings on the effectiveness and application of AI systems in real-world scenarios, future research should reflect on a more nursing care–specific perspective toward objectives, outcomes, and benefits. We identify that, crucially, an advancement in technological-societal discourse that surrounds the ethical and legal implications of AI applications in nursing care is a necessary next step. Further, we outline the need for greater participation among all of the stakeholders involved.
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- Kathrin Seibert
- Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, High Profile Area Health Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, High Profile Area Health Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Auf- und Umbruch im Gesundheitswesen UG, Bonn, Germany
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- School of Business and Economics, Department of Information Systems, Freie Universität Berlin, Einstein Center Digital Future, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Digitalization, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark.,Institute of Medical Informatics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Faculty VI - Informatics and Media, Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Einstein Center Digital Future, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, High Profile Area Health Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Rodriguez-Goncalves R, Garcia-Crespo A, Matheus-Chacin C, Ruiz-Arroyo A. Development of an Anomaly Alert System Triggered by Unusual Behaviors at Home. Sensors (Basel) 2021; 21:5454. [PMID: 34450896 DOI: 10.3390/s21165454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In many countries, the number of elderly people has grown due to the increase in the life expectancy of the population, many of whom currently live alone and are prone to having accidents that they cannot report, especially if they are immobilized. For this reason, we have developed a non-intrusive IoT device, which, through multiple integrated sensors, collects information on habitual user behavior patterns and uses it to generate unusual behavior rules. These rules are used by our SecurHome system to send alert messages to the dependent person’s family members or caregivers if their behavior changes abruptly over the course of their daily life. This document describes in detail the design and development of the SecurHome system.
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Durrani MIA, Naz T, Atif M, Khalid N, Amelio A. A Semantic-Based Framework for Verbal Autopsy to Identify the Cause of Maternal Death. Appl Clin Inform 2021; 12:910-923. [PMID: 34553359 PMCID: PMC8458039 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1735180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/17/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Verbal autopsy is a technique used to collect information about a decedent from his/her family members using questionnaires, conducting interviews, making observations, and sampling. In substantial parts of the world, particularly in Africa and Asia, many deaths are unrecorded. In 2017, globally pregnant women were dying daily around 810 and 295,000 in a year because of pregnancy-related problems, pointed out by World Health Organization. Identifying the cause of a death is a complex process which requires in-depth medical knowledge and practical experience. Generally, medical practitioners possess different knowledge levels, set of abilities, and problem-solving skills. Additionally, the medical negligence plays a significant part in further worsening the situation. Accurate identification of the cause of death can help a government to take strategic measures to focus on, particularly increasing the death rate in a specific region. METHODS This research provides a solution by introducing a semantic-based verbal autopsy framework for maternal death (SVAF-MD) to identify the cause of death. The proposed framework consists of four main components as follows: (1) clinical practice guidelines, (2) knowledge collection, (3) knowledge modeling, and (4) knowledge codification. Maternal ontology for the framework is developed using Protégé knowledge editor. Resource description framework application programming interface (API) for PHP (RAP) is used as a Semantic Web toolkit along with Simple Protocol and RDF Query Language (SPARQL) is used for querying with ontology to retrieve data. RESULTS The results show that 92% of maternal causes of deaths assigned using SVAF-MD correctly matched manual reports already prepared by gynecologists. CONCLUSION SVAF-MD, a semantic-based framework for the verbal autopsy of maternal deaths, assigns the cause of death with minimum involvement of medical practitioners. This research helps the government to ease down the verbal autopsy process, overcome the delays in reporting, and facilitate in terms of accurate results to devise the policies to reduce the maternal mortality.
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- Department of Computer Science & IT, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Computer Science & IT, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Computer Science & IT, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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Baumann S, Staudt A, Freyer-Adam J, Bischof G, Meyer C, John U. Effects of a brief alcohol intervention addressing the full spectrum of drinking in an adult general population sample: a randomized controlled trial. Addiction 2021; 116:2056-2066. [PMID: 33449418 DOI: 10.1111/add.15412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Evidence for efficacy of brief alcohol interventions (BAIs) is mainly limited to primary care and at-risk drinkers. The aim was to test the efficacy of a BAI addressing the full spectrum of alcohol use in a general population sample and across alcohol risk groups. DESIGN Two-parallel-group randomized controlled trial (allocation ratio 1:1) with post-baseline assessments at months 3, 6 and 12. SETTING One municipal registry office in Germany responsible for registration, passport and vehicle admission issues. PARTICIPANTS A total of 1646 proactively recruited 18-64-year-old adults with past year alcohol use (56% women, 66% low-risk drinkers) were randomized to intervention (n = 815) or control (n = 831). INTERVENTION AND COMPARATOR The intervention consisted of assessment plus computer-generated individualized feedback letters at baseline and months 3 and 6. Comparator was assessment only. MEASUREMENTS Primary outcome was change in the self-reported number of drinks/week from baseline to 12 months. Changes at 3 and 6 months were secondary outcomes. Moderator was alcohol risk group (low-risk versus at-risk drinking) according to the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption, with scores from 1-3 (women) and from 1-4 (men) indicating low-risk drinking. FINDINGS For the whole sample, significant group differences were observed neither at 12-month follow-up [incidence rate ratio (IRR) = 1.01, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.87-1.17, Bayes factor (BE) = 0.52] nor at previous assessments (month 3: IRR = 1.01, 95% CI = 0.92-1.12, BE = 0.41; month 6: IRR = 0.93, 95% CI = 0.81-1.07, BE = 1.10). Moderator analyses revealed that low-risk drinkers were more likely to benefit from BAI only at month 6 than at-risk drinkers (IRR = 0.77, 95% CI = 0.70-0.86). CONCLUSIONS In a randomized controlled trial, there was no clear evidence for efficacy of a computer-based brief alcohol intervention in a general population sample, but there was some evidence of medium-term benefits in the large but understudied group of low-risk drinkers.
