scholarly journals Smart Clothing as a Noninvasive Method to Measure the Physiological Cardiac Parameters

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1318
Author(s):  
Ching-I Lai ◽  
Chang-Franw Lee ◽  
Fu-Jin Wei
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Physiological Signals ◽  
Physical Health Status ◽  
Noninvasive Method ◽  
Relative Movement ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Smart Clothing ◽  
Clothing Comfort ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Global Aging

In response to global aging, there have been improvements in healthcare, exercise therapy, health promotion, and other areas. There is a gradually increasing demand for such equipment for health purposes. The main purpose of smart clothing is to monitor the physical health status of the user and analyze the changes in physiological signals of the heart. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the factors that affect the measurement of the heart’s physiological parameters and the users’ comfort while wearing smart clothing as well as to validate the data obtained from smart clothing. This study examined the subjective feelings of users (aged 20–60 years) regarding smart clothing comfort (within 12 h); the median values were comfortable and above (3.4–4.5). The clothing was combined with elastic conductive fiber and spandex to decrease the relative movement of the fiber that acts as a sensor and increase the user’s comfort. Future studies should focus on the optimization of the data obtained using smart clothing. In addition to its use in medical care and post-reconstructive surgery, smart clothing can be used for home care of older adults and infants.

scholarly journals Interprofessional collaboration in health promotion: changing tasks as leverage for innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Ledderer ◽  
M Christensen ◽  
V Burau
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Interprofessional Collaboration ◽  
Professional Practices ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Danish School ◽  
Home And School ◽  
Learning Focused

Abstract Background Increasing demand for interprofessional collaboration calls for change in organisational practice and interactions of professionals. Health promotion is a particularly interesting area for observing these changes, because it involves professionals with different disciplinary backgrounds usually also working in different sectors. In Denmark new health promotion strategies in organisations were introduced to engage professionals in new tasks and establish interprofessional ways of working. Our research aimed to explore how these strategies impact in professional practices, using a cookery project for children as a case study, which involved care assistants and school teachers. Methods A qualitative case study was conducted to investigate how care assistants from a nursing home and school teachers implemented a cookery project in a Danish school; the focus was on joint care and teaching situations among the two professions and their users. Our data consisted of documents, participatory observations, and interviews with professionals; a sociological institutional framework was applied to analyse the data. Results Institutional changes and the demand for joint care and teaching activities in the cooking project fostered new interprofessional collaboration. Three themes of new professional activities emerged: 1) ‘interplay’ related to making different generations collaborate on the tasks involved in the cookery session, 2) ‘care’ concerned with caregiving activities, and 3) ‘learning” focused on schooling on healthy food and cooking. The activities were related to traditional and new roles in professional practices of both groups. Conclusions Changes in professional practices evolved in an informal manner from new tasks and ‘lived’ experiences in the cookery project. The specific practical tasks of health promotion offer an important leverage for future interprofessional collaborations.

Health Promotion for Family Caregivers of Chronically Ill Elders

1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
BARBARA A. GIVEN ◽  
CHARLES W. GIVEN
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Primary Caregivers ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Physical Health Status ◽  
Topic Area ◽  
Promotion Strategies

Previous research has focused almost exclusively on the burden and the negative effects of caregiving on the primary caregivers of the chronically ill. This prior research has provided a backdrop for understanding the psychological and physical challenges that caregiving incurs. Missing from past research, however, is any focus on the health promotion strategies of this caregiving population. Although some literature focuses on the psychological well-being, few articles deal with the physical health status of caregivers. Fewer yet describe the health promotion strategies that caregivers use to maintain their health.The chapter reviews existing literature regarding health promotion activities of primary caregivers in the context of articles focused on the psychological and physical health status of caregivers. Health promotion strategies will be discussed, as will recommendations for future research in this topic area.

scholarly journals A wearable and sensitive graphene-cotton based pressure sensor for human physiological signals monitoring

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Li ◽  
Libo Zhao ◽  
Zhuangde Jiang ◽  
Mingzhi Yu ◽  
Zhen Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Sensor ◽  
Cotton Fiber ◽  
Pressure Range ◽  
Fiber Material ◽  
Inorganic Materials ◽  
Physiological Signals ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Smart Clothing ◽  
Reduced Graphene ◽  
Textiles And Clothing

