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5Hz); and (3) was reduced at higher f

values and with distance from the electrode (almost negligible for distances>5mm). The evolution of maximum lesion depth and width were almost identical with both DC and AC.

Although reducing f

reduces the computation time, thermal oscillations appear at points near the electrode, which suggests that a minimum value of f

should be used. Replacing DC voltage by low-frequency AC voltage does not appear to have an impact on the lesion depth.

Although reducing fAC reduces the computation time, thermal oscillations appear at points near the electrode, which suggests that a minimum value of fAC should be used. Replacing DC voltage by low-frequency AC voltage does not appear to have an impact on the lesion depth.

The mechanism of glucose regulation in human blood is a nonlinear complicated biological system with uncertain parameters and external disturbances which cannot be imitated accurately by a simple mathematical model. So to achieve an artificial pancreas, a method that does not need a model is necessary.

In this paper, a model free third order terminal sliding mode controller is developed and applied to blood glucose regulation system. So in this paper, a data driven control method is proposed which doesn't need a pre specified mathematical model of the system. The proposed method uses a third order terminal sliding mode controller to overcome the problem in finite time without chattering. It also uses a disturbance estimation technique to reject external disturbances. ETC-159 nmr The sliding mode algorithm is equipped with a regression algorithm to release its need to model of the system. It is proved theoretically that the method is stable and the error converges to zero. In order to determine the parameters needed imulator parameters in ± 40% range) and the control performance is evaluated by the well-known Control Variability Grid Analysis CVGA. For all of them, the blood glucose remains in the green zone (safe region) of the CVGA .

Simulation results show that the proposed method acts robustly and can overcome uncertainties and external disturbances. The blood glucose level remains in safe region in all case. So the proposed method can be used in an artificial pancreas.

Simulation results show that the proposed method acts robustly and can overcome uncertainties and external disturbances. The blood glucose level remains in safe region in all case. So the proposed method can be used in an artificial pancreas.

Melanoma is the most aggressive type of skin cancer, and it may arise from a cutaneous pigmented lesion. As artificial intelligence (AI)-based teledermatology services hold promise in redefining the melanoma screening paradigm, a study that evaluates user satisfaction with a smartphone-compatible, AI-based cutaneous pigmented lesion evaluator is lacking.

Data was collected between April and May 2019 in Taiwan. To assess user satisfaction with MoleMe, an AI-based cutaneous pigmented lesion evaluator on a smartphone, users were asked to complete a questionnaire designed to evaluate four aspects, including interaction, impact on daily life, usability, and overall performance, after completing a MoleMe evaluation session. For each question, users could rank their satisfaction level from 1 to 5, with five showing strongly satisfied and one showing strongly unsatisfied. The Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests were used to compare user satisfaction among different age groups, genders, and risk predictions received.

A total of 1231 questionnaires were collected for analysis. Over 90% of the participants were satisfied (score=4 or 5) and over 75% of the participants were strongly satisfied (score 5) with MoleMe, in terms of usability, interaction, and impact on daily life. The user satisfaction did not show a significant difference between genders, age groups, and risk predictions received. (all P > 0.05) CONCLUSION With high user satisfaction regardless of age group, gender, and risk prediction received, AI-based teledermatology services on a smartphone such as MoleMe may potentially achieve widespread usage and be beneficial to both patients and physicians.

0.05) CONCLUSION With high user satisfaction regardless of age group, gender, and risk prediction received, AI-based teledermatology services on a smartphone such as MoleMe may potentially achieve widespread usage and be beneficial to both patients and physicians.

Respiratory gating training is a common technique to increase patient proprioception, with the goal of (e.g.) minimizing the effects of organ motion during radiotherapy. In this work, we devise a system based on autoencoders for classification of regular, apnea and unconstrained breathing patterns (i.e. multiclass).

Our approach is based on morphological analysis of the respiratory signals, using an autoencoder trained on regular breathing. The correlation between the input and output of the autoencoder is used to train and test several classifiers in order to select the best. Our approach is evaluated in a novel real-world respiratory gating biofeedback training dataset and on the Apnea-ECG reference dataset.

Accuracies of 95±3.5% and 87±6.6% were obtained for two different datasets, in the classification of breathing and apnea. These results suggest the viability of a generalised model to characterise the breathing patterns under study.

Using autoencoders to learn respiratory gating training patterns allows a data-driven approach to feature extraction, by focusing only on the signal's morphology. The proposed system is prone to be used in real-time and could potentially be transferred to other domains.

Using autoencoders to learn respiratory gating training patterns allows a data-driven approach to feature extraction, by focusing only on the signal's morphology. The proposed system is prone to be used in real-time and could potentially be transferred to other domains.With the increased risk of wine fraud, a rapid and simple method for wine authentication has become a necessity for the global wine industry. The use of fluorescence data from an absorbance and transmission excitation-emission matrix (A-TEEM) technique for discrimination of wines according to geographical origin was investigated in comparison to inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The two approaches were applied to commercial Cabernet Sauvignon wines from vintage 2015 originating from three wine regions of Australia, along with Bordeaux, France. Extreme gradient boosting discriminant analysis (XGBDA) was examined among other multivariate algorithms for classification of wines. Models were cross-validated and performance was described in terms of sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy. XGBDA classification afforded 100% correct class assignment for all tested regions using the EEM of each sample, and overall 97.7% for ICP-MS. The novel combination of A-TEEM and XGBDA was found to have great potential for accurate authentication of wines.