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- Sophie Baumann
- Faculty of Medicine, Institute and Policlinic of Occupational and Social Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute and Policlinic of Occupational and Social Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,Institute of Community Medicine, Department of Prevention Research and Social Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Psychology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Community Medicine, Department of Prevention Research and Social Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Community Medicine, Department of Prevention Research and Social Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Objective The aim of the present work was to propose and implement deep neural network (DNN)-based handheld diagnosis system for more accurate diagnosis and severity assessment of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Methods Initially, the learning of the proposed system for ASD diagnosis was performed by implementing DNN algorithms such as a convolutional neural network (CNN) and long short-term memory (LSTM), and multilayer perceptron (MLP) with DSM-V based acquired dataset. The performance of the DNN algorithms was analyzed based on parameters viz. accuracy, loss, mean squared error (MSE), precision, recall, and area under the curve (AUC) during the training and validation process. Later, the optimum DNN algorithm, among the tested algorithms, was implemented on handheld diagnosis system (HDS) and the performance of HDS was analyzed. The stability of proposed DNN-based HDS was validated with the dataset group of 20 ASD and 20 typically developed (TD) individuals. Results It was observed during comparative analysis that LSTM resulted better in ASD diagnosis as compared to other artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms such as CNN and MLP since LSTM showed stabilized results achieving maximum accuracy in less consumption of epochs with minimum MSE and loss. Further, the LSTM based proposed HDS for ASD achieved optimum results with 100% accuracy in reference to DSM-V, which was validated statistically using a group of ASD and TD individuals. Conclusion The use of advanced AI algorithms could play an important role in the diagnosis of ASD in today's era. Since the proposed LSTM based HDS for ASD and determination of its severity provided accurate results with maximum accuracy with reference to DSM-V criteria, the proposed HDS could be the best alternative to the manual diagnosis system for diagnosis of ASD.
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- Vikas Khullar
- I.K.G. Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala; CT Institute of Engineering, Management and Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
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- I.K.G. Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala; CT Institute of Engineering, Management and Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
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- I.K.G. Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala; Khalsa College of Engineering and Technology, Amritsar, Punjab, India
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Borrillo F, Infusino I, Birindelli S, Panteghini M. Use of Neurosoft expert system improves turnaround time in a laboratory section specialized in protein diagnostics: a two-year experience. Clin Chem Lab Med 2021; 59:e367-e369. [PMID: 33675196 DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2021-0146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Clinical Pathology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical Pathology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical Pathology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan, Italy
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Gans KM, Dulin A, Palomo V, Benitez T, Dunsiger S, Dionne L, Champion G, Edgar R, Marcus B. A Tailored Web- and Text-Based Intervention to Increase Physical Activity for Latino Men: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2021; 10:e23690. [PMID: 33512327 PMCID: PMC7880809 DOI: 10.2196/23690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Latino men in the United States report low physical activity (PA) levels and related health conditions (eg, diabetes and obesity). Engaging in regular PA can reduce the risk of chronic diseases and yield many health benefits; however, there is a paucity of interventions developed exclusively for Latino men. Objective To address the need for culturally relevant PA interventions, this study aims to develop and evaluate Hombres Saludables, a 6-month theory-based, tailored web- and text message-based PA intervention in Spanish for Latino men. This protocol paper describes the study design, intervention, and evaluation methods for Hombres Saludables. Methods Latino men aged 18-65 years were randomized to either the individually tailored PA internet intervention arm or the nutrition and wellness internet control arm. The PA intervention included 2 check-in phone calls; automated SMS text messages; a pedometer; a 6-month gym membership; access to a private Facebook group; and an interactive website with PA tracking, goal setting, and individually tailored PA content. The primary outcomes were feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy (minutes per week of total moderate-to-vigorous PA assessed via the ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer worn at the waist and 7-day physical activity recall at baseline and 6 months). Secondary outcomes examined potential moderators (eg, demographics, acculturation, and environmental variables) and mediators (eg, self-efficacy and cognitive and behavioral processes of change) of treatment effects at 6 months post randomization. Results This study was funded in September 2016. Initial institutional review board approval was received in February 2017, and focus groups and intervention development were conducted from April 2017 to January 2018. Recruitment for the clinical trial was carried out from February 2018 to July 2019. Baseline data collection was carried out from February 2018 to October 2019, with a total of 43 participants randomized. Follow-up data were collected through April 2020. Data cleaning and analysis are ongoing. Conclusions We developed and tested protocols for a highly accessible, culturally and linguistically relevant, theory-driven PA intervention for Latino men. Hombres Saludables used an innovative, interactive, web- and text message–based intervention for improving PA among Latino men, an underserved population at risk of low PA and related chronic disease. If the intervention demonstrates feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy, we will refine and evaluate it in a larger randomized control trial. Trial Registration Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT03196570; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03196570 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/23690
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- Kim M Gans
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.,Department of Behavioral And Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Behavioral And Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, United States
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- Cardiovascular Center for Research and Innovation, Tufts University Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Behavioral And Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Behavioral And Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Behavioral And Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Behavioral And Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Behavioral And Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, United States
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Ao C, Jin S, Ding H, Zou Q, Yu L. Application and Development of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Disease Diagnosis. Curr Pharm Des 2021; 26:3069-3075. [PMID: 32228416 DOI: 10.2174/1381612826666200331091156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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With the continuous development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, big data-supported AI technology with considerable computer and learning capacity has been applied in diagnosing different types of diseases. This study reviews the application of expert systems, neural networks, and deep learning used by AI technology in disease diagnosis. This paper also gives a glimpse of the intelligent diagnosis and treatment of digestive system diseases, respiratory system diseases, and osteoporosis by AI technology.
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- Chunyan Ao
- School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurology, Heilongjiang Province Land Reclamation Headquarters General Hospital, Harbin, China
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- Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, China
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Sarker IH, Hoque MM, Uddin MK, Alsanoosy T. Mobile Data Science and Intelligent Apps: Concepts, AI-Based Modeling and Research Directions. Mobile Netw Appl 2021; 26:285-303. [PMCID: PMC7489576 DOI: 10.1007/s11036-020-01650-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have grown rapidly in recent years in the context of computing with smart mobile phones that typically allows the devices to function in an intelligent manner. Popular AI techniques include machine learning and deep learning methods, natural language processing, as well as knowledge representation and expert systems, can be used to make the target mobile applications intelligent and more effective. In this paper, we present a comprehensive view on “mobile data science and intelligent apps” in terms of concepts and AI-based modeling that can be used to design and develop intelligent mobile applications for the betterment of human life in their diverse day-to-day situation. This study also includes the concepts and insights of various AI-powered intelligent apps in several application domains, ranging from personalized recommendation to healthcare services, including COVID-19 pandemic management in recent days. Finally, we highlight several research issues and future directions relevant to our analysis in the area of mobile data science and intelligent apps. Overall, this paper aims to serve as a reference point and guidelines for the mobile application developers as well as the researchers in this domain, particularly from the technical point of view.
