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1. Shifting Conceptualization of Control in Agile Transformations

Author

Mikalsen, Marius, Stray, Viktoria, Moe, Nils Brede, Backer, Idun, van der Aalst, Wil, Series Editor, Mylopoulos, John, Series Editor, Rosemann, Michael, Series Editor, Shaw, Michael J., Series Editor, Szyperski, Clemens, Series Editor, Paasivaara, Maria, editor, and Kruchten, Philippe, editor

Published
2020
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2. Research Paper: Communicable Diseases Surveillance System in Iran: Strengths and Weaknesses 30 Years Following its Implementation

Author

Reza HabibiSaravi, Hamidreza Khankeh, Arash Azar, and Fariba Ghasemihamedani

Subjects
communicable disease, infection, control, surveillance, iran, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9
Abstract

Background: Communicable diseases are one of the main health problems in Iran. This study aimed at demonstrating the progress of communicable diseases management in more than 30 years of its implementation and pointing out its strengths and weaknesses, as well. Materials and Methods: This interview-based study using content analysis method was conducted in 2014. Data were collected through deep interviews. Fifteen interviews were conducted with all experts and health system managers at Iran’s communicable diseases management center. The collected data were analyzed using the principles suggested by Strauss and Corbin. Results: The establishment of the communicable disease surveillance system was a revolution in the health system of Iran. The strengths of the system are as follows: network-based and integrated health services, well-organized and knowledgeable personnel, national and international supports, strategic and operational plans, and expanded programs of immunization. On the other hand, its weaknesses mentioned by the participants were: disease-based case definition, poor public awareness, poor inter-sectoral collaboration and coordination, insufficient resources, delayed or no notifying target diseases, lack of district laws or incomplete implementation of legislation, failure to provide feedback or ignoring for the results of the analysis, and lack of performance evaluation. Conclusion: Although the implementation of the communicable diseases surveillance system was a huge achievement in the health system of Iran, however, it needs more improvements based on the present situation. Revision of the rules, restoration and strengthening of the existing structure, the use of modern information and communication technologies, and the establishment of the monitoring and evaluation system are helpful to increase its success.

Published
2019

4. European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020

Author

Fokkens, Wytske, Lund, Valerie, Hopkins, Claire, Hellings, Peter, Kern, Robert, Reitsma, Sietze, Toppila- Salmi, Sanna, Bernal-Sprekelsen, Manuel, Mullol, Joaquim, Alobid, Isam, Anselmo- Lima, Wilma Terezinha, Bachert, Claus, Baroody, Fuad, von Buchwald, Christian, Cervin, Anders, Cohen, Noam, Constantinidis, Jannis, De Gabory, Ludovic, Desrosiers, Martin, Diamant, Zuzana, Douglas, Richard, Gevaert, Philippe, Hafner, Anita, Harvey, Richard, Joos, Guy, Kalogjera, Livije, Knill, Andrew, Kocks, Janwillem, Landis, Basile, Limpens, Jacqueline, Lebeer, Sarah, Lourenco, Olga, Matricardi, Paolo, Meco, Cem, O’Mahony, Liam, Philpott, Carl, Ryan, Dermot, Schlosser, Rodney, Senior, Brent, Smith, Timothy, Teeling, Thijs, Tomazic, Peter Valentin, Wang, De Yun, Wang, Dehui, Zhang, Luo, Agius, Adrian, Ahlström-Emanuelsson, Cecilia, Alabri, Rashid, Albu, Silviu, Alhabash, Saied, Aleksic, Aleksandra, Aloulah, Mohammad, Al- Qudah, Mohannad, Alsaleh, Saad, Baban, Muaid Aziz, Baudoin, Tomislav, Balvers, Tijmen, Battaglia, Paolo, Bedoya, Juan David, Beule, Achim, Bofares, Khaled, Braverman, Itzhak, Brozek-Madry, Eliza, Byaruhanga, Richard, Callejas, Claudio, Carrie, Sean, Caulley, Lisa, Chussi, Desderius, de Corso, Eugenio, Coste, Andre, El Hadi, Usama, Elfarouk, Ahmed, Eloy, Philippe, Farrokhi, Shokrollah, Felisati, Giovanni, Ferrari, Michel, Fishchuk, Roman, Grayson, Jessica, Goncalves, Paulo, Grdinic, Boris, Grgic, Velimir, Hamizan, Aneeza, Heinichen, Julio, Husain, Salina, Ing Ping, Tang, Ivaska, Justinas, Jakimovska, Frodita, Jovancevic, Ljiljana, Kakande, Emily, Kamel, Reda, Karpischenko, Sergei, Kariyawasam, Harsha, Kawauchi, Hideyuki, Kjeldsen, Anette, Klimek, Ludger, Krzeski, Antoni, Kopacheva Barsova, Gabriela, Wam Kim, Sung, Lal, Devyani, Letort, José, Lopatin, Andrey, Mahdjoubi, Abdelhak, Mesbahi, Alireza, Netkovski, Jane, Nyenbue Tshipukane, Dieudonné, Obando-Valverde, Andrés, Okano, Mitsuhiro, Onerci111, Metin, Ong, Yew Kwang, Orlandi, Richard, Otori, Nobuyoshi, Ouennoughy, Kheir, Ozkan, Muge, Peric, Aleksandar, Plzak, Jan, Prokopakis, Emmanuel, Prepageran, Nerayanan, Psaltis, Alkis, Pugin, Benoit, Raftopulos, Marco, Rombaux, Philippe, Riechelmann, Herbert, Sahtout, Semia, Sarafoleanu, Caius-Codrut, Searyoh, Kafui, Rhee, Chae-Seo, Shi, Jianbo, Shkoukani, Mahdi, Shukuryan, Arthur, Sicak, Marian, Smyth, David, Snidvongs, Kornkiat, Soklic Kosak, Tanja, Stjärne, Pär, Sutikno, Budi, Steinsvåg, Sverre, Tantilipikorn, Pongsakorn, Thanaviratananich, Sanguansak, Tran, Thuy, Urbancic, Jure, Valiulis, Arunas, Vasquez de Aparicio, Carolina, Vicheva, Dilyana, Virkkula, Paula, Vicente, Gil, Voegels, Richard, Wagenmann, Martin, Wardani, Retno, Welge-Lussen, Antje, Witterick, Ian, Wright, Erin, Zabolotniy, Dmytro, Zsolt, Bella, Zwetsloot, Casper, HUS Inflammation Center, Department of Dermatology, Allergology and Venereology, University of Helsinki, Korva-, nenä- ja kurkkutautien klinikka, HUS Head and Neck Center, uBibliorum, Faculteit Medische Wetenschappen/UMCG, Fokkens, Wytske J., UCL - (MGD) Service d'oto-rhino-laryngologie, UCL - SSS/IREC/MONT - Pôle Mont Godinne, UCL - SSS/IREC/PNEU - Pôle de Pneumologie, ORL et Dermatologie, UCL - (SLuc) Service d'oto-rhino-laryngologie, Ear, Nose and Throat, and AII - Inflammatory diseases

