Integrating Wearable Sensors and Machine Learning for the Detection of Critical Events in Industry Workers.

The event where an industry worker experiences some sort of critical health problems on site, due to factors not strictly related to the job, poses a serious concern and is an issue of research. These events can be mitigated almost entirely if the workers' health is being monitored in real time by an occupational physician along with an artificial intelligence system that can foresee a health incident and act fast and efficiently. For this reason, we developed a framework of devices, systems, and algorithms which help the industry workers along with the industries to monitor such events and, if possible, minimize them.

The i-Walk Lightweight Assistive Rollator: First Evaluation Study.

Robots can play a significant role as assistive devices for people with movement impairment and mild cognitive deficit. In this paper we present an overview of the lightweight i-Walk intelligent robotic rollator, which offers cognitive and mobility assistance to the elderly and to people with light to moderate mobility impairment. The utility, usability, safety and technical performance of the device is investigated through a clinical study, which took place at a rehabilitation center in Greece involving real patients with mild to moderate cognitive and mobility impairment.

Hyperthyrotropinemia during iodide administration in normal children and in children born with neonatal transient hypothyroidism.

The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of chronic iodide administration in pharmacological doses on thyroid function in children with a history of transient congenital hypothyroidism (TCH). We hypothesized that such children may carry a previously undisclosed intrinsic intrathyroidal defect, rendering them susceptible to TCH. We administered for this 60-65 mg iodide daily for 60 d in 13 individuals with TCH (group A), 8 of their siblings (group B), 8 healthy controls (group C), and 11 normal adults (group D).

Germ line mutation analysis in families with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A or familial medullary thyroid carcinoma.

The RET proto-oncogene has been identified as the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 disease gene. An association between specific RET mutation and disease phenotype has been reported. We present the phenotype-genotype of 12 Greek families with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN 2A) or familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC).

Clinical, laboratory and immunologic effects of the treatment of endemic goiter with T4, T3 and KI.

We treated 204 patients with endemic nontoxic goiter with T4, T3 and KI, singly or in combination. Definitely nodular goiters were excluded, since the possibility of autonomy would be increased. Goiter size was evaluated before and 6 months after treatment clinically in a blind way, i.