Quality of Kinect Depth Information for Passive Posture Monitoring

Clients with hallucinations really need continuous family support both internal and external families. Reduced external family support will cause a heavy burden on the internal family in caring for hallucinatory clients. The reason families bring to the hospital is the inability to treat patient hallucinations at home after hospitalization because hallucinations pose a burden on the family. The purpose of this study was to find out in-depth information about family experience in treating schizophrenic patients who experience auditory hallucinations after hospitalization. This research is qualitative research, the phenomenology approach uses the method of collecting data by in-depth interviews and document review. Data were obtained by in-depth interviews with six participants. The results of the study are two main themes, namely family understanding of recognizing hallucinatory problems after hospitalization and family experience in treating schizophrenic patients with hallucinatory problems.It is hoped that health services will further improve the quality of health services in providing health education to families about how to properly care for hallucinatory patients and families are expected to be able to treat hallucinogenic patients well. Klien dengan halusinasi sangat membutuhkan dukungan dari keluarga secara terus menerus baik keluarga internal maupun eksternal. Berkurangnya dukungan keluarga eksternal akan menimbulkan beban yang berat bagi keluarga internal dalam merawat klien halusinasi. Alasan keluarga membawa ke RSJ adalah ketidakmampuan merawat halusinasi pasien dirumah pasca rawat inap karena halusinasi menimbulkan beban bagi keluarga. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui informasi mendalam tentang pengalaman keluarga dalam merawat pasien skizofrenia yang mengalami masalah halusinasi pendengaran pasca hospitalisasi. Penelitian ini merupahkan penelitian kualitatif, pendekatan fenomenologi menggunakan metode pengumpulan data dengan wawancara mendalam dan telaah dokumen. Data didapatkan dengan wawancara mendalam terhadap enam partisipan. Hasil wawancara dianalisis dengan menggunakan metode Collaizi. Hasil penelitian yaitu terdapat 2 utama tema yaitu pemahaman keluarga tentang mengenal masalah halusinasi pasca hospitalisasi dan pengalaman keluarga dalam merawat pasien skizofrenia dengan masalah halusinasi.Diharapkan bagi pelayanan kesehatan agar lebih meningkatkan mutu pelayanan kesehatan dalam memberikan pendidikan kesehatan kepada keluarga tentang cara merawat pasien halusinasi yang benar dan keluarga diharapkan dapat merawat pasien halusinasi dengan baik.

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Superintendent Perceptions of Quantity and Quality of Principal Candidates

Journal of School Leadership ◽

10.1177/105268460301300202 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 159-180 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Kathryn S. Whitaker

Keyword(s):

Professional Preparation ◽

Depth Information ◽

Induction Programs ◽

Preparation Programs ◽

Principal Candidates ◽

Level Of Satisfaction ◽

Superintendent Perceptions ◽

Principal Roles

This article presents data from a study of superintendents on their perceptions of the quality and quantity of principal candidates in one state. Through a survey, superintendents were asked to provide information about the quantity and quality of candidates for the principalship, level of satisfaction with mentoring/induction programs, and level of satisfaction with professional preparation programs. The respondents were also asked to provide responses to the factors discouraging applicants for the principalship, and suggestions to increase the pool of candidates for the principalship. Follow-up interviews were conducted with 10 superintendents in the state for more in-depth information about the quantity and quality of candidates for the principalship. Recommendations are offered about methods to increase candidate pools and retain quality individuals in principal roles.

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The Effectiveness of Depth Data in Liveness Face Authentication Using 3D Sensor Cameras

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s19081928 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (8) ◽

pp. 1928 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ghazel Albakri ◽

Sharifa Alghowinem

Keyword(s):

Positive Impact ◽

Depth Information ◽

Depth Range ◽

Biometric Technology ◽

Liveness Detection ◽

Face Authentication ◽

Stereo Cameras ◽

3D Camera ◽

The Face

Even though biometric technology increases the security of systems that use it, they are prone to spoof attacks where attempts of fraudulent biometrics are used. To overcome these risks, techniques on detecting liveness of the biometric measure are employed. For example, in systems that utilise face authentication as biometrics, a liveness is assured using an estimation of blood flow, or analysis of quality of the face image. Liveness assurance of the face using real depth technique is rarely used in biometric devices and in the literature, even with the availability of depth datasets. Therefore, this technique of employing 3D cameras for liveness of face authentication is underexplored for its vulnerabilities to spoofing attacks. This research reviews the literature on this aspect and then evaluates the liveness detection to suggest solutions that account for the weaknesses found in detecting spoofing attacks. We conduct a proof-of-concept study to assess the liveness detection of 3D cameras in three devices, where the results show that having more flexibility resulted in achieving a higher rate in detecting spoofing attacks. Nonetheless, it was found that selecting a wide depth range of the 3D camera is important for anti-spoofing security recognition systems such as surveillance cameras used in airports. Therefore, to utilise the depth information and implement techniques that detect faces regardless of the distance, a 3D camera with long maximum depth range (e.g., 20 m) and high resolution stereo cameras could be selected, which can have a positive impact on accuracy.

