A node-wise analysis of the uterine muscle networks for pregnancy monitoring

The recent past years have seen a noticeable increase of interest in the correlation analysis of electrohysterographic (EHG) signals in the perspective of improving the pregnancy monitoring. Here we propose a new approach based on the functional connectivity between multichannel (4x4 matrix) EHG signals recorded from the women abdomen. The proposed pipeline includes i) the computation of the statistical couplings between the multichannel EHG signals, ii) the characterization of the connectivity matrices, computed by using the imaginary part of the coherence, based on the graph-theory analysis and iii) the use of these measures for pregnancy monitoring. The method was evaluated on a dataset of EHGs, in order to track the correlation between EHGs collected by each electrode of the matrix (called node-wise analysis) and follow their evolution along weeks before labor. Results showed that the strength of each node significantly increases from pregnancy to labor. Electrodes located on the median vertical axis of the uterus seemed to be the more discriminant. We speculate that the network-based analysis can be a very promising tool to improve pregnancy monitoring.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, accepted in the IEEE EMBC conferanc

Performance evaluation of Kangemi Sewage Plant in nutrients and organic matter removal, Nyeri Kenya

This study estimates the efficiency of Kangemi Sewage Plant. Hence, contributing to understanding the performance of the treatment plant and its impacts on water pollution. The plant treats wastewater through conventional processes. For environmental quality assurance, its performance requires a consistent monitoring to evaluate the impact of the effluents to the receiving waters. Changes in the properties of the effluent can occur along the treatment process, but the final effluent quality is determined by the effectiveness of the treatment process. Key nutrients (Nitrogen and Phosphorus), TSS and BOD5 were determined as the water quality indicators. Kruskal-Wallis test was run at p<0.05 significance. Nitrogen, BOD5 and TSS indicated a significant difference among the sites. No significant difference for Phosphorus and pH. Removal efficiency for (BOD5), TSS, Ammonia and TN were 60%, 85%, 59% and 54% respectively. Consequently, the plant had a high removal efficiency for N but low for P

Hadron Production in Neutrino-Nucleon Interactions at High Energies

The multi-particle production at high energy neutrino- nucleon collisions are investigated through the analysis of the data of the experiment CERN-WA-025 at neutrino energy less than 260GeV and the experiments FNAL-616 and FNAL-701 at energy range 120-250 GeV. The general features of these experiments are used as base to build a hypothetical model that views the reaction by a Feynman diagram of two vertices. The first of which concerns the weak interaction between the neutrino and the quark constituents of the nucleon. At the second vertex, a strong color field is assumed to play the role of particle production, which depend on the momentum transferred from the first vertex. The wave function of the nucleon quarks are determined using the variation method and relevant boundary conditions are applied to calculate the deep inelastic cross sections of the virtual diagram.Comment: 6 pages PDF forma

Management of Renewable Energy for a Shared Facility Controller in Smart Grid

© 2016 IEEE. This paper proposes an energy management scheme to maximize the use of solar energy in the smart grid. In this context, a shared facility controller (SFC) with a number of solar photovoltaic panels in a smart community is considered that has the capability to schedule the generated energy for consumption and trade to other entities. In particular, a mechanism is designed for the SFC to decide on the energy surplus, if there is any, that it can use to charge its battery and sell to the households and the grid based on the offered prices. In this regard, a hierarchical energy management scheme is proposed with a view to reduce the total operational cost to the SFC. The concept of a virtual cost is introduced that aids the SFC to estimate its future operational cost based on some available current information. The energy management is conducted for three different cases, and the optimal cost to the SFC is determined for each case by the theory of maxima and minima. A real-time algorithm is proposed to reach the optimal cost for all cases, and some numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the beneficial properties of the proposed scheme

Serological survey of catteries for cats infected with feline coronavirus

A serological survey on antibodies against feline coronavirus (FCo V) was conducted in four catteries in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. A total number of 24 cats of various breeds, ages and gender were randomly sampled from each cattery. The level of antibody titers were tested using a dot blot ELISA test kit ImmunofCombʳ, All cats showed a previous exposure to FeCo V. All the cats (100%) sampled from the catteries are infected with the virus. Approximately 42% and 58% of the sampled cats exhibited medium and high positive antibodies titers against FeCoY, respectively. This is the first study conducted in Malaysia to gauge the status of FeCo V antibody titer in cats

3-(3-Meth­oxy­benzo­yl)-1,1-diphenyl­thio­urea

The thiono and carbonyl groups in the title compound, C21H18N2O2S, adopt an anti disposition with respect to the central C—N bond. The diphenyl­amine rings are twisted relative to each other by a dihedral angle of 82.55 (10)°. The 3-meth­oxy­benzoyl fragment is twisted relative to one of the diphenyl­amine rings, forming a dihedral angle of 74.04 (9)°. In the crystal, pairs of inter­molecular N—H⋯S hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into centrosymmetric dimers, forming columns parallel to the a axis

A guideline for decision-making on business intelligence and customer relationship management among clinics

Business intelligence offers the capability to gain insights and perform better in decision-making by using a particular set of technologies and tools. A company's success to a certain extent depends on customers. The complementary of business intelligence and customer relationship management will improve the efficiency of organizations, hence increase productivity and revenue. Most research works on implementation of business intelligence and customer relationship management in organizations commonly concentrate on architecture, framework, and maturity model. The process on how to implement business intelligence and customer relationship management in an organization, especially in smaller domains has not yet been clarified which make some organizations unclear on how to implement business intelligence and customer relationship management. Thus, this study investigates the process involved in the implementation of business intelligence and customer relationship management among clinics. An infographic guideline was developed based on the six process of data mining which is known as Cross Industry Standard Process for Data Mining. Four elements of business intelligence decision-making process which were gather, store, access, and analyze were also included in the process of developing the guideline. Findings from an expert's review show that the increase of Content Validity Index was 0.7, from 0.3 during the first iteration to 1.0 in the second iteration. Therefore, this result is acceptable. The guideline appears to be a useful instrument for practitioners to implement business intelligence and customer relationship management in their clinics, however the process involved in developing the guideline could be improvised from time to time

Incoherent Transport through Molecules on Silicon in the vicinity of a Dangling Bond

We theoretically study the effect of a localized unpaired dangling bond (DB) on occupied molecular orbital conduction through a styrene molecule bonded to a n++ H:Si(001)-(2x1) surface. For molecules relatively far from the DB, we find good agreement with the reported experiment using a model that accounts for the electrostatic contribution of the DB, provided we include some dephasing due to low lying phonon modes. However, for molecules within 10 angstrom to the DB, we have to include electronic contribution as well along with higher dephasing to explain the transport features.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure

1,1-Dibenzyl-3-(3-chloro­benzo­yl)thio­urea

In the title compound, C22H19ClN2OS, the thiono and carbonyl groups are trans positioned with respect to a partially double C—N bond. The amide group is twisted relative to the thio­urea fragment, forming a dihedral angle of 46.75 (11)°. In the crystal, inter­molecular N—H⋯S and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into a one-dimensional polymeric structure parallel to the c axis