An Artificial Intelligent Approach Using Fuzzy Logic for Sleep Quality Measurement / C.K. Ang...[et al.]

Sleep is a mysterious shift in consciousness that bodies require every day. It is distinguished from wakefulness by a decreased ability to react to stimuli, but is more easily reversed than the state of hibernation. Sleep is vital for one’s health and well-being. Lacking of quality sleep decreases one’s functionality for the day and is detrimental to health in long term. Over the past 2 decades, actigraphy has emerged as one of the most popular methodologies to study and assess sleep–wake patterns. A lot of commercial devices have been manufactured based on this approach. However, these commercial devices do not really quantify and display the exact level of sleep quality. The same disadvantage happens for subjective assessment. This paper proposes a method using Fuzzy Logic (FL) which able to quantify the sleep quality. The FL system was developed through few vital steps: (i) Identifying the significant variables which affect the sleep quality, (ii) Determining the fuzzy set for each variable, (iii) Constructing the fuzzy rules through studying the relationship between each variable, (iv) Developing the inference system using Mamdani style. Four individuals were invited for carrying the experiments, developed FL system was used to measure their sleep quality and they were required to complete the sleep quality subjective assessments. Eventually, the results of using proposed method were compared to subjective assessment results for validation purpose

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Isolation of the first three cases of Clostridium difficile polymerase chain reaction ribotype 027 in Singapore

Introduction: The incidence of Clostridium (C.) difficile infection (CDI) was on the rise from 2001 to 2006 in Singapore. Recent unpublished data suggests that its incidence had remained stable or decreased in most local public hospitals between 2006 and 2010. It is, however, not known if the polymerase chain reaction(PCR) ribotype 027 strains have been circulating, although reports suggest that this strain is emerging in Asia, with the first cases reported from Japan in 2007, as well as in Hong Kong and Australia in 2009. We initiated a culture-based surveillance to detect this epidemic strain in Singapore. Methods: From September 2008 to December 2009, all non-duplicate toxin-positive stool samples from the three largest public hospitals in Singapore were collected for culture and further analysis. Results: Out of the 366 samples collected, 272 viable isolates were cultured. Of these, 240 tested toxin-positive and ten tested positive for the binary toxin gene; 35 different PCR ribotypes were found. Three isolates that tested positive for binary toxin contained the same PCR ribotyping pattern as the C. difficile 027 control strain. All three had the 18-bp deletion and single nucleotide tcdC deletion at position 117. Susceptibility testing was performed, demonstrating susceptibility to erythromycin and moxifloxacin. Conclusion: We report the first three isolates of C. difficile 027 from Singapore. However, their susceptibility patterns are more consistent with the historical 027 strains. Rising CDI incidence may not be associated with the emergence of the epidemic 027 strain at this time.Molecular basis of bacterial pathogenesis, virulence factors and antibiotic resistanc