The increasing need for the daily report of aeroallergens and in an effort to bring computer engineering
technology into aerobiology, this project focuses on integrating computer engineering solutions with aerobiology
to streamline and facilitate easy storage, manipulation and retrieval of data related to aeroallergens studies by
developing an intuitive and easy to use computer application. Currently in Puerto Rico, we are in charge of two
stations in San Juan and Caguas, to report the daily fungal spores and pollen counts to the American Academy of
Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Currently, these stations rely on manual laboratory counters to make accurate
spore counts and maintain this data in Excel format with very limited functionality. In this project, we developed
a database and its related software application to replace this tedious manual process with a reliable and feature
packed software.
The aim is to enhance and facilitate the recording and reporting of fungal spores and pollens by means of useful
and intelligent features such as: 1. Automated arrangement of spore counts into MySQL database. 2. Ability to
retrieve, view and manipulate spore information utilizing any characteristic for the spore. 3. Ability to generate
different graphical representations of the data instantaneously. 4. Ability to store and reference images. 6. Ability
to relating the spores count with the weather factors.
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