Handheld Computer-assisted Self-interviews: User Comfort Level and Preferences

In recent years, due to the unnecessary wastage of electrical energy in residential buildings, the requirement of energy optimization and user comfort has gained vital importance. In the literature, various techniques have been proposed addressing the energy optimization problem. The goal of each technique is to maintain a balance between user comfort and energy requirements, such that the user can achieve the desired comfort level with the minimum amount of energy consumption. Researchers have addressed the issue with the help of different optimization algorithms and variations in the parameters to reduce energy consumption. To the best of our knowledge, this problem is not solved yet due to its challenging nature. The gaps in the literature are due to advancements in technology, the drawbacks of optimization algorithms, and the introduction of new optimization algorithms. Further, many newly proposed optimization algorithms have produced better accuracy on the benchmark instances but have not been applied yet for the optimization of energy consumption in smart homes. In this paper, we have carried out a detailed literature review of the techniques used for the optimization of energy consumption and scheduling in smart homes. Detailed discussion has been carried out on different factors contributing towards thermal comfort, visual comfort, and air quality comfort. We have also reviewed the fog and edge computing techniques used in smart homes.

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Improving User Comfort Classroom at the Kalimantan Institute of Technology with Maintenance Factors

UKaRsT ◽

10.30737/ukarst.v5i2.1615 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 188

Author(s):

Oryza L Sari ◽

Bobby Zafnat Fanneah Elwore ◽

Basyaruddin Basyaruddin

Keyword(s):

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Comfort Level ◽

Primary Data ◽

Dominant Factor ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Analysis Process ◽

Institute Of Technology ◽

User Comfort

In building construction, the implementation of maintenance activities plays an important role in the quality of the building. By carrying out these activities regularly, it’s hoped to minimize and prevent damage to buildings and make users feel comfortable. Kalimantan Institute of Technology must have comfortable study spaces. This study aims to determine the effect of the class maintenance factor on the user's comfort level. The analysis brought by determining what factors are influencing, these factors influence, and the most dominant factors affecting the most. Primary data was obtained by distributing questionnaires to respondents, secondary data inactive students, and lecturers at the Kalimantan Institute of Technology, and supporting research data in ministerial regulations, books, research journals, and others. The data analysis process uses IBM SPSS as an auxiliary program with multiple linear regression analysis methods. Based on the research and data processing conducted, it’s concluded that 8 factors influence the maintenance, namely the maintenance of user comfort by 80.8% and the variable maintenance of the room walls. The room wall maintenance variable is the most dominant factor influencing the comfort of classroom users. Knowing these factors can implement optimal implementation to support the comfort of class users at the Kalimantan Institute of Technologists.

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Comparison of Handheld Computer-Assisted and Conventional Paper Chart Documentation of Medical Records

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) ◽

10.2106/00004623-200403000-00014 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 86 (3) ◽

pp. 553-560 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

Dirk Stengel ◽

Kai Bauwens ◽

Martin Walter ◽

Thilo Köpfer ◽

Axel Ekkernkamp

Keyword(s):

Medical Records ◽

Computer Assisted ◽

Handheld Computer ◽

Paper Chart

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Predicting user comfort level using machine learning for Smart Grid environments

ISGT 2011 ◽

10.1109/isgt.2011.5759178 ◽

2011 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Bei Li ◽

Siddharth Gangadhar ◽

Samuel Cheng ◽

Pramode K. Verma

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Smart Grid ◽

Comfort Level ◽

Grid Environments ◽

User Comfort

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Smart Community Energy Cost Optimization Taking User Comfort Level and Renewable Energy Consumption Rate into Consideration

Processes ◽

10.3390/pr7020063 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 63 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kun Shi ◽

Dezhi Li ◽

Taorong Gong ◽

Mingyu Dong ◽

Feixiang Gong ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Renewable Energy ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Consumption Rate ◽

Comfort Level ◽

Energy Costs ◽

Renewable Energy Consumption ◽

Daily Energy ◽

Smart Community ◽

Energy Consumption Rate ◽

User Comfort

With the rapid development of smart community technologies, how to improve user comfort levels and make full use of renewable energy have become urgent problems. This paper proposes an optimization algorithm to minimize daily energy costs while considering user comfort level and renewable energy consumption rate. In this paper, the structure of a typical smart community and the output models of all components installed in the community are introduced first. Then, the characteristics of different types of loads are analyzed, followed by defining the coefficients of user comfort level. In this step, the influence of load-scheduling on user comfort level and the renewable energy consumption rate is emphasized. Finally, based on the time-of-use gas price, this paper optimizes the daily energy costs for an off-grid community under the constraints of the comfort level and renewable energy consumption rate. Results show that scheduling transferable loads and interruptible loads are not independent to each other, and improving user comfort level requires spending more money as compensation. Moreover, fully consuming renewable energy has side effects on energy bills and battery lifetime. It is more conducive to system economy and stability if the maximum renewable energy consumption rate is restricted to 95%.

