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Assessing the Evidence Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine in Children Younger than 2 Years. A Systematic Review
ABSTRACT Live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) is effective in children but contraindicated in children <2 years of age.
We searched Medline, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Scopus, PsycInfo and CINAHL through February 2013 for existing systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies (for safety). We included studies enrolling healthy children <2 years of age who received LAIV, compared with placebo or inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV). Data were extracted independently by 2 investigators. The relative risk (RR) was pooled across studies using the random effects model.
We found 7 eligible randomized controlled trials and 2 observational studies. Randomized controlled trials included 6281 children and were at low to moderate risk of bias. LAIV reduced the incidence of influenza compared with placebo (relative risk = 0.36, 95% confidence interval: 0.23-0.58, P < 0.05) with a number needed to vaccinate of 17. LAIV increased the incidence of minor side effects (fever and rhinorrhea). LAIV had a similar effect in preventing influenza (relative risk = 0.76, 95% confidence interval: 0.45-1.30, P > 0.05) compared with inactivated influenza vaccine. There was an increase of hospitalization rate (post hoc analysis) and medical attended wheezing with LAIV.
LAIV is highly effective in children <2 years of age compared with placebo and is as effective to inactivated influenza vaccine. The safety profile of LAIV is reasonable although evidence is sparse. LAIV may be considered as an option in this age group particularly during seasons with vaccine shortage.
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ABSTRACT: No published meta-analyses have assessed efficacy and effectiveness of licensed influenza vaccines in the USA with sensitive and highly specific diagnostic tests to confirm influenza. We searched Medline for randomised controlled trials assessing a relative reduction in influenza risk of all circulating influenza viruses during individual seasons after vaccination (efficacy) and observational studies meeting inclusion criteria (effectiveness). Eligible articles were published between Jan 1, 1967, and Feb 15, 2011, and used RT-PCR or culture for confirmation of influenza. We excluded some studies on the basis of study design and vaccine characteristics. We estimated random-effects pooled efficacy for trivalent inactivated vaccine (TIV) and live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) when data were available for statistical analysis (eg, at least three studies that assessed comparable age groups). We screened 5707 articles and identified 31 eligible studies (17 randomised controlled trials and 14 observational studies). Efficacy of TIV was shown in eight (67%) of the 12 seasons analysed in ten randomised controlled trials (pooled efficacy 59% [95% CI 51-67] in adults aged 18-65 years). No such trials met inclusion criteria for children aged 2-17 years or adults aged 65 years or older. Efficacy of LAIV was shown in nine (75%) of the 12 seasons analysed in ten randomised controlled trials (pooled efficacy 83% [69-91]) in children aged 6 months to 7 years. No such trials met inclusion criteria for children aged 8-17 years. Vaccine effectiveness was variable for seasonal influenza: six (35%) of 17 analyses in nine studies showed significant protection against medically attended influenza in the outpatient or inpatient setting. Median monovalent pandemic H1N1 vaccine effectiveness in five observational studies was 69% (range 60-93). Influenza vaccines can provide moderate protection against virologically confirmed influenza, but such protection is greatly reduced or absent in some seasons. Evidence for protection in adults aged 65 years or older is lacking. LAIVs consistently show highest efficacy in young children (aged 6 months to 7 years). New vaccines with improved clinical efficacy and effectiveness are needed to further reduce influenza-related morbidity and mortality. Alfred P Sloan Foundation.The Lancet Infectious Diseases 09/2012; 12(1):36-44. DOI:10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70295-X · 19.45 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The Strategic Group of Advisory Experts (SAGE) on immunization is an independent advisory committee with a mandate to advise the World Health Organization (WHO) on the development of vaccine and immunization related policies. SAGE working groups are established on a time-limited basis to review and provide evidence-based recommendations, together with their implications, for open deliberation and decision-making by SAGE. In making its recommendations, SAGE takes into consideration: the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of the disease; vaccine and immunization characteristics; economic analysis; health system considerations; the existence of and interaction with other intervention and control strategies; costing and social impacts; and legal and ethical concerns. Since 1998, WHO has produced evidence-based vaccine position papers for use primarily by national public health officials and immunization programme managers. Since April 2006 all new or updated position papers have been based on SAGE recommendations. