Vital Body Parameters Research Articles

Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks Signal Processing and Communication Framework: Survey on Sensing, Communication Technologies, Delivery and Feedback

Problem statement: The Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks (WBASNs) is a wireless network used for communication among sensor nodes operating on or inside the human body in order to monitor vital body parameters and movements. This study surveys the state-of-the-art on Wireless Bo dy Area Networks, discussing the major components of research in this area including physiological sensin g and preprocessing, WBASNs communication techniques and data fusion for gathering data from sensors. In addition, data analysis and feedback will be presen ted including feature extraction, detection and classification of human related phenomena. Approach: Comparative studies of the technologies and techniques used in such systems will be provided in this study, using qualitative comparisons and use case analysis to give insight on potential uses for diff erent techniques. Results and Conclusion: Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) technologies are considered as one of the key of the research areas in computer scienc e and healthcare application industries. Sensor suppl y chain and communication technologies used within the system and power consumption therein, depend largely on the use case and the characteristics of the application. Authors conclude that Life-saving appl ications and thorough studies and tests should be conducted before WBANs can be widely applied to humans, particularly to address the challenges related to robust techniques for detection and classification to increase the accuracy and hence the confidence o f applying such techniques without physician intervention. Key word: Wireless body area sensor network, physiological s ensing, data preprocessing, wireless sensor communications, data fusion, classification algorithms, Chronic Disease (CD)

Data security and privacy in wireless body area networks

The wireless body area network has emerged as a new technology for e-healthcare that allows the data of a patient's vital body parameters and movements to be collected by small wearable or implantable sensors and communicated using short-range wireless communication techniques. WBAN has shown great potential in improving healthcare quality, and thus has found a wide range of applications from ubiquitous health monitoring and computer assisted rehabilitation to emergency medical response systems. The security and privacy protection of the data collected from a WBAN, either while stored inside the WBAN or during their transmission outside of the WBAN, is a major unsolved concern, with challenges coming from stringent resource constraints of WBAN devices, and the high demand for both security/privacy and practicality/usability. In this article we look into two important data security issues: secure and dependable distributed data storage, and fine-grained distributed data access control for sensitive and private patient medical data. We discuss various practical issues that need to be taken into account while fulfilling the security and privacy requirements. Relevant solutions in sensor networks and WBANs are surveyed, and their applicability is analyzed.

Comparative Studies of Packed Cell Volume, Haemoglobin, Total Protein, Haemagglutination Inhibition Antibodies and Rectal Temperature of Pigeons (Columbia livia) Administered Newcastle Disease Virus Through Different Routes

2 Abstract: Comparative studies of packed cell volume (PCV), haemoglobin (HB), total protein (TP), haemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibodies and rectal temperature (RT) were carried out on a total of 50 pigeons (Columbia livia) that were administered Newcastle disease virus (NDV) Kudu 113 strain through different routes. Fifteen pigeons were administered 0.2 mL each of NDV Kudu 113 strain per os (po), 15 pigeons were inoculated with 0.2 mL of the virus intramuscularly (im), another 15 pigeons were sprayed with about 0.2 mL each of the virus through oculonasal (oc) route, while 15 pigeons served as control. Clinical signs and lesions of Newcastle disease (ND) were observed in some of the infected pigeons. After infection, there was an increase in HI antibodies, reaching the maximum mean values of log 5.2±0.13, log 5.3±0.31 2 2 and log 5.0±0.12 in pigeons that were administered NDV Kudu 113 strain through oc, po and im routes, 2 respectively. Similarly, as soon as patent infection was established, the RT continued to rise and attained peak values of 42.31±0.03, 41.94±0.06 and 42.18±0.06°C in pigeons that were administered the virus through po, im and oc routes, respectively. The values of PCV, HB, TP, HI and RT for the control pigeons were relatively constant, while the corresponding values in the infected pigeons fluctuated widely, depending on the route of administration of the virus. It was concluded that vital blood and body parameters, such as PCV, HB, TP, HI and RT were altered during infection of pigeons with NDV Kudu 113 strain.