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The world is witnessing a rapid increase in the need for new techniques and methods that allow monitoring of the respiratory system, especially after the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic. To determine the respiratory rate, respiratory pattern, and inhaled and exhaled cycles, transthoracic bio-impedance signals were used. That showed great effectiveness in monitoring, but to obtain this signal in most cases method requires a large number of electrodes, which must be placed in uncomfortable places for the patient in the case of long-term monitoring. In this work, the possibility of monitoring the respiratory rate and pattern has been studied using signals recorded from different thoracic areas by four bio- impedance channels, which are placed in comfortable places for long-term monitoring. The right thoracic channel showed stability in signal and the best correlation with the respiratory pattern extracted from the transthoracic channel and the study results recommend using it for long-term monitoring. © 2022 IEEE.
ABSTRACT
This paper discusses post-graduate education strategy developed and applied through more than two decades of running the international student summer program organized and supported by the Bauman Moscow State Technical University. The uniqueness of the program is two-fold: for participating students it offers an experience to work in international teams on an intense and comprehensive space project in a short two-week program;for graduated BMTSU students it presents opportunities to learn team management, project development, and task distribution skills that they can apply in their professional life. A project’s theme is different every summer and graduated students participating as team leaders have to learn how to organize the research, distribute the tasks and lead data analysis and design development. During two weeks of intense work on all aspects of the project, team leaders are given responsibilities not only to assign research and engineering tasks within their teams but also to mentor and work on team-building relationships to ensure the effectiveness and productivity of each teammate. The longevity of the program allows us to trace the development of participating students, into project team leaders and mentors, then into successful space industry professionals and decision-makers. The paper presents results of such succession between generations of program participants, lessons learned, and evolution of projects and the program itself. The synergy of program organizers and alumni made it possible to conduct the program in summer 2020 in spite of the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants worked together across continents and time zones every day for 10 days straight to finish the project on time and present it to the jury that consisted of professionals, astronauts, and cosmonauts also from different continents and time zones. Copyright © 2021 by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). All rights reserved.