Dr.-Ing. Jutta Fortmann Wrist-Worn Light-Based Smart Digital Jewellery In recent years wearable devices have become an emerging trend in the consumer market. However, recent studies in the U.S. show that a third of owners of a wearable device abandon its use within six months. Supposed reasons are, among others, a lack in useful functions, aesthetics, and comfort. Smart Digital Jewellery has be...

Sir,?I should be much obliged if you, or any of your I. M. S. readers in military employment, would kindly give information on the following points of dress for the Indian Medical Service. The dress regulations are out of print and it is almost impossible to obtain authoritative information regarding them 1. What badges are worn on tl}? collars of the blue serge coat and frockcoat? 2. Should th...

Paper sleep diaries are the gold standard for assessment of sleep continuity variables in clinical practice as well as research. Unfortunately, paper diaries can be filled out weekly instead of daily, lost, illegible or destroyed; and are considered out of date according to the newer technology savvy generations. In this study, we assessed the reliability and validity of using a wrist-worn elec...

Wrist-worn sensors have better compliance for activity monitoring compared to hip, waist, ankle or chest positions. However, wrist-worn activity monitoring is challenging due to the wide degree of freedom for the hand movements, as well as similarity of hand movements in different activities such as varying intensities of cycling. To strengthen the ability of wrist-worn sensors in detecting hum...

PURPOSE To evaluate the qualitative and quantitative topographic changes in the surface of worn contact lenses (CLs) of different materials using atomic force microscopy (AFM). METHODS The topography of five different CL materials was evaluated with AFM over a surface of 25 microm(2) according to previously published experimental setup. Average roughness (R(a)) and root mean square (Rms) valu...