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Smart Face Masks as Wearable Respiratory Sensors: A Review of Sensor Technologies, Materials, and Future Directions

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in smart face masks that actively monitor breathing. By integrating humidity, gas, temperature, pressure, strain, and triboelectric sensors, these masks track key respiratory parameters in real time. The article summarizes sensor mechanisms, compares performance across studies, and discusses challenges and future ...
Negin Faramarzi, Naseeh Backer Kannanthodi, Alice Nicole Casling, Babar Ali, Samira Lakouraj Mansouri, Alessandro Giuseppe D'aloia, Hossein Cheraghi Bidsorkhi, Maria Sabrina Sarto   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Individual Fit Testing of Hearing-Protection Devices Based on Microphones in Real Ears among Workers in Industries with High-Noise-Level Manufacturing [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Hearing-protection devices (HPDs) are particularly important in protecting the hearing of workers. The aim of this study was to prevent hearing damage in workplaces in Taiwan. It was conducted to determine the actual sound attenuation of the personal attenuation rating (PAR) values when wearing HPDs via measurements from field microphones in workers ...
Chien-Chen Chiu, Terng-Jou Wan
openaire   +2 more sources

Tracking Chart 2005 Adidas Group, Indonesia 01023369D [PDF]

, 2005
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
Fair Labor Association
core   +1 more source

Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soft Ionic and Electronic Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Toward Attachable and Implantable Biomedical Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review provides an overview of triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG)–based biomedical applications by classifying studies into electronic and ionic systems across attachable and implantable platforms. It summarizes key material choices, device structures, and working mechanisms that characterize current TENG‐based research, and outlines six future ...
Kyongtae Choi, Jimin Park, Won Jun Song, Soohwan An, Seonggyu Choe, Byeong‐Rak Keum, Min Young Kim, Dae Hee Hwang, Young‐Geun Park, Sung‐Won Kim, Sangyul Baik, Gwang‐Bum Im, Younghoon Lee   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vestibular Perception following Acute Unilateral Vestibular Lesions. [PDF]

, 2013
Little is known about the vestibulo-perceptual (VP) system, particularly after a unilateral vestibular lesion. We investigated vestibulo-ocular (VO) and VP function in 25 patients with vestibular neuritis (VN) acutely (2 days after onset) and after ...
A Palermo, A Schmid-Priscoveanu, A Zwergal, AC Coats, Adolfo M. Bronstein, AG Shaikh, AM Bronstein, Barry Seemungal, BM Seemungal, BM Seemungal, BM Seemungal, BP Graham, C Haburcakova, C Haburcakova, C Helmchen, C Lopez, CM Klingner, D Merfeld, Diego Kaski, DM Merfeld, DM Merfeld, E Miller, EA Grunfeld, F Karmali, FE Guedry, G Bertolini, G Bertolini, G Clement, H Meng, H Shimazu, I Viaud-Delmon, JM Goldberg, John F. Golding, K Brantberg, Krish Sathian, L Grabherr, M Dieterich, M Ernst, M Magnusson, Michael Gresty, N Sinha, Nicholas Cutfield, NJ Cutfield, P Kahane, PF Smith, PR MacNeilage, R Mallery, RW Baloh, Sian Cousins, Stefan Glasauer, T Okada, VE Pettorossi, W Waespe, WO Guldin, Z Zhang   +54 more
core   +4 more sources

Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Survey of the Usage of Personal Protective Devices in Industrial Workers in Yazd, Iran, in 2011

علوم بهداشتی ایران, 2015
Background and purpose: Many workers are exposed to workplace hazards. Many occupational diseases are preventable by personal protective devices (PPDs). Though many workers do not use PPDs or their protection by PPDs is not sufficient.
Amir Houshang Mehrparvar, Maryam Fazlalizadeh, Mehrdad Mostaghaci   +2 more
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A State‐Adaptive Koopman Control Framework for Real‐Time Deformable Tool Manipulation in Robotic Environmental Swabbing

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a state‐adaptive Koopman linear quadratic regulator framework for real‐time manipulation of a deformable swab tool in robotic environmental sampling. By combining Koopman linearization, tactile sensing, and centroid‐based force regulation, the system maintains stable contact forces and high coverage across flat and inclined surfaces.
Siavash Mahmoudi, Amirreza Davar, Dongyi Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study of the Effective Parameters on the Making Use of Protective Devices in Qom Province Workers Community in 2006

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2008
Background and objective Noise threats health of many groups of industrial workers and causes hearing loss. Use of personal protective device is the best control method to protect against hazardous conditions. Hence, this investigation was carried out to
Y Tabaraie, S Ahmadizad, HR Heidari, AR Koohpaie   +3 more
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