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On the Stereoscopic Composition of Wide Baseline Stereo Pairs

Volume 2: 29th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Parts A and B ◽

10.1115/detc2009-86357 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Chensheng Wang ◽

Xiaochun Wang ◽

Joris S. M. Vergeest ◽

Tjamme Wiegers

Keyword(s):

Binocular Vision ◽

Main Idea ◽

Depth Information ◽

Stereoscopic Image ◽

Stereoscopic Images ◽

Wide Baseline Stereo ◽

Before And After ◽

Depth Cue ◽

A Minor

Wide baseline cameras are broadly utilized in binocular vision systems, delivering depth information and stereoscopic images of the scene that are crucial both in virtual reality and in computer vision applications. However, due to the large distance between the two cameras, the stereoscopic composition of stereo pairs with wide baseline is hardly to fit the human eye parallax. In this paper, techniques and algorithms for the stereoscopic composition of wide baseline stereo pairs in binocular vision will be investigated. By incorporating the human parallax limitation, a novel algorithm being capable of adjusting the wide baseline stereo pairs to compose a high quality stereoscopic image will be formulated. The main idea behind the proposed algorithm is, by simulating the eyeball rotation, to shift the wide baseline stereo pairs closer to each other to fit the human parallax limit. This makes it possible for the wide baseline stereo pairs to be composed into a recognizable stereoscopic image in terms of human parallax with a minor cost of variation in the depth cue. In addition, the depth variations before and after the shifting of the stereo pairs are evaluated by conducting an error estimation. Examples are provided for the evaluation of the proposed algorithm. And the quality of the composed stereoscopic images proves that the proposed algorithm is both valid and effective.

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Artifact Handling Based on Depth Image for View Synthesis

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app9091834 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 1834 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Xiaodong Chen ◽

Haitao Liang ◽

Huaiyuan Xu ◽

Siyu Ren ◽

Huaiyu Cai ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Objective Evaluation ◽

Depth Image ◽

Reference Image ◽

Depth Information ◽

Virtual Image ◽

Hole Filling ◽

Virtual View ◽

Depth Image Based Rendering ◽

Handling Method

The depth image based rendering (DIBR) is a popular technology for 3D video and free viewpoint video (FVV) synthesis, by which numerous virtual views can be generated from a single reference view and its depth image. However, some artifacts are produced in the DIBR process and reduce the visual quality of virtual view. Due to the diversity of artifacts, effectively handling them becomes a challenging task. In this paper, an artifact handling method based on depth image is proposed. The reference image and its depth image are extended to fill the holes that belong to the out-of-field regions. A depth image preprocessing method is applied to project the ghosts to their correct place. The 3D warping process is optimized by an adaptive one-to-four method to deal with the cracks and pixel overlapping. For disocclusions, we calculate depth and background terms of the filling priority based on depth information. The search for the best matching patch is performed simultaneously in the reference image and the virtual image. Moreover, adaptive patch size is used in all hole-filling processes. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, which has better performance compared with previous methods in subjective and objective evaluation.

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Care and Management of Voice Change for Thyroid Surgery: Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics Clinical Practice Guideline

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology ◽

10.21053/ceo.2021.00633 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

changhwan ryu ◽

Seung Jin Lee ◽

Jae-Gu Cho ◽

Ik Joon Choi ◽

Yoon Seok Choi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Thyroid Surgery ◽

Task Force ◽

Depth Information ◽

Voice Change ◽

Level Of Evidence ◽

Korean Society ◽

Education Management ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Set Up

Voice change is a common complaint after thyroid surgery and has significant impacts on quality of life. The Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics, and Logopedics set up a task force team to establish guideline recommendations on education, care, and management related to thyroid surgery. The guideline recommendations include preoperative voice education, management of anticipated voice change during surgery, and comprehensive voice care after thyroid surgery, including in-depth information and up-to-date knowledge based on validated literature. The committee constructed 14 key questions (KQ) in three categories: preoperative (KQ1–2), intraoperative (KQ 3–8), and postoperative (KQ 9–14) management and developed 18 evidence-based recommendations. The Delphi survey reached an agreement on each recommendation. Detailed evidence profiles are presented for each recommendation. The level of evidence for each recommendation is classified into high, moderate, and low-quality. The recommendation

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Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Analisis Real Untuk Memfasilitasi Self Regulated Learning Mahasiswa

EDUMATICA | Jurnal Pendidikan Matematika ◽

10.22437/edumatica.v9i1.6259 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 61-74

Author(s):

Ranisa Junita ◽

Roseli Theis

Keyword(s):