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach has been adopted by WHO and, since 2008, GRADE tables that rate the quality of evidence have been produced in support of key recommendations. SAGE previously expressed concern that GRADE was not ideally suited to many immunization-specific issues such as the vaccine population level effect and the inclusion of surveillance system data, particularly for vaccine safety. Extensive productive interactions with various advisory groups including the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the European Centres for Disease Control, the German Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO), WHO's Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety and the GRADE working group resulted in key enhancements to accommodate vaccine-relevant evidence. This facilitated integration and acceptability of the GRADE approach in the development of immunization related SAGE and WHO recommendations. Ongoing utilisation should result in further fine-tuning of the approach to ensure that recommendations are based on the full range of appropriate evidence.Vaccine 03/2012; 31(1). DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.02.041 · 3.49 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Background. Influenza infection is a major public health burden worldwide. Available vaccines include the inactivated intramuscular trivalent vaccine and, more recently, a live attenuated intranasal vaccine (LAIV). The measure of successful vaccination with the inactivated vaccine is a systemic rise in IgG but for the LAIV no such correlate has been established.Methods. Seventy nine subjects were given the live, attenuated intranasal influenza vaccine FluMist. Blood was collected prior to vaccination and 3 days and 30 days post-vaccine. Nasal wash was collected 3 days and 30 days post-vaccine. Responses were measured systemically and in mucosal secretions for cytokines, cell activation profiles and antibody responses.Results. Only 9% of subjects who received LAIV seroconverted, while 33% of patients developed at least a two-fold increase in influenza specific IgA antibodies in nasal wash. LAIV induced a localized inflammation as suggested by increased expression of interferon response genes in mucosal RNA and increased G-CSF and IP10 in nasal wash. Interestingly, patients who seroconverted had significantly lower pre-vaccine serum G-CSF.Conclusions. Protection by LAIV is likely provided through mucosal IgA and not by increases in systemic IgG. LAIV induces local inflammation. Seroconversion is achieved in a small fraction of subjects with lower serum G-CSF.The Journal of Infectious Diseases 10/2012; DOI:10.1093/infdis/jis641 · 5.78 Impact Factor


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Media Forgets to Mention S. C. Immigration Law-Blocking Judge is Obama Appointee
One of the Old Media's favorite ways of attempting to hide the ideological track of a story is to somehow forget to mention to which party someone in the news hails or owes fealty to. In this case it is what they don't report that misleads. This week we find a classic what-they-don't-say story concerning the judge that blocked sections of South Carolina's new immigration law.
For those unaware, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel temporarily blocked segments of South Carolina's new immigration laws because he claimed that some of its provisions impinged on federal prerogatives, things over which the state has no jurisdiction.
The South Carolina law was opposed in court by Obama's left-wing, activist Department of Justice headed by Eric "Fast And Furious" Holder and a gaggle of civil rights groups and Judge Gergel agreed with these attackers issuing an injunction to stop implementation of the provisions in question.
The Old Media reported a lot of details in the story, of course. We learned all about who opposed the provisions, who scoffed at the injunction, in what District Judge Gergel hailed, and in some of the reports we even get to hear what Republican South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley had to say about it all. But one thing few of these news outlets seemed to report might help readers understand the decision better.
Judge Richard Mark Gergel is an Obama appointee.
So we have an Obama appointee — Eric "Fast And Furious" Holder — attacking a state trying desperately to deal with the illegal immigration problem that other Obama appointees won't deal with and an Obama appointee — Judge Gergel — agreeing with Obama appointee Holder that the struggling state needs a rebuke.
Yet, the Old Media doesn't see any need to tell us that Obama appointees are agreeing with Obama appointees against a Republican Governor, here? The fact that Judge Gergel is an Obama appointee isn't relevant?
Imagine that.
