18 Wireless Cloud-Based Data Acquisition and Management Tool for Use with Inteli-Straws and Assisted Reproductive Techniques

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 148
Author(s):  
M. E. Kjelland ◽  
S. Romo ◽  
T. K. Stroud
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Embryo Transfer ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Present System ◽  
Rfid Tag ◽  
Database Entry ◽  
Rfid Reader ◽  
Reproductive Techniques ◽  
Wireless Cloud

Inteli-Straw (I-S) devices equipped with radiofrequency identification (RFID) technology were developed for gamete and embryo packaging, storage, and information retrieval to benefit the assisted reproduction industry. The aim of this study was to develop and test software for use with I-S technology. Two types of I-S were used, those with 125 and 134 kHz RFID chips, in conjunction with corresponding wireless RFID readers. Two different RFID chip designs were tested: (1) Mini: 0.25-mL straw, RFID tag dimensions = 1.25 × 7 mm and 1.4 × 8 mm; Standard: 0.5-mL straw, RFID tag dimensions = 2 × 12 mm; and (2) µ-chip (Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) of 0.4 mm square and 0.06 mm thick. Inteli-Straw RFID chips can be written or have codes that can be associated with information in a database. The present RFID chips were used with the idChamp DX1 Veterinary & Livestock RFID Reader that uses Bluetooth to connect to an iOS platform for cloud computing. The iScanBrowser (Serialio, TX, USA) LED, an app for an iOS platform for use with a wireless RFID reader, was utilised, as well as a proprietary gamete and embryo database software. The present system allows for quickly accessing the RFID codes from the various I-S gamete and embryo packaging (before or after I-S filling) and entering the data into a computer or cloud-based database that can track their status, movement, metadata, and so on. The ability to acquire I-S information with wireless entry into the cloud-based database was achieved. When the RFID wireless reader detects an I-S, the RFID code is displayed almost immediately (~1 s) in a cell in the software system. The I-S (n = 194) were scanned for automatic database entry. For the wireless-enabled proof of concept, 17 scans of I-S [i.e. RFID chip design 1 (n = 15) and design 2 (n = 2)] were made with wireless scanner detection (< 2.5 cm from RFID reader to I-S) and online database entry with a 100% success rate. By using this I-S method, the present invention provides a wireless, cloud-based system for local or remote access, potentially benefiting both laboratory and field logistics. For AI and embryo transfer, the user can scan an I-S and the information is automatically detected; wireless cloud computing and RFID data crosschecking can occur; and the information can be uploaded to a database for later retrieval or analysis. Further, one can use an iphone or ipad to enter other information such as cow number into the cloud-based database during AI or embryo transfer. The present system can allow for near real-time viewing of the data, locally and remotely, or cross-checking of materials and associated information to reduce errors and improve assisted reproductive technology efficiency.

scholarly journals Analysis of the ukrainian market of cloud technologies

Connectivity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 148 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Fedosiva ◽  
◽  
I. M. Sribna
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Local Network ◽  
Rapid Improvement ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Cloud Technologies

The article is devoted to the analysis of the Ukrainian market for the spread of cloud technologies, an overview of growth dynamics, application segments and identifies leading companies that offer services using cloud computing. According to the unanimous forecasts of the world’s leading consulting companies, the rapid improvement and spread of cloud computing is now one of the key trends that in the next 5-8 years will significantly affect the global development of not only the IT industry but also business, finance, public administration, medicine, education and many other areas of human life. Prospects for the rapid development of cloud services in Ukraine encourage more careful consideration of the experience of their application in more «mature» markets and identify the main benefits and risks of these technologies in local conditions. People perceive the cloud as a platform only for storage and computing. However, there are many other opportunities that cloud technologies offer with cloud computing. Currently, cloud computing technologies are becoming increasingly popular. The advantages of this technology are obvious: economy, speed, elasticity, versatility of access. In the future, their use will create a powerful information and telecommunications system, which will be a technological solution for the construction and development of new infrastructure in the country. The world’s largest IT vendors (Microsoft, Amazon, Google and others) somehow implement cloud computing services, providing a wide range of opportunities for users. Thus, cloud computing is software and hardware that is available to the user via the Internet (or local network) in the form of a service that allows you to use a user-friendly web interface for remote access to dedicated resources (computing resources, programs and data). Thus, cloud computing is the next stage of information development of mankind.

scholarly journals Rancang Bangun Sistem Pengaman Sepeda Motor Menggunakan Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) dan Notifikasi Melalui Handphone

