In this work, we describe a project, jointly started by University of Bologna and Dianoema S.p.A. in order to build a system which is able to validate microbiological data. Within the project we have experimented data mining techniques in order to automatically discover association rules from microbiological data, and obtain from them alarm rules to be used for data validation. To this purpose,...

This paper addresses the problem of high-assurance operation for medical cyber-physical systems built from interoperable medical devices. Such systems are diferent from most cyber-physical systems due to their "plugand-play" nature: they are assembled as needed at a patient's bedside according to a specification that captures the clinical scenario and required device types. We need to ensure th...

This paper deals with the design of an intelligent access control system based on the fingerprint sensor FPC1011C. The design uses the S3C2410 and TMS320VC5510A as the system processor. A fingerprint acquisition module and a wireless alarm module were designed by using the fingerprint sensor FPC1011C and GPRS module SIM100 respectively. The whole system was implemented wireless alarm through me...

The lack of effective data integration and knowledge representation in patient monitoring limits its utility to clinicians. Intelligent alarm algorithms that use artificial intelligence techniques have the potential to reduce false alarm rates and to improve data integration and knowledge representation. Crucial to the development of such algorithms is a well-annotated data set. In previous stu...

We consider the problem of detecting temporal changes in the functional state of human subjects due to varying levels of cognitive load using real-time psychophysiological data. The proposed approach relies on monitoring several channels of electroencephalogram (EEG) and electrooculogram (EOG) signals using the methods of statistical process control. It is demonstrated that control charting met...

high processing loads, need for complicated and frequent updating, and high false alarm are some of the challenges in designing anomaly detection and misuse detection systems. we propose a new network-based intrusion detection system (ids) that resolves such shortcomings. our scheme fuses anomaly detection and misuse detection systems, which has not been utilized so far in existing systems. in ...

Gunnison's prairie dogs have a complex alarm communication system. We show that the escape responses of prairie dogs to naturally occurring live predators differed depending upon the species of predator. We also show that playbacks of alarm calls that were elicited originally by the live predators produced the same escape responses as the live predators themselves. The escape responses fell int...

OBJECTIVE To assess WINROP (https://winrop.com), an algorithm using postnatal weight measurements, as a tool for the prediction of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in a large geographically and racially diverse study population. METHODS WINROP analysis was performed retrospectively on conventionally at-risk infants from 10 neonatal intensive careunits.Weight measurements were entered into WIN...

The field investigations including the statuses of fire protection layout, fire hazards and fire protection facilities for Nanjing representative historical building (Yuejiang Tower, Tianfei Palace, Jiangnan Examination Institute and Confucius Temple) have been conducted. The problems of the investigated historical buildings are found to be: extensive distribution of combustibles, high fire loa...