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- Iqbal H. Sarker
- Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3122 Australia
- Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Chittagong, 4349 Bangladesh
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- Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3122 Australia
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Capella JV, Bonastre A, Campelo JC, Ors R, Peris M. A New Ammonium Smart Sensor with Interference Rejection. Sensors (Basel) 2020; 20:s20247102. [PMID: 33322346 PMCID: PMC7764669 DOI: 10.3390/s20247102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In many water samples, it is important to determine the ammonium concentration in order to obtain an overall picture of the environmental impact of pollutants and human actions, as well as to detect the stage of eutrophization. Ion selective electrodes (ISEs) have been commonly utilized for this purpose, although the presence of interfering ions (potassium and sodium in the case of NH4+-ISE) represents a handicap in terms of the measurement quality. Furthermore, random malfunctions may give rise to incorrect measurements. Bearing all of that in mind, a smart ammonium sensor with enhanced features has been developed and tested in water samples, as demonstrated and commented on in detail following the presentation of the complete set of experimental measurements that have been successfully carried out. This has been achieved through the implementation of an expert system that supervises a set of ISEs in order to (a) avoid random failures and (b) reject interferences. Our approach may also be suitable for in-line monitoring of the water quality through the implementation of wireless sensor networks.
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- Juan V. Capella
- Instituto de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones ITACA, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (J.V.C.); (A.B.); (J.C.C.); (R.O.)
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- Instituto de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones ITACA, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (J.V.C.); (A.B.); (J.C.C.); (R.O.)
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- Instituto de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones ITACA, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (J.V.C.); (A.B.); (J.C.C.); (R.O.)
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- Instituto de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones ITACA, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (J.V.C.); (A.B.); (J.C.C.); (R.O.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46071 Valencia, Spain
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Banjar HR, Alkhatabi H, Alganmi N, Almouhana GI. Prototype Development of an Expert System of Computerized Clinical Guidelines for COVID-19 Diagnosis and Management in Saudi Arabia. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17:E8066. [PMID: 33147715 PMCID: PMC7662618 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17218066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The increasing number of COVID-19 patients has increased health care professionals' workloads, making the management of dynamic patient information in a timely and comprehensive manner difficult and sometimes impossible. Compounding this problem is a lack of health care professionals and trained medical staff to handle the increased number of patients. Although Saudi Arabia has recently improved the quality of its health services, there is still no suitable intelligent system that can help health practitioners follow the clinical guidelines and automated risk assessment and treatment plan remotely, which would allow for the effective follow-up of patients of COVID-19. The proposed system includes five sub-systems: an information management system, a knowledge-based expert system, adaptive learning, a notification and follow-up system, and a mobile tracker system. This study shows that, to control epidemics, there is a method to overcome the shortage of specialists in the management of infections in Saudi Arabia, both today and in the future. The availability of computerized clinical guidance and an up-to-date knowledge base play a role in Saudi health organizations, which may not have to constantly train their physician staff and may no longer have to rely on international experts, since the expert system can offer clinicians all the information necessary to treat their patients.
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- Haneen Reda Banjar
- Computer Science Department, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 80200, Saudi Arabia; (N.A.); (G.I.A.)
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 80200, Saudi Arabia;
- Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 80200, Saudi Arabia
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- Computer Science Department, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 80200, Saudi Arabia; (N.A.); (G.I.A.)
- Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 80200, Saudi Arabia
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- Computer Science Department, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 80200, Saudi Arabia; (N.A.); (G.I.A.)
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Yang CJ, Chen MH, Lin KP, Cheng YJ, Cheng FC. Importing Automated Management System to Improve the Process Efficiency of Dental Laboratories. Sensors (Basel) 2020; 20:s20205791. [PMID: 33066246 PMCID: PMC7602064 DOI: 10.3390/s20205791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Dental laboratories require manpower resources for manufacturing prostheses and inventory management. In this paper, we developed an automated inventory management system for dental laboratories to improve the production efficiency. A sensing system was developed based on the framework of Internet of things to collect the information of cobalt-chromium disks both in the storage room and manufacturing area, and an expert system was developed to automatically conduct inventory management based on the established rules. The proposed system can reduce the time of recording data and also assist the manager in configuring and managing material orders. The experimental results showed that a large amount of working time is reduced, resulting in the benefits of saving money and improving efficiency in dental manufacturing.
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- Cheng-Jung Yang
- Program in Interdisciplinary Studies, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan;
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- Institute of Manufacturing Information and Systems, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan;
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- Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Dental Technology, Shu-Zen Junior College of Medicine and Management, Kaohsiung 82144, Taiwan;
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- Fu Chi Dental Laboratory, Kaohsiung 80253, Taiwan;
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Hodický J, Procházka D, Baxa F, Melichar J, Krejčík M, Křížek P, Stodola P, Drozd J. Computer Assisted Wargame for Military Capability-Based Planning. Entropy (Basel) 2020; 22:E861. [PMID: 33286631 PMCID: PMC7517458 DOI: 10.3390/e22080861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Capability-based planning as an approach to defense planning is an almost infinitely complex engineered system with countless nodes and layers of interdependency, influenced by state and non-state diplomatic activities, information, military and economic actions creating secondary and third order effects. The main output of capability-based planning is the set of capability requirements needed to achieve the expected end-state. One revitalized qualitative technique that allows us to gain insights into unstructured and fuzzy problems in the military is wargaming-in its simplest form this involves manual wargaming. At the same time, there has been a push to bring computer assistance to such wargaming, especially to support umpire adjudication and move more generally towards full automation of human elements in wargames. However, computer assistance in wargaming should not be pushed, regardless of cost, towards quantitative techniques. The objective complexity of a problem often does not allow us to replicate the operational environment with the required fidelity to get credible experimental results. This paper discusses a discovery experiment aiming to verify the concept of applying a qualitative expert system within computer assisted wargaming for developing capability requirements in order to reduce umpire bias and risk associated with their decisions. The innovation here lies in applying system dynamics modelling and simulation paradigms when designing the theoretical model of capability development, which forms the core of the expert system. This new approach enables qualitative comparisons between different sets of proposed capability requirements. Moreover, the expert system allows us to reveal the effects of budget cuts on proposed capability requirement solutions, which the umpire was previously unable to articulate when comparing individual solutions by relying solely on his own knowledge. Players in the wargame validated the proposed concept and suggested how the study might be developed going forward: namely, by enabling users to define their own capabilities and not being limited by a predefined set of capabilities.