Subjects
Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Evidence-based practice, Rhinosinusitis, MEDLINE, Therapeutics, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Nasal Polyps, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, Diagnosis, paranasal sinus diseases, nasal polyps, therapeutics, diagnosis, asthma, prevention, control, Paranasal Sinus Diseases, Humans, Medicine, Nasal polyps, ENDOSCOPIC-SINUS-SURGERY, 3125 Otorhinolaryngology, ophthalmology, Sinusitis, Prevention and Control, Child, 030223 otorhinolaryngology, Intensive care medicine, UPPER RESPIRATORY-TRACT, TERM-FOLLOW-UP, Rhinitis, Science & Technology, business.industry, General Medicine, Guideline, Evidence-based medicine, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL, medicine.disease, ACUTE MAXILLARY SINUSITIS, Asthma, 3. Good health, Integrated care, CHURG-STRAUSS-SYNDROME, Otorhinolaryngology, Acute Disease, Chronic Disease, Position paper, PRIMARY CILIARY DYSKINESIA, Human medicine, business, ALLERGIC FUNGAL RHINOSINUSITIS, Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Abstract

The European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020 is the update of similar evidence based position papers published in 2005 and 2007 and 2012. The core objective of the EPOS2020 guideline is to provide revised, up-to-date and clear evidence-based recommendations and integrated care pathways in ARS and CRS. EPOS2020 provides an update on the literature published and studies undertaken in the eight years since the EPOS2012 position paper was published and addresses areas not extensively covered in EPOS2012 such as paediatric CRS and sinus surgery. EPOS2020 also involves new stakeholders, including pharmacists and patients, and addresses new target users who have become more involved in the management and treatment of rhinosinusitis since the publication of the last EPOS document, including pharmacists, nurses, specialised care givers and indeed patients themselves, who employ increasing self-management of their condition using over the counter treatments. The document provides suggestions for future research in this area and offers updated guidance for definitions and outcome measurements in research in different settings. EPOS2020 contains chapters on definitions and classification where we have defined a large number of terms and indicated preferred terms. A new classification of CRS into primary and secondary CRS and further division into localized and diffuse disease, based on anatomic distribution is proposed. There are extensive chapters on epidemiology and predisposing factors, inflammatory mechanisms, (differential) diagnosis of facial pain, allergic rhinitis, genetics, cystic fibrosis, aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease, immunodeficiencies, allergic fungal rhinosinusitis and the relationship between upper and lower airways. The chapters on paediatric acute and chronic rhinosinusitis are totally rewritten. All available evidence for the management of acute rhinosinusitis and chronic rhinosinusitis with or without nasal polyps in adults and children is systematically reviewed and integrated care pathways based on the evidence are proposed. Despite considerable increases in the amount of quality publications in recent years, a large number of practical clinical questions remain. It was agreed that the best way to address these was to conduct a Delphi exercise . The results have been integrated into the respective sections. Last but not least, advice for patients and pharmacists and a new list of research needs are included. The full document can be downloaded for free on the website of this journal: http://www.rhinologyjournal.com. ispartof: RHINOLOGY vol:58 issue:Suppl S29 pages:I-+ ispartof: location:Netherlands status: published

Published
2020

6. Technological aspects of assembling and processing narrow tubes (Short paper)

Author

Gheorghe Sima, Gheorghe Hutiu, and Liviu Sevastian Bocîi

Subjects
montaje, control, soldadura, acero inoxidable, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), TA1-2040
Abstract

En la ponencia se presenta la experiencia del colectivo de investigación con respecto al montaje, soldadura y procesamiento de los tubos delgados fabricados por acero inoxidable austenítico. Asimismo se presentan los problemas que aparecen durante el calentamiento y resfriamiento (enfriamiento) del materialen el proceso de soldadura, los constituyentes estructurales que aparezcan en este caso también las medidas que tengan tomadas para disminuir el volumen de estos constituyentes. En continuación los autores presentan también los problemas con respecto al procesamiento de los materiales para montarles y la modalidad (el modo) de resolver estas situaciones (estos problemas). En el final de la ponencia se presenta el modo de control del producto (tubo delgado) también unas recomendaciones tecnológicas finales.

Published
2012

7. New drive and control concept of the paper-board machine at the board factory 'Umka'

Author

Jeftenić Borislav, Bebić Milan, Milojević Miodrag, and Belinčević Mario

Subjects
electric drives, control, profibus, Chemical technology, TP1-1185
Abstract

This paper describes the reconstruction of the drives of a paper machine for the press and drying part of the machine during June, 2001, as well as the expansion of the paper machine with a "third coating" during July, 2002 at the board factory "Umka". The existing old drive of the press and the drying groups was realized as a 76 meter long line shaft drive. The coating section of the machine was realized with sectional drives with DC motors fed from thyristor converters. The concept of the new drive is based on standard squirrel cage induction motors, fed from frequency converters. The system is controlled by a programmable logic controller. The communication between the controller, frequency converters and control panels is realized with a profibus protocol. The Laboratory for Electric Drives, of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Belgrade, was contracted for the drive part of the reconstruction of the paper-board machine. The complete project, supervision of the work of the investor's own technical services and final commissioning of the drives were organized in such a way that the drives were changed during the planned periods for the repair of the machine.

Published
2004
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8. تقييم كفاءة عزالت محلية مختلفة من بكتيريا subtilis Bacillus في استحثاث المقاومة ضد فيروس الذبول الم ت بقع على الطماطم/البندورة في نباتات الفلفل / الفليفلة.

Author

حميد حمود علي and عالء حميد محمد و &#158

Subjects
TOMATO spotted wilt virus disease, PHANEROGAMS, FILTER paper, BACILLUS (Bacteria), PLANT growth, PEPPERS
Abstract

Copyright of Arab Journal of Plant Protection is the property of Arab Society for Plant Protection and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Published
2023
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12. 〈PAPER〉Authenticity of 'Being' Shaken in White Noise

Subjects
本来的でない存在, immortality, totalitarian, 全体主義, technology, コントロール, a fear of death, 不死, テクノロジー, inauthentic being, control, 死の恐怖
Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to explore how “being” is shaken due to the intervention of technology in the fear of death in Don DeLillo’s White Noise (1985). As the original title of this work, “American Book of Death,” shows, the fear of death underlies this work. This paper examines how media control our perception, evoking a fear of death, leading to totalitarianism; how technological advances make our society better but eventually threatens our society; and how science applies to our desire for immortality and controls our body with a drug, which makes “being” inauthentic. 本稿の目的は、アメリカ現代作家ドン・デリーロの作品『ホワイト・ノイズ』(1985)において、死への恐怖にテクノロジー が介入することによって、我々の存在がいかに本来の姿から逸脱していくのかを検証することである。メディア情報が我々の 意識をコントロールし、死への恐怖を煽り、ひいてはそれが、全体主義につながる可能性を示唆する。次に、テクノロジーの 発展が、便利さと裏腹に社会不安をいかに招いているか、死への恐怖を克服するために手にした薬のためにいかに人間として の存在意義を失ってしまうのかを考察をする。