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3-D organization of fibrinogen receptors using computer reconstruction and whole-mount microscopy

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100102237 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 46 ◽

pp. 30-31

Author(s):

E. T. O'Toole ◽

R. R. Hantgan ◽

J. C. Lewis

Keyword(s):

Whole Blood ◽

Colloidal Gold ◽

Blood Platelets ◽

Cell Contact ◽

Computer Assisted ◽

Adherent Cells ◽

Differential Centrifugation ◽

Computer Reconstruction ◽

Sds Page ◽

Whole Mount

Thrombocytes (TC), the avian equivalent of blood platelets, support hemostasis by aggregating at sites of injury. Studies in our lab suggested that fibrinogen (fib) is a requisite cofactor for TC aggregation but operates by an undefined mechanism. To study the interaction of fib with TC and to identify fib receptors on cells, fib was purified from pigeon plasma, conjugated to colloidal gold and used both to facilitate aggregation and as a receptor probe. Described is the application of computer assisted reconstruction and stereo whole mount microscopy to visualize the 3-D organization of fib receptors at sites of cell contact in TC aggregates and on adherent cells.Pigeon TC were obtained from citrated whole blood by differential centrifugation, washed with Ca++ free Hank's balanced salts containing 0.3% EDTA (pH 6.5) and resuspended in Ca++ free Hank's. Pigeon fib was isolated by precipitation with PEG-1000 and the purity assessed by SDS-PAGE. Fib was conjugated to 25nm colloidal gold by vortexing and the conjugates used as the ligand to identify fib receptors.

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Computer Assisted Image Reconstruction of Oligomer Structure

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100092323 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 34 ◽

pp. 472-473

Author(s):

A.M. Jones ◽

A. Max Fiskin

Keyword(s):

Three Dimensional ◽

Depth Of Field ◽

Computer Assisted ◽

Projection Data ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Single Particles ◽

Dimensional Reconstruction ◽

Computer Assisted Image ◽

The Fourier Transform ◽

Space Approach

If the tilt of a specimen can be varied either by the strategy of observing identical particles orientated randomly or by use of a eucentric goniometer stage, three dimensional reconstruction procedures are available (l). If the specimens, such as small protein aggregates, lack periodicity, direct space methods compete favorably in ease of implementation with reconstruction by the Fourier (transform) space approach (2). Regardless of method, reconstruction is possible because useful specimen thicknesses are always much less than the depth of field in an electron microscope. Thus electron images record the amount of stain in columns of the object normal to the recording plates. For single particles, practical considerations dictate that the specimen be tilted precisely about a single axis. In so doing a reconstructed image is achieved serially from two-dimensional sections which in turn are generated by a series of back-to-front lines of projection data.

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Biodegradable polyester neuroprostheses promote the reconnection of separated peripheral nerve stubs

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100130109 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 1094-1095

Author(s):

Beverly L. Giammara ◽

Jennifer S. Stevenson ◽

Peggy E. Yates ◽

Robert H. Gunderson ◽

Jacob S. Hanker

Keyword(s):

Image Analysis ◽

Basement Membrane ◽

Periodic Acid ◽

Light And Electron Microscopy ◽

Computer Assisted ◽

Type Iii Collagen ◽

Image Analysis System ◽

Biodegradable Polyester ◽

Adult Rats ◽

Type Iv

An 11mm length of sciatic nerve was removed from 10 anesthetized adult rats and replaced by a biodegradable polyester Vicryl™ mesh sleeve which was then injected with the basement membrane gel, Matrigel™. It was noted that leg sensation and movement were much improved after 30 to 45 days and upon sacrifice nerve reconnection was noted in all animals. Epoxy sections of the repaired nerves were compared with those of the excised segments by the use of a variation of the PAS reaction, the PATS reaction, developed in our laboratories for light and electron microscopy. This microwave-accelerated technique employs periodic acid, thiocarbohydrazide and silver methenamine. It stains basement membrane or Type IV collagen brown and type III collagen (reticulin), axons, Schwann cells, endoneurium and perineurium black. Epoxy sections of repaired and excised nerves were also compared by toluidine blue (tb) staining. Comparison of the sections of control and repaired nerves was done by computer-assisted microscopic image analysis using an Olympus CUE-2 Image Analysis System.

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High-resolution measurement of birefringent fine structure in living cells using a new polarized light microscope

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100136647 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 53 ◽

pp. 54-55

Author(s):

Rudolf Oldenbourg

Keyword(s):

Light Microscope ◽

Fluorescent Dyes ◽

Polarized Light ◽

Processing System ◽

Video Camera ◽

Molecular Organization ◽

Computer Assisted ◽

Image Recording ◽

Birefringent Crystal ◽

Technological Advances

The recent renaissance of the light microsope is fueled in part by technological advances in components on the periphery of the microscope, such as the laser as illumination source, electronic image recording (video), computer assisted image analysis and the biochemistry of fluorescent dyes for labeling specimens. After great progress in these peripheral parts, it seems timely to examine the optics itself and ask how progress in the periphery facilitates the use of new optical components and of new optical designs inside the microscope. Some results of this fruitful reflection are presented in this symposium.We have considered the polarized light microscope, and developed a design that replaces the traditional compensator, typically a birefringent crystal plate, with a precision universal compensator made of two liquid crystal variable retarders. A video camera and digital image processing system provide fast measurements of specimen anisotropy (retardance magnitude and azimuth) at ALL POINTS of the image forming the field of view. The images document fine structural and molecular organization within a thin optical section of the specimen.

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