Abstract Electronic monitoring systems have been globally adopted to track criminals ensure public safety efficiently. In this study, we aimed assess the wearability of an electronic bracelet using multiple evaluation methods, including range motion (ROM), air gap (AG), and clothing pressure (CP) at wearer’s wrist, as well self-scoring subjective comfort (SC). We recruited eight Korean male par...

Abstract This paper discusses the process, prospects, and challenges of making bikini glass in Bida (Nupeland), central Nigeria. The Masagá glassmakers provide ideal case study for investigating production . Nineteenth-century Arab European writings have described glassmaking Nupeland; however, with exception carried out by Peter Robertshaw his colleagues 2009, there is no work that identifies ...

The effects of electrical stimulation of the body or nervous system have been recognized for thousands of years in every culture. It is said that since circa 9000 BC, bracelets and necklaces of magnetite and amber were used to prevent headaches and arthritis (Schechter, 1971). The ancient Egyptians used electrical discharges of the Nile catfish to treat neuralgia, headaches and other painful di...

The increasing demand of security oriented to mobile applications has raised the attention to biometrics, as a proper and suitable solution for providing secure environment to mobile devices. With this aim, this document presents a biometric system based on hand geometry oriented to mobile devices, involving a high degree of freedom in terms of illumination, hand rotation and distance to camera...

“I was now a resident, or rather an inmate, of the hospital,” says a mental health service user, of their experience in an institution. “I saw no one except the other people on the floor, who wore identical striped hospital robes and plastic bracelets with identifying names. The mental health workers were the only ones who could open the locked door. I left my hope on the other side of the lock...

The objective of this investigation was to establish the ability of the Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM) alcohol sensor to detect different levels of self-reported alcohol consumption, and to determine whether gender and body mass index, alcohol dependence, bracelet version, and age of bracelet influenced detection of alcohol use. Heavy drinking adults (N = 66, 46% female) wo...

A growing multibillion dollar industry markets magnetic necklaces, bracelets, bands, insoles, back braces, mattresses, etc., for pain relief, although there is little evidence for their efficacy. We sought to evaluate the effect of magnetic therapy on pain intensity and opioid requirements in patients with postoperative pain. We designed a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. One-hundred...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to measure ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposures of lifeguards in pool settings and evaluate their personal UVR protective practices. METHODS Lifeguards (n = 168) wore UVR sensitive polysulfone (PS) film badges in wrist bracelets on 2 days and completed a survey and diary covering sun protection use. Analyses were used to describe sun exposure and sun prot...