The 6th IEEE International Conference on E-Health and Bioengineering - EHB 2017

Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Sinaia, Romania, June 22-24, 2017

Table of Contents

No. Paper Title and Authors Page

1 Signal Processing for a Wearable Device for Activity Monitoring 1
Horia Nicolai Teodorescu and Marius Hagan
2 Structural Image Interpolation using a Nonlinear Second-order Hyperbolic PDE- 5
based Model
Tudor Barbu
3 Effect of Feeding on Neurovegetative Response to Olfactory Stimuli 9
Alessandro Tonacci, Francesco Sansone, Anna Paola Pala, Antonia Centrone, Francesco Napoli, Claudio
Domenici and Raffaele Conte
4 Simulations of the Effect of the Cooling Elements' Temperature on the Hypothermia 13
Efficiency
Cojocaru Victor and Vrabii Daniel
5 Effect of Shoulder-Elbow Position upon the Force Applied by Hand 17
Diana Cotoros and Anca Stanciu
6 Statistical Analysis of Forces Developed by Fingers 21
Diana Cotoros, Cornel Druga and Anca Stanciu
7 Wearability Assessment of an Equipment for Spine Posture Monitoring 25
Gheorghe Daniel Voinea and Silviu Butnariu
8 Smart Guiding System for Medical Care Buildings 29
Hanoosh Amel, Nicolae Goga, Andrei Vasilateanu and Laurentiu Guta
9 Communication Issues in E-Health Context 33
Cristina Elena Poenaru, Daniel Merezeanu, Radu Dobrescu and Eugenie Posdarascu
10 Advanced Solutions for Medical Information Storing: Clinical Data Warehouse 37
Cristina Elena Poenaru, Daniel Merezeanu, Radu Dobrescu and Eugenie Posdarascu
11 Study into Microwave Ablation Antenna Optimization 41
Vlad Neagu
12 A Connectionist Model for Cerebrovascular Accident Risk Prediction 45
Irina Tanasoiu and Adriana Albu
13 Telemedicine: Good or Bad and for Whom? 49
Ileana Antohe, Mariana Floria and Elena Mihaela Carausu
14 A Cloud-IoT based Sensing Service for Health Monitoring 53
Gabriel Neagu, Ștefan Preda, Alexandru Stanciu and Vladimir Florian
15 Analysis of Decision Tree Performance in Predicting the Relationship between a 57
Scored Outcome and Multiple Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
Cristian G. Zimbru, Nicoleta Andreescu, Adela Chirita-Emandi, Ioan Silea, Maria Puiu and Mihai D.
Niculescu
16 Social Media and Health-Related Information: Surveys Development and Validation 61
Ariana-Anamaria Cordoş, Cristina Drugan and Sorana D. Bolboacă
17 From Logical Inference to Decision Trees in Medical Diagnosis 65
Adriana Albu
18 Framework for an Embedded Emotion Assessment System for Space Science 69
Applications
Andra Băltoiu, Lucian Petrică, Adrian Dinculescu and Cristian Vizitiu
19 Combined Thermal Infrared and Visual Spectrum Imaging Novel Methodology for 73
Astronauts’ Psychophysiological Assessment. Verification for Respiration Rate
Determination
Adrian Dinculescu, Cristian Vizitiu and Vlad Valeanu

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20 FES&BCI Based Rehabilitation Engineered Equipment: Clinical Tests and 77
Perspectives
Marian-Silviu Poboroniuc and Danut Constantin Irimia
21 Biomedical Signal Acquisition for Respiration Monitoring by Flexible Analog 81
Wearable Sensors
Raluca Maria Aileni, Sever Pasca, Rodica Strungaru and Carlos Valderrama
22 Equilibrium Isotherm Study of Metal Ions Adsorption on PET Recycled Fibers 85
Bianca Cojocariu, Anca Mihaela Mocanu, Dumitru Bulgariu, Gabriela Nacu and Laura Bulgariu
23 Quantitative Removal of Hg(II) Ions from Aqueous Media by Biosorption on Rape 89
Waste Biomass
Teodora (Ionel) Arsenie, Lacrămioara (Negrilă) Nemeş, Gabriela Nacu and Laura Bulgariu
24 Tailoring Information and Communication Technologies to Support Physiotherapy 93
for Rural Elderly
Gabriela Postolache, Raul Oliveira, Pedro Silva Girão, José Miguel Pereira and Octavian Postolache
