scholarly journals Testing of IQ™ 200 Automated Urine Analyzer Analytical Performances in Comparison with Manual Techniques

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-128
Author(s):  
Velibor Čabarkapa ◽  
Mirjana Đerić ◽  
Zoran Stošić
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Urine Analysis ◽  
Automated System ◽  
Automated Systems ◽  
Sample Analysis ◽  
Operation Procedure ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Very High ◽  
Higher Sensitivity

Testing of IQ™ 200 Automated Urine Analyzer Analytical Performances in Comparison with Manual Techniques Automation is necessary in laboratory systems. It enables reduction of time required for sample analysis, as well as standardization of methods. However, automation of urine control in laboratories is much less common than in hematological analyses. Not long ago, the necessary automated systems for urine analysis have also been developed. The objective of this study is a comparison of the IQ™ 200 automated system for urine analyzing with standardized manual urine analyzing techniques. Comparative analysis of 300 samples was performed by the IQ™ 200 system and by the standardized methods of manual microscopy and chemical urine analysis. The results acquired point to very high compatibility between urine analyses by manual techniques and by the automated system IQ™ 200, and in some analyses IQ™ 200 showed higher sensitivity. It can be concluded, with the aim of standardization and shortening of time required for urine analysis, that utilization of automated urine analyzing systems is recommendable, especially in institutions with a large number of daily analyses. This is also supported by the fact that operation procedure on automated systems is much more simple in comparison to manual techniques.

Near-Perfect Automation: Investigating Performance, Trust, and Visual Attention Allocation

2021 ◽  
pp. 001872082110328
Author(s):  
Cyrus K. Foroughi ◽  
Shannon Devlin ◽  
Richard Pak ◽  
Noelle L. Brown ◽  
Ciara Sibley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Attention ◽  
False Alarm ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Automated System ◽  
Automated Systems ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Scan Pattern ◽  
Subjective Trust

Objective Assess performance, trust, and visual attention during the monitoring of a near-perfect automated system. Background Research rarely attempts to assess performance, trust, and visual attention in near-perfect automated systems even though they will be relied on in high-stakes environments. Methods Seventy-three participants completed a 40-min supervisory control task where they monitored three search feeds. All search feeds were 100% reliable with the exception of two automation failures: one miss and one false alarm. Eye-tracking and subjective trust data were collected. Results Thirty-four percent of participants correctly identified the automation miss, and 67% correctly identified the automation false alarm. Subjective trust increased when participants did not detect the automation failures and decreased when they did. Participants who detected the false alarm had a more complex scan pattern in the 2 min centered around the automation failure compared with those who did not. Additionally, those who detected the failures had longer dwell times in and transitioned to the center sensor feed significantly more often. Conclusion Not only does this work highlight the limitations of the human when monitoring near-perfect automated systems, it begins to quantify the subjective experience and attentional cost of the human. It further emphasizes the need to (1) reevaluate the role of the operator in future high-stakes environments and (2) understand the human on an individual level and actively design for the given individual when working with near-perfect automated systems. Application Multiple operator-level measures should be collected in real-time in order to monitor an operator’s state and leverage real-time, individualized assistance.

scholarly journals METHOD OF EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONAL SECURITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR CREATION OF WARRANTY AUTOMATED SYSTEMS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 153-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hennadii Hulak
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Linear Equations ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Automated System ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Automated Systems ◽  
Systems Of Linear Equations ◽  
Method Of Evaluation

The components of ensuring the warranty of automated systems, which are subject to increased requirements in connection with their use in many sensitive areas of public activity, including national security and defense, critical industrial technologies, energy and communications, banking, environmental protection , technologies of legitimate distance learning, etc. Certain components can significantly affect the quality and reliability of information services in regulatory conditions. In particular, the special role of the functional security of the cryptographic subsystem in terms of supporting the performance of the automated system for its tasks and functions in general, as well as in terms of ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of information. The components of the cryptographic subsystem have been identified, the poor or incorrect operation of which negatively affects the security of these subsystems. The types of the most dangerous attacks on these subsystems are analyzed, their classification from the point of view of possibility of realization in modern scientific and technical conditions and depending on capacity of available computing means and technologies on the basis of which the most real and dangerous variant of realization of remote attacks on software implementation of cryptographic subsystem is defined. . Based on the analysis, a method for evaluating the quality of cryptographic transformations based on a modified algorithm for solving the problem of finding solutions of systems of linear equations with distorted right-hand parts using the so-called decoding based on "lists" of first-order "shortened" Reed-Muller codes is proved. the correctness of the proposed algorithm.

