Surface and Content Validity of an Advanced Beginner Nurse’s Self-Monitoring Scale While Multitasking

Background: Self-monitoring is important for recognizing the situations one is facing and assessing one’s own competence to respond appropriately to situations that require multitasking. Purpose: This study aimed to examine the surface and content validity of the Advanced Beginner Nurses’ Self-Monitoring Scale While Multitasking and refine the scale items accordingly. It is expected that the development of such scale will allow for reflection on advanced beginner nurses’ response to multitasking, leading to further capacity building. Methods: The surface validity of 96 items of the Advanced Beginner Nurses’ Self-Monitoring Scale While Multitasking was examined at a meeting with five expert researchers. Five researchers and five nurses examined the items’ content using an item-level content validity index through a questionnaire survey. Results and Conclusion: The Advanced Beginner Nurses’ Self-Monitoring Scale While Multitasking was organized into 73 items that were refined into scales with surface and content validity. Consequently, five sub-concepts were identified: recognizing the situation one’s facing, seeing one’s self from multiple perspectives, devising concrete strategies depending on the situation, considering a predictable time schedule, and being aware of the situation surrounding one’s self. In the future, it will be necessary to examine the reliability and validity of the scale.

Practice of Glycemic Self-Monitoring in Diabetic Patients Followed at the Endocrinology Department of Donka University Hospital in Guinea

Diabetes is a chronic pathology whose evolution is marked by micro and macroangiopathic complications. Optimal management can prevent the onset of complications and improve patients’ quality of life. Objectives: To determine the frequency of self-monitoring of blood glucose and to describe the errors found during self-monitoring in diabetic patients followed at the Endocrinology Department of Donka University Hospital in Guinea. Materials and methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study carried out between August and September 2020 involving diabetic patients followed up at the Endocrinology and Diabetology Department of the Donka National Hospital, CHU Conakry. Results: A total of 301 patients were enrolled, with an average age of 44.24 ± 21.01 years. 64.12% were female. Type 2 diabetes predominated in 64% of cases. The mean duration of diabetes was 6.14 ± 4.67 years, and 75.08% of patients lived in urban areas. Patients were on insulin in 36.21% of cases, insulin and biguanides (26.25%), hypoglycemic sulfonamide and biguanides (19.27%) and biguanides in 18.27% of cases. The frequency of self-monitoring of blood glucose was 43%, and 38% of patients made errors, notably reusing lancets (60%), not checking the expiration date (55.65%) and not washing their hands (48%). Conclusion: This study shows that self-monitoring of blood glucose is not performed by the majority of patients. Numerous errors were identified during blood glucose testing. Continued therapeutic education on the use of blood glucose meters will help empower patients and improve their quality of life.

Review of source-monitoring processes in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD)is a severe mental illness characterized by persistent,intrusive and distressing obsessions and/or compulsions.Such symptoms have been conceptualized as resulting from a failure in sourcemonitoring processes,suggesting that patients with OCD fail to distinguish actions they perform from those they just imagine doing.In this study,we aimed to provide an updated and exhaustive review of the literature examining the relationship between source-monitoring and OCD.A systematic search in the literature through January 2019 allowed us to identify 13 relevant publications investigating source-monitoring abilities in patients with OCD or participants with subclinical compulsive symptoms.Most of the retrieved studies did not report any source-monitoring deficits in clinical and subclinical subjects compared with healthy volunteers.However,most of the studies reported that patients with OCD and subclinical subjects displayed reduced confidence in source-monitoring judgments or global cognitive confidence compared to controls.The present review highlighted some methodological and statistical limitations.Consequently,further studies are needed to explore source monitoring with regard to the subcategories of OCD symptoms(i.e.,symmetryordering,contamination-washing,hoarding,aggressive obsession-checking,sexual-religious thoughts)and to clarify the relationship between sourcemonitoring subtypes(i.e.,reality or internal source-monitoring)and confidence in these populations.