25 New Mathematical Procedures in the Investigation of Biological Nanostructure 97
Dynamics
Irina Nica, Petru-Edward Nica, Vlad Ghizdovat and Maricel Agop
26 Surface Roughness after Finishing and Polishing of a Restorative NanoComposite 101
Material
Sorin Andrian, Bogdan Munteanu, Ionut Taraboanta, Dan Negraia, Petru-Edward Nica, Simona Stoleriu and
Irina Nica
27 Overview on the Microbiological Quality of some Meat Products with Impact on the 105
Food Safety and Health of People
Laur Manea, Lavinia Buruleanu, Turid Rustad, Iuliana Manea and Elena Barascu
28 Retinal Vessel Labeling Technique 109
Florin Rotaru, Silviu Ioan Bejinariu, Ramona Luca, Cristina Nita, Adrian Ciobanu and Mihaela Luca
29 A Look Into Emergency Department Overcrowding: Ideas and Overview 113
Ioan Dragan, Serban Matesoane, Alina Petrica and Diana Lungeanu
30 Fuzzy Hata-Okumura Models for Dosimetry Computations 117
Horia-Nicolai L. Teodorescu
31 Antioxidant Capacity of Some New N-(2-bromo-phenyl)-2-hydroxy-benzamide 121
Derivatives
Ioana Maria Carmen Ienascu, Adina Cata and Mariana Stefanut
32 Microwave Irradiation in Preparation of Dental Biomaterials 125
Mariana Stefanut, Adina Cata and Ioana Maria Carmen Ienascu
33 Development and Validation of an Instrument to Assess Evidence Based-Practice 129
Roxana-Denisa Capras, Tudor C. Drugan and Sorana D. Bolboaca
34 Contributions Regarding the Obtaining and Characterization of New Titanium based 133
Alloys for Medical Applications
Mihai Buzatu and Traian Buzatu
35 Ontologies Applied in Medicine: A Digital Library Creation Framework for Health 137
Literacy
Ramona Cristina Popa, Andrei Vasilateanu, Nicolae Goga, Andrei Doncescu, Paolo Darminio, Raluca-Maria
Barbur and Catalin Ilie
36 Smartphone Application for Heart Rate Monitoring 141
Raluca Maria Marinescu and Anisor Nedelcu
37 Splice Site Pattern Analysis and Identification of Similar Sequences in the Deep 145
Intron Areas of Human Chromosome 21
Cristian G. Zimbru, Nicoleta Andreescu, Adela Chirita-Emandi, Antonius Stanciu, Ioan Silea, Mihai D.
Niculescu and Maria Puiu
38 Clinical Characteristics And Treatment Of Epilepsy In Children With Tuberous 149
Sclerosis Complex
Ioana Grigore, Georgeta Diaconu, Marin Burlea, Ancuta Ignat, Elena Luca and Vasile Valeriu Lupu
39 Can the Mathematical Models Predict the Evolution of the Osteosynthesis Procedures 153
when Submitted to Early Loadings?
Sorin Ungurianu, Doina-Clementina Cojocaru, Florentin Dimofte and Robert Daniel Negru
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40 Integrated Platform for Extracting Dental Knowledge Imaging and 3D Modeling 157
Iuliana Marin, Nicolae Goga, Andrei Vasilateanu and Ionel-Bujor Pavaloiu
41 Web Based Application for Improving the Education Quality of Young Medical 161
Genetics Healthcare Professionals
Ciprian Perva, Iulia-Teodora Perva, Dumitru Daniel Rusu, Nicoleta Andreescu and Maria Puiu
42 Drunkenness Diagnosis Using a Neural Network-Based Approach for Analysis of 165
Facial Images in the Thermal Infrared Spectrum
Victor-Emil Neagoe and Serban-Vasile Carata
43 Assessment of Cervical Disk Prosthesis by Means of Video-fluoroscopy Image 169
Processing
Paolo Bifulco, Luigi Iuppariello, Maria Romano, Antonio Fratini, Daniele Esposito, Fabrizio Clemente and
Mario Cesarelli
44 A Stretchable, Conductive Rubber Sensor to Detect Muscle Contraction for Prosthetic 173
Hand Control
Paolo Bifulco, Daniele Esposito, Gaetano Gargiulo, Sergio Savino, Vincenzo Niola, Luigi Iuppariello and
Mario Cesarelli
45 Solid Lipid Nanoparticles in Reversing The Acquired Tamoxifen –Resistance 177
Gamze Guney Eskiler, Gulsah Cecener, Unal Egeli and Berrin Tunca
46 The Matter of Clinical Sequencing for Familial Breast Cancer: The route from 181
Sanger to Next Generation
