Abstract Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is rapidly spreading across the globe. The clinical spectrum of …

Dry powder inhalation therapy has been shown to be an effective method for treating
respiratory diseases like asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases and Cystic …

Inhalation therapy is the mainstay of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management,
and inhaler selection can have a profound impact on drug delivery and medication …

Background Guidelines recommend that patients treated with inhalers receive adherence
counseling and device training. Digital technologies that assess both inhaler adherence and …

Background The objective of this study was to investigate medication adherence and the
associated influencing factors in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Background Adherence to inhaled medication regimens affects chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) prognosis and quality of life, and reduces the use of healthcare …

Non-adherence to medication is one of the most significant issues in all airways disease and
can have a major impact on disease control as well as on unscheduled healthcare …

Objective To provide an overview of instruments that measure adherence to medications to
facilitate selection of an instrument and to provide a summary of some published adherence …

Medication non‐adherence, defined as any deviation from the regimen recommended by
their healthcare provider, can increase morbidity, mortality and side effects, while reducing …

This thesis investigates the potential of deep neural networks for representations learning
from audio signals. Novel deep learning models based on convolutional and recurrent …