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- Jan Hodický
- NATO Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Norfolk, VA 23551, USA;
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- Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies, University of Defence, 66210 Brno, Czech Republic; (D.P.); (F.B.); (J.M.); (M.K.); (P.K.)
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- Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies, University of Defence, 66210 Brno, Czech Republic; (D.P.); (F.B.); (J.M.); (M.K.); (P.K.)
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- Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies, University of Defence, 66210 Brno, Czech Republic; (D.P.); (F.B.); (J.M.); (M.K.); (P.K.)
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- Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies, University of Defence, 66210 Brno, Czech Republic; (D.P.); (F.B.); (J.M.); (M.K.); (P.K.)
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- Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies, University of Defence, 66210 Brno, Czech Republic; (D.P.); (F.B.); (J.M.); (M.K.); (P.K.)
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- Department of Intelligence Support, University of Defence, 66210 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Tactics, University of Defence, 66210 Brno, Czech Republic;
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Chen X, Mao BC, Xie CY, Zhang QQ, Sun JK, Yue L, Yu HY. [A technique to design the framework of removable partial denture by multi-stage expert system]. Hua Xi Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 38:475-478. [PMID: 32865372 DOI: 10.7518/hxkq.2020.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This study aims to apply a new expert system to design removable partial denture (RPD) framework. The RPD design is completed in three steps, namely, "selecting missing teeth", "selecting abutment condition", and "selecting personalized clasp". The system can help auxiliary dentists develop personalized treatment plans to reduce their clinical workload. It can also generate a dental preparation guideline for clinical preparation, which can prevent tooth preparation mistakes. By generating the standard electronic drawings of the framework design, the system can reduce the inconvenience caused by manual drawing, thereby facilitating dentist-technician communication and reducing the rate of remade.
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- Xin Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Dental Technology, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Dental Technology, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Dental Technology, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Dental Technology, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Dental Technology, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Dental Technology, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Dental Technology, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Tippenhauer K, Philips M, Largiadèr CR, Sariyar M, Bürkle T. Integrating Pharmacogenetic Decision Support into a Clinical Information System. Stud Health Technol Inform 2020; 270:618-622. [PMID: 32570457 DOI: 10.3233/shti200234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Pharmacogenetic testing can prevent adverse drug events but has rarely found its way into clinical routine. One reason is the lack of tools for smooth and automatable integration of pharmacogenetic knowledge into existing processes. Especially, electronic medical records (EMR) represent a suitable environment for such tools. We developed a modular service-oriented prototype of a pharmacogenetic decision support system within an EMR system of the Bern University Hospital. Here, we present the component architecture of our system and discuss issues required for generalizing our results.
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A basic problem in hearing-aid fitting is the difficulty in finding one setting optimal to all listening situations that might occur. The objective was to develop a behind-the-ear hearing-aid with a very flexible analog signal processor which is digitally controlled, and a memory with logic, so that the hearing-impaired person can select from eight completely different fittings. To program and adjust this multi-programmable hearing-aid (called MemoryMate®) a hearing evaluation and recommendation system (called Master-Fit®) has been developed, based on an IBM PS/2 computer. This system offers the dispenser prescriptive fitting methods and performance of real ear measurements. It can be used to manage a client database. Preliminary results from a clinical study conducted in 1988 are presented. The paper also describes the uniqueness of this multi-programmable hearing aid as a powerful new research tool.
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- ENT Clinic, Audiological Department, Sahlgrens' Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- ENT Clinic, Audiological Department, Sahlgrens' Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- ENT Clinic, Audiological Department, Sahlgrens' Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Romero-Ternero MC, Oviedo-Olmedo D, Carrasco A, Luque J. A Distributed Approach for Estimating Battery State-Of-Charge in Solar Farms. Sensors (Basel) 2019; 19:s19224998. [PMID: 31744105 PMCID: PMC6891556 DOI: 10.3390/s19224998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A common problem in solar farms is to predict when accumulators stop working optimally and start losing efficiency. This paper proposes and describes how to use Bayesian networks together with expert systems to predict this moment by using a telecontrol multiagent system for monitoring solar farms with distributed sensors, which was developed in a previous work. To this end, a Bayesian network model and its implementation are proposed. The resulting system meets the requirements of telecontrol systems (reliability, flexibility, and response time), yields a solution for the prediction of lifespan batteries, and provides the multiagent system with autonomous intelligent capabilities and integrated learning.
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Brüngel R, Rückert J, Wohlleben W, Babick F, Ghanem A, Gaillard C, Mech A, Rauscher H, Hodoroaba VD, Weigel S, Friedrich CM. NanoDefiner e-Tool: An Implemented Decision Support Framework for Nanomaterial Identification. Materials (Basel) 2019; 12:E3247. [PMID: 31590255 PMCID: PMC6803960 DOI: 10.3390/ma12193247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Revised: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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The European Commission's recommendation on the definition of nanomaterial (2011/696/EU) established an applicable standard for material categorization. However, manufacturers face regulatory challenges during registration of their products. Reliable categorization is difficult and requires considerable expertise in existing measurement techniques (MTs). Additionally, organizational complexity is increased as different authorities' registration processes require distinct reporting. The NanoDefine project tackled these obstacles by providing the NanoDefiner e-tool: A decision support expert system for nanomaterial identification in a regulatory context. It provides MT recommendations for categorization of specific materials using a tiered approach (screening/confirmatory), and was constructed with experts from academia and industry to be extensible, interoperable, and adaptable for forthcoming revisions of the nanomaterial definition. An implemented MT-driven material categorization scheme allows detailed description. Its guided workflow is suitable for a variety of user groups. Direct feedback and explanation enable transparent decisions. Expert knowledge is held in a knowledge base for representation of MT performance criteria and physicochemical particle type properties. Continuous revision ensured data quality and validity. Recommendations were validated by independent case studies on industry-relevant particulate materials. Besides supporting material identification and registration, the free and open-source e-tool may serve as template for other expert systems within the nanoscience domain.
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- Raphael Brüngel
- Department of Computer Science, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund (FH Dortmund), 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund (FH Dortmund), 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
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- Material Physics Research, BASF SE, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany.
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- Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), 01062 Dresden, Germany.
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- R&I Centre Brussels, Solvay S.A., 1120 Brussels, Belgium.
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- Division 6.1 Surface Analysis and Interfacial Chemistry, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), 12205 Berlin, Germany.