Işıl Ezgi Eryılmaz, Gamze Guney Eskiler, Gulsah Cecener, Unal Egeli and Berrin Tunca
47 Computerised Simulation of Fetal Heart Rate Variability Signals 185
Maria Romano, Luigi Iuppariello, D'Addio Giovanni, Fabrizio Clemente, Francesco Amato and Mario
Cesarelli
48 On Latest Application Developments for Dental 3D Printing 189
Eugenia Eftimie Totu, Ioana Andreea Stanciu, Cristian Butnarasu, Ibrahim Isildak and Corina Marilena
Cristache
49 Oral Rehabilitation with Occlussal Trays and Adjuvants Aerosols Treatment in 193
Association with Lasertherapy in Pacients with Dysfunctional Syndrome of
Stomatognathic System and Composite Restoration
Laura Elisabeta Checherita, Bogdan Bulancea, Zenovia Surlari, Ovidiu Stamatin and Mihaela Elena
Carausu
50 Automated Identification of Health Apps’ Medical Specialties and Promoters from 197
the Store Webpages
Alessia Paglialonga, Marco Riboldi, Gabriella Tognola and Enrico Gianluca Caiani
51 Respiratory Rate Estimation using Nostril Detection in Thermal Video Streams 201
Bogdan Mocanu, Dragos Taralunga, Ruxandra Tapu and Ermina Tapu
52 Is the Singh Index Useful for Evaluating Osteoporosis? 205
Ovidiu Alexa, Bogdan Puha, Ioana Dana Alexa, Teodor Stefan Gheorghevici, Alexandru Filip and Bogdan
Veliceasa
53 Evaluation of the Acrylic Dental Resins Silver Nanoparticles Enriched 209
Monica Silvia Tatarciuc, Diana Diaconu-Popa, Florin Munteanu, Andra Aungurencei and Anca Vitalariu
54 An Analysis on Tissue Deformation during Robotic Biopsy Needle Insertion 213
Silviu Butnariu, Teodora Gîrbacia and Florin Gîrbacia
55 A Methodology to Identify Health and Social Care Web Services on the Basis of Case 217
Stories
Fabrizio Pecoraro, Daniela Luzi, Elaheh Pourabbas and Fabrizio L Ricci
56 Ischemic Stroke by Multifactorial Cause in Children 221
Ioana Grigore, Georgeta Diaconu, Alexandra Mania and Irina Ciomaga
57 Inductive Proximity Sensors Network in Intelligent Clothes 225
Marius Hagan
58 Structural Changes of the Human Saliva Chemical Composition at Wearers of 229
Orthodontic Appliances
Georgeta Zegan, Daniela Anistoroaei, Alina Sodor and Cristina Gena Dascalu
59 Improved Selectivity in Detecting Controlled Amphetamines and their Main 233
Precursors based on Laser Infrared Spectra
Mirela Praisler, Stefanut Ciochina and Catalin Negoita
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60 Cluster Analysis Evaluating the Automated Detection of Drugs of Abuse with a New 237
Hollow Fiber based Quantum Cascade Laser Infrared Spectrometer
Stefanut Ciochina, Mirela Praisler and Catalin Negoita
61 Ultra-Short-Term Heart Rate Variability Analysis on Accelerometric Signals from 241
Mobile Phone
Federica Landreani, Mattia Morri, Alba Martin-Yebra, Claudia Casellato, Esteban Pavan, Carlo Frigo, and
Enrico Caiani
62 C-NAIL - A New Implant for Minimally-Invasive Treatment of Intraarticular 245
Calcaneal Fractures
Bogdan Veliceasa, Bogdan Puha, Teodor Stefan Gheorghevici, Vasile Lisnic, Dragos Popescu and Ovidiu
Alexa
63 Electronic Hand Grip Dynamometer 249
Petr Kudrna, Leoš Tejkl and Martin Rozanek
64 MPEG-7 Visual Descriptors Selection for Burn Characterization by Multidimensional 253
Scaling Match
Constantin Vertan, Mihai-Sorin Badea, Corneliu Florea, Laura Florea and Silviu Badoiu
65 A Study on Face Recognition with Applications in Prosopagnosia and Management of 257
Patients
Marinel Enache
66 Stress Influence on Drivers Identified by Monitoring Galvanic Skin Resistance and 261
Heart Rate Variability
Roxana Cernat, Andreea Speriatu, Dragos Taralunga, Bogdan Hurezeanu, Irina Nicolae, Rodica Strungaru,
and Mihaela Ungureanu
67 A Colon Cancer Microarray Analysis Technique 265
Irina Oana Petre and Catalin Buiu
68 Persistent Bone Edema, Anterior Tibial Pain and Delay in Bone Neo-formation 269