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
Meli Mildawati ◽  
Wildian Wildian
Keyword(s):  
Radio Frequency ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Reed Switch ◽  
Rfid Tag ◽  
Rfid Reader ◽  
Frequency Identification ◽  
Arduino Uno

Sistem pengaman sepeda motor menggunakan radio frequency identification (RFID) dan notifikasi melalui handphone yang dikontrol dengan modul Arduino Uno telah dirancang bangun. RFID terdiri dari sebuah RFID tag dan RFID reader. RFID tag yang memiliki kode yang berbeda-beda, digunakan sebagai kunci untuk menghidupkan sepeda motor setelah kunci kontak digunakan. RFID reader dapat membaca tag pada jarak maksimal 1,26 cm. Sepeda motor yang dihidupkan tanpa menggunakan RFID tag atau RFID tag tidak sesuai menyebabkan aktifnya reed switch pada pelek roda depan. Ketika roda telah berputar sebanyak empat kali, maka alarm aktif dan GSM SIM 800L mengirimkan notifikasi berupa SMS sebanyak satu kali dan misscall sebanyak tiga kali ke nomor handphone pemilik sepeda motor. Waktu delay rata-rata SMS dan miscall berturut-turut adalah 5,42 s, 8,62 s, 61,14 s dan 113,16 s. Kata kunci: sistem pengaman sepeda motor, RFID, Arduino Uno , reed switch, GSM SIM 800L

Towards Innovative Library Services

2013 ◽  
pp. 221-235
Author(s):  
Parveen Babbar
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Information Network ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Network Information ◽  
Access Service ◽  
Service Capability

This chapter discusses emerging innovative technologies and examines how Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Library is increasingly benefited by its new and future services. It discusses the National Open Distance Learners' Library and Information Network (NODLINET), a project of IGNOU Library created for distance learning libraries for sharing collections, e-resources, and services on a common platform. The chapter discusses how IGNOU Library is moving towards innovative Library Services by providing its users with updated contents and constantly strengthening service capability in network information environment. It also explains in detail the component of Remote Access to E-resources, which is a quick, easy, and convenient service to gain off-campus access to all IGNOU Library subscribed databases and other online resources. It also enumerates the copyright restrictions and licensing restrictions through Remote Access Service. There is also a discussion in detail on various other innovative initiatives taken by IGNOU Library like Cloud Computing, Course Reserves, Institutional Repository, Discovery, and AtoZ Services.

Towards Innovative Library Services

2018 ◽  
pp. 1196-1212
Author(s):  
Parveen Babbar
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Information Network ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Network Information ◽  
Access Service ◽  
Service Capability

This chapter discusses emerging innovative technologies and examines how Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Library is increasingly benefited by its new and future services. It discusses the National Open Distance Learners' Library and Information Network (NODLINET), a project of IGNOU Library created for distance learning libraries for sharing collections, e-resources, and services on a common platform. The chapter discusses how IGNOU Library is moving towards innovative Library Services by providing its users with updated contents and constantly strengthening service capability in network information environment. It also explains in detail the component of Remote Access to E-resources, which is a quick, easy, and convenient service to gain off-campus access to all IGNOU Library subscribed databases and other online resources. It also enumerates the copyright restrictions and licensing restrictions through Remote Access Service. There is also a discussion in detail on various other innovative initiatives taken by IGNOU Library like Cloud Computing, Course Reserves, Institutional Repository, Discovery, and AtoZ Services.

A New Approach in Cloud Computing User Authentication

Web Services ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1393-1410
Author(s):  
Alaa Hussein Al-Hamami ◽  
Rafal A. Al-Khashab
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
High Performance ◽  
User Authentication ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
User Privacy ◽  
Is Security

Cloud computing provides the full scalability, reliability, high performance and relatively low cost feasible solution as compared to dedicated infrastructure. These features make cloud computing more attractive to users and intruders. It needs more and complex security measures to protect user privacy and data centers. The main concern in this chapter is security, privacy and trust. This chapter will give a discussion and a suggestion for using cloud computing to preserve security and privacy. The malicious hacker and other threats are considering the major cause of leaking security of the personal cloud due to centralized location and remote accesses to the cloud. According to attacks, a centralized location can be easier target rather than several goals and remote access is insecure technologies which offer a boundary of options for attackers to infiltrate enterprises. The biggest concern is attackers that will use the remote connection as a jumping point to get deeper into an organization.