Co-Monitor:检测前缀劫持的协作监测机制

在如今的互联网中,网络管理员要想及时地发现前缀劫持事件非常困难.考虑到互联网域间路由系统中存在的自治特性,提出了在多个自治系统之间协作监测前缀的思想,并由此设计了一个实时检测前缀劫持的新方法——Co-Monitor机制.在Co-Monitor中,每个参与者与其他参与者交换自定义的前缀-源自治系统映射信息,同时,利用所学到的前缀-源自治系统映射信息实时地监测本地BGP(border gateway protocol)路由更新.一旦某个参与者发现了不一致就立刻通知相关的参与者,从而可帮助参与者及时、有效地发现前缀劫持.给出了Co-Monitor机制的详细设计,评估了该机制的检测能力,并讨论了几个相关的问题.实验结果表明,只需精心选择60个参与者,就可确保Co-Monitor系统检测前缀劫持的漏检率和误检率都为0%.

便携式生态水文实验与监测系统(Eco-monitors)的集成与应用

生态水文实验与监测装置的研制对生态水文过程模拟、参数获取与结果验证具有重要意义。在合理创新基础上,构建了便携式生态水文实验与监测系统(Eco-monitors)。Eco-monitors由植被覆盖度动态获取系统(VC-DAS)、便携式光合作用测量系统、便携式人工模拟降雨装置、土壤水运动监测装置及径流/土壤水采样装置等功能模块组成。Eco-monitors及其各功能模块的集成与设计重点突出便携性特点,既包括现有产品如便携式光合作用测量系统、土壤水运动监测装置及径流/土壤水采样装置;也包括自主创新部分如植被覆盖度动态获取系统(VC-DAS)采用摄像头方案代替传统的数码相机,便携式人工模拟降雨装置采用人工压力泵,克服了蓄电池或电力传动装置供电要求高且难以携带的限制。Eco-monitors在多项研究项目中得到了成功应用。

Self-monitoring Application of Asphalt Concrete Containing Graphite and Carbon Fibers

The self-monitoring application of asphalt concrete containing graphite and carbon fibers using indirect tensile test and wheel rolling test were introduced. The experiment results indicate that this kind of pitch-based composite is effective for strain/stress self-monitoring. In the indirect tensile test, for a completely conductive asphalt concrete specimen, the piezoresistivity was very weak and slightly positive, which meant the resistivity increase with the increment of tensile strain at all stress/strain amplitudes, with the gage factor as high as 6. The strain self-sensing ability was superior in the case of higher graphite content. However, when the conductive concrete was embedded into common asphalt concrete specimen as a partial structure function, the piezoresistivity was positive at all stress/strain amplitudes and with the gage factor of 13, which was much higher than that of completely conductive specimen. Thus, the strain self-sensing ability was superior when conductive asphalt concrete was taken in as a partial structure function. In the wheel-rolling test, the piezoresistivity was highly positive. At any stress amplitude, the piezoresistivity was strong, with the gage factor as high as 100, which was higher for a stress amplitude of 0.7 MPa than that of 0.5 MPa.

Nissen fundoplication vs proton pump inhibitors for laryngopharyngeal reflux based on p H-monitoring and symptom-scale

AIM To compare the outcomes between laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication(LNF)and proton pump inhibitors(PPIs)therapy in patients with laryngopharyngeal reflux(LPR)and typeⅠhiatal hernia diagnosed by oropharyngeal p H-monitoring and symptom-scale assessment.METHODS From February 2014 to January 2015,70 patients who were diagnosed with LPR and type I hiatal hernia and referred for symptomatic assessment,oropharyngeal p H-monitoring,manometry,and gastrointestinal endoscopy were enrolled in this study.All of the patients met the inclusion criteria.All of the patients underwent LNF or PPIs administration,and completed a2-year follow-up.Patients’baseline characteristics and primary outcome measures,including comprehensive and single symptoms of LPR,PPIs independence,and satisfaction,and postoperative complications were assessed.The outcomes of LNF and PPIs therapy were analyzed and compared. RESULTS There were 31 patients in the LNF group and 39patients in the PPI group.Fifty-three patients(25 in the LNF group and 28 in the PPI group)completed reviews and follow-up.Oropharyngeal p H-monitoring parameters were all abnormal with high acid exposure,a large amount of reflux,and a high Ryan score,associated reflux symptom index(RSI)score.There was a significant improvement in the RSI and LPR symptom scores after the 2-year follow-up in both groups(P<0.05),as well as typical symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease.Improvement in the RSI(P<0.005)and symptom scores of cough(P=0.032),mucus(P=0.011),and throat clearing(P=0.022)was significantly superior in the LNF group to that in the PPI group.After LNF and PPIs therapy,13 and 53 patients achieved independence from PPIs therapy(LNF:44.0%vs PPI:7.14%,P<0.001)during follow-up,respectively.Patients in the LNF group were more satisfied with their quality of life than those in the PPI group(LNF:62.49±28.68 vs PPI:44.36±32.77,P=0.004).Body mass index was significantly lower in the LNF group than in the PPI group(LNF:22.2±3.1kg/m^2 vs PPI:25.1±2.9 kg/m^2,P=0.001).CONCLUSION Diagnosis of LPR should be assessed with oropharyngeal p H-monitoring,manometry,and the symptom-scale.LNF achieves better improvement than PPIs for LPR with type I hiatal hernia.

