Background Sophoridine is a bioactive alkaloid found in many Chinese herbs, such as
Sophora alopecuroides l, Euchresta japonica Benth and Sophora moocrorftinan …

Background Over recent decades, the number of students diagnosed with learning
disabilities and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorders has substantially increased. These …

Prevention of pressure ulcers (PUs) is becoming the focus of acute and chronic care
facilities for a variety of reasons beyond human suffering. The literature demonstrates that …

Rapid and sensitive screening tools for SARS-CoV-2 infection are essential to limit the
spread of COVID-19 and to properly allocate national resources. Here, we developed a new …

Non‐invasive ventilation (NIV) masks are commonly used for respiratory support where
intubation or a surgical procedure can be avoided. However, prolonged use of NIV masks …

Background and Objectives Photobiomodulation (PBM), a non‐ionizing, non‐thermal
irradiation, used clinically to accelerate wound healing and inhibit pain, was previously …

Background When a patient is lying in a hospital bed (eg supine or prone), bodyweight
forces distort soft tissues by compression, tension and shear, and may lead to the onset of …

A pressure injury (PrI) compromises quality of life and can be life-threatening. The
fundamental cause of PrIs is sustained deformations in weight-bearing soft tissues, eg …

Introduction and Objectives: Advanced analysis of the morphological features of the
photoplethysmographic (PPG) waveform may provide greater understanding of mechanisms …

We report a method and system of micro-motion imaging (µMI) to realize non-contact
measurement of neck pulses. The system employs a 16-bit camera to acquire videos of the …