Published
2017

13. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for childhood immunization--WHO position paper/Vaccin antipneumococcique conjugue pour la vaccination infantile--note d'information de l'OMS

Subjects
World Health Organization -- Health policy, Streptococcus pneumoniae -- Control -- Health aspects -- Diagnosis -- Prognosis -- Care and treatment -- Analysis -- Usage, Pneumococcal infections -- Prognosis -- Control -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment, Public health -- Care and treatment -- Analysis -- Health aspects -- Usage, Pneumococcal vaccine -- Health aspects -- Usage -- Analysis, Government, Health, Control, Diagnosis, Care and treatment, Usage, Analysis, Health policy, Prognosis, Health aspects
Abstract

In accordance with its mandate to provide guidance to Member States on health policy matters, WHO is issuing a series of regularly updated position papers on vaccines and vaccines combinations [...]

Published
2007

16. A hierarchical intelligent control strategy for greenhouse gas reduction in wastewater treatment process of paper mill.

Author

Huang, Feini, Li, Wenqing, Shen, Wenhao, Seferlis, Panagiotis, Man, Yi, and Corriou, Jean-Pierre

Subjects
*WASTEWATER treatment, *ACTIVATED sludge process, *INTELLIGENT control systems, *PAPER mills, *GREENHOUSE gases, *EFFLUENT quality
Abstract

Due to the huge amounts of wastewater discharge and the high pollution loads in papermaking industry, many greenhouse gases (GHG) are emitted in the papermaking wastewater treatment process. The wastewater dissolved oxygen (DO) control has been considered as the most cost-effective control solution for GHG reduction in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). However, the competition between contaminant removal efficiency and GHG reduction hinders the drastic reduction of GHG emissions from WWTP. In this study, based on the established integrated GHG emission model, explicitly considering the total GHG reduction targets on the premise of effluent compliance, an intelligent control scheme has been developed for an activated sludge process in a paper mill. Regarding DO as the controlled variable, the proposed hierarchical optimal proportional-integral (HOPI) control scheme was established consisting of three layers: 1) Layer 1 for the effluent quality estimation, 2) Layer 2 for the optimal DO set point determined by genetic algorithm with the influent variations to obey discharging norms and reduce GHG emissions, 3) Layer 3 for the DO tracking proportional integral (PI) control with the controller parameters adjusted by the back propagation neural network to track the dynamically optimized DO set points. The simulation results showed that, compared with the open-loop (OL) operation (averaged aeration, 10/h), the proposed HOPI control (averaged aeration, 7.9/h) reduced the GHG emissions by 12.54% under the premise of discharging norms, which was mainly attributed to the reduction of the aeration electricity consumption. In contrast, the PI control (averaged aeration, 12.9/h) increased the GHG emissions by 7.48% compared with the OL operation. Thus, the proposed HOPI control strategy has demonstrated potential for the application of GHG reduction in industrial WWTPs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2022
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17. New drive and control concept of the paper-board machine at the board factory 'Umka'

Author

Milan Bebic, Miodrag B. Milojević, Borislav Jeftenic, and Mario Belincevic

Subjects
business.product_category, business.industry, Computer science, Profibus, General Chemical Engineering, Controller (computing), Programmable logic controller, Electrical engineering, profibus, General Chemistry, Converters, lcsh:Chemical technology, DC motor, law.invention, Paper machine, law, Drive shaft, electric drives, lcsh:TP1-1185, business, control, Induction motor
Abstract

This paper describes the reconstruction of the drives of a paper machine for the press and drying part of the machine during June, 2001, as well as the expansion of the paper machine with a "third coating" during July, 2002 at the board factory "Umka". The existing old drive of the press and the drying groups was realized as a 76 meter long line shaft drive. The coating section of the machine was realized with sectional drives with DC motors fed from thyristor converters. The concept of the new drive is based on standard squirrel cage induction motors, fed from frequency converters. The system is controlled by a programmable logic controller. The communication between the controller, frequency converters and control panels is realized with a profibus protocol. The Laboratory for Electric Drives, of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Belgrade, was contracted for the drive part of the reconstruction of the paper-board machine. The complete project, supervision of the work of the investor's own technical services and final commissioning of the drives were organized in such a way that the drives were changed during the planned periods for the repair of the machine.

Published
2004

20. Research Paper: Communicable Diseases Surveillance System in Iran: Strengths and Weaknesses 30 Years Following its Implementation.

Author

HabibiSaravi, Reza, Khankeh, Hamidreza, Azar, Arash, and Ghasemihamedani, Fariba

Subjects
*COMMUNICABLE diseases, *PERFORMANCE evaluation, *INFORMATION & communication technologies, *DISEASE management, *INTEGRATED health care delivery
Abstract

Background: Communicable diseases are one of the main health problems in Iran. This study aimed at demonstrating the progress of communicable diseases management in more than 30 years of its implementation and pointing out its strengths and weaknesses, as well. Materials and Methods: This interview-based study using content analysis method was conducted in 2014. Data were collected through deep interviews. Fifteen interviews were conducted with all experts and health system managers at Iran's communicable diseases management center. The collected data were analyzed using the principles suggested by Strauss and Corbin. Results: The establishment of the communicable disease surveillance system was a revolution in the health system of Iran. The strengths of the system are as follows: networkbased and integrated health services, well-organized and knowledgeable personnel, national and international supports, strategic and operational plans, and expanded programs of immunization. On the other hand, its weaknesses mentioned by the participants were: disease-based case definition, poor public awareness, poor inter-sectoral collaboration and coordination, insufficient resources, delayed or no notifying target diseases, lack of district laws or incomplete implementation of legislation, failure to provide feedback or ignoring for the results of the analysis, and lack of performance evaluation. Conclusion: Although the implementation of the communicable diseases surveillance system was a huge achievement in the health system of Iran, however, it needs more improvements based on the present situation. Revision of the rules, restoration and strengthening of the existing structure, the use of modern information and communication technologies, and the establishment of the monitoring and evaluation system are helpful to increase its success. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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24. Governance and Design of Digital Platforms: A Review and Future Research Directions on a Meta-Organization.

