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

open access: yesAdvanced 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   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stakeholder preferences for multidimensional attributes in the selection of health promotion programmes in Japan: a discrete choice experiment

open access: yesBMJ Public Health
Introduction Health promotion programmes play a critical role in preventing non-communicable diseases, yet their uptake remains limited. The multidimensional attributes of health promotion programmes preferred by various stakeholder groups remain poorly ...
Yuichi Imanaka   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Issues and Challenges: The Development of Fair and Equitable Health Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Public health policy/law is a discipline that seeks to identify opportunities and implement mechanisms to achieve justice in the public health sector. Several public health policies and programs have been implemented by virtue of the Affordable Care Act (
Hendricks-Sturrup, Rachele
core   +1 more source

Multifunctional Bio‐Based Packaging for Perishable Foods: Structural Design, Scalable Fabrication, and Versatile Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
An overview of design principles and scalable fabrication strategies for multifunctional bio‐based packaging. Radiative cooling films, modified‐atmosphere films/membranes, active antimicrobial/antioxidant platforms, intelligent optical/electrochemical labels, and superhydrophobic surfaces are co‐engineered from material chemistry to mesoscale structure
Lei Zhang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Economic Analysis of Health Care in China [PDF]

open access: yes
After describing the institutions for health care in China as they evolved since 1949, this paper presents statistical demand functions for health care. It applies the demand functions to explain the rapid increase in health care demand and the resulting
Gregory C. Chow
core  

Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Association between Marital Status and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

open access: yesDiseases
Background: Obesity was included in the International Classification of Diseases in 1990 as a chronic disease characterized by the excessive accumulation of body fat and a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 kg/m2. Aim: This systematic review was aimed
Tamara Nikolic Turnic   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Domiciliary healthcare and public health policies

open access: yes, 2008
The aim of the research is to show a reflexion on Brazilian public health policies and their interrelation with home health care, with the aim of providing support to the actions undertaken by health professionals. The changes in the health system have permeated this process in an attempt of establishing organizational and operational principles, such ...
Martins, Soriane Kieski   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Unlocking the Potential of MXene‐Based Electrochemical Biosensors: A Review of Biofunctionalization Strategies and Biosensing Principles

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Electrochemical biosensors enable the accurate and timely detection of clinical biomarkers, improving healthcare and precision medicine. MXene nanosheets, a class of 2D transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides, are promising materials for developing next‐generation electrochemical biosensors due to their unique physicochemical ...
Muhsin Ali   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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