Khowaja Sunder Ali, Khuwaja Parus, Dev Kapal, D'Aniello Giuseppe
Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Institute of Business Administration, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Neural Comput Appl. 2021 Sep 2:1-18. doi: 10.1007/s00521-021-06434-4.
After affecting the world in unexpected ways, the virus has started mutating which is evident with the insurgence of its new variants. The governments, hospitals, schools, industries, and humans, in general, are looking for a potential solution in the vaccine which will eventually be available, but its timeline for eradicating the virus is yet unknown. Several researchers have encouraged and recommended the use of such as physical healthcare monitoring, immunity boosting, personal hygiene, mental healthcare, and contact tracing for slowing down the spread of the virus. In this article, we propose the use of smart sensors integrated with the Internet of Medical Things to cover the spectrum of good practices in an automated manner. We present hypothetical frameworks for each of the good practice modules and propose the VIrus Resistance Framework using the Internet of Medical Things (VIRFIM) to tie all the individual modules in a unified architecture. Furthermore, we validate the realization of VIRFIM framework with two case studies related to physical activity monitoring and stress detection services. We envision that VIRFIM would be influential in assisting people with the for current and future pandemics as well as instrumental in halting the economic losses, respectively. We also provide potential challenges and their probable solutions in compliance with the proposed VIRFIM.
在以意想不到的方式影响世界之后，这种病毒开始变异，其新变种的出现就证明了这一点。总体而言，各国政府、医院、学校、企业和人类都在疫苗中寻找潜在的解决方案，疫苗最终将会问世，但其根除病毒的时间表仍不确定。一些研究人员鼓励并建议采用诸如身体保健监测、增强免疫力、个人卫生、心理保健和接触者追踪等措施来减缓病毒传播。在本文中，我们提议使用与医疗物联网集成的智能传感器，以自动方式涵盖一系列良好做法。我们为每个良好做法模块提供了假设框架，并提出了利用医疗物联网的抗病毒框架（VIRFIM），以便将所有单个模块整合到一个统一架构中。此外，我们通过与身体活动监测和压力检测服务相关的两个案例研究，验证了VIRFIM框架的实现情况。我们设想，VIRFIM在协助人们应对当前和未来的大流行方面将具有影响力，同时在阻止经济损失方面也将发挥作用。我们还针对所提议的VIRFIM提供了潜在挑战及其可能的解决方案。
