This paper focuses on the design of compact thermal actuators capable of both lateral and vertical actuation. Several different approaches to vertical and lateral actuation were combined to design a device capable of both vertical and lateral deflection. This paper presents suggested test structures and experiments and expected results for such a device.

A study about the piezoresistive Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) cantilever for a chemical sensitive mass based sensor has been carried out to enhance sensor sensitivity. The sensitive region attracts the CO2 molecules there by introducing the stress concentration region (SCR). Three types of SCR geometry designs were first analysed using Intellisuite software to study the effect of str...

Medication Reconciliation has emerged as a major patient safety goal in the management of medication errors and prevention of adverse drug events. The medication reconciliation process supports the task of detecting and correcting potential mistakes in a patient’s medication list so that physicians can make correct, consistent, timely and safe prescribing decisions. Maintaining an accurate list...

Introduction Drug sales data as an early indicator in syndromic surveillance has attracted particular interest in recent years (1, 2), however previous studies were mostly conducted in developed countries or areas. In China, many people (around 60%) choose self-medication as their first option when they encounter a health problem (3), and electronic sales information system is gradually used by...

In this paper, we present various procedures to support a ZUPT-based MEMS IMU navigation application by available external building models and photographs of evacuation plans. In detail, these are approaches for horizontal alignment of the track using the external building shell, for height correction by stair and elevator detection, for the extraction of the initial position and direction usin...

This paper briefly and informally reviews the rapidly growing field of Power MEMS. This term now broadly refers to microsystems designed to produce power or mechanical work. Ongoing research includes heat engines, mechanical-to-electrical-energy conversion devices, and propulsion engines.

Northwestern has been rolling out its EHR in phases, Bryant says. This year it has completed implementation of medication administration, computerized physician order entry, and physician documentation modules. There’s more to come, including bar coding, handheld devices, and more clinical documentation rollouts in additional departments. For her part, Bryant supervises coding, transcription, c...