A randomized controlled trial of lifestyle self-monitoring for irritable bowel syndrome in female nursing school students

Background: The aim of this study was to verify the efficacy of lifestyle self-monitoring for the improvement of the IBS and reveal what has been changed due to the intervention. Methods: A total of 111 nursing school students were randomized into three groups, two intervention groups (a two-month intervention group, n = 34, and a four-month intervention group, n = 35) and a control group (n = 34). The intervention groups conducted lifestyle self-monitoring in conjunction with a 15-minutes group work for either two or four months. The primary outcome measure was Rome II criteria for IBS. Other outcome measures were the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS). They were assessed at the baseline and the end of both of the intervention periods. Analysis was conducted as intention-to-treat. Results: The prevalence of IBS did not change significantly after the intervention in any of the groups. The HAD-A score, a subscale of the HADS score for anxiety, decreased 1.4 points in the two-month intervention group (p = 0.02) and 2.3 points in the four-month intervention group of (p = 0.01) after intervention. The average GSRS decreased 0.2 points in the control group (p = 0.05) and 0.3 points in the four-month intervention group (p < 0.01). Conclusions: Lifestyle self-monitoring for two or four months did not reduce the prevalence of the IBS significantly, but it did decrease anxiety and improved the QOL related to gastrointestinal symptoms in female nursing school students.

IP组播网络监测系统MUL-Monitor的设计与实现

IP组播是将数据分发给一组参与者的非常有效的通信方式,有着廉价、高效的特点。组播网络监测对于增强组播性能、安全具有重要意义。为此,本文分析了组播监测的需求和功能要求,开发了组播监测系统MUL-Monitor,能够有效监测网络和组播应用。其结构包括收集处理数据模块、数据传输模块、分析模块、可视化模块。针对端到端组播监测的需求,MUL-Monitor支持多管理域,采用主动和被动相结合的端到端组播监测机制。测试和试用表明,能够满足组播网络和应用监测的基本需求。

Self-monitoring electrically conductive asphalt-based composite containing carbon fillers

A new novel function materials, structure self-monitoring asphalt-based composite was introduced. The results show that the output resistance of electrically conductive asphalt-based composites would change under cyclic loading and vehicle loading action. The resistance change of conductive asphalt-based composites was aroused by the variation of its interior structure. When the fatigue failure was studied, the larger cracks cut the continuous electrically conductive path and the electron is difficult to overcome the potential barrier of gap. In the early period, the slight deformation and microcrack may be recovered due to the viscoelasticity character of asphalt, which leads to some cracks close again, the output resistance changes a little. But with the shear process performs continuously, the cracks become larger and larger, which would cut the conductive path and block off the transition of electrons, and if the cracks are large enough, the pitch-matrix composites containing carbon fillers will lose electrically conductive function. When the rutting failure was studied, the flowage of conductive substance results in the decrease of substance due to electrically conducting and conductive path decreasing. The decrease of electron volume contribute to electrically conducting and large stone aggregate prevent the electron from transiting. In a word, the variation of output resistance is aroused by the variation of interior structure completely.

Damage-Monitoring Forward Equivalent-model Construction of Rosette Eddy Current Sensors

结构损伤监测对于保证结构安全是极其重要的。针对金属螺栓连接结构中螺栓孔位置处的裂纹损伤定量监测需求,在Goldfine等人的基础之上,该文提出一种花萼状涡流传感器,构建了传感器损伤监测正向等效模型并通过搭建实验装置验证损伤监测正向等效模型准确性并进行误差分析。相对于传统的多层导电结构谐波涡流场的积分/级数解析模型,构建的损伤监测正向等效模型考虑了在高频激励下导线电流密度分布的集肤效应,并可用于互感式涡流传感器建模。实验结果表明：对测量结果经空气标定后,传感器贴于2A12-T4标准试件表面时的模型计算结果和实验结果较为吻合,第1、2和3感应通道的幅值比量模型计算结果误差随频率变化均在10%以内,第4感应通道的幅值比量模型计算结果误差随频率变化在15%以内。

Development of a micro-monitoring system based on the liquid crystal display

objective: To introduce the development of a portable multi-parameter monitoring system. Methods: Using signal detecting and data processing techniques, this monitor with a graphic liquid crystal display (LCD) and a single-chip microprocessor 8Xc196Kc can dynamically measure electrocardiogram(ECG), breath wave, blood pressure (BP), breath frequency (BF), heart rate (HR) and body temperature (BT) in real-time. Results: This monitor can dynamically display the ECG, breath wave and other parameters in real time. It can also provide a 24h trend graph for each measured parameter and exchange data, through the serial communication interface (RS232), with the PC or hand-held PC (HPC). Conclusions: This portable monitoring system has a man-machine interface friendly. It is capable of performing continuous monitoring and also used as terminal of a central monitoring system or a tele-monitoring system.

基于物联网和弱反射光栅阵列的地质灾害监测系统设计与应用

我国是世界上地质灾害类型最多、地质灾害最严重的国家之一,而雨量监测和形变监测在地质灾害监测中发挥着越来越重要的作用,因此确保地质灾害监测系统的长期运行以及在降雨期间的稳定运行尤为重要。文中基于STM32微控制器、LORA模块、4G模块设计了一款物联网数据采集控制板,并结合压电式雨量传感器、拉绳位移传感器研制了雨量智能监测仪、裂缝位移智能监测仪;结合物联网数据采集控制板和弱反射光栅阵列传感技术构建了基于物联网的弱反射光栅地质灾害监测系统,实现了对地质灾害体的定时监测和降雨期间的自动监测;最后将雨量智能监测仪、裂缝位移智能监测仪和弱反射光栅地质灾害监测系统应用于桐梓县大河镇新场火车站新场滑坡、崩塌的监测实验中。监测数据表明,弱反射光栅监测系统测得传感光缆41#弱反射光栅传感段的位移变化达5 mm,在其附近的位移监测仪也测到有位移变化,可有效实现对地质灾害的定时监测和降雨期间的自动监测。

视频监控与识别技术和智能巡检机器人技术在石化领域的应用

人工智能技术的飞速发展已成为推动各行各业创新的重要力量,为石化行业带来了前所未有的发展机遇。综述了人工智能技术,特别是视频监控与识别技术和智能巡检机器人技术在石化行业的应用。通过视频监控与识别技术,可以实时掌握生产运行状态,及时发现潜在风险,确保生产安全。智能巡检机器人则能够替代人工进行巡检,减少人力成本,提高巡检效率,确保设备的稳定运行。

基于概率的震级完备度方法评估云南地震台网的监测能力

为了科学评估云南地震台网的监测能力,分析云南地区的地震监测能力时空分布特征,采用基于概率的震级完备度(PMC)方法,利用2009-2023年云南地震台网地震目录、震相和台站信息等数据,计算了云南地震台网在云南地区的平均地震监测能力和在不同深度的监测能力,得到滇中、滇西局部地区的基于概率的完备性震级M_(P)=1.5,云南全境基本都能监测到2.5级地震。评估了研究时段内云南地震台网台站监测能力的演变,发现部分台站的监测能力持续下降。但自2018年增加20个台站后,云南2.0及2.5级地震的监测范围有一定的扩大,但微震监测能力提升不明显,可能是因为2018年以来云南一直处于小震弱活动状态。最后,对应用PMC方法规划提升台网监测能力进行了展望。