Associated with Poly-L-lactic Acid Screws Fixation of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Graft
Radu Prejbeanu, Mihail Lazar Mioc and Daniel Malita
69 Emotional States Recognition by Interpreting Facial Features 273
Loredana Stanciu and Florentina Blidariu
70 Hybrid Agent Based Algorithm for an Efficient RFID-based Health Information 277
System
Felicia Giza-Belciug and Cristina Elena Turcu
71 Sarcopenia and the Importance of Biochemical Determinations in the Hospitalised 281
Older Adults
Adina Carmen Ilie, Anca Iuliana Pislaru, Ioana Cristina Macsim, Alexandra Matasaleru, Ramona Stefaniu,
Liana Mos and Ioana Dana Alexa
72 Tooth Field Stress Calculation by Finite Element Method During Traditional and 285
Ultrasonic Teeth Root Canal Treatment
Dan Nitoi, Stefan Milicescu, Gabriel Iacobescu, Andrei Dimitrescu and Zoia Apostolescu
73 Profiling In Obstetrics For Premature Birth Risk Patients 289
Oana Sorina Lupse and Lacramioara Stoicu-Tivadar
74 Overview of Human Health Hazards Posed by Pesticides in Plant Products 293
Petronela Cozma, Laura Carmen Apostol, Raluca Maria Hlihor, Isabela Maria Simion and Maria Gavrilescu
75 The TeleSCoPE Code Quality Standards for Telehealth Practice across Europe 297
Nicolò Paraciani, Sarah Tabozzi, Davide Di Pasquale, Marco Padula, Luigi Biocca, Claudio Lafortuna,
Francesco Maiuri, Drago Rudel and Malcolm Fisk
76 ICT Supporting Treatment for High Risk Situations in Obstetrics 301
Mihaela Crisan-Vida, Alina Mihaltan, Lăcrămioara Stoicu-Tivadar, Andreea Moza and Elena Bernad
77 The Added Value of Using Fusion-DWI Technique in Day to Day Practice for 305
Appreciating Placental Invasion of the Myometrium
Daniel Claudiu Malita, Cristina Saracin, Dan Costachescu and Radu Prejbeanu
78 Personalized mHealth Monitoring for Elders Using MR@Old 309
Sergiu Jecan, Raluca Arba, Lucia Rusu and Irina Mocanu

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79 Life Cycle Assessment of Paper Manufacturing: Environmental and Human Health 313
Impacts
Isabela Maria Simion, Elena-Diana Comăniță, Raluca Maria Hlihor, Petronela Cozma, Simona Cecilia
Ghiga, Mihaela Roșca and Maria Gavrilescu
80 Techniques of Determening Arterial Stiffness in Clinical Practice 317
Anca Iuliana Pîslaru, Adina Carmen Ilie, Irina Mihaela Abdulan, Ioana Sandu, Adriana Pancu and Ioana
Dana Alexa
81 Development Of An Integrated ICT System For Data Production, Standardization 321
And Elaboration In Health & Care
Raffaele Conte, Francesco Sansone, Andrea Grande, Alessandro Tonacci, Francesco Napoli, Anna Paola
Pala, Mauro Raciti and Patrizia Landi
82 Virtual Rehabilitation Programme Using the MIRA Platform, Kinect and Leap 325
Motion Sensors in an 81 Years Old Patient with Ischemic Stroke
Ionut Moldovan, Larisa Tric, Raluca Usca, Alin Podar, Alina Calin, Andrei Cantea, Andrei Dascalu, and
Cosmin Mihaiu
83 Selection of а PET/CT Scanner for a Department of Nuclear Medicine 329
Eliška Királyová, Michaela Steklá and Gleb Donin
84 Proposed Methods to Identification of Professional and Environmental Stressors for 333
the Seafaring Staff
Mihaela Hnatiuc
85 A Rapid Prototyping Model Concept for a DSP based Hearing Aid 337
Radu Arsinte, Eugen Lupu and Teodor Sumalan
86 A Facile and Versatile Procedure for Deposition of Silver Nanoparticles on 341
Hydroxyapatite
Leonard Ignat, Florica Doroftei, Maurusa-Elena Ignat, Gianina Iovan and Irina Gradinaru
87 Prototype of a Wearable System for Personal Health Control 345
Eugen Lupu, Radu Arsinte and Teodor Sumalan
88 Rehabilitation of a 7-year-old Boy with Brachial Plexus Palsy using MIRA Exergames 349
and Vojta Therapy
Norbert Czako, Ciprian Silaghi and Ramona-Stela Vizitiu
89 Neurobiological and Neurocognitive Models of Vision for Touch Input on Mobile 353
Devices
