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Experience with Using the Sensewear BMS Sensor System in the Context of a Health and Wellbeing Application [PDF]

, 2011
An assessment of a sensor designed for monitoring energy expenditure, activity, and sleep was conducted in the context of a research project which develops a weight management application.
Hermie Hermens, Jones, Val, Ing Widya, Widya, I., Bults, R., Widya, Ing, de Wijk, Rene, Val Jones, Hermens, Hermie, Batista, R., Wijk, R.A., de, Bults, Richard, Hermens, H., Rene de Wijk, Jones, V., Batista, Ricardo, Richard Bults, Ricardo Batista   +17 more
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Clinical, Histologic, and Serological Predictors of Renal Function Loss in Lupus Nephritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Kidney survival is the ultimate goal in lupus nephritis (LN) management, but long‐term predictors remain inadequately studied, requiring long‐term follow‐up. This study aimed to identify baseline and early longitudinal predictors of kidney survival in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership LN longitudinal cohort.
Shangzhu Zhang, Laurence Magder, Daniel Goldman, Judith A. James, Joel M. Guthridge, Carla Guthridge, Peter Izmirly, Jill P. Buyon, H. Michael Belmont, Richard A. Furie, Noa Schwartz, Chaim Putterman, Jennifer L. Barnas, Jennifer H. Anolik, Sarah French, Maria Dall'Era, Avi Z. Rosenberg, Jeffrey Hodgin, Dawit S. Demeke, the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (RA/SLE) Network, Michelle Petri, Andrea Fava   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunistic packet scheduling in body area networks

, 2011
Significant research efforts are being devoted to Body Area Networks (BAN) due to their potential for revolutionizing healthcare practices. Energy-efficiency and communication reliability are critically important for these networks.
Prabh, K. Shashi, Hauer, Jan-Hinrich, K. Shashi Prabh, Jan-Hinrich Hauer   +3 more
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Technological requirements and challenges of body area networks

物联网学报, 2018
With the development of ubiquitous networks and huge requirements of tele-medicine,an emerged new technology of body area network (BAN) has attracted extensive attention.BAN system could be used for medical,personal health and entertainment applications ...
Jinzhao LIN, Tong BAI, Guoquan LI, Yu PANG   +3 more
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Fast Polling Mechanism for Baseline BAN MAC (802.15.6) of Body Area Networks

Procedia Computer Science, 2013
AbstractPolling is a widely used generic Media Access Control (MAC) scheme in Wireless Sensor Networks. In this paper, we proposed a new mechanism that improves the performance of the existing polling mechanism of a recent defined MAC protocol, baseline BAN MAC. In our mechanism, the poll message is placed inside the ACK packet. As a result, throughput
Zirui Lu, Zahoor Ali Khan, Muhammad A. Iqbal   +2 more
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SmartWalk BAN: Using Body Area Networks to Encourage Older Adults to Perform Physical Activity [PDF]

Electronics, 2020
Due to the demographic ageing of the world’s population and the respective consequences, it is necessary to guarantee that older adults can be active and maintain their independence and autonomy for longer. The aim of the SmartWalk system is to promote walks in the city in order to stimulate physically active lifestyles.
David Bastos, José Ribeiro, Fernando Silva, Mário Rodrigues, Anabela G. Silva, Alexandra Queirós, Antonio Fernández-Caballero, Nelson Pacheco Rocha, António Pereira   +8 more
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Real‐World Trends in Prenatal Antirheumatic Drug Utilization in Ontario, Canada: A Cross‐Sectional Time‐Series Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aimed to describe real‐world trends in preconception and prenatal use of antirheumatic drugs among pregnant individuals with rheumatic diseases in Ontario, Canada. Methods We conducted a time‐series analysis using repeated cross‐sectional data to examine annual patterns of disease‐modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) use among ...
Shenthuraan Tharmarajah, Swaleh Hussain, Sara J. T. Guilcher, Lisa M. McCarthy, Dharini Mahendira, Howard Berger, Mina Tadrous   +6 more
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Co‐Electrospinning Extracellular Matrix with Polycaprolactone Enables a Modular Approach to Balance Bioactivity and Mechanics of a Multifunctional Bone Wrap

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The incorporation of nondigested ECM and synthetic polymers into a co‐electrospinning system enables the decoupling of bioactivity and mechanical properties within a single wrap. This technique is used to develop a multifunctional bone wrap that achieves augmented membrane durability, sustained infection control, and enhanced vascularity for use in ...
Sarah Jones, Madeline Laude, Zeenat Oyebanji, Ruchi Birur, Andres Luengo Martinez, Isabelle Gilbert, Phillip Baek, Nichole Longbottom, Nicole McCullough, Staci J. Horn, Chien‐Yu Lin, Matthew J. Lohr, Fred Clubb, Manuel K. Rausch, Elizabeth Cosgriff‐Hernandez   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐Seeded Nucleation of PET in a Benign Solvent Yields a High Modulus Aerogel With Ultra‐Low Thermal Conductivity

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A new benign solvent (1,3‐diphenylacetone) enables a simple, safe, and sustainable dissolution and gelation method to convert waste PET into low density, monolithic aerogels with high mechanical strength (E = 20 MPa) and remarkably low thermal conductivity (k = 21.9 to 28.9 mW/m·K).
Kira R. Baugh, Garrett F. Godshall, Glenn A. Spiering, Isabela Trindade Coutinho, Alejandro A. Rodriguez, Katherine J. Wood, Aiyana Gonzalez‐Arellano, Sadeq Malakooti, Stephanie L. Vivod, Robert B. Moore   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Beacon Interval Shifting Scheme for Interference Mitigation in Body Area Networks

Sensors, 2012
This paper investigates the issue of interference avoidance in body area networks (BANs). IEEE 802.15 Task Group 6 presented several schemes to reduce such interference, but these schemes are still not proper solutions for BANs.
Seungku Kim, Seokhwan Kim, Jin-Woo Kim, Doo-Seop Eom   +3 more
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