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Pressure mapping of medical compression bandages used for venous leg ulcer treatment [PDF]
Chronic leg ulcers affect 1% of the adult population in the developed countries. The majority of leg ulcers are due to venous disease. The impact of venous ulcers on the quality of life is significant, and it costs the NHS £300 − 600m annually.
Al Khaburi, Jawad Ameen Jawad
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Development of a pore pressure sensor employing fibre Bragg gratings [PDF]
Monitoring pore pressure is important to understand and predict the mechanical behaviour of soil, helping engineers to assess the stability of slopes and built infrastructures.
Gonçalves Correia, Ricardo Nuno
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Micro-machining Techniques for the Fabrication of Fibre Fabry-Perot Sensors [PDF]
Fabry-Perot optical fibre sensors have been used extensively for measuring a variety of parameters such as strain, temperature, pressure and vibration. Conventional extrinsic fibre Fabry-Perot sensors are associated with problems such as calibration of ...
Machavaram, V. R.
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In this work, the most fundamental aspects of an aeronautical sloshing problem have been studied using an alternative and simplified model. This model consists of a single degree of freedom version of the original problem which keeps the essence of the ...
Jon Martinez-Carrascal +2 more
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Mechanical elements with dimensions in the nanometer range, at least in one direction, have been successfully employed as sensors in various devices. Their mechanical properties must be known with maximum precision in order to quantify the sensor response to external excitation.
Karuza M. +3 more
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Investigation of shock waves in explosive blasts using fibre optic pressure sensors [PDF]
The published version of this article may be accessed at the link below. Copyright @ IOP Publishing, 2006.We describe miniature all-optical pressure sensors, fabricated by wafer etching techniques, less than 1 mm(2) in overall cross-section with rise ...
Pichugin, AV +29 more
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Recent Progress of Miniature MEMS Pressure Sensors
Miniature Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) pressure sensors possess various merits, such as low power consumption, being lightweight, having a small volume, accurate measurement in a space-limited region, low cost, little influence on the objects ...
Peishuai Song +8 more
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High-Sensitivity Pressure Sensors Based on a Low Elastic Modulus Adhesive
With the rapid development of intelligent applications, the demand for high-sensitivity pressure sensor is increasing. However, the simple and efficient preparation of an industrial high-sensitivity sensor is still a challenge.
Xiuzhu Xu +5 more
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Detecting Vital Signs with Wearable Wireless Sensors [PDF]
The emergence of wireless technologies and advancements in on-body sensor design can enable change in the conventional health-care system, replacing it with wearable health-care systems, centred on the individual.
Yilmaz, T +5 more
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Substantial milestones have been attained in the field of heart failure (HF) diagnostics and therapeutics in the past several years that have translated into decreased mortality but a paradoxical increase in HF-related hospitalizations.
Nitesh Gautam +15 more
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