Remote View Research Articles

Medtronic Carelink 2090 Programmer

Waters was project manager responsible for the design, development and manufacture of the Medtronic CareLink™ programmer. The programmer is a specialised medical computer able to communicate with implanted cardiac devices e.g.: pacemaker, defibrillator, or cardiac resynchronization. It was the worlds first FDA approved programmer to do this. The programmer had to be fully portable, water-resistant and lightweight. It had to enable Consultants to interact with technical experts who could be based anywhere, worldwide. The programmer had to allow real-time viewing of its screen at a location that had a personal computer with Remote View software. Human factors requirements were crucial to the success of this product. The programmer has a large, bright, movable screen providing a wider viewing angle and allowing the screen to be read from greater distances. The screen is three times brighter than previous programmers and can be read by several people simultaneously. The programmer has a built-in keyboard, a three-speed chart recorder, provides single-handed paper loading and is twice the speed of previous programmers. Waters applied his research and product development expertise in medical product development to this project. This was essential to the success of this project. He developed his expertise in cross-cultural collaboration to assist the development of techniques to enable teams from companies across Europe, Asia and the USA to work in close cooperation on real-time federated databases, despite the teams working across several time zones. This research has significantly benefited CfDR’s InSTeP and CMI ERDF projects. Waters research into human factors, specifically in relation to hand held medical product development has augmented the CfDR’s expertise in human centred design. The Medtronic Carelink programmer has been presented in papers at conferences around the world, including the, UK Design Conference Tokyo, 2003, British Council Exhibition Singapore 2005, British Council Design Lecture series, Bangkok 2007

The Design of Visualization Classroom System in University

In view of the current difficult situation of seat management in colleges and universities, the very serious occupying phenomenon, we put forward a low cost, high efficiency, suitable for visual classroom selection of the solution. Using the low-power MSP430 microcontroller to detect the status of the front-end sensor through GPRS communication to the back-end database, the Web site server through the access to the database server to obtain information, the information published through the Web site to the Internet. Smart phones on the Android terminal to access the Internet, real-time remote view classroom seat status and to achieve seat selection. You can let students more quickly and directly access to the classroom seat of the situation, effectively improve the classroom seat utilization.

Indexicals in Remote Utterances

Recording devices are generally taken to present problems for the standard Kaplanian semantics for indexicals. In this paper, I argue that the remote utterance view offers the best way for the Kaplanian semantics to handle the recalcitrant data that comes from the use of recording devices. Following Sidelle (1991) I argue that recording devices allow agents to perform utterances at a distance. Using the essential, but widely ignored, distinction between tokens and utterances, I develop the view beyond the initial sketch given by Sidelle, and I answer the main objections raised against the view. The paper is structured as follows. Section 1 gives a succinct presentation of Kaplanian semantics and of the problem raised by the use recording devices, Section 2 presents the remote utterance view and Section 3 answers the objections put forward against the view and further develops it. I conclude that the remote utterance view can handle the data that comes from the use of recording devices with only modest modifications of the Kaplanian semantics.

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The Effect of View Independence in a Collaborative AR System

In this paper we describe a system for remote collaboration using Augmented Reality (AR) that supports view independence. The system was designed to allow a remote user to assist a local user in an object placement task. The remote helper can navigate the local user's scene independently from the local user by using a three-dimensional reconstruction of the environment. The remote user can also place virtual annotations in the scene that the local user views through a head mounted display. The system tracks the position of key physical objects and the local user's head pose, displaying both to the remote user. A key advantage of this system compared to other collaborative AR interfaces is that it allows the remote expert to have an independent view into the shared task space. A user study was performed using this system with the users completing a simple mostly two-dimensional object placement task. It was designed to test how the amount of remote view independence affected collaboration. Four conditions were used with varying degrees of view independence. It was found that increased view independence led to faster task completion time, more confidence from users, and a decrease in the amount of time spent communicating verbally during the task. However, varying the view independence did not significantly change the accuracy of the placement of objects. The implications of the results are discussed along with directions for future research.

ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: Dispensing and administration--2014.

