Attention-Based Health Monitoring

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-81
Author(s):  
Zenonas Theodosiou ◽  
Nicolas Tsapatsoulis
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Health States ◽  
Personal Area Network

The application of mobile technologies for health monitoring has garnered great attention during the last years. The sensors together with a mobile device form a personal area network that monitors the patient’s health status. It gives advice to the patient, adjusts the environmental conditions according to the patient’s needs, and in the case of an emergency, notifies the patient’s doctor or the corresponding medical center. In the current work the authors present a new attention-based architecture for health monitoring emphasizing on the identification of attention seeking and dangerous health states. The experimental results indicate that the proposed architecture responses very fast to the changes of the patient’s biosignals and accurately in decisions concerning the patient’s health status.

scholarly journals Completed Audit of Physical Health Status of Patients with Severe Mental Illness in a Medium Secure Forensic Psychiatric Rehab Ward

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
M. George ◽  
P. Thakkar ◽  
K. Vasudev ◽  
N. Mitcheson
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Smoking Status ◽  
Physical Health Status ◽  
Medication Regimen ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Blood Lipid Profile ◽  
Cholesterol Ratio ◽  
Image Position

Aim:An audit was conducted in September 2006 to determine whether the Physical health monitoring of patients on anti-psychotic medication was concurrent with the national guidelines.This audit done in Dec 07 aimed to ascertain to what extent the recommendations were implemented and followed, thereby completing the audit cycle.Methods:The Audit was conducted in a 15 bedded medium secure forensic rehab ward.As there was a lack of recording of the physical health status a monitoring sheet was introduced in the notes after the first audit. Age, Weight, Height, Smoking status, Blood Pressure, Diabetic Status, Blood Lipid Profile, ECG and the Medication regimen were noted for each of the patient.Results:Conclusion:100% physical health monitoring was achieved and improvements in weight, CV risk, Total/HDL cholesterol ratio was noted 4 cases of significant QT prolongation and another 3 cases of prolactin elevation were detected because of the introduction of monitoring.

Dynamic Analysis of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Under Extreme Environmental Conditions

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoaki Utsunomiya ◽  
Shigeo Yoshida ◽  
Hiroshi Ookubo ◽  
Iku Sato ◽  
Shigesuke Ishida
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Analysis ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Aerodynamic Force ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Turbine ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Simulation Code ◽  
Floating Offshore Wind Turbine

This paper is concerned with the development of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) utilizing spar-type floating foundation. In order to design such a structure, it is essential to evaluate the dynamic response under extreme environmental conditions. In this study, therefore, a dynamic analysis tool has been developed. The dynamic analysis tool consists of a multi-body dynamics solver (MSC.Adams), aerodynamic force evaluation library (NREL/AeroDyn), hydrodynamic force evaluation library (In-house program named SparDyn), and mooring force evaluation library (In-house program named Moorsys). In this paper, some details of the developed dynamic analysis tool are given. In order to validate the program, comparison with the experimental results, where the wind, current and wave are applied simultaneously, has been made. The comparison shows that satisfactory agreements between the simulation and the experimental results are obtained. However, when VIM (Vortex Induced Motion) occurs, the current loads and cross flow responses (sway and roll) are underestimated by the simulation since the simulation code does not account for the effect of VIM.

Shortness of breath at night and health status in congestive heart failure: Effects of environmental conditions and health-related and dietary factors

2009 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S. Goldberg ◽  
Nadia Giannetti ◽  
Richard T. Burnett ◽  
Nancy E. Mayo ◽  
Marie-France Valois ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Congestive Heart Failure ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Dietary Factors ◽  
Shortness Of Breath ◽  
Health Related

Modal Strain Energy Based Damage Detection Applied to a Full Scale Composite Helicopter Blade

2013 ◽  
Vol 569-570 ◽  
pp. 457-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Luis Marques dos Santos ◽  
Bart Peeters ◽  
Herman van der Auweraer ◽  
Luiz Carlos Sandoval Góes
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Damage Detection ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Rotor Blade ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Main Rotor ◽  
Helicopter Blade ◽  
Main Rotor Blade

The use of composites in the aircraft industry has generated a great need for structural health monitoring and damage detection systems, to allow for safer use of complex materials. Such is the case with helicopter blades - these components nowadays are mostly composed of carbon fiber or glass fiber reinforced plastics laminates, epoxy and honeycomb filled core structures. The use of composite materials on the main rotor blade also allows for more complex and efficient shapes to be designed, but at the same time, their use requires an additional effort when it comes to structural monitoring, since damage can occur and go unnoticed. This work presents experimental results for structural health monitoring method based on strain energy. The test subject is a full-scale composite helicopter main rotor blade, which is a highly flexible, slender beam that can display unusual dynamic behavior with orthotropic behavior. This damage detection method is based on the modal strain properties, and a damage detection index is used to identify and quantify damage. A test setup was built to carry out an experimental modal analysis on the main rotor blade. For that purpose, a total of 55 uniaxial accelerometers were used on the helicopter blade to measure the displacement modes of the structure. To compute the strain modes from the displacement modes, central differences approximation is used. Damage is introduced on the blade by attaching a small mass to two different locations. Experimental results show the possibility of locating damage in this case.

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