Design of a sugarcane diseases recognition system based on GoogLeNet for a web application

Sugarcane diseases in Peru occur due to the agricultural community's lack of understanding of these, which means a slow response to the application of methods of control and eradication of these diseases; thus, causing economic losses and underproduction. Due to the aforementioned, a web application for sugarcane diseases recognition is proposed. The five types of sugarcane diseases that will be recognized using this system are: Pineapple Sett Rot, Ring Spot, Mosaic, Brown Rust and Leaf Scorch. This system was developed using GoogLeNet, which is a 22 layers convolutional neural network (CNN), and also the Matlab software and its App Designer extensions (for the web application creation); additionally, Matlab Web App Server was used to host the application on the web. The pre-trained neural network developed in Matlab based on the GoogLeNet architecture allowed the creation and configuration of the training parameters (supervised learning) that were evaluated, and it was considered convenient to split the data between training, validation and testing (70%, 20% and 10%, respectively). A total of 250 images composed of 50 images for each disease were used. The web application was designed in App Designer which provided us with a set of tools and a programming interface for the insertion of the trained CNN, with a validation percentage of 94.67% obtained by varying the number of epochs, reaching a maximum of 6000 iterations. Finally, the web application supported by the Matlab Web App Server was generated and tests were performed on a local network, resulting in a web application capable of identifying images within the established guidelines, with an accuracy rate of 96%.Campus Lima Centr

Testing Tutor: Integrating an Inquiry-Based Learning Approach into Testing Pedagogy

Software testing is an inherently critical aspect of computer science education, however current pedagogical and industry tools lack inductive learning approaches which lead to trial-and-error behavior. Research into software testing pedagogy and the construction of a learning tool (Testing Tutor) is being developed in collaboration with University of Alabama and Georgia Southern University, made possible by an NSF grant. Testing Tutor will identify the testing concepts that are attributable to missing test cases and will provide feedback (via a customizable feedback engine) to correct test case deficiencies along with learning resources (textual and video). WOU’s research team is focused on building the subsystem to support the Python and C# languages, which WOU and many universities utilize in their curriculum. In addition, the team is developing a repository of assignments that will be shared with instructors at other institution

Criação de material adaptado ao ensino de Biologia para sujeitos surdos

O atendimento a indivíduos surdos começou na época do Brasil império. A partir desse tempo houve grandes mudanças até os dias atuais. Na contemporaneidade, a sociedade brasileira começou a produzir leis, como a LDB, que determinam que todo indivíduo com necessidades especiais poderá estudar na rede regular de ensino e não será discriminado por isso. A respeito da inclusão dos alunos com necessidades especiais foi pesquisado, por meio de revisão bibliográfica como teses, dissertações e artigos dos últimos cinco anos (2008 a 20013), as dificuldades encontradas pelos professores dentro do ensino de biologia com ênfase em surdez, com isso foi encontrado problemas gerais como a falta de materiais didáticos adequados para o seu ensino, porém nada específico como matéria ou conteúdo, fazendo assim com que fosse escolhido um material que atendesse os problemas gerais, o material escolhido foi um jogo de tabuleiro onde o conteúdo a ser ministrado será de genética com ênfase nas leis de Mendel, ajudando assim o professor de biologia a ministrar sua aula com mais facilidade

Advancing Monitoring Infrastructure for Oregon’s Native Freshwater Turtles with Citizen Science Platforms

Monitoring is a core component of conservation plans as well as an opportunity for local stakeholders to contribute. Our objective was to advance monitoring infrastructure for the protection of native, threatened freshwater turtles in the Pacific Northwest through the creation of a citizen science application. This was done by researching previous designs of citizen science projects over the past ten years and improving the platform based on recommendations by practitioners. Current platforms can be improved by better crediting the work of citizen scientists, improving communication between scientists and users, building in flexibility for scientists, and accommodating for disabilities through ergonomic design. This set the framework to design and build a new multi-platform monitoring application. The final product is a mobile and web application that embodies these concepts and is ready for user-testing in the summer, providing scientists with critical data to help monitor multiple species of conservation concern, while engaging the public in this important task

Methodology for the multichannel recording of upper limb muscle activity

In the study of the functioning of the muscle, the study standard is to be able to analyze its behavior or functioning, this behavior is represented by a continuous signal where the muscle signal can be recorded and visualized, to perform this registration a designed circuit is required. For the capture of electromyography signals, there are many options of these circuits in the market, depending on the application, the part of the body that is required to be analyzed, the best option can be chosen, in this work, we present a methodology for recording in Simultaneous 8 signals, for the characteristic use of the arm muscles, due to its special shape, which allows it to be placed in the form of a bracelet, the signals that are acquired simultaneously and individually, can be used in many applications depending on the problem and challenge, recommending for use on the arm and providing a clean signal allowing Being used in the design of detection mechanisms for some pathologies related to the arm muscles and in the design of control mechanisms for the design of prostheses.Campus Lima Centr

SNOMED-CT como modelo de sistema de linguagem padronizada à enfermagem: revisão integrativa

RESUMOObjetivo: Descrever a utilização do Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT) como modelo de interoperabilidade das terminologias da enfermagem no contexto nacional e internacional.Metodologia: Trata-se de revisão integrativa da literatura segundo Cooper, que buscou artigos em português, inglês e espanhol, publicados entre setembro de 2011 a novembro de 2018 nas bases de dados BVS, PubMed, SCOPUS, CINAHL, EMBASE e Web of Science, finalizando em uma amostra de 15 artigos.Resultados: O SNOMED-CT é uma nomenclatura multiprofissional utilizada pela enfermagem em diferentes contextos de cuidado, sendo associada com outras linguagens padronizadas da disciplina, como CIPE®, NANDA-I e Omaha System.Conclusão: Esta revisão mostrou que o uso do SNOMED-CT é incipiente no contexto nacional, justificando a necessidade de desenvolvimento de estudos visando o mapeamento dos sistemas de linguagem padronizadas existentes, especialmente a NANDA-I, CIPE® e Omaha System, para fins de adequar a implementação do SNOMED-CT.Palavras-chave: Informática em enfermagem. Terminologia padronizada em enfermagem. Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine. Classificação. Interoperabilidade da informação em saúde

Recommendations for the diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is still the world's second most frequent cause of death due to infectious diseases after HIV infection, and this has aroused greater interest in identifying and managing exposed subjects, whether they are simply infected or have developed one of the clinical variants of the disease. Unfortunately, not even the latest laboratory techniques are always successful in identifying affected children because they are more likely to have negative cultures and tuberculin skin test results, equivocal chest X-ray findings, and atypical clinical manifestations than adults. Furthermore, they are at greater risk of progressing from infection to active disease, particularly if they are very young. Consequently, pediatricians have to use different diagnostic strategies that specifically address the needs of children. This document describes the recommendations of a group of scientific societies concerning the signs and symptoms suggesting pediatric TB, and the diagnostic approach towards children with suspected disease

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Abstract Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries