Weiwei Liu¹, Yang Tang², Fei Yang², Yi Dou³, Jin Wang^4,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.60, No.2, pp. 813-834, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.06754

Abstract Electric vehicles (EVs) are recognized as one of the most promising technologies worldwide to address the fossil fuel energy resource crisis and environmental pollution. As the initial work of EV charging station (EVCS) construction, site selection plays a vital role in its whole life cycle. In this paper, a multi-objective optimization model for the location layout of EVCSs is established when considering various factors such as user demand, investment cost, soil locations, the emergency charging mileage limit, the actual road condition and service network reliability. The model takes the minimum investment cost and the minimum… More >

Xinzhi Wang^a, Yi Liu^b, Hui Zhang^a, Qiuju Ma^a, Zhidong Cao^c

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.24, No.1, pp. 89-96, 2018, DOI:10.1080/10798587.2016.1267246

Abstract Public health emergency is governed by the physical rules, which are related to the propagation of diseases in the physical space, and the social rules, which are related to government structures, social behaviors, and social media in cyber space. Effective preparedness and response of public health emergency is strongly related to interoperation, collaboration and cooperation among different levels of government agencies and among different regions, as well as information flow and data mining between agencies and general public. In this paper, we review the technologies using multi-source data for public health emergency in China. At More >

Tiejun Wang¹, Tao Wu^1,*, Amir Homayoon Ashrafzadeh², Jia He¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.57, No.1, pp. 81-96, 2018, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2018.03259

Abstract Crowdsourcing is widely used in various fields to collect goods and services from large participants. Evaluating teaching quality by collecting feedback from experts or students after class is not only delayed but also not accurate. In this paper, we present a crowdsourcing-based framework to evaluate teaching quality in the classroom using a weighted average operator to aggregate information from students’ questionnaires described by linguistic 2-tuple terms. Then we define crowd grade based on similarity degree to distinguish contribution from different students and minimize the abnormal students’ impact on the evaluation. The crowd grade would be… More >

Andrew W. Stamm¹, John S. Banerji¹, Erika M. Wolff¹, April Slee², Sydney Akapame², Kathryn Dahl¹, John D. Massman III¹, Michael C. Soung³, Kim R. Pittenger³, John M. Corman¹

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.24, No.4, pp. 8910-8917, 2017

Abstract Introduction: Shared decision making (SDM) is widely encouraged by both the American Urological Association and Choosing Wisely for prostate cancer screening. Implementation of SDM is challenging secondary to time constraints and competing patient priorities. One strategy to mitigate the difficulties in implementing SDM is to utilize a decision aid (DA). Here we evaluate whether a DA improves a patient's prostate cancer knowledge and affects prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening rates.
Materials and methods: Patients were randomized to usual care (UC), DA, or DA + SDM. Perception of quality of care was measured using the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare… More >

Amy H. Lim¹, Necole M. Streeper², Sara L. Best¹, Kristina L. Penniston¹, Stephen Y. Nakada¹

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.24, No.4, pp. 8890-8894, 2017

Abstract Introduction: Patient decision-making aids (PDMAs) help patients make informed healthcare decisions and improve patient satisfaction. The utility of PDMAs for patients considering treatments for urolithiasis has not yet been published. We report our experience using PDMAs developed at our institution in the outpatient clinical setting in patients considering a variety of treatment options for stones.
Materials and methods: Patients with radiographically confirmed urolithiasis were given PDMAs regarding treatment options for their stone(s) based on their clinical profile. We assessed patients' satisfaction, involvedness, and feeling of making a more informed decision with utilization of the PDMAs using a… More >

Carlos M. Mery^1,2

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.5, pp. 630-632, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12493

Abstract Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA) is the second most common cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young athletes in United States. The exact pathophysiological mechanisms of SCD are unknown. There is lack of long-term outcome data on repaired and unrepaired AAOCA and our current risk stratification scheme for these patients is suboptimal. These patients are evaluated in a nonuniform manner across institutions in United States, and even by different providers residing in the same institution. The main objective of this article is to use what is known and unknown about this More >

Rahul Kumar Sharma^*1, V. Sugumaran¹, Hemantha Kumar², Amarnath M³

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.11, No.1, pp. 1-16, 2017, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2017.012.001

Abstract Most of the machineries in small or large scale industry have rotating element supported by bearings for rigid support and accurate movement. For proper functioning of machinery, condition monitoring of the bearing is very important. In present study sound signal is used to continuously monitor bearing health as sound signals of rotating machineries carry dynamic information of components. There are numerous studies in literature that are reporting superiority of vibration signal of bearing fault diagnosis. However, there are very few studies done using sound signal. The cost associated with condition monitoring using sound signal (Microphone)… More >

Jaideep Kaur¹, Kamaljit Kaur²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.53, No.1, pp. 23-36, 2017, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2017.053.024

Abstract The ubiquitous Internet of Things (IoT) through RFIDs, GPS, NFC and other wireless devices is capable of sensing the activities being carried around Industrial environment so as to automate industrial processes. In almost every industry, employee performance appraisal is done manually which may lead to favoritisms. This paper proposes a framework to perform automatic employee performance appraisal based on data sensed from IoT. The framework classifies raw IoT data into three activities (Positive, Negative, Neutral), co-locates employee and activity in order to calculate employee implication and then performs cognitive decision making using fuzzy logic. From More >

Fernando J. Kim^1,2, Priya N. Werahera³, David E. Sehrt¹, Diedra Gustafson¹, Rodrigo D. Silva¹, Wilson R. Molina¹

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.21, No.3, pp. 7305-7311, 2014

Abstract Introduction: Our safety net hospital offers minimally invasive, traditional open and perineal radical prostatectomies, as well as radiation therapy and medical oncological services when appropriate. Historically, only few African American and Hispanic patients elected surgical procedures due to unknown reasons. Interestingly, after initiation of the prostate cryoablation program (Whole Gland) in 2003 at Denver Health Medical Center (DHMC) we noticed a trend towards cryotherapy in these specific patient populations for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. We analyzed the profile of ethnic minority men evaluated for localized prostate cancer and evaluated the associated factors in the… More >

Deb Feldman-Stewart^1,2, Michael D. Brundage^1,2,3, Christine Tong¹

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.18, No.6, pp. 5998-6006, 2011

Abstract Introduction: We conducted a systematic review of primary evidence to clarify what information influences treatment selection by patients with early stage prostate cancer.
Materials and methods: We conducted a systematic review of the Web of Knowledge, using the ALL DATABASES option. Papers were then triaged out on the basis of the title and/or abstract, leaving 120 papers. Reviewing the full papers resulted in a final corpus of 21 papers.
Results: The data suggest that patients typically balance potential benefits against potential side effects but in a complex way with large variation across patients. For some patients, potential benefits… More >