The results of the 2014 ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings that pertain to dispensing and administration are described. A stratified random sample of pharmacy directors at 1435 general and children's medical-surgical hospitals in the United States were surveyed by mail. In this national probability sample survey, the response rate was 29.7%. Ninety-seven percent of hospitals used automated dispensing cabinets in their medication distribution systems, 65.7% of which used individually secured lidded pockets as the predominant configuration. Overall, 44.8% of hospitals used some form of machine-readable coding to verify doses before dispensing in the pharmacy. Overall, 65% of hospital pharmacy departments reported having a cleanroom compliant with United States Pharmacopeia chapter 797. Pharmacists reviewed and approved all medication orders before the first dose was administered, either onsite or by remote order view, except in procedure areas and emergency situations, in 81.2% of hospitals. Adoption rates of electronic health information have rapidly increased, with the widespread use of electronic health records, computer prescriber order entry, barcodes, and smart pumps. Overall, 31.4% of hospitals had pharmacists practicing in ambulatory or primary care clinics. Transitions-of-care services offered by the pharmacy department have generally increased since 2012. Discharge prescription services increased from 11.8% of hospitals in 2012 to 21.5% in 2014. Approximately 15% of hospitals outsourced pharmacy management operations to a contract pharmacy services provider, an increase from 8% in 2011. Health-system pharmacists continue to have a positive impact on improving healthcare through programs that improve the efficiency, safety, and clinical outcomes of medication use in health systems.

Using Node-HTTP-Proxy for Remote Experiment Data Transmission Traversing Firewall

In this paper, a novel real time experimental data transmission solution based on a new web server software architecture that allows the traversing of network firewalls is proposed. With this new software architecture, the public network port 80 can be shared between Node.js and the Apache web server software system. With this new solution, the Apache web server application still listens to the public network port 80, but any client requests for the Node.js web server application through the port will be forwarded to a special network port which Node.js web server application is listening to. Accordingly, a new solution in which both Apache and Node.js web server applications work together via HTTP proxy developed by the Node-HTTP-Proxy software package is implemented on the server-side. With this new real time experiment control and data transmission solution, the end user can control remote experiments and view experimental data on the web browser without firewall issues and without the need of third party plug-ins. It also provides a new approach for the remote experiment control and real time data transmission based on pure HTTP protocol. The solution will significantly benefit the development of remote laboratory technology.

Smart Projectors using Remote Controlled Raspberry Pi

The paper puts forth an idea which focuses on cost reduction and enhancing the quality of service in the field of technology-aided teaching. It proposes the use of Raspberry Pi and its web interface, to store files that have been sent from remote sources and view these power point files or Portable Document Files (PDF) on the projector. The proposed system aims to substitute laptops with Raspberry Pi which will not only drastically reduce the cost involved, but also will help achieving quality of service as the system will consume a smaller amount of power, yet will provide the same functionality as any other similar system does. The proposed system will be controlled by using a smart phone based remote control, thus adding to the convenience. General Terms Cost-reduction, Quality of service

Letter to the Editor Re: the iPad Tablet Computer for Mobile On-Call Radiology Diagnosis? Auditing Discrepancy in CT and MRI Reporting

Letter to the Editor Re: the iPad Tablet Computer for Mobile On-Call Radiology Diagnosis? Auditing Discrepancy in CT and MRI Reporting

A Walkthrough Remote View System with an Omnidirectional Camera

A remote view system is a system for the delivery and presentation of information such as video and audio to users in remote locations. Methods for the construction of virtual environments based on video information have been applied to remote view technology. When a system that supports remote viewing is applied to situations such as viewing scenery or engaging in collaborative work, it is useful to provide users with a function that enables them to walkthrough a sense of immersion in a remote location environment. Although walkthroughs are possible in remote view systems that use pre-prepared images to construct virtual environments, these systems are lacking in terms of real-time performance. In this study, we built a virtual walkthrough environment and created a system that allows multiple users view images sent in real time from an omnidirectional camera installed in a remote location. In this system, when presenting an object in the environment on a real world image, the information of the object can be shown in a separate window to the walkthrough environment if necessary. By using an improved map projection method, the system produces less image distortion than the conventional projection method. We have confirmed the walkthrough capabilities of this system, evaluated the performance of the improved map projection method, and subjected it to user trials.

Detecting the Effects of Wars in the Caucasus Regions of Russia and Georgia Using Radiometrically Normalized DMSP-OLS Nighttime Lights Imagery

Satellite data can provide a remote view of developments in often dangerous conflict zones. Nighttime lights imagery from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) satellite was used to detect the effects of war in the Caucasus region of Russia and Georgia. To assess changes over time, the data were radiometrically normalized using cities with a relatively stable nighttime lights signature over the course of the study period, 1992-2009. Buffers were created around these stable cities to select the pixels that were then used to normalize cities and towns whose nighttime lighting fluctuated over time. The results show that conflict-related events such as large fires that burn for weeks and large refugee movements are possible to detect, even given the relatively coarse spatial resolution (2.7 km) of the DMSP-OLS imagery.

