The Smart environment provides a test-bed for implementing and evaluating a large number of different automatic search and retrieval processes. In this chapter, the basic parameters underlying the Smart system design are briefly outlined, and a comparison is made with the characteristics of more conventional retrieval systems. The principal lessons learned from the Smart experiments are describ...

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 1 February 2010 192 3 164-165 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2010 www.mja.com.au Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 reported no history of fever and no recent travel or conta with influenza-like illness (ILI). On examination, his tempe 37.0°C, oxygen saturation was 7% in room air, and he ha wheeze. No abnormalities were seen on chest x-ray. Full examination ...

This paper discusses the role of PDA in the meeting environment. Three fundamental design issues are raised: PDA as mobile devices, CSCW devices and coordination devices. The research work described in this paper is focused on the coordination facet. The paper proposes three levels of detail to characterize meetings as coordination mechanisms and ascertain the role of PDA in that process. The f...

INTRODUCTION Current resuscitation guidelines emphasize a systems approach with a strong emphasis on quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Despite the American Heart Association (AHA) emphasis on quality CPR for over 10 years, resuscitation teams do not consistently meet recommended CPR standards. The objective is to assess the impact on chest compression depth of factors including bed h...

Delayed dehiscence of a previously repaired bladder rupture in a 12-year-old boy is descr ibed. There was no obvious cause except that while in bed the boy had withheld his ear ly morning urge to pass urine. He presented with peritonitis and raised urea and creatinine levels. Retrograde cystography was diagnostic after the urinary catheter had drained 1.2 litres of blood-tinged urine. The rent ...

One legacy of the Federal ALP government initiatives under enterprise bargaining was to compel private sector health workers to seek wage increases through actual dollar savings at the enterprise level. In aged care, a cap of 1.8 per cent was imposed by the government on the funding of award wage increases. Funding grants set per bed discouraged additional revenue being raised directly from age...

This paper reports ongoing experience with the design and everyday use of an electronic context-enabled in/out board. We designed this application as part of the development of a context toolkit and it proved a fruitful test-bed for investigating issues of context sensor fusion. We describe the first version of the application that used a single context sensor and explain some usability problem...

Detailed hemodynamic studies were carried out in 99 subjects with chronic nonuremic renal disease and 17 healthy subjects. The earliest hemodynamic abnormality found in normotensive renal patients was a raised circulating blood volume and an increased cardiac output. The blood pressure remained normal as long as the peripheral vascular bed (arteriolar and venous) adjusted to these conditions. W...