Electronic textiles for wearable point-of-care systems

G Chen, X Xiao, X Zhao, T Tat, M Bick… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Traditional public health systems are suffering from limited, delayed, and inefficient medical
services, especially when confronted with the pandemic and the aging population. Fusing …

Effects of climate change and human activities on vector-borne diseases

WM de Souza, SC Weaver - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Vector-borne diseases are transmitted by haematophagous arthropods (for example,
mosquitoes, ticks and sandflies) to humans and wild and domestic animals, with the largest …

[HTML][HTML] Electric vehicle charging network in Europe: An accessibility and deployment trends analysis

G Falchetta, M Noussan - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2021 - Elsevier
If coupled with a low-carbon electricity mix, electric vehicles (EVs) can represent an
important technology for transport decarbonization and local pollutants abatement. Yet, to …

Wearable triboelectric nanogenerators for therapeutics

X Xiao, G Chen, A Libanori, J Chen - Trends in Chemistry, 2021 - cell.com
Wearable triboelectric nanogenerators (W-TENGs) have triggered considerable attention in
light of their broad and diverse biomedical applications, from biomonitoring to therapeutics …

Textile triboelectric nanogenerators for wearable pulse wave monitoring

G Chen, C Au, J Chen - Trends in Biotechnology, 2021 - cell.com
Arterial pulse waves are regarded as vital diagnostic tools in the assessment of
cardiovascular disease (CVD). Because of their high sensitivity, rapid response time …

Global mapping of urban–rural catchment areas reveals unequal access to services

A Cattaneo, A Nelson… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Using travel time to cities of different sizes, we map populations across an urban–rural
continuum to improve on the standard dichotomous representations of urban–rural …

Wearable triboelectric nanogenerators for heart rate monitoring

S Shen, X Xiao, J Chen - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cardiovascular diseases are currently the leading cause of death globally and are projected
to remain the leading cause in 2040, making heart rate an important physiological indicator …

Achieving universal electrification of rural healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa with decentralized renewable energy technologies

M Moner-Girona, G Kakoulaki, G Falchetta, DJ Weiss… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
A potential response to the COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with long-term
benefits is to provide electricity for medical equipment in rural health centers and …

[HTML][HTML] Economic and social development along the urban–rural continuum: New opportunities to inform policy

A Cattaneo, A Adukia, DL Brown, L Christiaensen… - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
The economic and social development of nations relies on their population having physical
access to services and employment opportunities. For the vast majority of the 3.4 billion …

Planning universal accessibility to public health care in sub-Saharan Africa

G Falchetta, AT Hammad… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Achieving universal health care coverage—a key target of the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goal number 3—requires accessibility to health care services for all. Currently …