Abstract Cotton fiber is the most commonly used fabric in textiles and clothing. As compared to inorganic materials like foam, sponge and paper, cotton fibers boast higher levels of flexibility and toughness, which makes it more durable and be better integrated with clothes. In this study, a conductive cotton fiber material modified by reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was prepared, and applied in pressure sensor. The highest sensitivity of the pressure sensor constructed is 0.21 kPa−1, and the pressure range covers up to 500 kPa, which demonstrates a combination of fine sensitivity and broader pressure range. The pressure sensor developed in this study demonstrates great performance in real-time monitoring of human physiological signals like pulse, breath rate and speech recognition, boasting great application value in wearable electronics and smart clothing.

Examining Emotional, Physical, Social, and Spiritual Health as Determinants of Self-Rated Health Status

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela A. Ratner ◽  
Joy L. Johnson ◽  
Bonnie Jeffery
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Yukon Territory ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Physical Health Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Self Rated Health

Purpose. To determine whether individuals' perceptions of their emotional, physical, social, and spiritual health constitute elements of their self-rated health status operationalized with a commonly employed single indicator. Design. Secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data. Structural equation modeling with LISREL was used. Setting. The Yukon Health Promotion Survey, Yukon Territory, Canada, 1993. Subjects. The population-based sample was made up of 742 women and 713 men between 15 and 90 years of age; 80.3% responded. Measures. Self-rated health status was operationalized with the “excellent, good, fair, poor” indicator derived from the question: “In general, compared to other people your age, would you say your health is. …” Social, spiritual, emotional, and physical health status were also self-rated from excellent to poor. Results. The model's fit of the data was acceptable. Only physical health status significantly contributed to the variance in self-rated health status (55.1% of the variance was explained). Emotional, social, and spiritual health were found to have no effect on individuals' ratings of their health status. Conclusions. Although recent conceptualizations have broadened in much of the theoretical and political discourse about health, especially in health promotion, the self-rated health status indicator measures only physical health status.

Evaluation of a health promotion program for reducing depression, anxiety and stress in community-dwelling older adults

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 703-703
Author(s):  
W. Walker ◽  
D. Pierce ◽  
S. Davidson ◽  
J. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Physical Health Status ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Significant Change

AimHealth education programs that address risk factors for depression and promote positive mental health are approaches that can improve mental wellbeing. We investigated the effectiveness of a health promotion program for reducing levels of depression, anxiety and stress and for promoting appropriate help-seeking behaviour.MethodsFifty-five adults 55+years (43 female, 12 male) self-selected to attend the Healthy & Wise program - a group-based, 8 × 2hr session health-literacy program for promoting positive physical, mental and social functioning in a rural setting. A questionnaire was administered at base-line and post-intervention which included the DASS-21 to measure depression, anxiety and stress levels.ResultsNo significant change in depression scores (mean = 3.60pre-3.51post). Anxiety scores increased (mean 2.92pre-3.51post) (p = .036) correlating with age (p = .029) and change in physical health status (p = .002).Stress scores increased (mean 4.81pre-5.59post) (p = .05) correlating with age (p = .033) and change in physical health status (p = .016).Most participants (pre = 96.36%, post = 98%) indicated they would be likely to seek help from a GP if depressed. Men who mainly rely on their spouse for support were more likely to seek help from a psychologist or psychiatrist (p = .038).ConclusionsThere was no significant change in DASS-21 scores for depression. There was an increase in anxiety and stress levels which may be attributable to older participants experiencing a decline in physical health during the program. Participants remained firm in their preference for seeking help from their GP for depression. Further evaluation is needed to determine whether: at-risk-populations need to be targeted; the intervention has an impact at 12-month follow-up.

Recent Progress in Presodiation Technique for High-Performance Na-Ion Batteries

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 118401
Author(s):  
Fei Xie ◽  
Yaxiang Lu ◽  
Liquan Chen ◽  
Yong-Sheng Hu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Density ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Slow Release ◽  
Coulombic Efficiency ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Irreversible Capacity ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Initial Coulombic Efficiency

