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Internet and medicine
xQTL workbench: a scalable web environment for multi-level QTL analysis.
Bioinformatics. 2012 Feb 3;
Arends D, van der Velde KJ, Prins P, Broman KW, Möller S, Jansen RC, Swertz MA
SUMMARY: xQTL workbench is a scalable web platform for the mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) at multiple levels: for example gene expression (eQTL), protein abundance (pQTL), metabolite abundance (mQTL) and phenotype (phQTL) data. Popular QTL mapping methods for model organism and human populations are accessible via the web user interface. Large calculations scale easily on to multi-core computers, clusters, and Cloud. All data involved can be uploaded and queried online: markers, genotypes, microarrays,
Design and implementation of an Internet based effective controlling and monitoring system with wireless fieldbus communications technologies for process automation-An experimental study.
ISA Trans. 2012 Feb 3;
Cetinceviz Y, Bayindir R
The network requirements of control systems in industrial applications increase day by day. The Internet based control system and various fieldbus systems have been designed in order to meet these requirements. This paper describes an Internet based control system with wireless fieldbus communication designed for distributed processes. The system was implemented as an experimental setup in a laboratory. In industrial facilities, the process control layer and the distance connection of the distributed control devices in the lowest levels of the industrial production
Ulcerative colitis from patients' viewpoint: a review of two internet surveys.
Gastroenterol Nurs. 2012 Jan; 35(1): 54-63
Dudley-Brown S, Baker K
Ulcerative colitis negatively impacts patients' quality of life, but little is known about which aspects of patients' lives are affected, how patients' perceptions compare with patients with other chronic conditions, and how these perceptions compare with those of gastroenterologists. This review discusses two recent Internet surveys: (1) the Ulcerative Colitis: New Observations on Remission Management And Lifestyle (UC:NORMAL) and (2) the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America studies. The surveys revealed that the major impact
Development and Implementation of a Web-Enabled 3D Consultation Tool for Breast Augmentation Surgery Based on 3D-Image Reconstruction of 2D Pictures.
J Med Internet Res. 2012; 14(1): e21
de Heras Ciechomski P, Constantinescu M, Garcia J, Olariu R, Dindoyal I, Le Huu S, Reyes M
Producing a rich, personalized Web-based consultation tool for plastic surgeons and patients is challenging.(1) To develop a computer tool that allows individual reconstruction and simulation of 3-dimensional (3D) soft tissue from ordinary digital photos of breasts, (2) to implement a Web-based, worldwide-accessible preoperative surgical planning platform for plastic surgeons, and (3) to validate this tool through a quality control analysis by comparing 3D laser scans of the patients with the 3D
Segmentation of cervical cell nuclei in high-resolution microscopic images: A new algorithm and a web-based software framework.
Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2012 Feb 3;
Bergmeir C, García Silvente M, Benítez JM
In order to automate cervical cancer screening tests, one of the most important and longstanding challenges is the segmentation of cell nuclei in the stained specimens. Though nuclei of isolated cells in high-quality acquisitions often are easy to segment, the problem lies in the segmentation of large numbers of nuclei with various characteristics under differing acquisition conditions in high-resolution scans of the complete microscope slides. We implemented a system that enables processing of full resolution images, and proposes a
Establishing a web-based integrated surveillance system for early detection of infectious disease epidemic in rural China: a field experimental study.
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2012 Feb 3; 12(1): 4
Yan WR, Nie SF, Xu B, Dong HJ, Palm L, Diwan VK
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: A crucial goal of infectious disease surveillance is the early detection of epidemics, which is essential for disease control. In China, the current surveillance system is based on confirmed case reports. In rural China, it is not practical for health units to perform laboratory tests to confirm disease and people are more likely to get 'old' and emerging infectious diseases due to poor living conditions and closer contacts with wild animals and poultry. Syndromic surveillance, which collects
Participation Willingness in Web Surveys: Exploring Effect of Sponsoring Corporation's and Survey Provider's Reputation.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2012 Feb 3;
Fang J, Wen C, Pavur R
Abstract Prior research involving response rates in Web-based surveys has not adequately addressed the effect of the reputation of a sponsoring corporation that contracts with a survey provider. This study investigates the effect of two factors, namely, the reputation of a survey's provider and the reputation of a survey's sponsoring corporation, on the willingness of potential respondents to participate in a Web survey. Results of an experimental design with these two factors reveal that the sponsoring corporation's and the survey
Variable and complex food web structures revealed by exploring missing trophic links between birds and biofilm.