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- Institute of Food Safety, RIKILT Wageningen UR, 6708 WB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund (FH Dortmund), 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE), University Hospital Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany.
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Martínez Gila DM, Cano Marchal P, Gómez Ortega J, Gámez García J. Expert System for Monitoring the Malaxing State of the Olive Paste Based on Computer Vision †. Sensors (Basel) 2018; 18:E2227. [PMID: 29997320 DOI: 10.3390/s18072227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Revised: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The malaxing of olive paste is one of the most important sub-processes in the virgin olive oil production process. The master continuously supervises the olive paste inside the themomixer to assess the preparation state of the olive paste and he acts manually over the process variables. The viscosity, granularity, and the presence of olive oil over the paste are the main indicators of the olive paste state. Furthermore, the temperature, time, coadjuvant addition and the shovel speeds are the process variables in the thermomixer. In this work, different image-processing parameters have been proposed to automatically assess the aforementioned indicators and they have been used as inputs in the designed fuzzy controller. Also, the outputs of this controller have been evaluated according to a sequence of images obtained inside the thermomixer and during the malaxing process in a real olive mill.
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Fitzpatrick JM, Roberts DW, Patlewicz G. An evaluation of selected (Q)SARs/ expert systems for predicting skin sensitisation potential. SAR QSAR Environ Res 2018; 29:439-468. [PMID: 29676182 PMCID: PMC6077848 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2018.1455223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Predictive testing to characterise substances for their skin sensitisation potential has historically been based on animal models such as the Local Lymph Node Assay (LLNA) and the Guinea Pig Maximisation Test (GPMT). In recent years, EU regulations, have provided a strong incentive to develop non-animal alternatives, such as expert systems software. Here we selected three different types of expert systems: VEGA (statistical), Derek Nexus (knowledge-based) and TIMES-SS (hybrid), and evaluated their performance using two large sets of animal data: one set of 1249 substances from eChemportal and a second set of 515 substances from NICEATM. A model was considered successful at predicting skin sensitisation potential if it had at least the same balanced accuracy as the LLNA and the GPMT had in predicting the other outcomes, which ranged from 79% to 86%. We found that the highest balanced accuracy of any of the expert systems evaluated was 65% when making global predictions. For substances within the domain of TIMES-SS, however, balanced accuracies for the two datasets were found to be 79% and 82%. In those cases where a chemical was within the TIMES-SS domain, the TIMES-SS skin sensitisation hazard prediction had the same confidence as the result from LLNA or GPMT.
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- Jeremy M Fitzpatrick
- National Center for Computational Toxicology (NCCT), US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), 109 T W Alexander Dr, Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC 27711, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, UK
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- National Center for Computational Toxicology (NCCT), US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), 109 T W Alexander Dr, Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC 27711, USA
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Salem HA, Caddeo G, McFarlane J, Patel K, Cochrane L, Soria D, Henley M, Lund J. A multicentre integration of a computer-led follow-up of prostate cancer is valid and safe. BJU Int 2018; 122:418-426. [PMID: 29393997 DOI: 10.1111/bju.14157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To test a computer-led follow-up service for prostate cancer in two UK hospitals; the testing aimed to validate the computer expert system in making clinical decisions according to the individual patient's clinical need with a valid model accurately identify patients with disease recurrence or treatment failure based on their blood test and clinical picture. PATIENTS AND METHODS A clinical-decision support system (CDSS) was developed from European (European Association of Urology) and national (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guidelines along with knowledge acquired from Urologists. This model was then applied in two UK hospitals to review patients after prostate cancer treatment. These patients' data (n = 200) were then reviewed by two independent urology consultants (blinded from the CDSS and the other consultant's rating) and the agreement was calculated by kappa statistics for validation. The second endpoint was to verify the system by estimating the system reliability. RESULTS The two individual urology consultants identified 12% and 15% of the patients to have potential disease progression and recommended their referral to urology care. The kappa coefficient for the agreement between the CDSS and the two consultants was 0.81 (P < 0.001) and 0.84 (P < 0.001). The agreement amongst both specialist was also high with k = 0.83 (P < 0.001). The system reliability was estimated on all cases and this demonstrated 100% repeatability of the decisions. CONCLUSION A CDSS follow-up is a valid model for providing safe follow-up for prostate cancer.
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- Hesham A Salem
- Derby Hospital NHS Foundation trust, Derby, UK.,Clinical Sciences Wing, The Medical School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Westminster, London, UK
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- Derby Hospital NHS Foundation trust, Derby, UK
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- Clinical Sciences Wing, The Medical School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Sinclair SJ, Bruce MJ, Griffioen P, Dodd A, White MD. A condition metric for Eucalyptus woodland derived from expert evaluations. Conserv Biol 2018; 32:195-204. [PMID: 28370297 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The evaluation of ecosystem quality is important for land-management and land-use planning. Evaluation is unavoidably subjective, and robust metrics must be based on consensus and the structured use of observations. We devised a transparent and repeatable process for building and testing ecosystem metrics based on expert data. We gathered quantitative evaluation data on the quality of hypothetical grassy woodland sites from experts. We used these data to train a model (an ensemble of 30 bagged regression trees) capable of predicting the perceived quality of similar hypothetical woodlands based on a set of 13 site variables as inputs (e.g., cover of shrubs, richness of native forbs). These variables can be measured at any site and the model implemented in a spreadsheet as a metric of woodland quality. We also investigated the number of experts required to produce an opinion data set sufficient for the construction of a metric. The model produced evaluations similar to those provided by experts, as shown by assessing the model's quality scores of expert-evaluated test sites not used to train the model. We applied the metric to 13 woodland conservation reserves and asked managers of these sites to independently evaluate their quality. To assess metric performance, we compared the model's evaluation of site quality with the managers' evaluations through multidimensional scaling. The metric performed relatively well, plotting close to the center of the space defined by the evaluators. Given the method provides data-driven consensus and repeatability, which no single human evaluator can provide, we suggest it is a valuable tool for evaluating ecosystem quality in real-world contexts. We believe our approach is applicable to any ecosystem.