Yes, it somehow slipped Politico's notice that Gergel is an Obama appointee. The Associated Press made the little oopsie, too. Oh, and Reuters must have given their editors the week off for Christmas or something because they missed this fact. AFP missed it, too. Oh, and Bloomberg forgot to mention Gergel's Obama connection. Naturally The New York Times didn't bother with this little fact. Shockingly, the L.A. Times somehow neglected the fact that Gergel was an Obama man. It slipped right past the steely eye of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. Even Fox News missed it.
Did anyone note that Judge Gergel was an Obama man? At the time I wrote this only some SC political blogs and a site called the International Business Times bothered to let its reader know that Gergel is an Obama appointee.
Now, we all know that every time we have a Republican president and one of his appointees turns in a judgment that opposes the liberal mindset, the fact that the judge is a GOP appointee is always prominent in the story.
But, gosh darn it, the fact that Judge Gergel is an appointee of the most liberal president in American history just didn't seem relevant to the Old Media today.
It's just a little Merry Christmas present to the Old Media's President Obama.
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The workshop "Designing The Boundary - Rich UI Meets Efficient Java EE Backend" in Zurich will definetely take place. There are already 31 registrations - I forgot the size of the room - but in worst-case we will repeat at the next day (as last year - here the 2007 class feedback). I plan to discuss some controversial stuff from this blog and introduce some content of my new book (o'reilly), on which I'm working now. Beyond that - I will try to show your as much source code / working examples as possible. I will try to answer your questions in real time - with source code. I will code and deploy the apps in worst case :-).
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Cloud Computing Journal recently caught up with Pete Malcolm, CEO of cloud management innovators Abiquo - a major new player in the fast-emerging Cloud ecosystem and Platinum Plus Sponsor of 6th Cloud Expo being held in Prague, the Czech Republic, 21-22 June 2010.
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Cloud Computing Journal: How would you define the difference between Private clouds and Public Clouds, and why is the distinction so important in the context of Cloud Computing?
Pete Malcolm: Actually, I think people get rather too hung up about this, confusing nomenclature with functionality. To my mind, a public cloud is simply one which has been exposed to external users, whereas a private one is for the exclusive use of the organization. The really interesting part is the service the cloud provides, and the benefits it brings – public or private.
Cloud Computing Journal: As the CEO of a major new player in the fast-emerging Cloud ecosystem, how do you see your company fitting in? You consider Cloud management to be the most important layer, presumably?
Malcolm: Well, clearly we think it's the most important layer, but more seriously we believe there is a need to move beyond the hype and to set out a clear vision of how cloud computing evolves – practically as well as theoretically. This isn't just about technology – its actually more about how the way IT organizations operate, and service their users, is going to fundamentally change over the next few years.
Cloud Computing Journal: There has been much talk lately of interoperability. Do you think that Cloud Computing is destined always to remain at the level of "just talk" or do you think there is genuinely a realistic prospect of the Cloud ecosystem being one day open and interoperable?
Malcolm: I believe interoperability is inevitable, but because user demand will force it, rather than major Cloud players truly initiating it. The reality is that the Cloud currently has a number of huge vested interests, and although those interests "talk interoperability", the lock-in they currently enjoy is worth far more to them. When users have the means to easily break this lock-in, the currently hollow words will become truth.
Cloud Computing Journal: Who in your view are currently the Top Five Cloud Computing Companies?
Malcolm: Clearly the "fathers" of Cloud computing like VMware, Amazon and Salesforce, will continue to have great influence, but I think the really interesting question is who the Top Five Cloud Computing Companies will be in five years' time. This century has seen the birth of a new way, but we believe the real Cloud Computing revolution is yet to come.
Cloud Computing Journal: How about security issues, what's your company's take on Cloud Computing and security, from an enterprise-level perspective?
Malcolm: It's really simple: until large enterprises are convinced that effective, standards-based security is integral, running applications on servers they don't own will be limited to those with non-sensitive data. So, for example, hosting the public areas of your corporate Web site won't be an issue, but the secure pages will continue to be hosted in-house.
Cloud Computing Journal: How will Abiquo charge for its services? Will it be on a usage basis?
Malcolm: Yes, the Cloud firmly established the "pay as you go" charging model, and we will follow this with fully elastic combined license and support fees. Pay only for what you need, for as long as you need it.
