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Design and implementation of cloud enabled random neural network-based decentralized smart controller with intelligent sensor nodes for HVAC [PDF]

, 2016
Building energy management systems (BEMSs) monitor and control the heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) of buildings in addition to many other building systems and utilities.
Ahmadinia, Ali, Emmanuel, Rohinton, Gibson, Des, Javed, Abbas, Larijani, Hadi, Mannion, Mike   +5 more
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The complexity of caring for the dying - an empirical approach to understanding palliative care as integrated care in the German healthcare system

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
End-of-life or palliative care is often complex: in terms of patient morbidity and symptoms, of interventions to be applied and of the type and number of service providers involved.
Ingo Meyer
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Prolonged mechanical ventilation after lung transplantation: risks factors and consequences on recipient outcome

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
BackgroundRisk factors and the incidence of prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) after lung transplantation (LT) have been poorly described. The study assessed predictive factors of PMV after LT.MethodsThis observational, retrospective, monocentric ...
Enora Atchade, Aimane Boughaba, Alexy Tran Dinh, Alexy Tran Dinh, Alexy Tran Dinh, Sylvain Jean-Baptiste, Sébastien Tanaka, Sébastien Tanaka, Léa Copelovici, Brice Lortat-Jacob, Arnaud Roussel, Yves Castier, Yves Castier, Yves Castier, Jonathan Messika, Jonathan Messika, Hervé Mal, Hervé Mal, Hervé Mal, Christian de Tymowski, Christian de Tymowski, Philippe Montravers, Philippe Montravers, Philippe Montravers   +23 more
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Thermal comfort based fuzzy logic control [PDF]

, 2001
Most heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) control systems are considered as temperature control problems. In this work, the predicted mean vote (PMV) is used to control the indoor temperature of a space by setting it at a point where the PMV ...
Danaher, Sean, Gouda, M. M., Underwood, Chris   +2 more
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Hemodynamics of Stent Implantation Procedures in Coronary Bifurcations: an in vitro study [PDF]

, 2016
Stent implantation in coronary bifurcations presents unique challenges and currently there is no universally accepted stent deployment approach. Despite clinical and computational studies, to date, the effect of each stent implantation method on the ...
Brindise, Melissa C., Burzotta, Francesco, Chiastra, Claudio, Migliavacca, Francesco, Vlachos, Pavlos P.   +4 more
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Exercise-Derived Microvesicles: A Review of the Literature [PDF]

, 2018
Initially suggested as simple cell debris, cell-derived microvesicles (MVs) have now gained acceptance as recognized players in cellular communication and physiology.
Mourot, Laurent, Rakobowchuk, Mark, Wilhelm, Eurico N.   +2 more
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Experimental study on occupants' thermal comfort in railway vehicles (Verification of the applicability of PMV/PPD to main line vehicles in the summer)

Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2017
In this study, the relation between the thermal environment and the thermal comfort of occupants in a main line vehicle in the summer was investigated. At first, to understand the characteristics of the thermal environment in a main line vehicle, a field
Hiroharu ENDOH, Fumitoshi KIKUCHI, Ayano SAITO, Sohei TSUJIMURA, Nobuaki HAYASHI   +4 more
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Thermophysiological Comfort of Surgeons and Patient in an Operating Room Based on PMV-PPD and PHS Indexes

Applied Sciences, 2020
There are different actors in an operating room (OR), who have controversial requirements for the indoor thermal environment. While the patient is at risk of perioperative hypothermia, the surgeons are in a state of thermophysiological discomfort.
Radostina A. Angelova, Rositsa Velichkova   +1 more
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The Effects of Urban Polycentricity on Particulate Matter Emissions From Vehicles: Evidence From 102 Chinese Cities

Urban Planning, 2023
This article analyzes the impact of the level of urban polycentricity (UP) on particulate matter emissions from vehicles (PMV) across 102 prefecture-level cities in China between 2011 and 2015.
Mi Ye, Ben Derudder, Lei Jiang, Freke Caset, Yingcheng Li   +4 more
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Wireless sensors and IoT platform for intelligent HVAC control [PDF]

, 2018
Energy consumption of buildings (residential and non-residential) represents approximately 40% of total world electricity consumption, with half of this energy consumed by HVAC systems.
Duarte, Hélder, Ferreira, Pedro M., Ruano, Antonio, Silva, Sergio   +3 more
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