Stress and mental health have become major concerns worldwide. Research has already
extensively investigated physiological signals as quantitative and continuous markers of …

Chronic stress is the main cause of health problems in high-risk jobs. Wearable sensors can
become an ecologically valid method of stress level assessment in real-life applications. We …

Persons working in tactical occupations are often exposed to high-stress situations. If this
stress is to be measured, an understanding of the stress outcomes used in these …

Critical care units internationally contain medical devices that generate Big Data in the form
of high speed physiological data streams. Great opportunities exist for systemic and reliable …

This paper reports the design and assessment of a neuro-fuzzy model to support clinicians
during virtual reality therapy. The implemented model is able to automatically recognize the …

Anxiety disorder is the most common mental health disorder in the United States. One of the
key factors that leads to the development and aggravation of anxiety disorders is mental …

Os cenários de risco são frequentes na actividade profissional dos bombeiros, aliados, por
vezes, a recursos insuficientes. As tarefas e interacções desenvolvidas no âmbito da sua …

The past four years have taught me that studying stress and dealing with your own stress are
not quite the same thing. I have learned a thing or two about root causes of stress: papers …

As catástrofes naturais, acidentes e desastres em larga escala são incidentes críticos que
implicam elevada exigência técnica e emocional aos profissionais de saúde que neles …

Objective: Characterize firefighters' acute stress and tiredness by duty status (ie,“off
night/day,”“on night/day”). Methods: Thirty nine career firefighters completed three, eight-day …