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- Steve J Sinclair
- Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, 123 Brown Street, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
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- Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, 123 Brown Street, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
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- EcoInformatics Pty Ltd, 20 Alexander Street, Montmorency, Victoria 3094, Australia
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- Hume City Council, 1079 Pascoe Vale Road, Broadmeadows, Victoria 3047, Australia
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- Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, 123 Brown Street, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
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Levesque D, Umanzor C, de Aguiar E. Stage-Based Mobile Intervention for Substance Use Disorders in Primary Care: Development and Test of Acceptability. JMIR Med Inform 2018; 6:e1. [PMID: 29295811 PMCID: PMC5770579 DOI: 10.2196/medinform.7355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2017] [Revised: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Background In 2016, 21 million Americans aged 12 years and older needed treatment for a substance use disorder (SUD). However, only 10% to 11% of individuals requiring SUD treatment received it. Given their access to patients, primary care providers are in a unique position to perform universal Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) to identify individuals at risk, fill gaps in services, and make referrals to specialty treatment when indicated. Major barriers to SBIRT include limited time among providers and low motivation to change among many patients. Objective The objective of this study was to develop and test the acceptability of a prototype of a mobile-delivered substance use risk intervention (SURI) for primary care patients and a clinical dashboard for providers that can address major barriers to SBIRT for risky drug use. The SURI delivers screening and feedback on SUD risk via mobile tools to patients at home or in the waiting room; for patients at risk, it also delivers a brief intervention based on the transtheoretical model of behavior change (TTM) to facilitate progress through the stages of change for quitting the most problematic drug and for seeking treatment if indicated. The prototype also delivers 30 days of stage-matched text messages and 4 Web-based activities addressing key topics. For providers, the clinical dashboard summarizes the patient’s SUD risk scores and stage of change data, and provides stage-matched scripts to guide in-person sessions. Methods A total of 4 providers from 2 federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) were recruited for the pilot test, and they in turn recruited 5 patients with a known SUD. Furthermore, 3 providers delivered dashboard-guided SBIRT sessions and completed a brief acceptability survey. A total of 4 patients completed a Web-based SURI session and in-person SBIRT session, accessed other program components, and completed 3 acceptability surveys over 30 days. Questions in the surveys were adapted from the National Cancer Institute’s Education Materials Review Form. Response options ranged from 1=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree. The criterion for establishing acceptability was an overall rating of 4.0 or higher across items. Results For providers, the overall mean acceptability rating was 4.4 (standard deviation [SD] 0.4). Notably, all providers gave a rating of 5.0 for the item, “The program can give me helpful information about my patient.” For patients, the overall mean acceptability rating was 4.5 (SD 0.3) for the mobile- and provider-delivered SBIRT sessions and 4.0 (SD 0.4) for the text messages and Web-based activities. One highly rated item was “The program could help me make some positive changes” (4.5). Conclusions The SURI program and clinical dashboard, developed to reduce barriers to SBIRT in primary care, were well received by providers and patients.
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- Deborah Levesque
- Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc, South Kingstown, RI, United States
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- Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc, South Kingstown, RI, United States
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- Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc, South Kingstown, RI, United States
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Rojas C, Todeschini R, Ballabio D, Mauri A, Consonni V, Tripaldi P, Grisoni F. A QSTR-Based Expert System to Predict Sweetness of Molecules. Front Chem 2017; 5:53. [PMID: 28791285 PMCID: PMC5524730 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2017.00053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This work describes a novel approach based on advanced molecular similarity to predict the sweetness of chemicals. The proposed Quantitative Structure-Taste Relationship (QSTR) model is an expert system developed keeping in mind the five principles defined by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for the validation of (Q)SARs. The 649 sweet and non-sweet molecules were described by both conformation-independent extended-connectivity fingerprints (ECFPs) and molecular descriptors. In particular, the molecular similarity in the ECFPs space showed a clear association with molecular taste and it was exploited for model development. Molecules laying in the subspaces where the taste assignation was more difficult were modeled trough a consensus between linear and local approaches (Partial Least Squares-Discriminant Analysis and N-nearest-neighbor classifier). The expert system, which was thoroughly validated through a Monte Carlo procedure and an external set, gave satisfactory results in comparison with the state-of-the-art models. Moreover, the QSTR model can be leveraged into a greater understanding of the relationship between molecular structure and sweetness, and into the design of novel sweeteners.
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- Cristian Rojas
- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas, CONICET, Universidad Nacional de La PlataLa Plata, Argentina.,Vicerrectorado de Investigaciones, Universidad del AzuayCuenca, Ecuador
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- Milano Chemometrics and QSAR Research Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-BicoccaMilan, Italy
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- Milano Chemometrics and QSAR Research Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-BicoccaMilan, Italy
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- Milano Chemometrics and QSAR Research Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-BicoccaMilan, Italy
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- Milano Chemometrics and QSAR Research Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-BicoccaMilan, Italy
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INTRODUCTION Shift patterns, work hours, work arrangements and worker motivations have increasingly become key factors for job performance. The main objective of this article is to design an expert system that identifies the negative effects of shift work and prioritizes mitigation efforts according to their importance in preventing these negative effects. The proposed expert system will be referred to as the shift expert. METHODS A thorough literature review is conducted to determine the effects of shift work on workers. Our work indicates that shift work is linked to demographic variables, sleepiness and fatigue, health and well-being, and social and domestic conditions. These parameters constitute the sections of a questionnaire designed to focus on 26 important issues related to shift work. The shift expert is then constructed to provide prevention advice at the individual and organizational levels, and it prioritizes this advice using a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process model, which considers comparison matrices provided by users during the prioritization process. An empirical study of 61 workers working on three rotating shifts is performed. After administering the questionnaires, the collected data are analyzed statistically, and then the shift expert produces individual and organizational recommendations for these workers.