Author

Chen, Liang, Tong, Tony W., Tang, Shaoqin, and Han, Nianchen

Subjects
DIGITAL technology, ELECTRONIC paper, ORGANIZATIONAL governance, INCENTIVE (Psychology)
Abstract

The burgeoning digital-platforms literature across multiple business disciplines has primarily characterized the platform as a market or network. Although the organizing role of platform owners is well recognized, the literature lacks a coherent approach to understanding organizational governance in the platform context. Drawing on classic organizational governance theories, this paper views digital platforms as a distinct organizational form where the mechanisms of incentive and control routinely take center stage. We systematically review research on digital platforms, categorize specific governance mechanisms related to incentive and control, and map a multitude of idiosyncratic design features studied in prior research onto these mechanisms. We further develop an integrative framework to synthesize the review and to offer novel insights into the interrelations among three building blocks: value, governance, and design. Using this framework as a guide, we discuss specific directions for future research and offer a number of illustrative questions to help advance our knowledge about digital platforms' governance mechanisms and design features. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2022
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26. Computational methods for exploiting image-based data in paper web profile control

Author

Ohenoja, M. (Markku) and Leiviskä, K. (Kauko)

Subjects
papermaking, säätö, estimation, paperinvalmistus, mittaus, imaging, kuvantava, simulation, scanning, skannaava, simulointi, measurements, control, estimointi
Abstract

Sheet and film forming processes such as paper manufacturing pose a challenging monitoring and control problem, where quality variations are classified into machine direction (MD), cross-machine direction (CD) and residual variation. The measurements are typically collected with a scanning sensor that covers only a small part of the paper web, and therefore provides a very limited view of the paper web, setting performance limitations on the online monitoring and control. The development of cameras, light sources and computation hardware enable the consideration of utilizing in-use web inspection systems in paper machines to measure the paper web variations with a considerably higher resolution, sampling rate and coverage. The light transmittance images captured with this kind of system need, however, to be converted into a controllable quality property, such as basis weight, in order to utilize the new measurement information for control purposes. In this thesis, computational methods are identified and developed that are capable of combining light transmittance and scanning measurements, and can efficiently utilize the combined information for control purposes. The possible benefits gained with these image-based measurements in paper machine online monitoring and profile control are evaluated in a simulation environment. In a real paper machine, the benefits are ultimately dependent on the machine configuration and the nature of paper variations therein. It was found that with a suitable estimation method, light transmittance could increase the awareness of basis weight variations such as fast MD variation, tilted waves and dynamic CD variation patterns, which are practically undetectable using scanner-based measurement. The enhanced basis weight estimation enables a considerable improvement in the dynamic performance of profile controls. CD control was able to handle fast variations earlier classified as uncontrollable residual variation. In MD control, enhanced estimation enabled the development of a control strategy that led to improved reference tracking and disturbance rejection properties. Tiivistelmä Paperinvalmistus on yksi esimerkki levyjen tai kalvojen valmistusprosesseista, jotka ovat tyypillisesti haasteellisia prosessin monitoroinnin ja säädön kannalta. Laatuvaihtelut näissä prosesseissa luokitellaan koneensuuntaisiin (MD), poikkisuuntaisiin (CD) ja jäännösvaihteluihin. Paperikoneella mittaukset kerätään tavallisesti radan yli liikkuvalla skannaavalla sensorilla, joka tarjoaa vain hyvin rajoitetun määrän informaatiota paperiradasta, asettaen siten rajoituksia online monitoroinnin ja säädön suorituskyvylle. Kameroiden ja valonlähteiden kehitys sekä laskentakapasiteetin kasvu mahdollistavat paperiradan vaihteluiden mittaamisen huomattavasti korkeammalla resoluutiolla ja näytteenottovälillä jo käytössä olevilla vianilmaisujärjestelmillä. Vianilmaisujärjestelmän keräämä valon transmittanssitieto pitää kuitenkin muuntaa esimerkiksi neliömassatiedoksi, jotta uutta mittausinformaatiota voitaisiin hyödyntää myös prosessin online säädössä nykyisillä toimilaitteilla. Tässä työssä on identifioitu ja kehitetty laskennallisia menetelmiä, jotka kykenevät yhdistämään kuvantavan ja skannaavan mittauksen sekä käyttämään tätä yhdistettyä tietoa säätötarkoituksissa. Kuvapohjaisen mittauksen mahdollisia hyötyjä online monitoroinnissa ja profiilien säädössä on arvioitu simulointiympäristössä. Saavutettavat hyödyt paperikoneella ovat lopulta riippuvaisia myös koneen konfiguraatiosta ja koneella ilmenevien laatuvaihteluiden luonteesta. Tulokset osoittavat, että transmittanssimittauksen ja tehokkaan estimointimenetelmän avulla kyetään lisäämään tietämystä neliömassamuutoksista, joita ei käytännössä voida havaita pelkän skannaavan mittauksen avulla. Estimoinnin parempi suorituskyky mahdollistaa myös profiilisäätöjen dynaamisen suorituskyvyn kasvattamisen. CD-säätö voitiin laajentaa kattamaan myös nopeita vaihteluita, jotka ovat aiemmin luokiteltu jäännösvaihteluksi. MD-säädölle voitiin kehittää säätöstrategia, jonka avulla sekä asetusarvojen seurantaa että häiriöiden vaimennusta pystyttiin parantamaan.

Published
2016

31. McClellan moves to block counterfeits and require barcodes before leaving FDA: FDA relies on e-chips to thwart bogus products, and drops paper pedigrees and unit-of-use packaging

Author

Wechsler, Jill

Subjects
United States. Food and Drug Administration -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Officials and employees, United States. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- Officials and employees, Product counterfeiting -- Control -- Technology application -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pharmaceutical industry -- Packaging -- Technology application -- Officials and employees, Business, Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries, Government regulation, Technology application, Control, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Officials and employees, Packaging, Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing a multifaceted approach to halt the spread of counterfeit drugs in the US that centres on establishing an electronic tracking system [...]

Published
2004

38. Artificial Neural Networks in Robot Control Systems: A Survey Paper

Author

Ş. Yıldınm and Ş. Sağıroğlu

Subjects
Adaptive control, Artificial neural networks, Artificial neural network, business.industry, Computer science, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science::Neural and Evolutionary Computation, General Engineering, adaptive control, Robot control, Computational Mathematics, robot control systems, Artificial intelligence, Control (linguistics), business, Intelligent control, control, GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries)
Abstract

This paper presents an overview on applications of artificial neural networks (ANNs) to robot control systems and outlines the contributions of ANNs. Adaptive neurocontrol architectures are introduced and compared to traditional adaptive control methods.

Published
2002

44. Technological aspects of assembling and processing narrow tubes (Short paper)

Author

Sima, Gheorghe, Hutiu, Gheorghe, and Sevastian Bocii, Liviu

Subjects
acero inoxidable, welding, Assembling, Montaje, soldadura, stainless steel, control
Abstract

The paper presents the assembling, welding and processing of narrow tubes made of austenitic stainless steel used for the manufacturing of syringes and of food industry parts. At the same time, the paper discusses the various phenomena occurring during the processing of the materials previous to assembling and welding as well as during the welding operation proper. Following these studies and experiments, a suitable welding technology has been homologated for the respective tubes. En la ponencia se presenta la experiencia del colectivo de investigación con respecto al montaje, soldadura y procesamiento de los tubos delgados fabricados por acero inoxidable austenítico. Asimismo se presentan los problemas que aparecen durante el calentamiento y resfriamiento (enfriamiento) del material en el proceso de soldadura, los constituyentes estructurales que aparezcan en este caso también las medidas que tengan tomadas para disminuir el volumen de estos constituyentes. En continuación los autores presentan también los problemas con respecto al procesamiento de los materiales para montarles y la modalidad (el modo) de resolver estas situaciones (estos problemas). En el final de la ponencia se presenta el modo de control del producto (tubo delgado) también unas recomendaciones tecnológicas finales.

