Background Being overweight and obese are major risk factors for noncommunicable
diseases such as cardiovascular diseases. The prevalence of overweight and obesity is …

Understanding human behavior in an automatic but nonintrusive manner is an important
area for various applications. This requires the collaboration of information technology with …

Background Monitoring of patients may decrease treatment costs and improve quality of
care. Pain is the most common health problem that people seek help for in hospitals …

Cancer related fatigue is a chronic disease that may persist up to 10 years after successful
cancer treatment and is one of the most prevalent problems in cancer survivors. Cancer …

In this paper we investigate the potential of a smartphone to measure patients' changes in
physical activity before and after a surgical pain relief intervention. Providing an objective …

Abstract Thought and Life Logging (Tholilo) is an interdisciplinary research project of
computer engineers and psychologists. One aspect of Tholilo is to understand how daily …

Cancer related fatigue is a chronic disease that may persist up to 10 years after treatment of
cancer has been finished successfully and is one of the most prevalent problems of cancer …

Patients in palliative care suffer from a life-threatening disease. Holistic treatment includes
control of symptoms (eg, pain, nausea, sleeplessness) as well as psychosocial and spiritual …

Abstract Knowledge of a device's orientation with respect to gravity has been and still is of
great interest for mankind. Since the invention of the pendulum as one of the first man-made …

Rapid growth and development in the last few years in wearable ubiquitous technology has
pushed boundaries and brought out numerous inventions and prolific products that will …