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Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies

6th International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2013, Barcelona, Spain, February 11-14, 2013, Revised Selected Papers

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Editors:
  1. Mireya Fernández-Chimeno

    1. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

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  2. Pedro L. Fernandes

    1. Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

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  3. Sergio Alvarez

    1. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA

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  4. Deborah Stacey

    1. University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

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  5. Jordi Solé-Casals

    1. University of Vic, Vic, Spain

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  6. Ana Fred

    1. Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

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  7. Hugo Gamboa

    1. New University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

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Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS, volume 452)

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Table of contents (28 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXI
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  2. Biomedical Electronics and Devices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A 2nd Order CMOS Sigma-Delta Modulator Design Suitable for Low-Power Biosensor Applications

      • Ryan Selby, Tom Chen
      Pages 3-12

    3. Monitoring Drivers’ Ventilation Using an Electrical Bioimpedance System: Tests in a Controlled Environment

      • Raúl Macías, Miguel Ángel García, Juan Ramos, Ramon Bragós, Mireya Fernández-Chimeno
      Pages 13-25

    4. Opened-Ring Electrode Array for Enhanced Non-invasive Monitoring of Bioelectrical Signals: Application to Surface EEnG Recording

      • J. Garcia-Casado, V. Zena, J. J. Perez, G. Prats-Boluda, Y. Ye-Lin, E. Garcia-Breijo
      Pages 26-40

    5. Development and Application of a Portable Device for Cutaneous Thermal Sensitivity Assessment: Characterizing the Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury

      • Renato Varoto, Fábio Casagrande Hirono, Fernando Ometto Zorzenoni, Ricardo Yoshio Zanetti Kido, William Barcellos, Alberto Cliquet Jr.
      Pages 41-53

    6. Pine Decay Assessment by Means of Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy

      • Elisabeth Borges, Mariana Sequeira, André Cortez, Helena Catarina Pereira, Tânia Pereira, Vânia Almeida et al.
      Pages 54-73

    7. Gold Standard Generation Using Electrooculogram Signal for Drowsiness Detection in Simulator Conditions

      • N. Rodríguez-Ibáñez, P. Meca-Calderón, M. A. García-González, J. Ramos-Castro, M. Fernández-Chimeno
      Pages 74-88

    8. Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma for Endodontic Treatment

      • Avinash S. Bansode, Aumir Beg, Swanandi Pote, Bushra Khan, Rama Bhadekar, Alok Patel et al.
      Pages 89-97

    9. Characterization of an Acoustic Based Device for Local Arterial Stiffness Assessment

      • H. C. Pereira, J. Maldonado, T. Pereira, M. Contente, V. Almeida, T. Pereira et al.
      Pages 98-114

  3. Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Texture Classification of Proteins Using Support Vector Machines and Bio-inspired Metaheuristics

      • Carlos Fernandez-Lozano, Jose A. Seoane, Pablo Mesejo, Youssef S. G. Nashed, Stefano Cagnoni, Julian Dorado
      Pages 117-130

    3. Formal Analysis of Gene Networks Using Network Motifs

      • Sohei Ito, Takuma Ichinose, Masaya Shimakawa, Naoko Izumi, Shigeki Hagihara, Naoki Yonezaki
      Pages 131-146

    4. Word Match Counts Between Markovian Biological Sequences

      • Conrad Burden, Paul Leopardi, Sylvain Forêt
      Pages 147-161

    5. Systematic Analysis of Homologous Tandem Repeat Family in the Human Genome

      • Woo-Chan Kim, Dong-Ho Cho
      Pages 162-175

    6. A Preliminary Analysis on HEp-2 Pattern Classification: Evaluating Strategies Based on Support Vector Machines and Subclass Discriminant Analysis

      • Ihtesham Ul Islam, Santa Di Cataldo, Andrea Bottino, Enrico Macii, Elisa Ficarra
      Pages 176-190

    7. Predicting Protein Localization Using a Domain Adaptation Approach

      • Nic Herndon, Doina Caragea
      Pages 191-206

    8. Optimization of Cost Sensitive Models to Improve Prediction of Molecular Functions

      • Sebastián García-López, Jorge Alberto Jaramillo-Garzón, German Castellanos-Dominguez
      Pages 207-222

  4. Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. Dynamic Changes of Nasal Airflow Resistance During Provocation with Birch Pollen Allergen

      • Tiina M. Seppänen, Olli-Pekka Alho, Tapio Seppänen
      Pages 225-239
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About this book

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2013, held in Barcelona, Spain, in February 2013. The 28 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 392 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics and are organized in four general topical sections on biomedical electronics and devices; bioinformatics models, methods and algorithms; bio-inspired systems and signal processing; health informatics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    Mireya Fernández-Chimeno

  • Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

    Pedro L. Fernandes

  • Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA

    Sergio Alvarez

  • University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

    Deborah Stacey

  • University of Vic, Vic, Spain

    Jordi Solé-Casals

  • Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Ana Fred

  • New University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

    Hugo Gamboa

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