Published
2012

47. Severe Chronic Allergic (and related) Diseases: a uniform approach- a MeDALL- GA(2)LEN-ARIA Position Paper

Author

WHO Collaborating Center for Asthma, Rhinitis, Bousquet, J, Anto, Jm, Demoly, P, Schünemann, Hj, Togias, A, Akdis, M, Auffray, C, Bachert, C, Bieber, T, Bousquet, Pj, Carlsen, Kh, Casale, Tb, Cruz, Aa, Keil, T, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Maurer, M, Ohta, K, Papadopoulos, Ng, Roman Rodriguez, M, Samolinski, B, Agache, I, Andrianarisoa, A, Ang, Cs, Annesi Maesano, I, Ballester, F, Baena Cagnani CE, Basagaña, X, Bateman, Ed, Bel, Eh, Bedbrook, A, Beghe', Bianca, Beji, M, Ben Kheder, A, Benet, M, Bennoor, Ks, Bergmann, Kc, Berrissoul, F, Bindslev Jensen, C, Bleecker, Er, Bonini, S, Boner, Al, Boulet, Lp, Brightling, Ce, Brozek, Jl, Bush, A, Busse, Ww, Camargos, Pa, Canonica, Gw, Carr, W, Cesario, A, Chen, Yz, Chiriac, Am, Costa, Dj, Cox, L, Custovic, A, Dahl, R, Darsow, U, Didi, T, Dolen, Wk, Douagui, H, Dubakiene, R, El Meziane, A, Fonseca, Ja, Fokkens, Wj, Fthenou, E, Gamkrelidze, A, Garcia Aymerich, J, Gerth van Wijk, R, Gimeno Santos, E, Guerra, S, Haahtela, T, Haddad, H, Hellings, Pw, Hellquist Dahl, B, Hohmann, C, Howarth, P, Hourihane, Jo, Humbert, M, Jacquemin, B, Just, J, Kalayci, O, Kaliner, Ma, Kauffmann, F, Kerkhof, M, Khayat, G, Koffi N'Goran, B, Kogevinas, M, Koppelman, Gh, Kowalski, Ml, Kull, I, Kuna, P, Larenas, D, Lavi, I, Le, Lt, Lieberman, P, Lipworth, B, Mahboub, B, Makela, Mj, Martin, F, Martinez, Fd, Marshall, Gd, Mazon, A, Melen, E, Meltzer, Eo, Mihaltan, F, Mohammad, Y, Mohammadi, A, Momas, I, Morais Almeida, M, Mullol, J, Muraro, A, Naclerio, R, Nafti, S, Namazova Baranova, L, Nawijn, Mc, Nyembue, Td, Oddie, S, O'Hehir, Re, Okamoto, Y, Orru, Mp, Ozdemir, C, Ouedraogo, Gs, Palkonen, S, Panzner, P, Passalacqua, G, Pawankar, R, Pigearias, B, Pin, I, Pinart, M, Pison, C, Popov, Ta, Porta, D, Postma, Ds, Price, D, Rabe, Kf, Ratomaharo, J, Reitamo, S, Rezagui, D, Ring, J, Roberts, R, Roca, J, Rogala, B, Romano, A, Rosado Pinto, J, Ryan, D, Sanchez Borges, M, Scadding, Gk, Sheikh, A, Simons, Fe, Siroux, V, Schmid Grendelmeier PD, Smit, Ha, Sooronbaev, T, Stein, Rt, Sterk, Pj, Sunyer, J, Terreehorst, I, Toskala, E, Tremblay, Y, Valenta, R, Valeyre, D, Vandenplas, O, van Weel, C, Vassilaki, M, Varraso, R, Viegi, G, Wang, Dy, Wickman, M, Williams, D, Wöhrl, S, Wright, J, Yorgancioglu, A, Yusuf, Om, Zar, Hj, Zernotti, Me, Zidarn, M, Zhong, N, Zuberbier, T., Beghe', B., Fthenou, E., Boudier, Anne, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve [CHRU Montpellier], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Generalitat de Catalunya, Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Universitat Pompeu Fabra [Barcelona] (UPF)-Catalunya ministerio de salud, CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Universitat Pompeu Fabra [Barcelona] (UPF), WHO Collaborating Center for Asthma and Rhinitis, Organisation Mondiale de la Santé / World Health Organization Office (OMS / WHO), Pharmacoepidemiologie et évaluation de l'impact des produits de santé sur les populations, Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Medicine, McMaster University [Hamilton, Ontario], National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [Bethesda] (NIAID-NIH), National Institutes of Health [Bethesda] (NIH), Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich (UZH), Génomique fonctionnelle et biologie systémique pour la santé, Institut des Sciences Biologiques du CNRS, Upper Airway Research Laboratory (URL), Ghent University Hospital, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, VU University Medical Center [Amsterdam], Department of Paediatrics, University of Oslo (UiO)-Oslo University Hospital [Oslo], Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Creighton University, ProAR - FMB, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Instittute of Social Health-Charité - UniversitätsMedizin = Charité - University Hospital [Berlin], Department of Dermatology, Medical School-Charité - UniversitätsMedizin = Charité - University Hospital [Berlin], Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Allergy Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Son Pisa Primary Care Centre, IB-Salut Balearic Health Service, Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw - Poland-Faculté de Pharmacie de Paris, Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine-Transylvania University, Public Hospital Medical Service, Ministry of Health [Mozambique], Epidémiologie des maladies infectieuses et modélisation (ESIM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Center for Public Health Research (CSISP), University of Valencia, Respiratory Medicine, Università degli studi di Genova = University of Genoa (UniGe)-School of Specialization, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, Department of Pulmonology, University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA)-Academic Medical Centre, Divisions of Human Genetics Infection, Inflammation and Repair, University of Southampton-School of Medicine, Service de Pneumologie Allergologie, Hôpital La Rabta [Tunis], Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Abderrahmen Mami, National Asthma Centre, National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH), Pneumologie / Anesthésie - réanimation / Oxygénothérapie, Hôpital AKS Phnom Penh-Hôpital Provincial de Siemreap, Department of Dermatology and Allergy Center, Odense University Hospital, Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Wake Forest University, Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine, CNR, Rome, Italy and Department of Medicine-University of Naples Federico II = Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Università degli studi di Verona = University of Verona (UNIVR), Institut de cardiologie et de pneumologie, Université Laval [Québec] (ULaval)-Centre Hospitalier de Laval (CH Laval), Department of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Surgery, University of Leicester-Institute for Lung Health, Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College London-Royal Brompton Hospital-National Heart and Lung Institute [UK], Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais [Belo Horizonte] (UFMG)-Medical School, Allergy & Respiratory Diseases, Università degli studi di Genova = University of Genoa (UniGe)-Department of Internal Medicine (DIMI), Allergy & Asthma Associates, University of California [Irvine] (UC Irvine), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), Deputy Scientific Director, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Pisana, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore = Catholic University of the Sacred Heart [Roma] (Unicatt), National Cooperative Group of Pediatric Research on Asthma, Asthma Clinic and Education Center of the Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Service des Premiers Soins, Université Montpellier 1 (UM1), Osteopathic College of Medicine, Nova Southeastern University (NSU), Respiratory Research Group, University of Manchester [Manchester]-School of Translational Medicine, Department of Respiratory Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, Technische Universität Munchen - Université Technique de Munich [Munich, Allemagne] (TUM), Service de pneumologie, Centre hospitalier de la région d'Annecy, Service de pneumo-allergologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Béni-Messous, Allergy Centre, Vilnius University Antakalnis Hospital, Société Marocaine des Maladies Respiratoires, Centre of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy-Centre commercial Nadia, Allergy Division, Hospital S. João-Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems (CINTESIS)-Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Department-Porto University Medical School, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center - Academisch Medisch Centrum [Amsterdam] (AMC), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA)-University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), Department of Social Medicine, University of Crete [Heraklion] (UOC)-Faculty of Medicine, Health Care, Minister Of Labour-Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Section of Allergology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division, University of Arizona-Associate Research Scientist, Respiratory Sciences-Arizona Respiratory Center, Helsinki University Hospital-Skin and Allergy Hospital, Centre Hospitalier de Bigorre [Tarbes]-Association Franco-Libanaise de Pneumologie (AFLP), Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head, and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Leuven, Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork (UCC), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-AP-HP - Hôpital Antoine Béclère [Clamart], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Centre de l'Asthme et des Allergies [CHU Trousseau], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit, Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital-Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Institute for Asthma and Allergy, George Washington University Medical School, Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen [Groningen]-University Medical Center Groningen [Groningen] (UMCG)-Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (USJ)-Faculté de Médecine-Hôtel-Dieu de France, Service des Maladies Respiratoires, CHU de Cocody-UFR des Sciences Médicales, Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergology & Epidemiology, University of Groningen [Groningen]-University Medical Center Groningen [Groningen] (UMCG)-Beatrix Children's Hospital-Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Medical University of Łódź (MUL)-Faculty ot Medicine, Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet [Stockholm], Department of Clinical Science and Education, Division of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Medical University of Łódź (MUL)-Barlicki University Hospital, Hospital Medica Sur, Physiology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Division of Allergy Immunology, Department of Medicine-The University of Tennessee Health Science Center [Memphis] (UTHSC), university of dundee asthma - allergic rhinitis - COPD - beta-2-adrenoceptor, University of Dundee, Pulmonary and allergy unit, American University of Sharjah-Rashid Hospital-Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Association Franco-Vietnamienne de Pneumologie (AFVP), Centre Hospitalier de Compiègne (CHC), Arizona Respiratory Center, Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet [Stockholm]-Karolinska University Hospital [Stockholm]-Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Allergy & Asthma Medical Group & Research Center, University of California [San Diego] (UC San Diego), Pneumology Department, Marius Nasta Institute of Pneumology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tishreen University School of Medicine, Association Franco-Marocaine de Pathologie Thoracique (AFMAPATH), Collège National des Pneumologues Marocains, Epidémiologie Environnementale : Impact Sanitaire des Pollutions (EA 4064), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Immunoallergy Department, Hospital CUF Descobertas, Rhinology Unit & Smell Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona (UB)-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-Department of Medicine-Hospital Clinic-ENT Department, Allergy