Cloud Computing Journal: As a successful serial entrepreneur what was it in particular that led you to foresee that Cloud Computing would become so much the flavor of enterprise IT already by 2010?
Malcolm: The market has seen the tremendous growth in technologies like virtualization and in Cloud-based services. It has heard tantalizing stories of a Cloud nirvana ahead, and this fuels interest and speculation.But we need to be careful the hype frenzy is backed by a realistic vision which clearly articulates the benefits, and provides a credible roadmap. What excites me is the opportunity to translate the hype into reality – to provide technology solutions which allow customers to truly capitalize on the vision.
Cloud Computing Journal: Your keynote theme at 6th Cloud Expo in Prague is going to be ""An Open Cloud Ecosystem - the Gathering Storm.". Care to give us a sneak-peek?
Malcolm: The last decade saw the growth of Virtualization from its humble beginnings as a developer tool to its increasing adoption in data centers worldwide. It dramatically improved resilience, scalability, portability and utilization, and became one of the key foundations of the Cloud. But the story is only just beginning... so I shall be concentrating in my keynote on the next chapter in the Virtualization story. What it is, what it means, why open standards are key, and most importantly, how it will revolutionize the way organizations manage IT.
does anyone have a better guess?
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Interesting... This guy actually seems to get it! He's dead right on the IT Org overload thing. Wonder what their solution is? Anyone got a clue who this company is????
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"We have a tagline - "Power in the API Economy." What that means is everything that is built in applications and connected applications is done through APIs," explained Roberto Medrano, Executive Vice President at Akana, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 16th Cloud Expo, held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City.
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Today air travel is a minefield of delays, hassles and customer disappointment. Airlines struggle to revitalize the experience. GE and M2Mi will demonstrate practical examples of how IoT solutions are helping airlines bring back personalization, reduce trip time and improve reliability. In their session at @ThingsExpo, Shyam Varan Nath, Principal Architect with GE, and Dr. Sarah Cooper, M2Mi's VP Business Development and Engineering, will explore the IoT cloud-based platform technologies driving this change including privacy controls, data transparency and integration of real time context wi...
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Buzzword alert: Microservices and IoT at a DevOps conference? What could possibly go wrong? In this Power Panel at DevOps Summit, moderated by Jason Bloomberg, the leading expert on architecting agility for the enterprise and president of Intellyx, panelists peeled away the buzz and discuss the important architectural principles behind implementing IoT solutions for the enterprise. As remote IoT devices and sensors become increasingly intelligent, they become part of our distributed cloud environment, and we must architect and code accordingly. At the very least, you'll have no problem fillin...
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The Internet of Things is not only adding billions of sensors and billions of terabytes to the Internet. It is also forcing a fundamental change in the way we envision Information Technology. For the first time, more data is being created by devices at the edge of the Internet rather than from centralized systems. What does this mean for today's IT professional? In this Power Panel at @ThingsExpo, moderated by Conference Chair Roger Strukhoff, panelists addressed this very serious issue of profound change in the industry.
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Internet of Things (IoT) will be a hybrid ecosystem of diverse devices and sensors collaborating with operational and enterprise systems to create the next big application. In their session at @ThingsExpo, Bramh Gupta, founder and CEO of robomq.io, and Fred Yatzeck, principal architect leading product development at robomq.io, discussed how choosing the right middleware and integration strategy from the get-go will enable IoT solution developers to adapt and grow with the industry, while at the same time reduce Time to Market (TTM) by using plug and play capabilities offered by a robust IoT ...
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It is one thing to build single industrial IoT applications, but what will it take to build the Smart Cities and truly society-changing applications of the future? The technology won't be the problem, it will be the number of parties that need to work together and be aligned in their motivation to succeed. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jason Mondanaro, Director, Product Management at Metanga, discussed how you can plan to cooperate, partner, and form lasting all-star teams to change the world and it starts with business models and monetization strategies.
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The hustle and bustle of the World Cup started at full blast in Houffalize for which headed also the newly formed caravan of the AGang team attracting attention everywhere it appeared. Ford F350 at the head followed by another American classic u2;013 unmistakable Airstream caravan. Even many a trucker at a filling station would amazedly raised his eyebrowsu2;026 Then, the Czech team started a big nonstop barbecue in pits.