Automation Tool Preparation in the Conditions of Production

2015 ◽  
Vol 770 ◽  
pp. 739-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.S. Yuanyushkin ◽  
D.V. Lobanov ◽  
D.A. Rychkov
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Economic Effect ◽  
Optimal Choice ◽  
Processing Efficiency ◽  
Time Required ◽  
The Given ◽  
High Processing ◽  
Selection Of

The key task of the tool manufacturing is to create or to choose such a type of tool, which would permit to provide high processing efficiency, the best tool`s workability and the quality of the machined surfaces with minimum expenses and resources. The optimal choice of the constructive tool modifications from a variety of options takes much time required for the preparation of the tool to work. To solve this problem, we have developed software that allows you to create, organize and carry out a comparative analysis of structural instruments in order to identify rational option for the given conditions of production. Ordering and selection of a rational design of the instrument is carried out in accordance with established procedures of modeling and comparative analysis of design solutions. Application software can reduce design time technological process by 80...90%, and get a substantial annual economic effect.

Consumer Information Potpourri: Instructional and Operational Variability Among Passenger Vehicle Automated Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Wright ◽  
Austin M. Svancara ◽  
William J. Horrey
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Information ◽  
Automated System ◽  
Automated Systems ◽  
Passenger Vehicle ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Safety Critical ◽  
Critical Information ◽  
Vehicle Technology

Even owners of the most advanced vehicles often have little understanding of the available in-vehicle technology. Accessible safety-critical information and standard instructional and operational components are potential routes to increase drivers’ knowledge. This article presents a review of information obtained from automobile manufacturers’ websites and operator manuals aimed toward passenger vehicle automated system consumers. This review revealed target areas for researchers, manufacturers, and policy makers to consider. Systems offering comparable functionality varied greatly in their nomenclature, type of feedback provided to drivers, and the accessibility of information about the systems. Also, information pertaining to systems limits was difficult to obtain.

scholarly journals Robotic and Automated Systems in the Pharmaceutical QC

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franz Zick ◽  
Manfred Fischer ◽  
Byk Gulden
Keyword(s):  
Storage Conditions ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Stability Study ◽  
Robotic Systems ◽  
Automated Systems ◽  
Method Transfer ◽  
Enteric Coated ◽  
Manual Testing ◽  
Release Testing ◽  
Very High

Since the beginning of this decade the use of automated or robotic-systems for analytical purposes has decreased rapidely. Starting from the analysis of agriculturing products or medical samples, these instruments are now more and more common in the pharmaceutical industry. The systems are used for R&D purposes mainly in the area of combinatorial chemistry to analyze the huge amount of synthesis products in the biomedical labs and in chemical-physical laboratories of Quality Contol Units. Extensive stability studies, which have to be perfomed for new drug applications, and the release testing of medicinal products with a very high manufacturing batch-rate per year need highly effective analytical methods. Thus, Byk Gulden has introduced two automated systems based on Zymark products (TPWII and MultiDose), for the stability tests of an enteric-coated tablet. The number of batches, pack types and storage conditions (total number of samples: appr. 40 for the 3- and 6-months timepoints), for this stability study was required automation of the most time consuming test methods for purity, assay and dissolution of the tablets, because of the tight schedule for timepoints in the first year of storage (in general: two weeks). In order to have these automated systems in place for routine testing in a very short time, the method transfer from the manual procedure as well as the optimization and validation work (MTOV), were done completely by the supplier, Zymark. The other system, which is a customer designed robotic system built also by Zymark, is used for the release testing of an x-ray contrast medium with a very high batch-rate per year (approxmimately four batches per day that have to be analyzed). This enormous testing frequency is hardly to be realized by manual methods. Experiences with an already existent robotic systems has shown that the laboratory flow-through times are 30 to 50% decreased compared to manual testing.