Na-ion batteries (NIBs) have been attracting growing interests in recent years with the increasing demand of energy storage owing to their dependence on more abundant Na than Li. The exploration of the industrialization of NIBs is also on the march, where some challenges are still limiting its step. For instance, the relatively low initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) of anode can cause undesired energy density loss in the full cell. In addition to the strategies from the sight of materials design that to improve the capacity and ICE of electrodes, presodiation technique is another important method to efficiently offset the irreversible capacity and enhance the energy density. Meanwhile, the slow release of the extra Na during the cycling is able to improve the cycling stability. In this review, we would like to provide a general insight of presodiation technique for high-performance NIBs. The recent research progress including the principles and strategies of presodiation will be introduced, and some remaining challenges as well as our perspectives will be discussed. This review aims to exhibit the basic knowledge of presodiation to inspire the researchers for future studies.

scholarly journals The inside of me: interoceptive constraints on the concept of self in neuroscience and clinical psychology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Monti ◽  
Giuseppina Porciello ◽  
Maria Serena Panasiti ◽  
Salvatore Maria Aglioti
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Physiological Signals ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Abstract Concept ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Bodily States ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Core Features

AbstractHumans are unique in their ability to think about themselves and carry a more or less clear notion of who they are in their mind. Here we review recent evidence suggesting that the birth, maintenance, and loss of the abstract concept of ‘self’ is deeply tied to interoception, the sense of internal physiological signals. Interoception influences multiple facets of the self-concept, cutting across its material, social, moral, and agentive components. Overall, we argue that interoception contributes to the stability of the self-concept over time, unifying its layers and constraining the degree to which it is susceptible to external influences. Hence, the core features of the self-concept are those that correlate more with inner bodily states. We discuss the implications that this may have for theories of embodied cognition as well as for the understanding of psychiatric disorders in which the concept of self appears fragmented or loose. Finally, we formulate some empirical predictions that could be tested in future studies to shed further light on this emerging field.

Development of 200 kV Scanning-Transmission Electron Microscope

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 410-411
Author(s):  
H. Koike ◽  
S. Sakurai ◽  
K. Ueno ◽  
M. Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope ◽  
The Other ◽  
Morphological Observation ◽  
Magnetic Domains ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Scanning Transmission ◽  
Backscattered Electron ◽  
Increasing Demand

In recent years, there has been increasing demand for higher voltage SEMs, in the field of surface observation, especially that of magnetic domains, dislocations, and electron channeling patterns by backscattered electron microscopy. On the other hand, the resolution of the CTEM has now reached 1 ∼ 2Å, and several reports have recently been made on the observation of atom images, indicating that the ultimate goal of morphological observation has beem nearly achieved.

An Early Developmental Marker for Radial Glia in Rat Spinal Cord

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 36-37
Author(s):  
V. Kriho ◽  
H.-Y. Yang ◽  
C.-M. Lue ◽  
N. Lieska ◽  
G. D. Pappas
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Intermediate Filament ◽  
Radial Glia ◽  
Rat Spinal Cord ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Spinal Cord Development ◽  
Median Septum ◽  
Differentiation Marker ◽  
Early Developmental ◽  
Developing Rat

Radial glia have been classically defined as those early glial cells that radially span their thin processes from the ventricular to the pial surfaces in the developing central nervous system. These radial glia constitute a transient cell population, disappearing, for the most part, by the end of the period of neuronal migration. Traditionally, it has been difficult to definitively identify these cells because the principal criteria available were morphologic only.Using immunofluorescence microscopy, we have previously defined a phenotype for radial glia in rat spinal cord based upon the sequential expression of vimentin, glial fibrillary acidic protein and an intermediate filament-associated protein, IFAP-70/280kD. We report here the application of another intermediate filament-associated protein, IFAP-300kD, originally identified in BHK-21 cells, to the immunofluorescence study of radial glia in the developing rat spinal cord.Results showed that IFAP-300kD appeared very early in rat spinal cord development. In fact by embryonic day 13, IFAP-300kD immunoreactivity was already at its peak and was observed in most of the radial glia which span the spinal cord from the ventricular to the subpial surfaces (Fig. 1). Interestingly, from this time, IFAP-300kD immunoreactivity diminished rapidly in a dorsal to ventral manner, so that by embryonic day 16 it was detectable only in the maturing macroglial cells in the marginal zone of the spinal cord and the dorsal median septum (Fig. 2). By birth, the spinal cord was essentially immuno-negative for this IFAP. Thus, IFAP-300kD appears to be another differentiation marker available for future studies of gliogenesis, especially for the early stages of radial glia differentiation.

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