Plasmaspheric EUV images seen from lunar orbit: Initial results of the extreme ultraviolet telescope on board the Kaguya spacecraft

The Telescope of Extreme Ultraviolet (TEX) aboard Japan's lunar orbiter Kaguya has succeeded in imaging of the plasmaspheric helium ions by detecting resonantly scattered emission at 30.4 nm. After the initial instrumental check was completed, TEX has been operated routinely, and EUV images from TEX have become available from the perspective of the lunar orbit. The view afforded by the Kaguya orbit encompasses the plasma (He+) distribution in a single exposure, enabling us to examine for the first time the globally averaged properties of the terrestrial plasmasphere from the “side” (meridian) perspective. In this paper we report the inward motion of the nightside plasmapause on 2 May 2008 as seen from this remote meridian view of the Earth. The southward turning of the IMF initiated the inward motion of the plasmapause, and the nightside plasmasphere shrunk at a rate of 0.2 Re/h. Simultaneous solar wind velocity measurements provide a possible explanation for the total radial displacement of the plasmasphere observed in the EUV images.

Design and Implementation of a Web‐Based System for Intraoperative Consultation

With the use of electronic information distribution and telecommunication technologies, surgical teleconsultation is possible as a vehicle for consulting with experts remotely without their physical presence in the operating room (OR). This study evaluated real-time teleconsultation from the OR to remote consultants in the Russian Research Center of Surgery, Moscow, Russia and the Fundeni Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania. We evaluated the effectiveness of teleconsultation using a secure website interface where consultants could navigate through multimedia-based electronic documentation of a surgical procedure and identify the anatomic landmarks underlying the need for consultation. Additionally, management of a remote camera view by consultants was evaluated. Fifteen thyroidectomies and parathyroidectomies were studied to confirm by teleconsultation the identity of 22 recurrent laryngeal nerves (RLNs). There was no Internet connectivity interruption or dropped signal, and the bandwidth was consistently greater than 1 Mbps. Consultants spent an average of 6 min to review an average of 35 min of surgical records to identify the 22 RLNs. This study validated a system for real-time teleconsultation using web-based surgical records. In addition, the ability of the consultant to manage the camera view remotely without interrupting the surgical procedure was confirmed.

Combining applications and remote databases view in a common SQL distributed genomic database

Huge volumes of bioinformatics data are emerging from sequencing efforts, gene expression assays, X-ray crystallography of proteins, and many other activities. High-throughput experimental methods produce masses of data, so that the whole of biology has changed from a data-light science into a data-driven science. Currently there are a lot of databases and software tools dealing with these genomic data. In general, each tool and database uses a different type of data in exchange protocols, and usually they offer specific services. These Databases are design with different languages and run on different operating systems. Therefore biologists are in a difficult situation where they have to use, process and store heterogeneous data when using heterogeneous software tools and databases. Our framework, GenoMEDIA provides two main middleware to help for this integration, Lydia and Antje. On the one hand, the Lydia middleware offers us facilities for working simultaneously with a variety of Services and Databases. On the other hand, the Antje one ,with the concept of remote view, is designed to allow users to manage multiple heterogeneous remote databases in a uniform vision. The aim of this paper is to present GenoMEDIA and how heterogeneous databases and remote services are integrated, in particular how Antje was designed, implemented and tested with various genomic databases.

P-369 Remote consulting for pacemaker follow up: Initial experience with the medtronic remote view software

P-369 Remote consulting for pacemaker follow up: Initial experience with the medtronic remote view software

P-369 Remote consulting for pacemaker follow up: Initial experience with the medtronic remote view software

P-369 Remote consulting for pacemaker follow up: Initial experience with the medtronic remote view software

Effects of item-arrangement on serial pattern learning and extinction in rats

Two experiments using rats as subjects examined effects of item-arrangement on acquisition and extinction in serial learning. In Experiment 1, Group A received series of 16-0-16 and 1-0-1 food pellets in a runway, while Group D received 1-0-16 and 16-0-1 series. Both groups manifested a remote anticipation of the third item on Run 2, and current anticipation of the third item on Run 3. In extinction phase, resistance was greater in Group D than Group A. These results indicate that the first item signaled not only the second item, but also the third item. In Experiment 2, two of the four groups were trained with either of the following monotonic series: 0-16-0-8-0-4- 0-2-0-1 (Group M16) or 0-1-0-2-0-4-0-8-0-16 (Group M1), while the other two groups were given one of the following nonmonotonic series: 0-16-0-2-0-4-0-8-0-1 (Group NM16) or 0-1-0-8-0-4-0-2-0-16 (Group NM1). In extinction phase, Group M16 showed the least resistance. These results are discussed mainly on the basis of remote association view and structural complexity theory of serial learning.