Unit, Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd)-Department of Paediatrics, Section of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS), University of Chicago, Clinique des maladies respiratoires, centre hospitalo-universitaire Mustapha Pacha d'Alger (CHUMA), Scientific Center for Children's Health, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (RAMS), Laboratory of Allergology and Pulmonary Diseases, University of Groningen [Groningen]-University Medical Center Groningen [Groningen] (UMCG)-Department of Pathology and Medical Biology-GRIAC Research Institute, ENT Department, University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), Bradford Neonatology, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust-Bradford Institute for Health Research, Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital-Monash University Building, AMREP, Chiba University Hospital, Asthme Rhinite allergique, Pharmacie, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, marmara university, Pédiatrie, Centre Hospitalier National Pédiatrique Charles de Gaulle (CHNP-CDG), European Federation of Allergy (EFA), Airways Diseases Patients' Associations, Department of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Charles University [Prague] (CU)-Medical Faculty in Pilsen, Immunopharmacology, Nippon Medical School-Medical Research Council Clinical, Laboratoire du Sommeil et de l'Effort, Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française (SPLF)-Clinique St George, Institut d'oncologie/développement Albert Bonniot de Grenoble (INSERM U823), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-CHU Grenoble-EFS-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Laboratoire de bioénergétique fondamentale et appliquée (LBFA), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Clinic of Allergy and Asthma, Medical University Sofia-Alexander's University Hospital, Regional Health Service - Lazio, Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, University of Aberdeen-Department of General Practice and Primary Care-General Practice Airways Group (GPIAG), Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Pneumalgia, Centre Hospitalier Regional-Espace Francophone de Pneumologie (EFP)-Société de Pneumologie de l'Océan Indien (SPOI), Association Franco-Algérienne de Pneumologie (AFAP), Espace Francophone de pneumologie de la SPLF, Department of Pneumology, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-Hospital Clínic de Barcelona-Institut Clínic del Tórax (ICT)-CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES)-University of Barcelona, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Medical University of Silesia (SUM)-Chair and Clinical Department of Internal Diseases, UCSC-Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus-Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Hospital da Luz, Medical Centre, Woodbrook Medical Centre, Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen-Department of General Practice, Centro Médico Docente La Trinidad, Department of Pharmacology, University College of London [London] (UCL)-The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Primary Care Research & Development, University of Edinburgh-Centre for Population Health Sciences, Section of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, University of Manitoba [Winnipeg]-Department of Pediatrics & Child Health, Allergy Unit - Department of Dermatology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center [Utrecht], National Centre of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Ministry of Health Kyrgyz Republic, School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Department of ENT and Pediatrics, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Université Laval [Québec] (ULaval)-Faculty of Medicine, Christian Doppler Laboratory for Allergy Research, Medizinische Universität Wien = Medical University of Vienna-Division of Immunopathology-Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research-Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Avicenne [AP-HP], Department of Chest Medicine, Mont-Godinne Hospital-Catholic University of Louvain de Mont-Godinne, Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center [Nijmegen], Epidemiology Unit, National Research Council (CNR)-Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology (IBIM), Pulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Department of Otolaryngology, National University of Singapore (NUS)-Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet [Stockholm]-Sachs' Children's Hospital, GLP Analytical Facility, School of Pharmacy, Department of Dermatology Division of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases (DIAID), Medical University of Vienna (MUW), Celal Bayar University School of Medicine, Allergy and Asthma Clinics, The Allergy and Asthma Institute, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases-Guangzhou Medical College, Secretary General of the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN), Charité - UniversitätsMedizin = Charité - University Hospital [Berlin], In collaboration with the WHO Collaborating Center for Asthma and Rhinitis, University of Genoa (UNIGE)-School of Specialization, CNR, Rome, Italy and Department of Medicine-University of Naples Federico II, University of Verona (UNIVR), Medical School-Federal University of Minas Gerais, University of Genoa (UNIGE)-Department of Internal Medicine (DIMI), University of California [Irvine] (UCI), University of California-University of California, Catholic University Rome, University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA)-Academic Medical Center - Academisch Medisch Centrum [Amsterdam] (AMC), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), Centre Hospitalier de Bigorre (Tarbes)-Association Franco-Libanaise de Pneumologie (AFLP), CUF-Descobertas Hospital, Universita degli Studi di Padova-Department of Paediatrics, Medical Faculty in Pilsen-Charles University in Prague - the First Faculty of Medicine, Centro Medico-Docente La Trinidad, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Charité - UniversitätsMedizin = Charité - University Hospital [Berlin]-Instittute of Social Health, Department of Internal Medicine (DIMI)-University of Genoa (UNIGE), Medical University of Silesia-Chair and Clinical Department of Internal Diseases, Dermatology, Internal Medicine, Immunology, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] ( CHRU Montpellier ), Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations ( CESP ), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ( UVSQ ) -Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology ( CREAL ), Universitat Pompeu Fabra [Barcelona]-Catalunya ministerio de salud, Universitat Pompeu Fabra [Barcelona], WHO(OMS), Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Université de Rouen Normandie ( UNIROUEN ), Normandie Université ( NU ) -Normandie Université ( NU ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [Bethesda], National Institutes of Health ( NIH ), Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research ( SIAF ), University of Zürich [Zürich] ( UZH ), Upper Airway Research Laboratory ( URL ), University Medical Center, University of Oslo ( UiO ) -Oslo University Hospital, Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin [Berlin]-Instittute of Social Health, Medical School-Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Medical University of Warsaw-Faculté de Pharmacie de Paris, Ministry of Health, Epidémiologie des maladies infectieuses et modélisation ( ESIM ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), Center for Public Health Research ( CSISP ), University of Genoa ( UNIGE ) -School of Specialization, University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] ( UvA ) -Academic Medical Centre, University of Southampton [Southampton]-School of Medicine, Hôpital La Rabta [Tunis), Wake Forest University Health Sciences, CNR, Rome, Italy and Department of Medicine-Second University of Naples, Università degli Studi di Verona, Université Laval-l'Hôpital Laval, Imperial College London-Royal Brompton Hospital-National Heart and Lung Institute, University of Genoa ( UNIGE ) -Department of Internal Medicine (DIMI), Southern California Research, Université Montpellier 1 ( UM1 ), Nova Southeastern University, Technische Universität München [München] ( TUM ), Academic Medical Center [Amsterdam] ( AMC ), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] ( UvA ) -University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] ( UvA ), University of Crete ( UOC ) -Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton [Southampton], UUniversity College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)-Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)-CHU Trousseau [APHP], University of Groningen [Groningen]-University Medical Center Groningen-Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth ( USJ ) -Faculté de Médecine-Hôtel-Dieu de France, University of Groningen [Groningen]-University Medical Center Groningen-Beatrix Children's Hospital-Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, Medical University of Łódź ( MUL ) -Faculty ot Medicine, Medical University of Łódź ( MUL ) -Barlicki University Hospital, Department of Medicine-University of Tennessee College for Medicine, Association Franco-Vietnamienne de Pneumologie ( AFVP ), University of Mississippi Medical Center, University of California [San Diego] ( UC San Diego ), Association Franco-Marocaine de Pathologie Thoracique ( AFMAPATH ), Epidémiologie Environnementale : Impact Sanitaire des Pollutions ( EA 4064 ), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ), Universitat de Barcelona ( UB ) -Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-Department of Medicine-Hospital Clinic-ENT Department, Section of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery ( OHNS ), University of Groningen [Groningen]-University Medical Center Groningen-Department of Pathology and Medical Biology-GRIAC Research Institute, University Hospital of Kinshasa, European Federation of Allergy ( EFA ), Institut d'oncologie/développement Albert Bonniot de Grenoble ( INSERM U823 ), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 ( UJF ) -CHU Grenoble-EFS-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), Bioenergétique fondamentale et appliquée ( LBFA ), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 ( UJF ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), Department of General Practice and Primary Care-General Practice Airways Group (GPIAG)-University of Aberdeen, Association Franco-Algérienne de Pneumologie ( AFAP ), Department of General Practice-University of Aberdeen, University College of London [London] ( UCL ) -The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Faculty of Medicine-Laval University [Québec], Medical University of Vienna-Division of Immunopathology-Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research-Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)-Hôpital Avicenne, National University of Singapore ( NUS ) -Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology Division of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( DIAID ), Secretary General of the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network ( GA2LEN ), Network of Excellence, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK (BIHR), Universiteit Leiden-Universiteit Leiden, and Medizinische Universität Wien = Medical University of Vienna

