Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), are safe, biocompatible, bioactive, and biodegradable materials,
and have sparked a lot of attention due to their unique characteristics in a variety of …

Across the world, healthcare costs are projected to continue to increase, and the pressure
on the healthcare system is only going to grow in intensity as the rate of growth of elderly …

Good sleep is considered to be the cornerstone for maintaining both physical and mental
health. However, nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from various sleep disorders. To …

In recent years, biometrics (eg, fingerprint or face recognition) has replaced traditional
passwords and PINs as a widely used method for user authentication, particularly in …

Vital signs not only reflect essential functions of the human body but also symptoms of a
more serious problem within the anatomy; they are well used for physical monitoring, caloric …

Sleep is a fundamental and vital physiological function. Getting enough quality sleep is
necessary to a person's mental health, physiological well-being, quality of life, and safety …

Background: The continuous growth of the older adult population will have implications for
the organization of health and social care. Potentially, in-home monitoring unobtrusive …

Background: Sleep is essential for human health. Considerable effort has been put into
academic and industrial research and in the development of wireless body area networks for …

Heart rate (HR) detection from ballistocardiogram (BCG) signals is challenging because the
signal morphology can vary between and within-subjects. Also, it differs from one sensor to …

The Ballistocardiogram (BCG) is a vibration signal that is generated by the displacement of
the entire body due to the injection of blood during each heartbeat. It has been extensively …