“Electronic nose” technology, including technical and software tools to analyze gas mixtures, is promising regarding the diagnosis of malignant neoplasms. This paper presents the research results of breath samples analysis from 59 people, including patients with a confirmed diagnosis of respiratory tract cancer. The research was carried out using a gas analytical system including a sampling device with 14 metal oxide sensors and a computer for data analysis. After digitization and preprocessing, the data were analyzed by a neural network with perceptron architecture. As a result, the accuracy of determining oncological disease was 81.85%, the sensitivity was 90.73%, and the specificity was 61.39%.
The paper proposes the kernel probability density function approach to estimate the distribution of measurements on a part which is measured in a coordinate measuring machine (CMM). The study is based on the experimental data derived from internal cylinder measurements. The distribution free model suggested by Wilks was used as a reference for the selection of the sample size. Three cross sections of a cylinder were measured regarding to this reference. The work defines the minimum required sample size for obtaining at least 0.95 proportion of radius variation for particular studied cylindrical part with 95% confidence level.
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