Ecol Lett. 2012 Feb 5;
Kuwae T, Miyoshi E, Hosokawa S, Ichimi K, Hosoya J, Amano T, Moriya T, Kondoh M, Ydenberg RC, Elner RW
Ecology Letters (2012) ABSTRACT: Food webs are comprised of a network of trophic interactions and are essential to elucidating ecosystem processes and functions. However, the presence of unknown, but critical networks hampers understanding of complex and dynamic food webs in nature. Here, we empirically demonstrate a missing link, both critical and variable, by revealing that direct predator-prey relationships between shorebirds and biofilm are widespread and mediated by multiple ecological and
GRFT - Genetic Records Family Tree Web Applet.
Front Genet. 2011; 2: 14
Pimentel S, Walbot V, Fernandes J
Current software for storing and displaying records of genetic crosses does not provide an easy way to determine the lineage of an individual. The genetic records family tree (GRFT) applet processes records of genetic crosses and allows researchers to quickly visualize lineages using a family tree construct and to access other information from these records using any Internet browser. Users select from three display features: (1) a family tree view which displays a color-coded family tree for an individual, (2) a sequential list of crosses, and (3) a list of
AsteriX: a web-server to automatically extract ligand coordinates from figures in PDF articles.
J Chem Inf Model. 2012 Feb 2;
Lounnas V, Vriend G
Coordinates describing the chemical structures of small molecules that are potential ligands for pharmaceutical targets are used at many stages of the drug design process. The coordinates of the vast majority of ligands can be obtained from either publicly accessible or commercial databases. However, interesting ligands sometimes are only available from the scientific literature in which case their coordinates need to be reconstructed manually; a process that consists of a series of time-consuming steps. We present a Web server that helps reconstruct the three
eHealth
Integrated e-Health Approach Based In Vascular Ultrasound and Pulse Wave Analysis for Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis Detection and Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in the Community.
IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed. 2012 Jan 18;
Bia D, Zocalo Y, Armentano R
New strategies are urgently needed to identify subjects at increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD) development or complications. A National Public University Center (CUiiDARTE) was created in Uruguay, based on six main pillars: 1) Integration of experts in different disciplines and creation of multi-disciplinary teams; 2) Incidence in public and professional education programs to give training in the use of new technologies and to shift the focus from ACVD treatment to disease prevention; 3) Implementation of free vascular
E-health in caring for patients with atopic dermatitis: A randomized controlled cost-effectiveness study of internet-guided monitoring and online self-management training.
Br J Dermatol. 2012 Jan 23;
van Os-Medendorp H, Koffijberg H, Eland-de Kok PC, van der Zalm A, de Bruin-Weller MS, Pasmans SG, Ros WJ, Thio HB, Knol MJ, Bruijnzeel-Koomen CA
Background: The dermatology department of the University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands, developed an e-health portal for patients with atopic dermatitis (AD), consisting of e-consultation, a patient-tailored website, monitoring and self-management training. Objective: To determine the cost-effectiveness of individualized e-health compared with usual face-to-face care for children and adults with AD. Methods: A randomized
[Health record in the Age of e-Health.]
Clin Ter. 2011 Nov; 162(6): 585-589
Consorti F
Since centuries health record has been one of main instruments of physicians, used to keep track of clinical process and to testify it. In the last 40 years, diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) produced dramatic changes in the way clinical information are managed. Furthermore, in Italy in the last 6 years relevant rules have been introduced, which depicts in details the context for e-Health. The goal of this paper is to summarize the evolution of Health Records, also in considering the most relevant international literature and to describe the
A mobile feedback system for integrated E-health platforms to improve self-care and compliance of diabetes mellitus patients.
