Application of data fusion techniques and technologies for wearable health monitoring

Technological advances in sensors and communications have enabled discrete integration into everyday objects, both in the home and about the person. Information gathered by monitoring physiological, behavioural, and social aspects of our lives, can be used to achieve a positive impact on quality of life, health, and well-being. Wearable sensors are at the cusp of becoming truly pervasive, and could be woven into the clothes and accessories that we wear such that they become ubiquitous and transparent. To interpret the complex multidimensional information provided by these sensors, data fusion techniques are employed to provide a meaningful representation of the sensor outputs. This paper is intended to provide a short overview of data fusion techniques and algorithms that can be used to interpret wearable sensor data in the context of health monitoring applications. The application of these techniques are then described in the context of healthcare including activity and ambulatory monitoring, gait analysis, fall detection, and biometric monitoring. A snap-shot of current commercially available sensors is also provided, focusing on their sensing capability, and a commentary on the gaps that need to be bridged to bring research to market

O livro "Direitos das mulheres e injustiça dos homens" de Nísia Floresta: literatura, mulheres e o Brasil do século XIX

O livro Direitos das mulheres e injustiça dos homens foi publicado por Dionísia Gonçalves Pinto (1810-1885), mais conhecida como Nísia Floresta, em 1832. Tal obra foi considerada uma tradução livre de A Vindication of the rights of woman de Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), autora inglesa que se tornou o principal nome em defesa dos direitos das mulheres no século XIX. No entanto, tratava-se da tradução de Woman not inferior to man de Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762). O artigo apresentado contextualiza o livro de Wollstonecraft no período, enfoca a trajetória da autora brasileira e a influência do Positivismo na sua obra, principalmente no que tange ao papel social das mulheres