Model Development ◽

Depth Information ◽

Real Analysis ◽

Teaching Materials ◽

Self Regulated Learning ◽

Quality Of Teaching ◽

Regulated Learning ◽

Addie Model ◽

Real Self

Abstrak Pengembangan bahan ajar disesuaikan dengan karakteristik dan kebutuhan mahasiswa. Menurut Branch (2009), pengembangan suatu produk berpusat kepada mahasiswa, salah satu strategi yang paling banyak dikenal untuk membantu mahasiswa memahami dan mengingat materi yang dibaca mahasiswa adalah Strategi PQ4R (Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite dan Review). Strategi ini membantu mahasiswa untuk menata informasinya secara bermakna, mengajukan, pertanyaan, merefleksi, dan mengulasnya. Langkah-langkah dalam strategi PQ4R dapat membantu mahasiswa dalam mengorganisasi teks, dan mengatur dirinya sendiri untuk memperoleh informasi lebih mendalam dengan elaborasi yang lebih luas. Sehingga mahasiswa lebih mandiri dalam belajar. Kemandirian dalam belajar diistilahkan dengan Self Regulated Learning. Model Pengembangan bahan ajar analisis real untuk memfasilitasi self regulated learning mahasiswa yaitu dengan model ADDIE. Tahapan ADDIE adalah (1) Analisis, (2) Perancangan, (3) Pengembangan, (4) Implementasi dan (5) Evaluasi. Kelayakan dan kualitas bahan ajar ditentukan dengan indikator valid, praktis, dan efektif. Validitas bahan ajar ditilik pada aspek materi dan desain bahan ajar, dan praktikalitas dilihat pada uji coba terbatas kepada 10 mahasiswa. Semua instrumen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini divalidasi kepada 2 orang validator yang merupakan dosen pendidikan matematika FKIP Universitas Jambi. Hasil yang diperoleh, Instrumen sudah dinyatakan layak untuk digunakan. Sedangkan hasil pengembangan bahan ajar analisis real dinyatakan valid dan praktis. Kata Kunci: Analisis Real, Self Regulated Learning Abstract Development of teaching materials tailored to the characteristics and needs of students. According to Branch (2009), the development of a product centered on students, one of the most well-known strategies to help students understand and remember material read by students is the PQ4R Strategy (Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite and Review). This strategy helps students to organize their information meaningfully, ask questions, reflect, and review it. The steps in the PQ4R strategy can help students organize the text, and organize themselves to obtain more in-depth information by means of broader elaboration. So that students will be more independent in learning. Independence in learning is termed Self Regulated Learning. Model Development of real analysis teaching materials to facilitate student self-regulated learning, namely the ADDIE model. ADDIE stages are (1) Analysis, (2) Design, (3) Development, (4) Implementation and (5) Evaluation. The quality of teaching materials is determined by valid, practical, and effective indicators. The validity of teaching materials is seen in the material aspects and design of teaching materials, and the practice seen in the trial is limited to 10 students and 1 lecturer. All instruments used in this study were validated to 2 validators who were lecturers in mathematics education FKIP Jambi University. The results obtained, the instrument has been declared eligible for use. While the results of developing real analysis teaching materials are declared valid and practical. Kata Kunci: Analisis Real, Self Regulated Learning

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SARS-CoV-2 and Assisted Reproductive Technology Practice: An Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) Position Paper

Fertility & Reproduction ◽

10.1142/s2661318220500188 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-29

Author(s):

Budi Wiweko ◽

Tuong M. Ho ◽

Rong Li ◽

Tin-Chiu Li ◽

Chii-Ruey Tzeng ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Assisted Reproductive Technology ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Reproductive Technology ◽

Asia Pacific ◽

Depth Information ◽

Tier 2 ◽

Related Services ◽

Quality Of Patient Care ◽

Tier 1

Background: Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) aims to improve knowledge and awareness of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and infertility-related services, with the aim of improving the quality of patient care. Methods:A survey was developed and responded by a group of 10 ASPIRE board members to gather in-depth information about current practices, recommendations, and perceptions about SARS-CoV-2 and ART. The collected data were summarized and individual responses pooled among questions requiring voting. The overall rates were computed by response category. The group discussed the summary evidence, until a consensus was reached concerning a series of recommendation on how to make decisions concerning ART service provision during the current (and any future) pandemic. A two-tier recommendation was developed based on agreement rate and implementation priority. Tier 1 comprises recommendations in which the rate of “absolutely agree” responses were [Formula: see text]60%, whereas tier 2 refers to recommendations in which the rate of “absolutely agree” plus “agree” was ¿60%, but the rate of “absolutely agree” was [Formula: see text]50%. Results:The survey was responded by all participants between July 24 and July 30, 2020. Nine tier 1 and five tier 2 recommendations are provided concerning prevention, testing, personal protective equipment, informed consent, and quality management. The former indicates the situations in which most individuals should receive the intervention/procedure, whereas the latter relates to those that may be suitable for individual clinics and patients. Conclusions:This document provides the ASPIRE viewpoint on better managing infertile patients seeking ART during the COVID-19 pandemic. This expert opinion guide aims to help both competent authorities and healthcare providers to deliver quality and safe ART.

