Browsing by Subject "Medical care"

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    • A cloud-assisted random linear network coding medium access control protocol for healthcare applications 

      Kartsakli, Elli; Antonopoulos, Angelos; Alonso Zárate, Luis Gonzaga; Verikoukis, Christos (2014-03)
      Article
      Open Access
      Relay sensor networks are often employed in end-to-end healthcare applications to facilitate the information flow between patient worn sensors and the medical data center. Medium access control (MAC) protocols, based on ...

    • A protocol architecture for energy efficient and pervasive eHealth systems 

      Tennina, Stefano; Di Renzo, Marco; Kartsakli, Elli; Graziosi, Fabio; Lalos, Aristeidis; Antonopoulos, Angelos; Mekikis, Prodromos Vasileios; Alonso Zárate, Luis Gonzaga; Verikoukis, Christos (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      The design of new and more pervasive healthcare systems has been fostered by the increased expectancy of life in the coming years. In this field, distributed and networked wireless embedded systems, such as Wireless Sensor ...

    • Desenvolupament d’una aplicació web per a NLP 

      Montoliu Torruella, Max (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-07-10)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      L’objectiu del treball és la implementació d’un aplicatiu web capaç de facilitar l’accés al públic general d’un mètode de traducció capaç de relacionar descripcions simptomàtiques amb termes corrents amb una ontologia ...

    • Diseño centrado en el usuario: espacios no asistenciales polivalentes en hospitales 

      Ibáñez García, José María (2019-12-20)
      Article
      Open Access
      La exigencia diaria en los hospitales obliga a adaptar las estructuras organizativas y protocolos, con base en necesidades y recursos cambiantes, para desarrollar adecuadamente las actividades que allí se desarrollan. Como ...

    • E-health experiences in Spain: mapping and analysis 

      Garcia Martinez, Roger (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Politecnico di Milano, 2011)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      E-health is form of health created to improve the health status of patients through Internet and other related technologies. It is an expanding concept being applied in lots of countries because of its benefits. With it, ...

    • Foundation and development of a healthcare start-up in an e-commerce environment 

      Martí I Suñer, Josep (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-09-13)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement

    • Gaming and Healthcare. An intelligent way to help our elders. 

      Martínez Sanahuja, Laura (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-06)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat de Barcelona. Facultat de Matemàtiques i Informàtica / Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria
      The purpose of this thesis is to develop an application to evaluate the physical and mental state of the elderly over time using different games that interact with different abilities. It will keep the progress of the ...

    • Generative Adversarial Network based machine for fake data generation 

      Piacentino, Esteban (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-10-09)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      This paper introduces a first approach on using Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for the generation of fake data, with the objective of anonymizing patients information in the health sector. This is intended to create ...

    • High definition videoconferencing: the future of collaboration in healthcare and education 

      Alcober Segura, Jesús Ángel; Cabrera, Guillem; Calvo Brugal, Xavier; Eliasson, Erik; Groth, Kristina; Pawalowski, Piotr (2009)
      Conference report
      Open Access

    • iMOVE: Development of a hybrid control interface based on sEMG and movement signals for an assistive robotic manipulator 

      Ramon Borràs, Marina (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-11-12)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial
      For many people with upper limb disabilities, simple activities of daily living such as drinking, opening a door, or pushing an elevator button require the assistance of a caregiver; which reduces the independence of the ...

    • Integración de seguridad e información médica en FHIR 

      Vázquez Martínez, Javier (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-04-29)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      En este proyecto se experimenta con FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), un conjunto de estándares desarrollados por HL7 (Health Level 7) Internacional, y se implementan una serie de servicios basados en FHIR ...

    • Managing healthcare through social networks 

      Domingo Aladrén, Mari Carmen (IEEE Computer Society Publications, 2010-07-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Surveys show an increased reliance on physician and patient social networks, which promise to transform healthcare management. But challenges such as privacy and data accuracy remain.

    • Operations management at the service of health care management: example of a proposal for action research to plan and schedule health resources in scenarios derived from the COVID-19 outbreak 

      Marin Garcia, Juan A.; Garcia Sabater, Jose P.; Ruiz, Angel; Maheut, Julien; Garcia Sabater, Julio J. (OmniaScience, 2020-07)
      Article
      Open Access
      Purpose: With this work, we intend to promote research on the application of Operations Management tools in order to assist with decision-making in health crisis situations. During the first six weeks of the COVID-19 crisis ...

    • Patient dossier: healthcare queries over distributed resources 

      Vazquez, Miguel; Valencia, Alfonso (PLOS, 2019-10-17)
      Article
      Open Access
      As with many other aspects of the modern world, in healthcare, the explosion of data and resources opens new opportunities for the development of added-value services. Still, a number of specific conditions on this domain ...

    • Proposta de circuit assistencial per a pacients amb hipertensió ocular o antecedents de glaucoma 

      Arteche Fernández, Sílvia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-02-07)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Objetivo: Realizar una propuesta para llevar a cabo un protocolo asistencial para que el optometrista haga el seguimiento de pacientes sanos con hipertensión ocular o antecedentes familiares de glaucoma, en un ámbito ...

    • Protocolos de atención óptica en el CUV 

      Giral Quintana, Jonatan (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-06-19)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      En el present treball s’expliquen els problemes que es pot trobar al centre universitari de la visió i que impossibilita una correcta i eficient gestió dels diferents recursos de que hi disposen els alumnes. Tot el treball ...

    • Providing data support to health and social care small and mediumsized enterprises as part of the big data corridor team at Birmingham City University 

      Schmoor, Xavier (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-10)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
      Covenantee:   Birmingham City University
      The thesis aims to present data solutions created specifically for health and social care Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. These include open data research and the development of a health platform, within the Big Data ...

    • El telediagnóstico en atención visual 

      Ramon Montes De Oca, Olaf (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-06-26)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      El món de la medicina ha avançat molt els darrers anys, brindant-nos infinitat de possibilitat per millorar l'atenció sanitària, entre elles, la telemedicina, on l'objectiu és el de crear ponts entre els diferents ...

    • Towards a healthcare digital twin 

      Angulo Bahón, Cecilio; Ortega Ramírez, Juan Antonio; Gonzalez Abril, Luis (IOS Press, 2019)
      Conference lecture
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      The main aim of this short position paper is to introduce a proposal to orchestrate an ecosystem of manipulation of reliable and safe data, applied to the field of health, proposing the creation of digital twins for ...

    • Unitat d’atenció primària en un contenidor marítim 

      Garcia Cornet, Júlia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-06)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      Aquest treball de final de grau desenvolupa la creació d’una unitat sanitària d’atenció primària destinada a països que han patit un desastre, tant sigui natural, biològic o provocat per la intervenció dels humans. Aquesta ...