Remote Monitoring-Control System for Future Wearable-Portable Dialysis Devices

Moving the dialysis treatment from the nephrology clinic to the patient\u2019s point of need, instead of moving patients to the nephrology clinic, is a great challenge today. The main objective of work presented in this the paper is the development of a universal system, suitable for European environment, for the management, control and monitoring of wearable and portable dialysis devices. The paper discusses its design and presents briefly the main components of the experimental Personal Health System, emphasizing also the main advantages of using such approach. The results of implementing a dialysis device simulator based on standard IEEE specification are also discussed. The system proposal is created based on collaboration among the University of Applied Sciences Munich, Germany, the University of Padova, Italy, and the University of Groningen, the Netherlands with participation of partner universities, hospitals and companies from Germany, Italy, and Romani

Towards Secure e-Health Interoperable Personal Networks

The ISO/IEEE 11073 family of standards recently announced was established to ensure plug-and-play interoperability between medical devices within personal area networks. The new standards transfer the responsibility for implementing security solutions for the mobile health systems to the manufac- turer. The paper proposes an enhancement of the current specification of ISO/IEEE 11073-20601 standard with a patient authentication and identity management procedure which functions on the basis of biometric technology. The proposed identification procedure works with biometric keys derived from fingerprint measurements. The use of biometrics gives patients greater confi- dence in the identity management system, and fosters the trust in using mobile medical devices on a larger scale. The test system, implemented using the Continua Health Alliance framework, proved that the proposed identity management solution is easily embeddable into the ISO/IEEE 11073 family of standards

OPTIMIZATION OF A UV-VIS SPECTROMETRIC METHOD FOR CAFFEINE ANALYSIS IN TEA, COFFEE AND OTHER BEVERAGES

A method has been developed and validated for the determination of caffeine in tea, coffee and other beverages by UV-VIS spectrometry. A linear calibration curve was generated with caffeine concentration ranging from 3 mg∙L-1 to 18 mg∙L-1. The procedure developed provides a 0.85 mg∙L-1 detection limit of caffeine, respectively 1.52 mg∙L-1 quantification limit and the relative standard deviation (RSD) was less than 0.05 % for independent measurement. The developed method was sensitive/specific and robust. Caffeine in tea infusions was found to be dependent on infusion time, the longer of the infusion time and the higher of the caffeine concentrations in tea infusions

QUALITY CONTROL OF SOME TRADITIONAL MEAT PRODUCTS

In this paper, we present the characterization of six traditional meat products: smoked file, smoked bacon, pork sausages, sausage prepared from swine’s entrails, pork pastrami, sheep sausages. Organoleptic tests (the aspect and shape, the aspect of freshly cut in the section, smell, taste and consistency), physico-chemical and microbiological determinations (NTG, Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli) were performed. These analyzes are a part of quality control that must be done in order to obtain a certificate from the Ministry of Agriculture for a traditional product. After identification of H2S and starch and according to fat oxidation degree it was concluded that analyzed samples didn’t contain counterfeiters and all parameters analyzed are within the maximum limits allowed by law. Considering all the procedures for manufacturing, characteristics of raw and auxiliary materials, organoleptic properties of final products analyzed in this study, it can be concluded that analyzed meat specialties meet the requirements of Ministry Order no. 690/28.09.2004 for the traditional products certification