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Grilled spiced chicken breasts gives this mildly flavored meat a kick of flavor. Chicken breasts are a blank canvas that pair well with just about any other seasoning. This dry rub recipe makes a generous amount so you'll have plenty leftover to use in other meals. It would be delicious on fish, steak, or even tofu. Grilled spiced chicken breasts can be served on their own with some of your favorite barbecued side dishes. Leftovers can liven up a salad, soup or even chicken wrap. If you're looking for a way to liven up an old chicken stand-by, try this recipe.
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They're buying up the most expensive areas of Vancouver. There's a shortage of inventory on the West side average price $2 million.
Suddenly, San Francisco Bay Area Luxury markets wake up to the Chinese needs. Tiburon is hottest destination for Mainland and Hong Kong buyers.
They'd be crazy to buy U.S. properties right now. IMF last year reported that real estate prices in the U.S. will take another five years to recover. American economy might not fully recover till 2018 -- see Opinion:William Pesek at the Bloomberg website. We'd be lucky if we don't suffer 'debilitating deflation', a probable condition that George Soros is hedging against. Buy real estate now at your own risk.
These mainlanders are throwing away their hard earn money buying up risky assets like properties in US and HK. They should be investing in the burgeoning 'culture export' business in China via digital animation and theatrical events (Zhang Yimou's Impression series ) His Impression series are all outdoor based musical presentations set in nature's original beauty, like lakes and mountains.
Impression Liu San Jie, Impression West Lake, Impression Lijiang, Impression Wuyi Mtn Dahongpao.
My friends saw the West Lake version and can't stop raving about it. The Wuyi Mtn version will have a 360 degree revolving seating platform
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When expensive markets meet demand the result is a transaction and it is good news to know people are ready to make those large investments , it means the worlds financial outlook is healing and money is circullating.
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Hyde you do appear to play to win. Not everyone on defense or special teams appears to though.
Good grief, all the whining on this blog is disgusting. Calls for firing Capers is simply stupid. Today, the Packers were missing Shields, Hayward, Jolly and Perry, four STARTERS on defense. Pickett and Neal were playing with injuries and Matthews still has a cast on his right hand. Yet so many of you fair weather fans can't stop your incessant whining about the defense.Hide replies
Easy there Charlie Brown.
What planet r u on???? This defense has been horrible all year!!!! Prior to injuries...remember Week 1 in San Fran and the playoff game LY????? Or were u sleeping then.....let us "idiots" know what u haven't seen. Since u r the "know it all"!!!!!
Well, there's whining, and there's trying to winnow out what's going on.
Consider this: guys are always playing with injuries; every week, every team. There are dozens of guys out there on defenses getting it done on a half-tank. How can that happen? Today, 13 of 24 teams, including some winners, were held to 23 points or less. Most of the D's that did that have plenty of injuries and missing starters; a number of them have zip-zero to play for, like the Jags.
Think about this, too: Every week, we're treated to in-depth analyses where a litany of NFL personnel scouts and executives tell us about how slow, stiff, and shredded the other team is. The last 3 weeks have been ripe with that. Yet every week, they come up and deliver an A-game, or at least a B game against us.
I don't blame Capers; I'm not one calling for his head. Every week, guys are in the right place but miss tackles, drop INT's, fail to track the ball, pull up to let the other guy do the dirty work, or any number of elementary failures.
What you're left with is lack of pride, I-don't-care... weakness. Sucks.
An easy word for it is s_o_f_t --- SOFT. That's what this defense is.
Yep missing 4 starters but only 1 of those starters was a first round pick. What were the other FIVE first round picks on this defense doing?
Shields was UDFA so that's basically 3 draft picks, 2 if you consider Jolly was from a long time ago so 5 FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS AND 13 OF THE 15 DEFENSIVE DRAFT PICKS WERE PLAYING. What is your excuse there exactly?
4 starters out but that's not even the majority of the defensive draft picks for the past 2 years.
I sincerely hope you don't work in a position of leadership because your posts on this blog show you have no concept of it. Even at the most basic of levels.