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011 Aug; 2011: 3550-3
Fioravanti A, Fico G, Arredondo MT, Leuteritz JP
Exploiting the full potential of telemedical systems means using platform based solutions: data are recovered from biomedical sensors, hospital information systems, care-givers, as well as patients themselves, and are processed and redistributed in an either centralized or, more probably, decentralized way. The integration of all these different devices, and interfaces, as well as the automated analysis and representation of all the pieces of information are current key challenges in telemedicine. Mobile phone
A Web services-based exergaming platform for senior citizens: The long lasting memories project approach to e-health care.
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011 Aug; 2011: 2505-9
Bamidis PD, Konstantinidis EI, Billis A, Frantzidis C, Tsolaki M, Hlauschek W, Kyriacou E, Neofytou M, Pattichis CS
This piece of research describes an innovative e-health service that supports the cognitive and physical training of senior citizens and promotes their active ageing. The approach is adopted by the Long Lasting Memories (LLM) project, elements of which are discussed herein in the light of the functionalities provided to the users and the therapists. The aim of this work is to describe those technical elements that demonstrate the unique and integrative
Uruguay eHealth initiative: Preliminary studies regarding an integrated approach to evaluate vascular age and preclinical atherosclerosis (CUiiDARTE project).
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011 Aug; 2011: 842-5
Armentano RL, Bia D, Zocalo Y, Torrado J, Farro I, Farro F, Florio L, Olascoaga A, Alallon W, Negreira C, Lluberas R
In this work we present an initiative to develop a national (Uruguayan) program to evaluate vascular age and to detect pre-clinical atherosclerosis using: gold-standard technologies; complimentary and integrative approaches to asses arterial functional and structural indexes; data bases systems to process, analyze and determine normal and reference values and to identify the most sensitive markers of vascular changes for different ages. We evaluated,
CONSORT-EHEALTH: improving and standardizing evaluation reports of Web-based and mobile health interventions.
J Med Internet Res. 2011; 13(4): e126
Eysenbach G,
Web-based and mobile health interventions (also called "Internet interventions" or "ehealth/mhealth interventions") are tools or treatments, typically behaviorally based, that are operationalized and transformed for delivery via the Internet or mobile platforms. These include electronic tools for patients, informal caregivers, healthy consumers, and health care providers. The "Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials" (CONSORT) was developed to improve the suboptimal reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). While broadly the CONSORT statement can be applied
Why business modeling is crucial in the development of eHealth technologies.
J Med Internet Res. 2011; 13(4): e124
van Limburg M, van Gemert-Pijnen JE, Nijland N, Ossebaard HC, Hendrix RM, Seydel ER
The impact and uptake of information and communication technologies that support health care are rather low. Current frameworks for eHealth development suffer from a lack of fitting infrastructures, inability to find funding, complications with scalability, and uncertainties regarding effectiveness and sustainability. These issues can be addressed by defining a better implementation strategy early in the development of eHealth technologies. A business model, and thus business modeling, help to
Developing national eHealth infrastructures--results and lessons from Europe.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2011; 2011: 1347-54
Stroetmann KA, Artmann J, Stroetmann V
The European eHealth Strategies study analyzed policy development and strategy planning, implementation measures as well as progress achieved with respect to national and regional eHealth solutions in 34 European countries, with emphasis on barriers and enablers beyond technology. The focus was on infrastructure elements and selected solutions emphasized in the European Union eHealth Action Plan of 2004. At the governance level, issues around administrative responsibility and competence centers, stakeholder engagement, legal and regulatory
An empowerment-based approach to developing innovative e-health tools for self-management.
Health Informatics J. 2011 Dec; 17(4): 247-55
Alpay L, van der Boog P, Dumaij A
E-health is seen as an important technological tool in achieving self-management; however, there is little evidence of how effective e-health is for self-management. Example tools remain experimental and there is limited knowledge yet about the design, use, and effects of this class of tools. By way of introducing a new view on the development of e-health tools dedicated to self-management we aim to contribute to the discussion for further research in this area. Our assumption is that patient empowerment is an important mechanism of e-health
Open Access
Sustained Growth of the Impact Factors of MDPI Open Access Journals.