Determinants of Accounts Receivables Financing: India and Other Asian Economies Perspectives

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 45-67
Author(s):  
Zericho R. Marak ◽  
Dilip Ambarkhane
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Trade Finance ◽  
Enforcement Mechanism ◽  
Steady Growth ◽  
Asian Economies ◽  
Generalised Method Of Moments ◽  
Very High ◽  
Conducive Environment

Globally, factoring services have shown steady growth in facilitating trade finance. The need for such kind of alternative financing became more important particularly after the financial crisis of 2008. Asia witnessed a very high growth in factoring, and it has emerged as the second largest market after Europe. However, factoring in India has not shown significant growth. This study investigates the causes for under-utilisation of factoring in India. Two-step generalised method of moments (GMM) was used to find out the significant variables influencing factoring services and then a comparative analysis of Asian economies was performed based on the significant variables. The results show that manufacturing and allied activities, credit information availability, legal rights for lenders and borrowers and sound enforcement mechanism are crucial in offering conducive environment for factoring. The comparative analysis reveals that China performs well on most of the parameters, whereas India needs to improve on all the parameters, especially the enforcement mechanism. In general, all the Asian countries require improvement in many parameters.

Review of Sentiment Detection

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-53
Author(s):  
Smiley Gupta ◽  
Jagtar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Sentiment Analysis ◽  
Large Volume ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Automated System ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Sentiment Detection

A large volume of user-generated data is evolving on a day-to-day basis, especially on social media platforms like Twitter, where people express their opinions and emotions regarding certain individuals or entities. This user-generated content becomes very difficult to analyze manually and therefore requires a need for an intelligent automated system which mines the opinions and organizes them using polarity metrics, representing the process of sentiment analysis. The motive of this review is to study the concept of sentiment analysis and discuss the comparative analysis of its techniques along with the challenges in this field to be considered for future enhancement.

scholarly journals Solution Phase Synthesis and Workup Using an Integrated Approach

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-43
Author(s):  
Lewin T. Wint ◽  
Marija Kovacevic ◽  
Matt Waters ◽  
Mettler-Toledo AutoChem
Keyword(s):  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Solution Phase ◽  
Automated System ◽  
Automated Systems ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Phase Synthesis ◽  
Drug Candidates ◽  
Solution Phase Synthesis

Traditional organic synthesis is often cumbersome and time consuming. Significant effort by manufacturers of automated systems has been directed at increasing the speed, efficiency, and consistency of performing chemical reactions. To date, the numbers of integrated systems that combine all the relevant steps of compound preparation are few. Using the five automated systems in tandem can successfully streamline research and development of potential drug candidates. The features of these workstations offer a unique approach for supporting the convenient synthesis and workup of diverse compounds without compromising reagent types or conditions used for synthesis. This poster details an example of the automated drug discovery approach to high throughput organic synthesis using the solution phase synthesis of a series of 1-indanones as building blocks and subsequent reductive amination reactions to generate a diverse group of amines. The purpose of each automated system is outlined along with its role in generating the small library as an illustration of the importance of time saving devices in laboratories.

Assessment of Very High Order of Accuracy in Implicit LES models

2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (12) ◽  
pp. 1497-1503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Mosedale ◽  
Dimitris Drikakis
Keyword(s):  
Computational Cost ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Second Order ◽  
High Order ◽  
Good Representation ◽  
Order Reconstruction ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Very High

This paper looks at the use of high-resolution and very high-order methods for implicit large-eddy simulation (ILES), with the specific example of simulating the multicomponent two-dimensional single-mode Richtmyer–Meshkov instability for which experimental data is available. The two gases are air and SF6, making stringent demands on the models used in the code. The interface between the two gases is initialized with a simple sinusoidal perturbation over a wavelength of 59mm, and a shock of strength Mach 1.3 is passed through this interface. The main comparison is between the second-order monotone upwind-centered scheme for conservation law methods of van Leer (1979, “Towards the Ultimate Conservative Difference Scheme,” J. Comput. Phys. 32, pp. 101–136) and the current state-of-the-art weighted essentially nonoscillatory interpolation, which is presented to ninth order, concentrating on the effect on resolution of the instability on coarse grids. The higher-order methods as expected provide better resolved and more physical features than the second-order methods on the same grid resolution. While it is not possible to make a definitive statement, the simulations have indicated that the extra time required for the higher-order reconstruction is less than the time saved by being able to obtain the same or better accuracy at lower computational cost (fewer grid points). It should also be noted that all simulations give a good representation of the growth rate of the instability, comparing very favorably to the experimental results, and as such far better than the currently existing theoretical models. This serves to further indicate that the ILES approach is capable of providing accurately physical information despite the lack of any formal subgrid model.

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