BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a frequent cause of stroke, but detecting paroxysmal AF (pAF) poses a challenge. We investigated whether continuous bedside ECG monitoring in a stroke unit detects pAF more sensitively than 24-hour Holter ECG, and tested whether examining RR interval dynamics on short-term ECG recordings using an automated screening algorithm (ASA) for pAF detection is a u...

OBJECTIVES To describe the frequency of different physiologic monitoring modalities and combinations of modalities used during pediatric procedural sedation; to describe how physiologic monitoring varies among different classes of patients, health care providers (ie, ranging from anesthesiologists to emergency medicine physicians to nurse practitioners), procedures, and sedative medications emp...

Recently, botnets utilizing peer-to-peer style communication infrastructures have been discovered, requiring new approaches to detection and monitoring techniques. Current detection methods analyze network communication patterns, identifying systems that may have been recruited into the botnet. This paper presents a localized botnet communication model that enables a portion of compromised syst...

Investigations are described into the use of a compact, portable unit, using polychromatic scattered light, for the preliminary monitoring airborne PM 2–10 particulates over widespread urban areas subjected to vehicular traffic. The monitoring unit has been used at a city centre bus terminus, at sites along an urban bus corridor and outside a local school adjacent to an air quality monitoring s...

Abstract This essay marks the start of a bold reorientation philosophical vision author: where texts Christian theological tradition once served as point reference, it is now experience trauma that guides phenomenological investigation – specifically, illness, separation, death child, natural disaster, and pandemic. These experiences, which befall me without rhyme or reason, open up new field h...