Maria Doina Schipor and Radu-Daniel Vatavu
90 Coping Strategies of People with Low Vision for Touch Input: A Lead-in Study 357
Maria Doina Schipor and Radu-Daniel Vatavu
91 Complex Conservative Treatment Of Chronic Tonsillitis In Children Using Local 361
Immunostimulation (Autologous Mononuclear Cells)
Danilov Lucian, I. Ababii, S. Ghinda, V. Nacu, M. Maniuc, P. Ababii, A. Didenscu
92 Antibacterial Effects of Metal Oxides-containing Nanomaterials in Dentistry 365
Cristina Mihaela Ghiciuc, Oana Nicoleta Ghiciuc, Lacramioara Ochiuz and Cătălina Elena Lupușoru
93 New Methods of Financing Medical Technology in the Czech Republic 369
Michaela Steklá and Ivana Kubátová
94 Development Of A Platform For E-Training/E-Learning For Echocardiography 373
Practitioners
Raffaele Conte, Francesco Sansone, Andrea Grande, Alessandro Tonacci, Francesco Napoli, Anna Paola
Pala, Patrizia Landi and Mauro Raciti
95 Electrophysiology Characteristics of Middle Ear in Understanding of Otitis Media 377
Development in Early Childhood
Svetlana Diacova
96 Optical Method for Improving the Accuracy of Biochemical Assays 381
Manole-Stefan Niculescu
97 Effectiveness of Modified Miniinvasive Otomicrosurgery in Recurrent and Persistent 386
Otitis Media in Children
Svetlana Diacova

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98 Case Study on Muscular Response to Pulse Mechanical Stimulation after 390
Immobilization
Alexandru Nistorescu, Pierre de Hillerin, Andra Baltoiu and Călin Marin
99 Potential Astronauts’ Speech and Language Disorders. Case Study: Astronaut’s 394
Interviews Analysis Before and After Space Mission
Cristian Vizitiu, Adrian Dinculescu, Ruxandra Vizitiu, Vlad Marian Valeanu and Alexandru Nistorescu
100 Design and Construction of an Experimental Stand for Total Hip and Knee 398
Prosthetics Testing
Corneliu Druga, Ileana Rosca, Angela Repanovici and Radu Necula
101 Determination of Deviation from Sphericity to Total Hip Prosthesis 402
Corneliu Druga, Ileana Rosca, Ionel Serban and Radu Necula
102 Increased Hydrophilic Properties of Polymeric Fibers Treated in Atmospheric 406
Pressure Plasma
Andrei Vasile Nastuta
103 Removal of Some Endocrine Disruptors via Adsorption on Activated Carbon 410
Sabra Hemidouche, Azziz Assoumani, Lidia Favier, Andrei Ionut Simion, Cristina Gabriela Grigoras,
Dominique Wolbert and Lucian Gavrila
104 Cyber Security in Healthcare Networks 414
Delia Ioana Dogaru and Ioan Dumitrache
105 Holistic Perspective of Big Data in Healthcare 418
Delia Ioana Dogaru and Ioan Dumitrache
106 Iris Recognition using Statistics on Pixel Position 422
Ioan Pavaloi and Anca Ignat
107 Electric Supply Availability for the Surgical Luminaires 426
Cornel Hajdau and Maria Bistricianu
108 Remote Photoplethysmography Measurement using Constrained ICA 430
Richard Macwan, Yannick Benezeth, Alamin Mansouri, Keisuke Nakamura and Randy Gomez
109 Multi-Objective Optimization of Feature Selection Procedure for EEG Signals 434
Classification
Corina Cîmpanu, Lavinia Ferariu, Tiberius Dumitriu and Florina Ungureanu
110 Gait Rehabilitation Monitor 438
Paulo Leite and Octavian Postolache
111 Image Enhancement by Multiobjective Optimization and Bio-inspired Heuristics 442
Silviu Ioan Bejinariu, Hariton Costin, Florin Rotaru, Ramona Luca, Cristina Nita and Diana Costin
112 BradykAn: A Motion Capture System for Objectification of Hand Motor Tests in 446
Parkinson Disease
Radim Krupicka, Slavka Viteckova, Vaclav Cejka, Ondrej Klempir, Zoltan Szabo and Evzen Ruzicka
113 Synthesis and Toxicological Activity of 5-Nitroindazole Sulfonamides Derivatives as 450
Potential Antimicrobial Agents. Optimization of the Synthesis
Corina Cheptea, Andreea-Celia Benchea, Marius Gaina, Cătălina Iulia Săveanu, Madalina Postaru, Dana