If Green Bay wins out, they win the division and will be a half game ahead of both Detroit and Chicago. But unless Rodgers can put up 42 points a game in the playoffs they'll make a very quick exit. The defense simply isn't cutting it and yeah, yeah, we know they've had a lot of players missing games. But who can believe that Capers is going to keep his job after this year? They need to stir things up, they need to become a very nasty unit. Because 10 turnovers in 11 games isn't going to cut it, people.Hide replies
It's all for naught without defense. We saw that movie in 2011 and 2012.
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A near infrared quantitative analysis instrument provides for correction of wide temperature variations in unground cereal grain sample and the ambient by providing thermistors to measure the temperature of the sample and the ambient and utilizing the measurements as additional variables in multiple regression equations.
1. An apparatus for near infrared quantitative analysis providing for correcting wide temperature variations of sample, the apparatus comprising:
(a) means for holding a sample to be analyzed including at least a portion of a wall thereof being transparent to infrared energy,
(b) means to transmit infrared energy toward a sample in the holding means,
(c) a plurality of narrow bandpass filters between the means to transmit infrared energy and the sample holding means to produce desired wavelengths required for quantitative analysis,
(d) sensor means positioned to receive and sense infrared energy transmitted through a sample to be analyzed contained in the holding means, said sensor means producing a signal related to the infrared energy received thereby,
(e) sample temperature measuring means positioned in the sample holding means to measure the temperature of a sample therein and to produce a signal related thereto,
(f) computer means for receiving the signals from the sensor means and sample temperature measuring means and combining them in multiple regression equations to compensate for variations in sample temperature, and
(g) means for reading out the results of the analysis from the computer means.
2. An apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising ambient temperature measuring means positioned outside of the sample holding means to measure the temperature of the ambient and to produce a signal related thereto, and wherein the computer means also requires signals from ambient temperature measuring means and combines them into multiple regression equations to also compensate for variations in ambient temperature.
3. An apparatus as in claim 2 wherein the means to transmit infrared energy toward a sample comprises a plurality of sequentially pulsed infrared emitting diodes (IRED's).
4. An apparatus as in claim 3 further comprising; switch means in a circuit between the output of the sensor means and the sample temperature measuring means and the ambient temperature measuring means and before the computer means for providing a signal to the computer from both temperature measuring means and the sensor means during a cycle of the pulse IREDs.
5. An apparatus as in claim 4 wherein both the sample temperature measuring means and the ambient temperature measuring means are thermistors.
6. An apparatus as defined in claim 5 further comprising a timer for controlling the switch and the pulsing of the IREDs to provide for a cycle including a readout from the IREDs and the thermistors.
7. An apparatus as defined in claim 6 wherein the read out means includes a digital display operated by the computer in response to the result of solving the multiple regression equations.
8. An apparatus as defined in claim 7 wherein the sample is an unground cereal grain.
This application is a continuation-in-part of prior application Ser. No. 263,881 filed May 15, 1981 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,404,642.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to improvements in instruments for accomplishing near infrared quantitative analysis and particularly for improvements for correcting for wide temperature variations of both the ambient environment and the sample measured by such instruments.
2. Prior Art
Near infrared quantitative analysis instruments are known and commercially available. Such instruments known in the prior art make use of the phenomenon that certain organic substances absorb energy in the near infrared region of the spectrum. By measuring the amount of energy absorbed by the substances at specific wavelengths, precise quantitative measurements of the constituents of a product can be determined. For example, protein and moisture analysis in cereal grain can be determined by such instruments. For a general introduction to near infrared quantitative analysis, see the paper presented by Robert D. Rosenthal to the 1977 annual meeting of American Association of Cereal Chemists entitled "An Introduction to Near Infrared Quantitative Analysis".
Attention is also directed to the patent granted to Robert D. Rosenthal and Scott Rosenthal entitled "Apparatus for Near Infrared Quantitative Analysis" assigned to the assignee of this invention, U.S. Pat. No. 4,286,327 granted Aug. 25, 1981 and specifically to the prior art cited therein.