Imagining the Nation in Defoe's A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain

Imagining the Nation in Defoe’s A Tour Thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain Betty A. Schellenberg Admiring the “Gentlemen’s Houses” along the banks of the Thames from Richmond to London in his 1724–26 Tour thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain, Daniel Defoe admits that “many Descriptions have been accurately given” of their “separate, and distinct Beauties.” He continues: But I find none has spoken of what I call the distant Glory of all these Buildings: There is a Beauty in these Things at a distance, taking them en Passant, and in Perspective, which few People value, and fewer [End Page 295] understand; and yet here they are more truly great, than in all their private Beauties whatsoever; Here they reflect Beauty, and Magnificence upon the whole Country, and give a kind of Character to the Island of Great Britain in general. . . . Take them in a remote view, the fine Seats shine among the Trees as Jewels shine in a rich Coronet; in a near sight they are meer Pictures and Paintings; at a distance they are all Nature, near hand all Art; But both in the extreamest Beauty. 1 Although this passage has often been noted by commentators on the Tour, little attention has been paid to the prominent role of its narrator, busily constructing and then interpreting the landscape he claims merely to see. The narrator, whom I will call Defoe, claims a unique vision, the capacity to see the cumulative and metonymic significance of what other writers have only catalogued piecemeal. The meaning of the scene, according to Defoe, is fully appreciated only when it is recognized that these houses are not the centerpieces of ancient estates, but rather “Gentlemen’s meer Summer-Houses, or Citizen’s Country-Houses; whither they retire from the hurries of Business, and from getting Money” (1:169). “All this Variety, this Beauty, this glorious Show of Wealth and Plenty” (1:169), rightly viewed, reveals the character of “the Island of Great Britain in general”: joined together, the private artifices of landless citizens form the public, naturalized landscape of the nation. Defoe’s offer to the reader of what “none has spoken of,” like his claim to detect in the landscape what “few People value, and fewer [End Page 295a] understand,” is elaborated throughout the Tour. Rightly viewed—that is, as only he has viewed it—the nation provides the ideal literary subject, producing in “every subsequent Year . . . new Materials, and a Variety both profitable and delightful” (2:536). Beginning with his first preface, he repeatedly exploits the fact that a progressive portrait of Britain builds in the need for constant revision and enlargement: No Description of Great Britain can be what we call a finished Account, as no Cloaths can be made to fit a growing Child; no Picture carry the Likeness of a living Face; the Size of one, and the Countenance of the other always altering with Time. . . . Even while the Sheets are in the Press, new Beauties appear in several Places, and almost to every Part we are oblig’d to add Appendixes, and Supplemental Accounts of fine Houses, new Undertakings, Buildings, etc. (1:4) In other words, this vision of the nation as an organic, temporally defined being creates a readership dependent upon an up-to-date image. The plan appears to be that in reading regularly revised editions of the Tour, the reader will reassert membership in a national community, while a uniform image of that community will be reinforced. Despite Defoe’s claim that he is sketching for English readers the hitherto-unknown character of Great Britain, historians of British nationalism who look to the eighteenth century at all have tended to locate the first signs of nationalist vision in the mid-century georgic poets, in disgruntled post-Augustan intellectuals, or in the later primitivists. 2 Yet the Tour is surely significant in light of Benedict Anderson’s emphasis on the role of journalistic print culture in the rise of nationalistic discourse. Anderson argues that in exploiting a notion of a simultaneous present moment, shared by each reader with all others, serial publications create a “community in anonymity.” 3 Such a...

Updating distributed materialized views

The problem of updating materialized views in distributed database systems is discussed. An architecture and detailed procedures for updating a collection of remote views with arbitrary refresh times by using a single differential file are described. The efficiency of the update procedure is enhanced by adopting s multiquery optimization approach and by introducing a powerful prescreening procedure to eliminate differential tuples. It is shown that even for a single remote view, there are many instances where the update procedure performs better (with respect to total I/O and communication costs) than a base table approach. >