Subjects
MESH: Asthma, severity, MESH: Comorbidity, Comorbidity, Severity of Illness Index, urticaria, MESH : Chronic Disease, MESH: Practice Guidelines as Topic, MESH : Dermatitis, Atopic, MESH: Urticaria, risk, 216-31 [Rhinitis, atopy, allergen Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2012,158(3)], atopic dermatitis, MESH : Rhinitis, MESH: Rhinitis, [ SDV.SPEE ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Effective primary care and public health [NCEBP 7], Immunoglobulin E - Asthma - Rhinitis - Rhinosinusitis - Urticaria - Atopic dermatitis, MESH : Practice Guidelines as Topic, Practice Guidelines as Topic, MESH : Comorbidity, MESH : Severity of Illness Index, IgE, MESH: Sinusitis, MESH : Urticaria, MESH: Hypersensitivity, macromolecular substances, MESH : Asthma, Dermatitis, Atopic, rhinitis, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, MESH: Dermatitis, Atopic, MESH: Severity of Illness Index, Hypersensitivity, Humans, Sinusitis, rhinosinusitis, MESH : Hypersensitivity, MESH: Humans, MESH: Chronic Disease, MESH : Humans, Asthma, Atopic dermatitis, Immunoglobulin E, Rhinitis, Rhinosinusitis, Urticaria, asthma, allergy, MESH : Sinusitis, [SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, Chronic Disease, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, control
Abstract