Ortansa Dorohoi, Valeriu Sunel and Marin Zagnat
114 Regularity Assessment of Cyclic Human Movements: an Innovative Method based on 454
Wearable Sensors
Giovanni Marco Scalera, Marco Rabuffetti, Alberto Marzegan, Carlo Frigo and Maurizio Ferrarin
115 Monitoring and Detecting Outliers for Elder's Life Activities in a Smart Home: A 458
Case Study
Sawsan M. Mahmoud, Hesham A. Alabbasi and Tawfiq E. Abdulabbas
116 Interaction Schemes for the Analysis of Combined Action of Risk Factors 462
Cristina Gena Dascalu, Magda Ecaterina Antohe, Loredana Golovcencu and Georgeta Zegan
117 The Multimedia Informed Consent: a Usefull Tool in ERCP 466
Gheorghe G. Balan, Gabriela Stefanescu, Catalin Victor Sfarti and Anca Trifan
118 Novel Image Similarity Metric for Evaluating Denoising and Restoration Techniques 470
Adrian Ciobanu, Tudor Barbu and Cristina Nita
119 Toological Modeling of Brain Functioning 474
Sergo Dadunashvili

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120 Application of Biomedical Technologies – Issues in Modern Bioethics 478
Elena Toader, Oana Eva, Andrei Olteanu and Sorin Anton
121 Technical and Clinical Biases of Transient Elastography in Liver Diseases 482
Vasile Andrei Olteanu, Dana Elena Mitrică, Gheorghe Bălan and Gabriela Ștefănescu
122 Analysis of Possible Diagnostic Errors – a Proposed Formula to Improve the 486
Management of Respiratory Patients
Radu Crisan-Dabija and Traian Mihaescu
123 Systems for Whole Body Vibration – Current State of Technology 490
Alina Iliescu, Ileana Ciobanu, Alina Magdalena Popescu, Doina Ioana Badea, Petre Lucian Seiciu, Tadeusz
Mikolajczyk and Mihai Berteanu
124 Deterioration by Friction on Contact Surfaces of the Total Knee Prosthesis 494
Alina Magdalena Popescu, Ileana Ciobanu, Petre Lucian Seiciu, Alina Iliescu, Doina Ioana Badea, Tadeusz
Mikolajczyk and Mihai Berteanu
125 The Potential of Implementing Language MOOCs in Medical Universities (Case 499
Study: ZOE Project)
Anca Cristina Colibaba, Stefan Colibaba, Irina Gheorghiu, Ovidiu Ursa, Cintia Colibaba
126 Automatic Measurement of Infantile Hemangiomas 503
Serban Oprisescu, Mihai Ciuc and Alina Sultana
127 Multiple MapReduce Functions for Health Care Monitoring in a Smart Environment 507
Sawsan M. Mahmoud and Tawfic Enad Abdulabbas
128 A Total Knee Prosthesis CAD Design 511
Daniela Mariana Barbu
129 Subjective Comparison Between Ocular Refraction Corrections With Eyeglasses 515
Versus Contact Lenses
Daniela Mariana Barbu
130 Dentures and Criteria of Selection for Their Main Connector – A Clinical Study 519
Maria-Antonela Beldiman, Raluca Elena Baciu, Dan-Nicolae Bosînceanu and Dana-Gabriela Bosînceanu
131 Usability Assessment of Assistive Technology for Blind and Visually Impaired 523
Maria Dascalu, Alin Moldoveanu, Oana Balan, Robert Gabriel Lupu, Florina Ungureanu and Simona
Caraiman
132 Glass Fiber-Reinforced Dental Bridges – Clinical and Mechanical Properties 527
Maria-Antonela Beldiman, Elena Luca, Nicoleta Ioanid, Dana-Gabriela Bosînceanu and Dan-Nicolae
Bosînceanu
133 Comparative Systems Analysis for Skin Response Signal Processing 531
Mihai Cenusa, Mihaela Poienar and Sergiu Dan Pata
134 Steps Towards Computer-Assisted Classification of Colonoscopy Video Frames 535
Adrian Ciobanu, Mihaela Luca, Vasile Drug and Violeta Tulceanu
135 Representation of Partially-occluded Structures in Regular Point Clouds from 3D 539
Scanner Data Using Vision-based Modulation
Marius Gavrilescu
136 A Hybrid Brain-Computer Interface Implementation for the Control of an Assistive 543
Device
Alexandru Ianosi-Andreeva-Dimitrova, Dan Silviu Mandru and Adrian Abrudean
137 Can WO3 And SnO2 Be Used As Acetone Gas Sensors In Exhaled Human Breath For 547
Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitoring?