Some prior art near infrared quantative analysis instruments which measure the protein, moisture, etc., of cereal grain require the grain sample to be ground into small particles. It is highly desirable to be able to measure and analyze a sample of products without the need for grinding the sample. Grinding is time consuming, noisy and requires expensive equipment.
However, one serious problem results from attempting measurement by near infrared quantitative analysis of unground sample, especially if the sample is subject to widely varying temperature. This is due to temperature effects on the absorption wavelengths being measured. In the prior art near infrared instruments (e.g., of the reflected type) where a grinder was necessary to pulverize the sample prior to measurement, the grinding incidentally heated the sample to a constant temperature that was independent of the ambient temperature. Thus, when the ground sample was inserted into the prior art near infrared instruments, the sample was essentially at a constant temperature.
Near infrared quantitative analysis instruments are used quite often to measure the protein or moisture of grain in an out-of-doors location e.g., a grain elevator scale house and the temperature may vary from 40� F. in the winter to as high as 120� F. in the summer. This very broad temperature range will cause great inaccuracies in measurement of constituents of the products such as unground grain. This is because the moisture absorption wavelengths on which the instruments rely shift significantly with temperature and thus measurement of all the constituents (for example, protein, oil and moisture) is greatly influenced by this shift in moisture absorption peak. This adverse effect of temperature variation is true of measurements in the 1000 nm range (where measurements of this invention's commercial embodiment are made) as well as other absorption bands including the 1800-2500 nm band, where the prior art U.S. Pat. No. 3,776,642 is applicable.
It is known to provide near infrared instruments for protein analysis with internal heaters to heat its ambient to a temperature above the maximum that is expected to be encountered, e.g., such instruments normally operate at approximately 110� F. to 120� F. However, such internal heaters are expensive and wasteful of expensive power. The heat also adversly affects the reliability and life of the instruments' electronic components.
Of course measurement of the temperature of sample is a common place occurrence in laboratory instruments. Typical temperature measurement devices include thermocouples, thermopiles and other temperature measuring means that usually use the change in electrical property of a sample to measure the sample temperature. In the past, however, near infrared quantitative analysis instruments only used optical measurements. They have never previously combined more than one type of basic measurement, that is, to applicant's knowledge, the prior art never combined optical measurement with temperature measurement and linear regression correction in near infrared quantitative analysis instruments.
This invention provides for elimination of error due to wide temperature variations of a sample to be analyzed by near infrared instrumentation. It also eliminates the need for heaters, and allows operation in widely varying ambient conditions. It accomplishes these results by utilizing thermistors, one inserted into the unground product sample which provides a measurement of the sample temperature and another for measuring ambient. The output of each thermistor is then utilized as one additional variable in multiple regression equations with optical data provided by the near infrared instrument. By combining direct temperature measurement of the sample and the ambient with optical data from the infrared absorption of the sample in the multiple regression equations highly accurate measurements of protein and moisture have been achieved.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the near infrared quantitative analysis instrument of this invention including the electrical circuitry therefor.
FIG. 2 is a diagram of the combined signal from the thermistor and optical sensor for one cycle of operation.
FIG. 3 is a graph illustrating the effect of sample temperature on the optical readings.
FIG. 4 is a graph illustrating the effect of room temperature variation on the optical readings.
FIG. 5 is a graph showing the effect of the temperature correction utilizing this invention.
In FIG. 1 a sample holding means 10 can be any form of suitable chamber having at least a portion thereof transparent to infrared energy such as windows 12 and 14. A sample S to be analyzed may be unground cereal grain. This sample is contained within the holding chamber 10 during the measurement. Suitable gates (not shown) are positioned to put the sample in the chamber during measurement and remove the sample from the chamber following measurement.
A plurality of infrared emitting diodes (IREDs) 16, 18, 20, 22 and 24 are positioned so that when sequentially pulsed they will emit their illumination or infrared energy through individual narrow bandpass filters 26, 28, 30, 32 and 34. Although five IREDs are shown the actual number used may be more or less than five. Suitable shields such as baffles 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 shield the individual IREDs and filters. The beams from the individual IRED's may be brought to a single spot by suitable lens means, not shown. Each narrow bandpass filter yields one of the specified wavelengths required for the quantitative analysis. For further reference as to the operation of these pulsed IREDs and narrow bandpass filters see the patent of Rosenthal et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,286,327 granted Aug. 25, 1981.
