Cost-Effective Implementation of a Temperature Traceability System Based on Smart RFID Tags and IoT Services.

This paper presents the design and validation of a traceability system, based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and Internet of Things (IoT) services, intended to address the interconnection and cost-implementation problems typical in traceability systems. The RFID layer integrates temperature sensors into RFID tags, to track and trace food conditions during transportation. The IoT paradigm makes it possible to connect multiple systems to the same platform, addressing interconnection problems between different technology providers.

Optimal duration of low molecular weight heparin for the treatment of cancer-related deep vein thrombosis: the Cancer-DACUS Study.

Purpose: We evaluated the role of residual vein thrombosis (RVT) to assess the optimal duration of anticoagulants in patients with cancer who have deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the lower limbs.

Patients And Methods: Patients with active cancer and a first episode of DVT treated with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) for 6 months were eligible. Patients were managed according to RVT findings: those with RVT were randomly assigned to continue LMWH for an additional 6 months (group A1) or to discontinue it (group A2), and patients without RVT stopped LMWH (group B).

Postphlebitic syndrome: clinical activity and tolerability of desmin, new LMW dermatan sulfate.

One hundred patients suffering from postphlebitic syndrome of the lower limbs were enrolled in an open, randomized, and multicenter (six centers) trial for a period of eighteen months. Patients were randomly assigned to three treatment groups to receive (for ninety consecutive days) Desmin, a new low-molecular-weight dermatan sulfate, at the dose, respectively, of 100 mg once daily by subcutaneous (SC) route (36 patients), 100 mg twice a day by SC route (33 patients), and 200 mg once daily by intramuscular (IM) route (31 patients). The general and local tolerability and the clinical efficacy of the drug were evaluated by means of clinical, instrumental, and laboratory parameters.

[Ambulatory angiologic diagnosis using the Doppler c.w. (continuous wave) method].

A one year clinical activity of instrumental angiological diagnostics (doppler c.w. examinations) was evaluated and analysed.

[Cardiovascular adjustments in hypertensive patients. An echocardiographic study].

Echocardiography was used to asses parameters of cardiovascular function in order to identify the main cardiac adjustment mechanisms to arterial hypertension. In addition to morphological parameters of septal and parietal thickness and diameter, telesystolic (Ses) and telediastolic (Spk) stress, EF, Vcfm, the index of left ventricular mass (ILVM), hypertrophy ratio (h/r), contractility index (Do), peripheral resistances (RPT) and Tarazi's index (SAC) were evaluated. In comparison to control subjects, higher levels of PwTs, h/r, SAC, RPT and ILVM (at the limit of significance) were found in hypertensive patients, which were reflected by higher Spk and Do values.

[Effects of short-term administration of ibopamine on hemodynamic parameters].

Ibopamine was administered in a dose of 100 mg every 8 hours for three days to 18 hospitalised heart patients of NYHA class I and II. ECHO examination, polygraphic examination, rheographic examination and carotid CW Doppler were carried out under basal conditions and at the end of treatment. B.