Stress is a major problem of our society, as it is the cause of many health problems and
huge economic losses in companies. Continuous high mental workloads and non-stop …

A conventional clinical biopotential measurement system requires the use of wet electrodes
that are in contact with skin using conductive gel. Those systems can acquire high-quality …

Stress plays a critical role in our lives, impacting our productivity and our long-term
physiological and psychological well-being. This has motivated the development of stress …

Body acceleration due to heartbeat-induced reaction forces can be measured as mobile
phone accelerometer (m-ACC) signals. Our aim was to test the feasibility of using m-ACC to …

Body area network (BAN) technology has emerged in recent years as a subcategory of
wireless sensor network technology targeted at monitoring physiological and ambient …

Embedding cardiac system sensing devices in wheelchairs is both necessary and attractive.
Elders, diabetics, or stroke victims are a substantial group needing permanent cardiac …

Purpose The diagnosis of unexplained syncope and sustained palpitations remains a
challenging task for cardiology community. Continuous monitoring of cardiac activity is …

There is a growing demand for systems that support independent living into advanced age.
Technologies that monitor changes in the amount of time older adults spend in bed have the …

The achievement of a healthy indoor environ-ment—an indispensable requirement for
human well-being—relies on the establishment of good air quality conditions and thermal …

This paper presents a wheelchair platform with sensing hardware for monitoring the cardiac
activity of its user. A set of unobtrusive sensors was placed on the wheelchair, namely for …