Sara Boumali, Mohamed Taoufik Benhabiles, Khalifa Aguir and Fouad Kerrour
138 Assessing Potential Dietary Toxicity of Heavy Metals in Lingonberry from Mănăila 551
Open-pit Area (Suceava, Romania)
Ramona Huzum, Doina Smaranda Sirbu-Radasanu, Simona Petronela Iftode and Andrei Vasile Nastuta
139 Anticipatory Postural Adjustments of Gait Initiation in Healthy Subjects: the Effect 555
of Interfoot Distance
Mariangela Dipaola, Esteban Enrique Pavan, Paolo Cavallari and Carlo Albino Frigo
140 Rb Protein Dynamic Modeling 559
Irina Oana Petre
141 Virtual Instrument for Assisted Evaluation of Body Stability for Potential Sportive 563
Persons
Mihaela Baritz and Barbu Braun
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142 The Correlation between Ocular Physio-pathological Manifestations and Bipodal 567
Postural Reactions
Mihaela Baritz and Barbu Braun
143 Assessing Machine Learning Algorithms for Self-Management of Asthma 571
Otilia Kocsis, Gerasimos Arvanitis, Aris Lalos, Konstantinos Moustakas, Jacob K. Sont, Persijn J. Honkoop,
Kian Fan Chung, Matteo Bonini, Omar S. Usmani, Stephen Fowler and Andrew Simpson
144 The TRAVEE System for Neuromotor Recovery: Architecture and Implementation 575
Oana Ferche, Alin Moldoveanu and Florica Moldoveanu
145 Alterations of Load Transfer Mechanism During Gait Initiation in Parkinson’s 579
Disease
Mariangela Dipaola, Carlo Albino Frigo, Paolo Cavallari and Ioannis Ugo Isaias
146 Utility of Polarized Dermoscopy in the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus 583
and Morphea
Mihaela Paula Toader, Irina Mihaela Esanu, Taranu Tatiana and Stefan Vasile Toader
147 Heart rate monitoring by using non-invasive wearable sensor 587
Raluca Maria Aileni, Sever Pasca and Rodica Strungaru
148 Mobile@Old – An Assistive Platform for Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle for Elderly 591
People
Imad Alex Awada, Irina Mocanu, Sergiu Jecan, Lucia Rusu, Adina Magda Florea, Oana Cramariuc and
Bogdan Cramariuc
149 Detecting the Coupling Direction between both Hands Physiological Tremors – a Non- 595
Parametric Directionality Analysis
Monica-Claudia Dobrea and Dan Marius Dobrea
150 Important Shape Features for Romanian Medicinal Herb Identification Based on 599
Leaf Image
Ionel-Bujorel Pavaloiu, Robert Ancuceanu, Claudia-Maria Enache and Andrei Vasilateanu
151 Electromagnetic Exposure Hot-spots in a Healthcare Environment, Caused by Smart 603
Metering to Control Public Utilities
Silvia de Miguel-Bilbao, Jolanta Karpowicz, Victor Febles, José A. Hernández, Samuel Suárez, Victoria
Ramos, Wiesław Leszko and Krzysztof Gryz
152 An Evaluation of the Collateral Influence of a Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Emitted 607
by Physiotherapeutic Devices
Jolanta Karpowicz, Simona Miclaus and Krzysztof Gryz
153 Variability of Vital Signs in Simulations with Mannequin in Education of 611
Bioengineers
Martin Rožánek, Petr Kudrna and Květa Válková
154 Quantitative Approach of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Apparent Diffusion 615
Coefficient concerning Characterization of Benign Cranial Meningiomas
Teodora - Anca Albu, Stanca - Mihaela Ples and Iosif Malaescu
155 Quantum Mechanical and Spectral Study of Fluorescein 619
Ana Cezarina Morosanu, Antonina Gritco - Todirascu, Dan Gheorghe Dimitriu, Dana Ortansa Dorohoi and
Corina Cheptea
156 SAR Computation for Multiple Close Stations under Modified Hata-Okumura 623
Models
Loubna El Amrani, Tomader Mazri and Nabil Hmina
157 Activities of Daily Living and Falls Recognition and Classification from the Wearable 627
Sensors Data
Todor Ivascu, Kristijan Cincar, Adriana Dinis and Viorel Negru
158 The Efficiency of Anthocyanins Extract for Use in Preventing Dental Caries in 631
Experimental Animals
Marin Zagnat, Aurelia Spinei and Gheorghe Bordeniuc
159 Short-Term Heart Rate Variability using Wrist-Worn Pulse Wave Monitor 635
Compared to a Holter ECG
Hariton Costin, Alexandru Pasarica, Ioana-Dana Alexa, Adina Carmen Ilie, Cristian Rotariu and Diana
Costin

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160 Application of Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System for Diabetes Classification and 639
Prediction
Oana Geman, Iuliana Chiuchisan and Roxana Toderean (Aldea)
161 Remote Control of a Robotic Platform Based on Hand Gesture Recognition 643
Alexandru Pasarica, Casian Miron, Dragos Arotaritei, Gladiola Andruseac, Hariton Costin and Cristian
Rotariu
162 Esthetic Landmarks in Different Types of Prostheses Correlated with the 647
Biomaterials Structure
Irina Gradinaru, Cristina Gena Dascalu and Magda Ecaterina Antohe
