The importance and health benefits of routine exercise are widely recognized. Because of this, there have been numerous devices and methods devised to track and quantify exercises. Some devices count steps, like the pedometer, while others measure body responses to exercise, suhttp://azte.technologypublisher.com/files/sites/ncs-m14-180l.pdfch as heart...

The rise of artificial intelligence is changing the shape of many different fields, and ophthalmic medicine is no exception. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have achieved remarkable results in the assisted diagnosis of ophthalmic diseases. However, they face challenges such as limited labeling and small dataset sizes. In recent years, self-supervised...

Background Electron accelerators are used in a number of applications, from medical imaging by x-ray production, to gamma-ray production for medical applications. Integrating high-power lasers and electron beams can potentially improve the performance of electron accelerators, make compact x-ray sources, and potentially create new kinds of light. However,...

When transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals, there is a need to match the frequencies and the phases of both a received signal and a locally generated signal. In terms of signal to noise ratio (SNR), the alignment of the phases gives the best results for retrieving any data that is modulated on the received signal. Better SNR yields higher...

-collapse: collapse; } Rapid and economical detection of biomarkers and infectious agents present in biological fluids is vitally important for decision making in health care. In particular, diagnostic immunoassays based on antibody recognition have been established as very specific and powerful for a wide range of disease detection and biomarker...

­Often after an individual experiences a neurological event such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), cerebrovascular accident (CVA), multiple sclerosis (MS), stroke, etc., they suffer from a condition called midline shift syndrome (MSS). MSS causes those affected to lean their body away from the non-paralyzed side on a continual basis due to a change...

­Background Polyimide is used as a substrate for flexible electronics and flexible solar cells. The processing of polyimides has previously been challenging because of their low solubility in common solvents and their high softening temperature. De-bonded polyimide at a thickness of less than 30 microns is difficult to handle without creasing or...

Glucose, oxygen, and extracellular pH are important components of human metabolic processes -- many diseases are associated with glucose transport and metabolic disorders including diabetes and cancer. Monitoring glucose and cell metabolism can provide invaluable information for understanding these diseases. There are many assays and sensors for glucose,...

Glucose and oxygen are important components of human metabolic processes -- many diseases are associated with glucose transport and metabolic disorders including diabetes and cancer. Monitoring glucose and cell metabolism can provide invaluable information for understanding these diseases. There are many assays and sensors for both glucose and oxygen,...

­Background Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) involve complex interacting components including the physical environment and human participants. As such, faulty operation of any CPS sub-component presents serious safety risks. Faulty CPS operation can occur due to several reasons including differences in architectures and sub-optimal implementation....