There is significant interest in the use of electrodes for sensing or actuation in bio-fluidic microsystems. Within these systems high levels of reliability are crucial and complimented by requirements for extremely low levels of false positive and false negatives. This paper extends previous work on impedance and oscillation based condition monitoring of electrode arrays by investigating the a...

Introduction / objectives The process of environmental monitoring in cleanrooms of clinical pharmacy and operating theatres is difficult, the measurement of bio burden is time consuming and the result is available several days after the operation. This study examines the correlation between the number of airborne bacteria and particles in operating theatres and cytostatic compounding cleanrooms...

The article considered modern construction principles of systems for warfighter physiological status monitoring, being developed currently by the advanced countries of the West. Analysis of the technologies in questions has been based on the theory of net centric warfare and concerns of development of modern means of protection. The article presented the feasibility and the key concepts of war ...

   Micro-electroactive polymers have wide applications from industry to healthcare. Artificial muscles, microvalves, microswitches, haptic sensing, blood pressure and pulse monitoring are some potential applications for micro-electroactive polymers. The most advantage of micro-electroactive polymers as sensors and actuators is bio-compatibility and low power threshold for large deformations...

HYPOTHESIS Cross-reactivity of parathyroid hormone (PTH) fragments with immunometric "intact" PTH assays limited the use of intraoperative PTH monitoring in renal hyperparathyroidism. A new assay generation measuring whole PTH (1-84) should be able to predict complete or incomplete resection of hyperfunctioning parathyroid tissue. DESIGN Consecutive series for evaluation of intraoperative PTH...

A monitoring system is designed in where it receives sensory data via wireless sensor network and further processes the data to indicate the current driving aptitude of the driver. Analyzing information related to fatigue using two distinct methods eye movement monitoring and bio signal processing. It is critical that several sensors are integrated and synchronized for a more realistic evaluati...

BACKGROUND With the remarkable increase of microbial and viral sequence data obtained from high-throughput DNA sequencers, novel tools are needed for comprehensive analysis of the big sequence data. We have developed "Batch-Learning Self-Organizing Map (BLSOM)" which can characterize very many, even millions of, genomic sequences on one plane. Influenza virus is one of zoonotic viruses and show...

In this paper, we propose a simple and relative electrode contact monitoring method. By exploiting the power line interference, which is regarded as one of the worst noise sources for bio-potential measurement, the relative difference in electrode impedance can be measured without a current or voltage source. Substantial benefits, including no extra circuit components, no degradation of the bod...

The development of a bio-hybrid tactile sensor array that incorporates a skin analogue comprised of alginate encapsulated fibroblasts is described. The electrical properties are modulated by mechanical stress induced during contact, and changes are detected by a ten-channel dual-electrode impedance sensing array. By continuously monitoring the impedance of the sensor array at a fixed frequency,...