The Empirical Analysis of Cloud Computing Services among the Hungarian Enterprises

2016 ◽  
pp. 1162-1190
Author(s):  
Peter Sasvari ◽  
Zoltán Nagymate
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Information Flow ◽  
Data Security ◽  
Basic Concept ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Cloud Computing Services ◽  
System Breakdown ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Innovation capability has increasingly been searched by the ICT sector in cloud computing applications recently. This chapter describes the economic potentials of cloud computing and explores the characteristics of its usage among Hungarian enterprises. Although enterprises are aware of the basic concept of cloud computing, they have concerns about its application mainly due to data security issues and the lack of education. The chance of using cloud computing services is mainly facilitated by the creation of easier application and consultation would positively affect their usage. According to microenterprises and corporations, faster information flow and remote access are the key benefits of cloud usage. In the case of small-sized enterprises, the two main advantages are easier system recoverability and a higher level of mobility in case of a system breakdown. For the medium-sized enterprises, remote access and greater data security were the key benefits of using cloud computing services in 2014.

Perception of Prenatal Sex Selection among Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in a South Western Nigerian Town

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
J Imaralu ◽  
FI Ani ◽  
AO Olaleye ◽  
JO Sotunsa ◽  
OO Adelowo
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Embryo Transfer ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Antenatal Clinic ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Sex Selection ◽  
Male Child ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Techniques ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Reproductive Techniques

Objective: To determine the perception of child sex selection and the factors affecting acceptance of assisted reproductive techniques for child sex selection among pregnant women in Ogun state, Southwestern Nigeria. Methods: A cross sectional survey conducted among 400 antenatal clinic attendees in the three largest hospitals in Sagamu and its environs in Ogun state. Results: Participants were mostly Yorubas (83.1%), Christians (71.5%) and had tertiary education (52.8%). The male child was preferred among respondents who indicated their choice (84.8%). Relative subfertility before index conception influenced the preference for a male child (p<0.001); it however, did not have any significant influence on awareness of methods of prenatal sex selection (p=0.965, CI=0.960-0.969). Presence of existing male children had a significantly negative effect on preferred child sex (p=0.377, CI=0.365-0.390). In-vitro fertilization with embryo transfer (71.3%) is the method of assisted conception most known to the respondents while selective embryo transfer is the commonest method of prenatal sex selection they are aware of (42.6%). Educational level (p<0.001), ethnicity (p<0.05) and religion (p<0.001), determined the acceptance of prenatal sex selection. Most (77.8%) of the respondents who welcomed the idea, would undergo procedures to have a male child; a choice which however did not significantly influence their opinion on legal regulation of these procedures. Conclusion: Pregnant women in Sagamu are mostly aware of assisted reproductive techniques for prenatal sex selection and would consider them for difficulty in bearing male offspring. This choice however did not significantly affect their attitudes towards legal restrictions of sex selective procedures.

160 CONCEPTION RATES FOLLOWING TREATMENT OF LACTATING HOLSTEIN RECIPIENTS WITH A GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE (GnRH) ANALOGUE AT THE TIME OF TRANSFER OF OVUM PICK-UP/IVF-DERIVED EMBRYOS

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 228
Author(s):  
T. L. C. Pinto ◽  
J. N. S. Sales ◽  
R. R. Carvalho ◽  
T. M. França ◽  
J. C. Souza
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Embryo Transfer ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Gnrh Analogue ◽  
Gnrh Analogues ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Lactating Dairy Cows ◽  
Conception Rates ◽  
Day Of Embryo Transfer

