WearIoT: swearable IoT human emergency system

A área da saúde foi uma das muitas beneficiadas com a evolução tecnológica, dando origem a novos conceitos que visam melhorar ou mesmo prolongar a vida das pessoas. Os sistemas de monitorização vestíveis, juntamente com as comunicações sem fios, são a base de uma classe emergente de redes de sensores. Estas tecnologias de informação permitem a deteção precoce de condições anormais e ajudam na sua prevenção. O objetivo é criar um destes sistemas compostos por uma rede de sensores que é implementada numa peça de roupa através de fios condutores com sensores conectados. Em contato com o corpo humano tem a função de fazer várias leituras, e.g., temperatura corporal, pulsação, entre outras. Outro objetivo é detetar quedas do utilizador. A deteção de quedas é cada vez mais importante para o utilizador, pois é uma situação que pode colocar em risco a sua saúde. Para o desenvolvimento deste conceito, são utilizadas Comunicações Móveis e o Sistema de Posicionamento Global. A primeira é uma tecnologia que permite criar chamadas de emergência em resposta a alarmes do sistema, o segundo indica qual a sua posição geográfica. Para complementar o sistema, existe uma plataforma online que regista a posição do utilizador tal como os seus dados. Tem também uma área de alertas no qual o utilizador pode verificar os seus valores preocupantes. Em caso de emergência o sistema contacta os serviços de emergência ou em casos especiais a ajuda pode ser obtida através de um UAV.The health area was one of the many beneficiaries of technological evolution, giving rise to new concepts that aim to improve or even prolong people’s lives. Wearable monitoring systems, along with wireless communications, form the basis of an emerging class of sensor networks. These information technologies enable the early detection of abnormal conditions and help in their prevention. The goal is to create one of these systems composed by a network of sensors that is implemented in a garment through conductive wires with connected sensors. In contact with the human body it has the function of doing several readings, e.g., body temperature, heartbeat, among others. Another goal is to detect user falls. The detection of falls is increasingly important for the user, as it is a situation that can endanger people’s health. For the development of this concept, Mobile Communications and the Global Positioning System are used. The first is a technology that allows to create emergency calls in response to system alarms, the second indicates the geographical location. To complement the system there is an online platform that registers the position of the user as well as his data. There is also an alert area in which the user can check his alarming values. In case of emergency the system contacts the emergency services or in special cases help can be obtained through an UAV

Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

International audienceThe shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impediment and the biodiversity crisis are widely recognized, highlighting the urgent need for reliable taxonomic data. Over the past decade, numerous countries worldwide have devoted considerable effort to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for the preparation of a working list of all known plant species by 2010 and an online world Flora by 2020. Brazil is a megadiverse country, home to more of the world's known plant species than any other country. Despite that, Flora Brasiliensis, concluded in 1906, was the last comprehensive treatment of the Brazilian flora. The lack of accurate estimates of the number of species of algae, fungi, and plants occurring in Brazil contributes to the prevailing taxonomic impediment and delays progress towards the GSPC targets. Over the past 12 years, a legion of taxonomists motivated to meet Target 1 of the GSPC, worked together to gather and integrate knowledge on the algal, plant, and fungal diversity of Brazil. Overall, a team of about 980 taxonomists joined efforts in a highly collaborative project that used cybertaxonomy to prepare an updated Flora of Brazil, showing the power of scientific collaboration to reach ambitious goals. This paper presents an overview of the Brazilian Flora 2020 and provides taxonomic and spatial updates on the algae, fungi, and plants found in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. We further identify collection gaps and summarize future goals that extend beyond 2020. Our results show that Brazil is home to 46,975 native species of algae, fungi, and plants, of which 19,669 are endemic to the country. The data compiled to date suggests that the Atlantic Rainforest might be the most diverse Brazilian domain for all plant groups except gymnosperms, which are most diverse in the Amazon. However, scientific knowledge of Brazilian diversity is still unequally distributed, with the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being the most intensively sampled and studied biomes in the country. In times of “scientific reductionism”, with botanical and mycological sciences suffering pervasive depreciation in recent decades, the first online Flora of Brazil 2020 significantly enhanced the quality and quantity of taxonomic data available for algae, fungi, and plants from Brazil. This project also made all the information freely available online, providing a firm foundation for future research and for the management, conservation, and sustainable use of the Brazilian funga and flora