The temperature of the sample S that is being measured is sensed by a thermistor 48 positioned within the holding chamber 10 in contact with the sample. The temperature may be sensed one or more times per IRED sequential cycle. The ambient temperature is also sensed by a thermistor 49 located within the instruments housing (not shown) and may be also sensed one or more times per IRED cycle.
A timer 50 is connected to the individual IREDs 16-24 to sequentially pulse them and the timer is also connected to a switch 52 to allow measurement of the temperature at each thermistor at least once per IRED cycle sequence. Because temperature changes slowly it is not necessary to sample it during each cycle. The timer itself is controlled from a micro computer 54.
The optical energy transmitted through the sample S by each of sequenced IREDs is quantitatively detected by a photovoltaic sensor 56. The output of the sensor is then amplified in amplifier 58 and fed to the switch 52.
The output of the thermistors 48 and 49 are also amplified in amplifiers 60 and 61 and fed to the switch 52. The circuit from the switch 52 to the microcomputer 54 includes an analog-to-digital converter 61 to convert the signal to digital form for entry into the micro computer 54.
FIG. 2 shows a cycle of signals which are fed to the micro computer. Pulses a, b, c, d and e are those read by the photovoltaic sensor 56 as a result of the infrared energy from each of the pulsed IREDs transmitted through the narrow bandpass filters which is not absorbed by the sample. The output of thermistor 48 is pulse f and the output of thermistor 49 is pulse g. This cycle of pulses shown in FIG. 2 is accomplished by causing switch 52 to obtain the temperature reading of the sample and the ambient once each cycle. The micro computer 54 combines the data with previously derived regression co-efficient to provide quantitative results, i.e., percent protein on a digital display 62.
The formula for determining percent protein in cereal grain in a typical near infrared instrument without temperature connection is as follows.
(1). % protein=ko +K1 (OD)1,+K2 (OD)2 +. . . +Kn (OD)n, where k0, k1, . . . kn are proportionality constants derived by multiple regression techniques, and (OD)1, (OD)2, . . . (OD)n are optical absorption data.
However, using the present invention with temperature measurements for compensation, the following equation is utilized.
(2). % protein=k'0 +k'1 (OD)1 +k'2 (OD)2 +. . . k'n (OD)n +kt T+k't T'. Where OD's are the optical absorption data as in equation (1); T=the grain sample temperature; T'=the ambient temperature and k'0 +k'1 +k'2 . . . k'n, and kt and k't are new multiple regression constants.
FIG. 3 is a graph showing the effect of sample temperature on optical readings utilizing a Trebor-90 instrument without grain temperature correction. The percent protein is plotted against the temperature in degrees C. of the grain sample for three separate samples. The correct readings are shown at the right hand side of the graph which is approximately room temperature. Note the variations in certain samples, particularly the wheat sample -101, as the temperature drops.
FIG. 4 is a graph showing the effect of room temperature variations on the optical readings utilizing a Trebor-90 instrument with no room temperature correction. The three grain samples of FIG. 3 were also used in the graph of FIG. 4. Note the large variations in optical readings as temperature changes, again particularly in sample 101.
FIG. 5 is a graph similar to FIG. 3 using this invention including the equation above and the commercial Trebor-90 instrument incorporating the temperature correction of this invention. Note that for all three samples, even with a substantial variation in temperature, the readings are constant and correct.
As a nonlimiting example of the components utilized to construct this invention, the IREDs are commercially available from G.E. as IN6264. The timer 50 is National Semiconductor NE555. The photodetector 56 is Silicon Detector Corporation SD444-11-21-251. The switch 52 is Harris Corporation HI1-5050. The amplifier 60 is National Semiconductor LF355, the analog-to-digital converter 61 is from Analog Devices Corporation AD574KD, the micro computer 54 is an Intel 8085A system, and the thermistors 48 and 50 are Sierracin/Western Thermistors 1M100-2C3.
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