The use of lactating dairy cows as ovum pick-up (OPU)/IVF-derived embryo recipients in large-scale embryo transfer programs may be limited by the effects of low progesterone concentrations on the uterine environment and subsequent embryo development. It was hypothesized that the injection of a GnRH analogue on the day of embryo transfer would induce ovulation and formation of an accessory corpus luteum, increasing progesterone concentrations and, as a result, conception rates. An experiment was designed to evaluate the effects of two different GnRH analogues injected IM on the day of embryo transfer on conception rates of lactating Holstein recipients. Oestrus was not synchronized and was detected continuously by multiple observers during the day and in the evening until midnight. Recipient days in milk varied from 45 to 150, daily milk production ranged from 20 to 45 kg, body condition scores and age ranged from 2.5 to 4.5 and 2.5 to 5.5 years, respectively. Herd pregnancy rates after the first artificial insemination ranged from 15% to 70%, considering the period the experiment was conducted. Embryos were produced by standard in vitro techniques following OPU on Holstein donors. Lactating Holstein recipients (n = 224) were allocated randomly to one of three treatment groups 7 days after detected oestrus: Control (n = 77) = vehicle; Buserelin (Sincroforte®, Ouro Fino, Sao Paulo, Brazil; n = 75) = 10 µg; and Deslorelin (Sincrorrelin®, Ouro Fino; n = 72) = 750 µg. Embryos were transferred nonsurgically 6 to 8 days after observed oestrus. Pregnancy was detected by ultrasonography between 62 and 72 days after embryo transfer. Percent pregnant data were analyzed as a binomial distribution under the GENMOD procedure of SAS (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA). Conception rates were similar (P = 0.13) between Control (28%, 22/77), Buserelin (24%, 18/75), and Deslorelin (38%, 28/72) treatment groups. These data demonstrate that conception rates from in vitro produced embryos transferred to lactating dairy cows are not improved by treatment with a GnRH analogue on the day of transfer. Although not critically tested, results indicate that adequate conception rates may be obtained in commercial dairy operations from OPU/IVF-derived embryos, adding an important management tool for reproduction and animal breeding enhancement.

155 NOVEL RECIPIENT SYNCHRONIZATION REGIMENS FOR SUCCESSFUL EMBRYO TRANSFER IN THE BRAZILIAN OCELOT FOLLOWING LONG-TERM FROZEN EMBRYO STORAGE

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 176 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. Conforti ◽  
C. H. Adania ◽  
P. G. Gonzalez ◽  
C. de Oliveira ◽  
W. F. Swanson
Keyword(s):  
Embryo Transfer ◽  
Ovarian Response ◽  
Developmental Competence ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Ovarian Activity ◽  
Combination Regimen ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Genetic Management ◽  
Frozen Embryos

The Brazilian ocelot (Leopardus pardalis mitis) is threatened with extinction in southern Brazil due to habitat loss and poaching. As one component of a bi-national conservation program, efforts have been initiated to establish a Brazilian ocelot population in North American zoos through a combination of natural breeding and assisted reproduction. With improved efficiency, embryo freezing and transfer might be useful as a management tool to help achieve this conservation goal. The objectives of this study were to (1) compare two novel ovarian stimulation regimens for embryo recipient synchronization in ocelots and (2) assess embryo transfer success following long-term (7 yrs) storage of frozen ocelot embryos. Adult female ocelots (n = 8), housed individually at a breeding facility in southern Brazil, were used as recipients. Ovarian activity was monitored noninvasively by assessing fecal estrone metabolite concentrations via a validated enzyme immunoassay. Initial fecal monitoring indicated that all females displayed active ovarian cyclicity. For embryo transfer, fecal samples were collected from each cat and assayed daily over a three week period. Females (n = 4) showing two or more consecutive days of increasing estrone were classified as estrual and treated (Trt 1) with two injections of porcine luteinizing hormone (pLH, 3000 IU dose–1, IM, 13 h interval). Females (n = 4) exhibiting consecutive days of basal estrone levels were considered interestrual and received a combination regimen (Trt 2) of equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG, 400 IU, IM) followed 85 h later by pLH (3000 IU, IM). Females were anesthetized 50 h after the second hormone injection and evaluated laparoscopically to assess ovarian response. All females exhibited at least one fresh corpus luteum (CL) indicating proper timing of ovulation induction. The number (mean ± SEM) of ovarian follicles (0 v. 3.0 ± 1.5) and CLs (1.0 ± 0.0 v. 3.8 ± 1.8) did not differ (P > 0.05) between treatments. Upon confirmation of ovulation, 3 or 4 frozen embryos (24 embryos total), produced by IVF and frozen in ethylene glycol for liquid nitrogen storage 7 years earlier, were immediately thawed and transferred laparoscopically into one oviduct of each female. At 83 to 84 days post-transfer, two females (one per Trt) each gave birth to one healthy kitten, whereas a third female (Trt 2) experienced dystocia, requiring a C-section to deliver a single healthy offspring. Overall, 38% (3/8) of recipients became pregnant with 33% (3/9) of transferred embryos in pregnant females developing to term. Results indicate that these novel recipient synchronization regimens produce consistent ovulation and a suitable maternal environment for ocelot embryo transfer and that frozen ocelot embryos retain developmental competence after years of storage. Our findings suggest that frozen embryo transfer in ocelots has adequate efficiency for applied usage, allowing international shipment of frozen embryos to be used as a viable alternative to the transport of living ocelots for genetic management (NCRR 015338).

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