富水粉细砂层联络通道顶管法施工地表沉降分析

为研究富水粉细砂层地铁联络通道顶管法施工对地表沉降的影响,对郑州地铁12号线08工区埋深15 m、长7.5 m的联络通道在顶管法施工过程中的地表沉降进行了监测,并结合“地层-主隧道-内支撑-联络通道”体系三维数值模型,深入分析了顶管掘进过程中地表沉降的时空演化规律。结果表明:地表沉降量随着顶管机的推进逐渐增大,顶推到位后达到最大沉降值,其中台车就位、始发破洞及接收破洞阶段产生的沉降增量明显大于其他开挖阶段,设备拆除后,受卸载作用影响,地层产生一定量回弹,沉降值减小;地表沉降曲面呈漏斗状,沿垂直于联络通道中心线方向左右对称,沿平行垂直于中心线方向不对称,最大沉降值位于纵向距离联络通道中心靠近始发端3 m处;联络通道顶管法施工对地表横向影响范围更大,地表沉降集中发生区域近似椭圆形,其长轴垂直于联络通道中心线。

智能传感技术在水肥一体系统中的应用研究

以进一步提升水肥一体机系统的作业效率为目标,选取智能传感的监测技术,针对整机的监测控制与信号处理展开应用设计研究。考虑水肥一体机过程作业肥液融合的均匀性及系统各模块之间的协同性功能实现,结合微分补偿的传感数据算法处理方法,进行智能传感的水肥一体机架构布局,并匹配可执行的软件控制程序及硬件实施结构,进行实地传感应用监测与灌施控制作业试验。结果表明:水肥一体机系统的数据监测准确率可达95.25%,系统故障率相对降低3.79%,监测数据准确及时,能够确保系统各环节指令得到有效的调整与反馈,进而保证灌施土壤的含水稳定率相对提升7.87%,对于作物的稳定生长与产量提升有重要的参考价值。

浅埋隧洞塌方灾害微震实时监测与智能预警

针对浅埋隧洞围岩塌方灾害难以有效预警的问题,对微震传感器的多断面分散式布置方式、微震传感器的锚杆端安装方案、微震监测信号的高效降噪与智能识别方法、塌方灾害预警的风险管理等级标准、微震监测信号的云端智能分析平台以及基于微震监测的塌方智能预警系统等若干关键技术进行了研究,并应用于广西那板水库新建1号灌溉发电放水系统引水隧洞工程。结果表明,所研发的关键技术是可行的,可解决已有微震监测技术不完全适用于浅埋隧洞破碎围岩的局限性问题,能有效提高隧洞塌方微震监测与预警的实时性与工作效率,并结合工程案例给出了基于微震特征参数的隧洞塌方前兆特征。

新型抗凝药Ⅺ因子抑制剂监测方法及逆转策略研究进展

Ⅺ因子(FⅪ)在血栓形成中扮演关键角色,而在止血过程中的作用较为有限。这种作用差异为预防和治疗血栓性疾病开辟了新的途径,即靶向FⅪ可能是一种更为安全的抗凝策略。目前,越来越多的FⅪ抑制剂进入Ⅲ期临床试验,尽管这些抑制剂展现出巨大的临床潜力,但其监测和逆转策略尚未明确,这给实验室监测和临床实践带来了新的挑战。本文在FⅪ的生理功能和FⅪ抑制剂在研药物的基础上,系统地探讨了FⅪ抑制剂的实验室检测抗凝活性证据,结合遗传性Ⅺ因子缺乏患者的治疗方案总结了FⅪ抑制剂的逆转方法,为制订临床治疗方案及逆转策略提供一定的参考。

基于深度学习的基础设施表面裂纹检测方法研究进展

民用基础设施在长期使用后容易发生物理结构或性能状态的改变,对其功能和使用安全造成一定的损害,因此,对这类设施的结构健康监测是十分必要的。裂纹检测是结构健康监测中极其重要的一部分,及时检测并识别这类损伤,能有效避免事故的发生。基于计算机视觉的表面裂纹检测方法操作简单、检测速度快、准确率高,被广泛应用于民用基础设施的表面裂纹检测。从图像分类、目标检测、语义分割三个不同的检测方向综述了基于深度学习的基础设施表面裂纹检测方法,总结了常见的数据采集方法和常用的公共裂纹数据集。最后讨论了基于深度学习的基础设施表面裂纹检测方法存在的困难与挑战,并展望了未来可能的发展方向。