Green textile dyeing process by using natural dyes: a review [PDF]
In the textile industry, up to 200,000 tons of dyes are lost to effluents every year during the dyeing and finishing operations, due to the inefficiency of the dyeing process. Today, the textile industry used average six hundred dyes and chemical for the
Mahmood, Salwa +3 more
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The aim. To evaluate the reliability of blood pressure (BP) measurement results using a cuffless blood pressure device (CardioQVARK®) in comparison with the values obtained using the Korotkov method.Materials and methods. An observational cross-sectional
N. A. Gogiberidze +6 more
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Photoplethysmography for Quantitative Assessment of Sympathetic Nerve Activity (SNA) During Cold Stress [PDF]
The differences in the degree of sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) over cutaneous blood vessels, although known to be more prominent in the periphery than the core vasculature, has not been thoroughly investigated quantitatively.
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Hypertension is a potentially unsafe health ailment, which can be indicated directly from the Blood pressure (BP). Hypertension always leads to other health complications. Continuous monitoring of BP is very important; however, cuff-based BP measurements
Chowdhury, Moajjem Hossain +6 more
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A review of machine learning techniques in photoplethysmography for the non-invasive cuff-less measurement of blood pressure [PDF]
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a leading cause of death throughout the world and a critical factor for increasing the risk of serious diseases, including cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and heart failure.
El-Hajj, C., Kyriacou, P. A.
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Evaluation of Fluid Responsiveness: Is Photoplethysmography a Noninvasive Alternative?
Background. Goal-directed fluid therapy reduces morbidity and mortality in various clinical settings. Respiratory variations in photoplethysmography are proposed as a noninvasive alternative to predict fluid responsiveness during mechanical ventilation ...
Lars Prag Antonsen +1 more
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Methods and systems for extracting venous pulsation and respiratory information from photoplethysmographs [PDF]
A system and method for separating a venous component and an arterial component from a red signal and an infrared signal of a PPG sensor is provided.
Nourani, Mehrdad, Yousefi, Rasoul
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Monte Carlo Analysis of Optical Interactions in Reflectance and Transmittance Finger Photoplethysmography [PDF]
Photoplethysmography (PPG) is a non-invasive photometric technique that measures the volume changes in arterial blood. Recent studies have reported limitations in developing and optimising PPG-based sensing technologies due to unavailability of the ...
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A Comparative Evaluation of Heart Rate Estimation Methods using Face Videos [PDF]
This paper presents a comparative evaluation of methods for remote heart rate estimation using face videos, i.e., given a video sequence of the face as input, methods to process it to obtain a robust estimation of the subjects heart rate at each moment ...
Diaz, David +3 more
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A Multilayer Monte Carlo Model for the Investigation of Optical Path and Penetration Depth at Different Perfusion States of the Colon [PDF]
There is a great interest in monitoring the oxygen supply delivered to the colon. Insufficient oxygen delivery may lead to hypoxia, sepsis, multiorgan dysfunction and death.
Chatterjee, S. +3 more
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