Wikipedia is an undeniably successful project, with unprecedented numbers of online volunteer contributors. After 2007, researchers started to observe that the number active editors for largest Wikipedias declined after rapid initial growth. Years those announcements, and community activists still need understand how measure health. In this paper, we study patterns growth, decline stagnation, p...

The Compensatory Reserve Index (CRI) is a new metric, estimated from pulsatile waveforms, that accurately tracks the compensatory phase of central volume loss or gain. It reports values between 1 and 0 to indicate proportion subject can tolerate before collapse, how well patient compensating for acute loss. While studied in non-obstetrical patients, we sought demonstrate CRI compares traditiona...

Ubiquitous computing means network connectivity everywhere, linking devices and systems as small as a drawing pin and as large as a worldwide product distribution chain. What could happen when people are so readily networked? This paper explores issues arising from two possible emerging models of ubiquitous human computing: fungible networked brainpower and collective personal vital sign monito...

background: anxiety is an inseparable part of our lives and a serious threat to health. therefore, it is necessary to use certain strategies to prevent disorders caused by anxiety and adjust the vital signs of people. swedish massage is one of the most recognized techniques for reducing anxiety. this study aims to compare the effects of two massage techniques on the vital signs and anxiety of h...

  Background : Patients admitted in coronary care units face various stressors. Ambiguity of future life conditions and unawareness of caring methods intensifies the patients’ anxiety and stress. This study was conducted to assess the effects of whole body massage on anxiety and vital signs of patients with acute coronary disorders.   Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 120 ...

The Vital Jacket® (VJ) is a wearable vital signs monitoring system that joins textiles with microelectronics. After several years of development within the university lab, it has been licensed to a start-up company. Its evolutions have focused on cardiology and sports and scaled down from a jacket to a single T-shirt. The VJ manufacturing process has recently been certified to comply with the s...