163 Ultrasonography Applications in Algo-Disfunctional Syndrome of the 651
Temporomandibular Joint
Maria Daniela Crăciun, Călina Sînziana Silisteanu, Florin Filip and Roxana Filip
164 A Review of Romanian Space Agency’s Activity in the Field of Telemedicine and e- 655
Health
Calin Popovici, Vlad Valeanu and Pierre Joseph De Hillerin
165 Eye Tracking User Interface for Internet Access Used in Assistive Technology 659
Robert Gabriel Lupu, Radu Gabriel Bozomitu, Alexandru Pasarica and Cristian Rotariu
166 Application of Support Vector Machine for Classification of Sensorimotor Rhythms 663
in Brain Computer Interface
Roxana Toderean and Iuliana Chiuchisan
167 The Decontamination of Aqueous Solutions with Toxic Content Deriving from Oral 667
Biomucoadhesive Tablets for Protecting the Quality of Waters
Magdalena Bîrsan, Ileana-Cornelia Cojocaru, Vlad-Ioan Teodor, Mihaela-Monica Scutariu, Paula
Anotonoaea and Nicoleta Todoran
168 Utility and Significance of Biomarkers used in Health Status Monitoring of Ionizing 671
Radiation Exposed Personnel
Irina Anca Popescu, Felicia Gradinariu, Andreea Teodor, Doina Havarneanu, Irina Alexandrescu and Diana
Costin
169 Modern Instruments for Establishing the Connection between the Personalized Intake 675
of Dietary Supplements and Chronobiology
Anamaria Vasiliu and Oana Geman
170 Determining the Impact of the Major Prognostic Factors in Breast Cancer 679
Anca Munteanu and Sinziana Moldoveanu Butnaru
171 The Hierarchical Classification Model using SVM with multiple kernels in Human 683
Behavioral Pattern Recognition
Sorin Soviany, Virginia Săndulescu and Sorin Puscoci
172 Cooperative Learning for Biomedical Signal Processing and Recognition 687
Saeid Sanei, Oana Geman, Sadaf Monajemi, Konstantinos Eftaxias and Delaram Jarchi
173 Biophotonic Laser Holographic Model of Eye and Vision 693
Mariana Daniela Manu, Gheorghe Plesu and Hariton Costin
174 Cardiac Monitoring of Frail Oncological Outpatient using Wearable Devices 697
Mario Magliulo and Adriano Tramontano
175 Diagnosis and Directions for Research and Innovation in Romania 701
Daniel Boldureanu, Mihaela Mocanu, Gabriela Boldureanu, Carmen Costuleanu and Gladiola Andruseac
176 A Local Sensitivity Study for an Activated T-cell Model 705
Gabriel Dimitriu, Mihaela Moscalu and Vasile Lucian Boiculese
177 Novel Natural-synthetic Hydrogel Scaffolds with Applications in Skin Tissue Repair 709
and Engineering
Ioana Alexandra Tanasa, Anca Emanuela Minuti, Florina Daniela Ivan, Silvia Vasiliu, Maria Butnaru and
Liliana Verestiuc
178 Porous Magnetic Scaffolds For Bone Tissue Engineering and Regeneration 713
Florina D. Ivan, Ioana G. Avîrvarei, Ioana G. Vasilaș, Mădălina A. Varga, Vera Bălan, Maria Butnaru,
Ionel M. Popa and Liliana Verestiuc
179 Prevention of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood Obesity 717
Laura Mihaela Trandafir, Otilia E. Frasinariu, Calin Corciova, Lucian Vasile Boiculese and Mihaela
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180 A Security Approach for Healthcare Information Systems 721
Iuliana Chiuchisan, Doru-Gabriel Balan, Oana Geman, Iulian Chiuchisan and Ionel Gordin
181 Recognition of Positive and Negative Emotions for Romanian Language 725
Silvia Monica Feraru and Marius Dan Zbancioc
182 Economic Impact and the Dynamics of the Innovative Process in Romania Compared 729
to the European Union
Daniel Boldureanu, Adriana Prodan, Ruxandra Ciulu, Gabriela Boldureanu and Gladiola Andruseac
183 A Review of Integrative Virtual Reality Games for Rehabilitation 733
Grigore Burdea and Kevin Polistico
184 Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Investigations of Ultraviolet Irradiated Prednisone 737
Damian Grigore, Teodor Andreea, Popescu Irina Anca and Creanga Dorina Emilia
185 Recurrent Respiratory Tract Infections in Children 741
Laura-Mihaela Trandafir, Lucian Vasile Boiculese, Gabriel Dimitriu and Mihaela Moscalu
186 A Two- Year Retrospective Study on Antibiotic Regimens Used in Children with 745
Acute Perforated Appedicitis
Roxana Filip, Dorin Stanescu, Dorina Oprea and Florin Filip
187 The Use of CT Scan Examination in Pediatric Limb Fractures- Our Experience with 749
Two Cases
Florin Filip, Mihaita Jr. Creteanu, Maria- Daniela Craciun and Roxana Filip
188 Medical System based on Wireleless Sensors for Real Time Remote Monitoring of 753
People with Disabilities
Cristian Rotariu, Radu G. Bozomitu, Alexandru Pasarica, Dragos Arotaritei and Hariton Costin
189 Scoliosis Risk Assessment in Children with Pelvic Asymmetry - A Simple Screening 757
Test based on Gluteal Area Asymmetry
Bogdan Anton Prisacariu, Bogdan Dimitriu and Elena Lungu