BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Point-of-care testing using capillary blood from a finger prick is widely used for predonation haemoglobin testing of blood donors. It is common practice to cover the finger prick with a cotton swab and to instruct the donor to press for few minutes. The finger prick can cause blood contamination of surfaces in contact with the lanced finger, especially door handles, r...

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) enable smart environments to create pervasive and ubiquitous applications, which give context-aware and scalable services to the end users. In this paper, we propose an architecture and design of a web application for a sensor network monitoring. Further, the variation in received signal strength indicator values is used for knowledge extraction. Experiments are ...

I knocked on Denise’s door, and a weak voice told me to come in. When I entered, Denise was lying in bed, barely able to lift her head from the pillow. Her body was skeletal, and her arms were the bruised color of cancer and chemotherapy. Intravenous lines dangled, as saline and morphine flowed into her veins. A breakfast tray sat untouched on the bedside table. The room smelled of sweat, sickn...

Lying supine, the technician uses my mask to bolt me to the treatment table. After he leaves the room, I feel alone, and at first, afraid. I see and hear the radiation machine move around me, but feel nothing. Minutes later, the door opens, and the mask is unbolted. This process is repeated almost daily for 2 months... After 2 weeks, the skin on my neck and inside my mouth becomes red, sore, an...

This paper describes a project that uses constructionist technologies to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. Specifically, the project involves Logo programming as well as the assembly and utilization of the so-called GoGoBoard. The GoGoBoard is used in our project as the heart of an intelligent bedroom. In this room, a person with physical disabilities can control various ...

Some collective behavior during escape panic such as the ‘faster-is-slower effect’ and the irregular outflow are associated with clogging. The reasons for clogging appearance are investigated with a multi-grid model which is presented in previous work. The model implements finer discretization which leads to clogging effects in the dynamics. The effects of the exit width and the interactions ca...

For most healthcare information systems, passwords are the first line of defense in keeping patient and administrative records private and secure. However, this defense is only as strong as the passwords employees chose to use. A weak or easily guessed password is like an open door to the medical records room, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive information. In this paper, we present the ...

We present here a method for providing a mobile robot with learning capabi l i t ies. The method is based on a model of the environment with several hierarchical levels organized by degree of abstract i on . The mathematical structuring tool used is the decomposition of a graph into i t s k-connected components (k=2 and k=3). This structure allows the robot to improve navigation procedures and ...

The smart mobile terminal operator platform Android is getting popular all over the world with its wide variety of applications and enormous use in numerous spheres of our daily life. Considering the fact of increasing demand of home security and automation, an Android based control system is presented in this paper where the proposed system can maintain the security of home main entrance and a...