Molecules. 2012; 17(2): 1354-6
Rordorf D
Following the tradition established during the past two years [1,2], we are pleased to report the newly released Impact Factors of MDPI open access journals by the means of an editorial. This year's edition of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), which is published annually by Thomson Reuters, includes seven journals published by MDPI, including three that received their first official Impact Factors - Energies, Entropy, and more surprisingly Viruses - the latest with citation data from 2009 only. We are pleased to announce that the continued growth in Impact Factors reported
A Review of: "Open Access: What you Need to Know Now. Crawford, Walt." Chicago: American Library Association, 2011. 76p. ISBN 978-0-8389-1106-8. $45.00.
Med Ref Serv Q. 2012 Jan; 31(1): 121-3
Brassil EB
An Open Access future? Report from the eurocancercoms project.
Ecancermedicalscience. 2011; 5: 223
Kenney R, Warden R
In March 2011, as part of the background research to the FP7 Eurocancercoms project, the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) conducted an online survey of its members working in Europe to discover their experiences of and attitudes to the issues surrounding academic publishing and Open Access. This paper presents the results from this survey and compares them to the results from a much larger survey on the same topic from the Study of Open Access Publishing (SOAP). The responses from both surveys show very positive attitudes to the Open Access publishing
Supporting the advancement of science: Open access publishing and the role of mandates.
J Transl Med. 2012; 10: 13
Phelps L, Fox BA, Marincola FM
ABSTRACT: In December 2011 the United States House of Representatives introduced a new bill, the Research Works Act (H.R.3699), which if passed could threaten the public's access to US government funded research. In a digital age when professional and lay parties alike look more and more to the online environment to keep up to date with developments in their fields, does this bill serve the best interests of the community? Those in support of the Research Works Act argue that government open access mandates undermine peer-review and take intellectual property
What IJCP authors think about open access: exploring one possible future for publishing clinical research in a general and internal medicine journal.
Int J Clin Pract. 2012 Feb; 66(2): 116-8
Graf C
Open-access MIMIC-II database for intensive care research.
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011 Aug; 2011: 8315-8
Lee J, Scott DJ, Villarroel M, Clifford GD, Saeed M, Mark RG
The critical state of intensive care unit (ICU) patients demands close monitoring, and as a result a large volume of multi-parameter data is collected continuously. This represents a unique opportunity for researchers interested in clinical data mining. We sought to foster a more transparent and efficient intensive care research community by building a publicly available ICU database, namely Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care II (MIMIC-II). The data harnessed in MIMIC-II were collected
Open-access community child health clinics: The everyday experience of parents and child health nurses.
J Child Health Care. 2012 Jan 13;
Kearney L, Fulbrook P
In Australia, Community Child Health Services (CCHS) is the primary health care service which seek to strengthen and support families, prevent illness and manage risks. Several nursing models of care exist within CCHS, and limited research has investigated which is the best way to provide child health surveillance and parenting support during the early years. This study qualitatively explored the everyday lived experience of parents and child health nurses involved with an open-access (appointment-free, parent-led) group child health surveillance clinic. Findings
Medical Physics open access papers.
Med Phys. 2012 Jan; 39(1): i
Hendee W
New Section Editors, One-Year Experience of Open Access and Now Also Apps for iPad and iPhone.
Acta Derm Venereol. 2012 Jan; 92(1): 3-4
Vahlquist A, Andersson A
Recommendations for mass spectrometry data quality metrics for open access data (corollary to the Amsterdam principles).
Proteomics Clin Appl. 2011 Dec; 5(11-12): 580-9
Kinsinger CR, Apffel J, Baker M, Bian X, Borchers CH, Bradshaw R, Brusniak MY, Chan DW, Deutsch EW, Domon B, Gorman J, Grimm R, Hancock W, Hermjakob H, Horn D, Hunter C, Kolar P, Kraus HJ, Langen H, Linding R, Moritz RL, Omenn GS, Orlando R, Pandey A, Ping P, Rahbar A, Rivers R, Seymour SL, Simpson RJ, Slotta D, Smith RD, Stein SE, Tabb DL, Tagle D, Yates JR, Rodriguez H
Policies supporting the rapid and open sharing of proteomic data are being implemented by the leading journals in the field. The proteomics community is taking steps to ensure that data are made publicly