A small, high resolution paramagnetic susceptibility thermometer was developed using a GdCl3 paramagnetic salt. The device uses a SQUID (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device) magnetometer to determine the temperature dependent magnetization of the salt in a magnetic jield. The magnetic jield is provided by a pair of small samarium cobalt permanent magnet disks situated inside the thermom...

Adversarial attacks have been shown to construct examples that drastically reduce the performance of classification models. One recently proposed defense against adversarial attacks is to discretize the input in a method called thermometer encoding. We apply thermometer encoding to capsule networks, a recently proposed computer vision architecture that has also demonstrated state-ofthe-art resi...

AIM Dairy cattle health monitoring program becomes vital for detecting the febrile conditions to prevent the outbreak of the animal diseases as well as ensuring the fitness of the animals that are directly affecting the health of the consumers. The aim of this study was to validate real-time rectal temperature (RT) data of radio frequency based digital (RFD) thermometer with RT data of mercury ...

This study forms part of a research programme to investigate the relationships between the rise in core temperature and the environmental temperature in soldiers exercising at a constant rate. The measurement of core temperature is a fundamental requirement for this research. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of an infra-red tympanic thermometer (IVAC Corecheck) for use in thermal p...

This study compared rabbit rectal thermometry with 4 other thermometry techniques: an implantable microchip temperature transponder, an environmental noncontact infrared thermometer, a tympanic infrared thermometer designed for use on humans, and a tympanic infrared thermometer designed for use on animals. The microchip transponder was implanted between the shoulder blades; the environmental no...

BACKGROUND Recent research indicates that oral measurement of body temperature is a reliable option in orally intubated patients. In situations such as protective isolation, where dedicated electronic thermometers are not available, are single-use chemical dot thermometers an acceptable alternative? OBJECTIVE To determine the accuracy of single-use chemical dot thermometers in orally intubate...

BACKGROUND It is now common for parents to measure tympanic temperatures in children. The objective of this study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of these measurements. METHODS Parents and then nurses measured the temperature of 60 children with a tympanic thermometer designed for home use (home thermometer). The reference standard was a temperature measured by a nurse with a model of t...

BACKGROUND Depression and Health Related Quality of Life have been associated with prognosis in lung cancer. As the Distress Thermometer measures emotional problems and may share similarities with aspects of Health Related Quality of Life, we aimed to retrospectively assess the prognostic value of the Distress Thermometer in lung cancer patients treated with chemotherapy. METHODS Patients wit...

BACKGROUND Accurate measurement of core temperature is a standard component of perioperative and intensive care patient management. However, core temperature measurements are difficult to obtain in awake patients. A new non-invasive thermometer has been developed, combining two sensors separated by a known thermal resistance ('double-sensor' thermometer). We thus evaluated the accuracy of the d...