OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to determine the level of exposure of 4,4'-methylene bis (2-chloroaniline) (MbOCA) in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. METHODS An integrated occupational hygiene and biological monitoring program were used to assess the workers' exposure to MbOCA via inhalation, ingestion and dermal contact. This was conducted by personal air monitoring, static air monitor...

Applications of robotic and wearable sensors based systems for human assistance or health monitoring have been gaining popularity in recent years. Among its diverse applications, therapeutic robotic systems have been utilized in the muscular physiotherapies for movement training, wrist and arm treatment for injuries and overexertions, and other therapies. Applications of wearable sensors for hu...

Most of the current evacuation plans are based on static signaling, fixed monitoring infrastructure, and limited user notification and feedback mechanisms. These facts lead to lower situation awareness, in the case event of an emergency, such as blocked emergency exits, while delaying the reaction time of individuals. In this context, we introduce the E-Flow communication system, which improves...

This paper will present a focused and personal history of physiologic monitoring, beginning with the discovery of modern anesthesia and its development from a technical practice to a scientific discipline. Emphasis will be on the essence of monitoring in the anesthesia evolution, and this work will attempt to answer the question of how to evaluate the impact of monitoring on patient outcome. Un...

This paper presents an approach to integrate wireless sensor networks (WSN) with the LabVIEW graphical development environment through a dedicated software driver. As personal constribution, a system architecture and concept implementation are described, in the context of a smart house monitoring scenario. Data acquisition is performed via the deployed wireless sensor network with focus on thre...

In this paper, a new method of patient monitoring system has been proposed by employing a system on programmable chip (SOPC) using field programmable gate array (FPGA) processor, due to drawbacks in embedded based patient monitoring system. SOPC based FPGA system measures multiple bio-signals such as Electrocardiogram (ECG), saturation level of oxygen (SaO2) in hemoglobin, body temperature and ...

The aim of this article is to present our proposal for an intelligent monitoring of elderly people based on: the agent technology, a decision support system implemented using a description logic based system and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). Agents technology allows us to customize the monitoring service and to distribute the global functionality of the system among several agents. We use...

This paper describes a micro-grid system and its monitoring system. This micro-grid system consists of generation systems, consumer electrical equipments, auxiliary equipments and the monitoring system. All the equipments have 485 communication interfaces. In order to monitor and manage this micro-grid system, we built a monitoring system, which contains modular instrument system and industrial...

objective low birth weight (birth weight 2500 g) can be one of the serious problems in children. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the developmental status of lbw preterm neonates admited at neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at the corrected ages of six and 12 months via the persian version of ages and stages questionnaires (asq). materials & methods in a follow up study, fifty lbw pr...