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- Hatice Esen
- a Department of Industrial Engineering , Kocaeli University , Turkey
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- a Department of Industrial Engineering , Kocaeli University , Turkey
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- b Department of Industrial Engineering , Bayburt University , Turkey
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- a Department of Industrial Engineering , Kocaeli University , Turkey
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Hizel HC. Highly personalized reports for personalized drug selection by expert systems as clinical decision support. Per Med 2017; 14:93-97. [PMID: 29754552 DOI: 10.2217/pme-2016-0083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- H Candan Hizel
- OPTI-THERA Inc., CHUM Pavilion R14-406 900, St-Denis street, Montreal (Quebec), H2X 0A9, Canada.,International & Interdisciplinary Association on the Pharmaceutical Life Cycle (IIAPC), Faculty of Law Montreal University C.P. 6128, Montreal (Quebec), H3C 3J7, Canada
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Mainali D, Seelenbinder J. Automated Fast Screening Method for Cocaine Identification in Seized Drug Samples Using a Portable Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Instrument. Appl Spectrosc 2016; 70:916-922. [PMID: 27006022 DOI: 10.1177/0003702816638305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Quick and presumptive identification of seized drug samples without destroying evidence is necessary for law enforcement officials to control the trafficking and abuse of drugs. This work reports an automated screening method to detect the presence of cocaine in seized samples using portable Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometers. The method is based on the identification of well-defined characteristic vibrational frequencies related to the functional group of the cocaine molecule and is fully automated through the use of an expert system. Traditionally, analysts look for key functional group bands in the infrared spectra and characterization of the molecules present is dependent on user interpretation. This implies the need for user expertise, especially in samples that likely are mixtures. As such, this approach is biased and also not suitable for non-experts. The method proposed in this work uses the well-established "center of gravity" peak picking mathematical algorithm and combines it with the conditional reporting feature in MicroLab software to provide an automated method that can be successfully employed by users with varied experience levels. The method reports the confidence level of cocaine present only when a certain number of cocaine related peaks are identified by the automated method. Unlike library search and chemometric methods that are dependent on the library database or the training set samples used to build the calibration model, the proposed method is relatively independent of adulterants and diluents present in the seized mixture. This automated method in combination with a portable FT-IR spectrometer provides law enforcement officials, criminal investigators, or forensic experts a quick field-based prescreening capability for the presence of cocaine in seized drug samples.
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Dissmann R, Cromme LJ, Salzwedel A, Taborski U, Kunath J, Gäbler F, Heyne K, Völler H. [Computer aided dosage management of phenprocoumon anticoagulation therapy. Clinical validation]. Hamostaseologie 2014; 34:226-32. [PMID: 24888786 DOI: 10.5482/hamo-13-06-0030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED A recently developed multiparameter computer-aided expert system (TheMa) for guiding anticoagulation with phenprocoumon (PPC) was validated by a prospective investigation in 22 patients. The PPC-INR-response curve resulting from physician guided dosage was compared to INR values calculated by "twin calculation" from TheMa recommended dosage. Additionally, TheMa was used to predict the optimal time to perform surgery or invasive procedures after interruption of anticogulation therapy. RESULTS Comparison of physician and TheMa guided anticoagulation showed almost identical accuracy by three quantitative measures: Polygon integration method (area around INR target) 616.17 vs. 607.86, INR hits in the target range 166 vs. 161, and TTR (time in therapeutic range) 63.91 vs. 62.40 %. After discontinuation of anticoagulation therapy, calculating the INR phase-out curve with TheMa INR prognosis of 1.8 was possible with a standard deviation of 0.50 ± 0.59 days. CONCLUSION Guiding anticoagulation with TheMa was as accurate as Physician guided therapy. After interruption of anticoagulant therapy, TheMa may be used for calculating the optimal time performing operations or initiating bridging therapy.
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- R Dissmann
- Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Rüdiger Dissmann, Medizinische Klinik II (Kardiologie und Nephrologie), 27574 Bremerhaven, Germany, Tel. 047 71/299 33 65, Fax 047 71/299 33 67, E-mail:
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Patlewicz G, Kuseva C, Mehmed A, Popova Y, Dimitrova G, Ellis G, Hunziker R, Kern P, Low L, Ringeissen S, Roberts DW, Mekenyan O. TIMES-SS--recent refinements resulting from an industrial skin sensitisation consortium. SAR QSAR Environ Res 2014; 25:367-391. [PMID: 24785905 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2014.900520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The TImes MEtabolism Simulator platform for predicting Skin Sensitisation (TIMES-SS) is a hybrid expert system, first developed at Bourgas University using funding and data from a consortium of industry and regulators. TIMES-SS encodes structure-toxicity and structure-skin metabolism relationships through a number of transformations, some of which are underpinned by mechanistic 3D QSARs. The model estimates semi-quantitative skin sensitisation potency classes and has been developed with the aim of minimising animal testing, and also to be scientifically valid in accordance with the OECD principles for (Q)SAR validation. In 2007 an external validation exercise was undertaken to fully address these principles. In 2010, a new industry consortium was established to coordinate research efforts in three specific areas: refinement of abiotic reactions in the skin (namely autoxidation) in the skin, refinement of the manner in which chemical reactivity was captured in terms of structure-toxicity rules (inclusion of alert reliability parameters) and defining the domain based on the underlying experimental data (study of discrepancies between local lymph node assay Local Lymph Node Assay (LLNA) and Guinea Pig Maximisation Test (GPMT)). The present paper summarises the progress of these activities and explains how the insights derived have been translated into refinements, resulting in increased confidence and transparency in the robustness of the TIMES-SS predictions.
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- G Patlewicz
- a DuPont Haskell Global Centers for Health and Environmental Sciences , Newark DE , USA
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Lobo D, Feldman EB, Shah M, Malone TJ, Levin M. A bioinformatics expert system linking functional data to anatomical outcomes in limb regeneration. Regeneration (Oxf) 2014; 1:37-56. [PMID: 25729585 PMCID: PMC4339036 DOI: 10.1002/reg2.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Amphibians and molting arthropods have the remarkable capacity to regenerate amputated limbs, as described by an extensive literature of experimental cuts, amputations, grafts, and molecular techniques. Despite a rich history of experimental efforts, no comprehensive mechanistic model exists that can account for the pattern regulation observed in these experiments. While bioinformatics algorithms have revolutionized the study of signaling pathways, no such tools have heretofore been available to assist scientists in formulating testable models of large-scale morphogenesis that match published data in the limb regeneration field. Major barriers preventing an algorithmic approach are the lack of formal descriptions for experimental regenerative information and a repository to centralize storage and mining of functional data on limb regeneration. Establishing a new bioinformatics of shape would significantly accelerate the discovery of key insights into the mechanisms that implement complex regeneration. Here, we describe a novel mathematical ontology for limb regeneration to unambiguously encode phenotype, manipulation, and experiment data. Based on this formalism, we present the first centralized formal database of published limb regeneration experiments together with a user-friendly expert system tool to facilitate its access and mining. These resources are freely available for the community and will assist both human biologists and artificial intelligence systems to discover testable, mechanistic models of limb regeneration.
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- Daniel Lobo
- Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology and Department of BiologyTufts University200 Boston Avenue, Suite 4600MedfordMA02155U.S.A.
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- Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology and Department of BiologyTufts University200 Boston Avenue, Suite 4600MedfordMA02155U.S.A.