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'Hands on, Hands off': a model of clinical supervision that recognises trainees' need for support and independence

Australian Health Review ◽

10.1071/ah09773 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 286 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Rick Iedema ◽

Suzanne Brownhill ◽

Mary Haines ◽

Bill Lancashire ◽

Tim Shaw ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Clinical Supervision ◽

Hospital Setting ◽

Rural Hospital ◽

Depth Information ◽

Junior Doctors ◽

Supervisory Support ◽

Medical Supervision ◽

Hands On ◽

Being There

Rationale.This article presents a study of junior doctor supervision at a rural hospital. The objective of the present study was to gain insight into the types of supervision events experienced, the quality of supervisory relationships, the frequencies of supervision contact in a rural hospital setting, and the implications of these factors for supervision practice. Methods.A cohort of junior doctors was asked to provide in-depth information about their interactions with their supervisors and other relevant clinical colleagues. The information was filled in on diary sheets to capture the nature, focus and quality of the cohort’s supervision experiences over 2 weeks. The information also covered frequency and types of supervisory contacts. Results.The quantitative data reveals that supervisory events occur predominantly as part of ongoing patient care and rarely off-line as part of targeted supervisory practice. The qualitative data analysis reveals that junior doctors value supervisory support of two kinds: assistance from more senior clinicians who are expert in areas where trainees need help, and trust to act independently, without being abandoned. Conclusion.Supervision must be both structured and dynamic. Besides providing a regular forum for discussion and reflection, supervision must accommodate the variable needs of individual junior doctors and navigate between being hands-on and hands-off. Such dynamic approach is necessary to reassure junior doctors they are in a ‘zone of safe learning’ where they can act with adequate and flexible support and negotiate changes in supervisory attention. What is known about the topic?Research is recognising the challenges of treatment complexity and unexpected outcomes faced by junior doctors. These factors mean that supervision needs to include dealing with the experiential and interpersonal aspects of junior doctors’ clinical work. It is also recognised that the supervisory relationship remains to be investigated in depth. Further, because supervision guidelines in Australia are still under development, they do not as yet specify senior doctors’ or registrar’s supervisory accountabilities. Relying on conventional approaches to managing medical supervision, hospitals and associated medical schools are struggling to ensure that supervising doctors’ perceptions of and approaches to supervision are aligned with emerging definitions of effective supervision. What does this paper add?The ‘hands on, hands off’ model developed here enriches post-graduate medical curricula on two fronts. First, it advises supervisors that they need to be hands-on, practising ‘active supervision’. This involves regular and structured contact with junior doctors to enhance the safety and quality of the care provided by them. Second, it advises supervisors to be hands-off, practising ‘passive supervision’. This involves ‘trustful’ monitoring junior doctors’ everyday work and negotiating with them their unique and changing learning trajectories. What are the implications for practitioners?The model proposed here has three implications for practitioners. First, the model posits that medical supervision is about ‘being there’. Junior doctors set great store by being granted ready access to advice and help if and when that is needed. Second, the model emphasises that junior doctors expect to gain supervisors’ trust to act independently albeit with supervisory access and guidance being readily available. Third, junior doctors’ needs change, not necessarily in a linear, uni-directional way. For supervisors, this means that they need to devise regular feedback opportunities for their trainees to articulate their developments, concerns and changing needs.

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Crystallographic Analysis of (110)CeO2/(100)Si Using RBS/Channeling Technique

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-312-309 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 312 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Masataka Satoh ◽

Yasuhiro Yamamoto ◽

Shigeyuki Nakajima ◽

Yoshinobu Sakurai ◽

Tomoyasu Inoue ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Single Crystal ◽

Crystallographic Analysis ◽

Crystalline Quality ◽

Depth Information ◽

Planar Channeling ◽

Si Substrate ◽

Si Substrates

AbstractEpitaxially grown CeO2 layers on (100)Si substrates are studied using the RBS/channeling technique. The crystallographic correlation between the overgrown layers and off-oriented Si substrates is precisely analyzed by means of constructing stereographic projections obtained from the planar channeling dips. From the stereographic projections for the CeO2 layer on the 4° off-oriented Si substrate, it is clearly seen not only that the epitaxial (110)CeO2 layer is single crystal with the direction defined as [001]CeO2 ║ [011]Si, but also that the crystalline quality of (110)CeO2 on (100)Si can be improved by use of the off-oriented substrate. The inclined epitaxial direction is also detected as the depth information.

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