Concepts of disease severity, activity, control and responsiveness to treatment are linked but different. Severity refers to the loss of function of the organs induced by the disease process or to the occurrence of severe acute exacerbations. Severity may vary over time and needs regular follow-up. Control is the degree to which therapy goals are currently met. These concepts have evolved over time for asthma in guidelines, task forces or consensus meetings. The aim of this paper is to generalize the approach of the uniform definition of severe asthma presented to WHO for chronic allergic and associated diseases (rhinitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, chronic urticaria and atopic dermatitis) in order to have a uniform definition of severity, control and risk, usable in most situations. It is based on the appropriate diagnosis, availability and accessibility of treatments, treatment responsiveness and associated factors such as comorbidities and risk factors. This uniform definition will allow a better definition of the phenotypes of severe allergic (and related) diseases for clinical practice, research (including epidemiology), public health purposes, education and the discovery of novel therapies. Copyright (C) 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel

Published
2012

48. Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Selected Papers from the Int. Conf. on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics 2007

Author

Andrade-Cetto, Juan, Ferrier, Jean-Louis, and Filipe, Joaquim

Subjects
Automation, Informatics, GeneralLiterature_INTRODUCTORYANDSURVEY, Control theory, Control, ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION, Robotics
Abstract

Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Selected Papers from the Int. Conf. on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics 2007. Volume 24 of Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering. Springer, 2009., The present book includes a set of selected papers from the fourth “International Conference on Informatics in Control Automation and Robotics” (ICINCO 2007), held at the University of Angers, France, from 9 to 12 May 2007. The conference was organized in three simultaneous tracks: “Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization”, “Robotics and Automation” and “Systems Modeling, Signal Processing and Control”. The book is based on the same structure.

Published
2009

49. The evolution of intra-organisational trust networks - The case of a German paper factory: an empirical test of six trust mechanisms

Author

Rafael Wittek, Maurits C. de Klepper, Gerhard G. van der Bunt, Methods and Techniques, Management and Organization, Data Qualities, Strategizing for Opportunities, Initiatives, networks and community building (SfO), and Sociology/ICS

Subjects
Value (ethics), 050103 clinical psychology, Knowledge management, Sociology and Political Science, Embeddedness, INDIVIDUAL-ORIENTED APPROACH, MODELS, Affect (psychology), STRUCTURAL BALANCE, Homophily, Empirical research, gossip, 0502 economics and business, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Sociology, sharing groups, WORKPLACE TRUST, EMBEDDEDNESS, Structural holes, COOPERATION, relational signalling, homophily, business.industry, 05 social sciences, balance, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, PERFORMANCE, FRIENDSHIP NETWORKS, Social relation, structural holes, PERSPECTIVES, Factory (object-oriented programming), SOCIAL NETWORKS, business, Social psychology, control, 050203 business & management
Abstract

Based on the distinction between expressive and instrumental motives, six theoretical mechanisms for the formation of trust relationships are elaborated and empirically tested. When expressive motives drive tie formation, individuals primarily attach emotional value to social relationships. Three mechanisms have been tested: the homophily, the balancing, and the gossiping effect. When instrumental, control-related, motives drive tie formation, actors strategically establish relationships because of their potential use for the realization of material benefits or the avoidance of material losses. Again, three mechanisms have been tested: the signalling, the sharing group and the structural hole effect. Longitudinal data come from a sociometric panel study of 17 members of the management team of a German paper factory. Actor-oriented statistical modelling shows that all effects significantly affect trust formation separately. In a simultaneous test incorporating all six mechanisms, the pattern of structural holes turns out to be the major predictor of network evolution. The implications of structural hole theory for modelling the evolution of intra-organizational networks are discussed. keywords: balance, control, gossip, homophily, relational signalling, sharing groups, structural holes

Published
2005

50. Comments to the editor concerning the paper entitled 'Preclinical renal cancer chemopreventive efficacy of geraniol by modulation of multiple molecular pathways' Shiekh Tanveer Ahmad et al

Author

Sergio Crovella, Valentina Zanin, Annalisa Marcuzzi, Josef Vuch, Vuch, Josef, Marcuzzi, Annalisa, V., Zanin, and Crovella, Sergio

Subjects
Chronic exposure, Male, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, therapeutic use, Kidney Neoplasms, prevention /&/ control, Male, Signal Transduction, drug effects, Terpenes, therapeutic use, Inflammatory response, Economic shortage, Antineoplastic Agents, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Renal carcinogenesis, NO, chemistry.chemical_compound, medicine, Animals, therapeutic use, Kidney Neoplasm, Mevalonate kinase deficiency, control, biology, Terpenes, Mevalonate kinase, Cancer, drug effects, Terpene, Kidney Neoplasms, prevention /&/ control, Signal Transduction, drug effects, medicine.disease, prevention /&amp, chemistry, biology.protein, Animals, Antineoplastic Agent, Geraniol
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Shiekh Tanveer Ahmad et al. (2011) reported in their recent anuscript very interesting results that we would like to compare ith our recent findings on the similar topic. The authors reported that “treatment of GOH in rats, havng chronic exposure of Fe-NTA (feric nitrilotriacetate) resulted n marked decline” of the “markers of inflammation, prolifertion and apoptosis. The present data together with reports vailable in literature, suggest GOH to be a promising candiate for chemoprevention of renal carcinogenesis” (Ahmad et al., 011). In our previous studies we have analyzed the anti-inflammatory roperties of the geraniol (GOH) although in others models of disase. Our research team is studying since 2008 (Marcuzzi et al., 008) the mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD), due to mutations n the MVK gene coding for the enzyme mevalonate kinase (MK), hat causes a shortage of isoprenoids, such as the geraniol, interediate compounds of pathway, and the cholesterol, its final roduct. MKD is a rare autosomal recessive inborn disorder of cholesterol iosynthesis, characterized by recurrent inflammatory episodes ariably associated with lymphadenopathy, abdominal involveent, arhtralgia, rash, and, in most severe cases, by psychomotor elay (Haas and Hoffmann, 2007). Since MKD is still an orphan drug isease, our interest is the discovery of potential candidates for an thiologic therapy. In our experience isoprenoids compounds such s GOH are able to limit the inflammatory response in MKD. In our ypothesis the introduction of exogenous isoprenoids could couneract the shortage of isoprenoid intermediates characteristic of KD. The results of Shiekh Tanveer Ahmad et al. (2011) open an intersting scenario. As mentioned by the authors (Cardozo et al., 2011; Carnesecchi t al., 2004; Kim et al., 2011; Ong et al., 2006; Wiseman et al., 007; Yu et al., 1995) the GOH is studied for its adjuvants antiancer properties on various types of cancers. In our experience e have tested with success, some anticancer drugs with GOH in ur model of MKD (Marcuzzi et al., 2011), such as Tipifarnib®, nd we speculate about a potential synergized between these rugs. In summary, we agree with the study by Ahmad et al. (2011) nd underline the pivotal role of geraniol to rescue the phenotype nflammation.

Published
2012