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- Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology and Department of BiologyTufts University200 Boston Avenue, Suite 4600MedfordMA02155U.S.A.
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- Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology and Department of BiologyTufts University200 Boston Avenue, Suite 4600MedfordMA02155U.S.A.
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- Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology and Department of BiologyTufts University200 Boston Avenue, Suite 4600MedfordMA02155U.S.A.
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Osamor VC, Azeta AA, Ajulo OO. Tuberculosis-Diagnostic Expert System: an architecture for translating patients information from the web for use in tuberculosis diagnosis. Health Informatics J 2014; 20:275-87. [PMID: 24448278 DOI: 10.1177/1460458213493197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Over 1.5-2 million tuberculosis deaths occur annually. Medical professionals are faced with a lot of challenges in delivering good health-care with unassisted automation in hospitals where there are several patients who need the doctor's attention. OBJECTIVE To automate the pre-laboratory screening process against tuberculosis infection to aid diagnosis and make it fast and accessible to the public via the Internet. The expert system we have built is designed to also take care of people who do not have access to medical experts, but would want to check their medical status. METHODS A rule-based approach has been used, and unified modeling language and the client-server architecture technique were applied to model the system and to develop it as a web-based expert system for tuberculosis diagnosis. Algorithmic rules in the Tuberculosis-Diagnosis Expert System necessitate decision coverage where tuberculosis is either suspected or not suspected. The architecture consists of a rule base, knowledge base, and patient database. These units interact with the inference engine, which receives patient' data through the Internet via a user interface. RESULTS We present the architecture of the Tuberculosis-Diagnosis Expert System and its implementation. We evaluated it for usability to determine the level of effectiveness, efficiency and user satisfaction. The result of the usability evaluation reveals that the system has a usability of 4.08 out of a scale of 5. This is an indication of a more-than-average system performance. CONCLUSION Several existing expert systems have been developed for the purpose of supporting different medical diagnoses, but none is designed to translate tuberculosis patients' symptomatic data for online pre-laboratory screening. Our Tuberculosis-Diagnosis Expert System is an effective solution for the implementation of the needed web-based expert system diagnosis.
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- Victor C Osamor
- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Covenant University, Nigeria
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Covenant University, Nigeria
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Covenant University, Nigeria
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Schmieder PK, Kolanczyk RC, Hornung MW, Tapper MA, Denny JS, Sheedy BR, Aladjov H. A rule-based expert system for chemical prioritization using effects-based chemical categories. SAR QSAR Environ Res 2014; 25:253-287. [PMID: 24779615 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2014.898691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A rule-based expert system (ES) was developed to predict chemical binding to the estrogen receptor (ER) patterned on the research approaches championed by Gilman Veith to whom this article and journal issue are dedicated. The ERES was built to be mechanistically transparent and meet the needs of a specific application, i.e. predict for all chemicals within two well-defined inventories (industrial chemicals used as pesticide inerts and antimicrobial pesticides). These chemicals all lack structural features associated with high affinity binders and thus any binding should be low affinity. Similar to the high-quality fathead minnow database upon which Veith QSARs were built, the ERES was derived from what has been termed gold standard data, systematically collected in assays optimized to detect even low affinity binding and maximizing confidence in the negatives determinations. The resultant logic-based decision tree ERES, determined to be a robust model, contains seven major nodes with multiple effects-based chemicals categories within each. Predicted results are presented in the context of empirical data within local chemical structural groups facilitating informed decision-making. Even using optimized detection assays, the ERES applied to two inventories of >600 chemicals resulted in only ~5% of the chemicals predicted to bind ER.
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- P K Schmieder
- a US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory , Mid-Continent Ecology Division , Duluth , MN , USA
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Hornung MW, Tapper MA, Denny JS, Kolanczyk RC, Sheedy BR, Hartig PC, Aladjov H, Henry TR, Schmieder PK. Effects-based chemical category approach for prioritization of low affinity estrogenic chemicals. SAR QSAR Environ Res 2014; 25:289-323. [PMID: 24779616 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2014.898692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Regulatory agencies are charged with addressing the endocrine disrupting potential of large numbers of chemicals for which there is often little or no data on which to make decisions. Prioritizing the chemicals of greatest concern for further screening for potential hazard to humans and wildlife is an initial step in the process. This paper presents the collection of in vitro data using assays optimized to detect low affinity estrogen receptor (ER) binding chemicals and the use of that data to build effects-based chemical categories following QSAR approaches and principles pioneered by Gilman Veith and colleagues for application to environmental regulatory challenges. Effects-based chemical categories were built using these QSAR principles focused on the types of chemicals in the specific regulatory domain of concern, i.e. non-steroidal industrial chemicals, and based upon a mechanistic hypothesis of how these non-steroidal chemicals of seemingly dissimilar structure to 17ß-estradiol (E2) could interact with the ER via two distinct binding types. Chemicals were also tested to solubility thereby minimizing false negatives and providing confidence in determination of chemicals as inactive. The high-quality data collected in this manner were used to build an ER expert system for chemical prioritization described in a companion article in this journal.
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- M W Hornung
- a US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development , National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Mid-Continent Ecology Division , Duluth , MN , USA
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Trnka H, Wu JX, Van De Weert M, Grohganz H, Rantanen J. Fuzzy Logic-based expert system for evaluating cake quality of freeze-dried formulations. J Pharm Sci 2013; 102:4364-74. [PMID: 24258283 DOI: 10.1002/jps.23745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Revised: 08/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
Freeze-drying of peptide and protein-based pharmaceuticals is an increasingly important field of research. The diverse nature of these compounds, limited understanding of excipient functionality, and difficult-to-analyze quality attributes together with the increasing importance of the biosimilarity concept complicate the development phase of safe and cost-effective drug products. To streamline the development phase and to make high-throughput formulation screening possible, efficient solutions for analyzing critical quality attributes such as cake quality with minimal material consumption are needed. The aim of this study was to develop a fuzzy logic system based on image analysis (IA) for analyzing cake quality. Freeze-dried samples with different visual quality attributes were prepared in well plates. Imaging solutions together with image analytical routines were developed for extracting critical visual features such as the degree of cake collapse, glassiness, and color uniformity. On the basis of the IA outputs, a fuzzy logic system for analysis of these freeze-dried cakes was constructed. After this development phase, the system was tested with a new screening well plate. The developed fuzzy logic-based system was found to give comparable quality scores with visual evaluation, making high-throughput classification of cake quality possible.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hjalte Trnka
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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