IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-02-22DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354591
Muhammad Fairuziko Nurrajab, Nyi Nyi Tun
{"title":"Enrich Your Horizon With IEEE EMBS Student Mentoring Program","authors":"Muhammad Fairuziko Nurrajab, Nyi Nyi Tun","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354591","url":null,"abstract":"In order to align with the original goals of the IEEE organization’s IEEE Mentoring Meeting, the IEEE EMBS Student Activities Committee (IEEE EMBS SAC) is now shaping the Student Mentoring Program (SMP) for EMBS members. The SMP, a student-led initiative by the Student Activities Committee (SAC), is an annual series of events that aim to offer a support network for students to connect with experienced professionals that align with their interests all over the world <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[1]</xref>\u0000, <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[2]</xref>\u0000. The program is a part of the Professional Development Portfolio along with other programs under IEEE EMBS SAC <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[3]</xref>\u0000, <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[4]</xref>\u0000. It is aimed at promoting the skills and professional development of students and young professionals in the IEEE EMB Society. Matching the mentee(s) and a mentor based on the same area of research interest (AOI) for reaching their goals is the main significance of the program. This article will explain the experience and achievements from both sides of being a mentor and a mentee in SMP 2022.","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139956809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-02-22DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2024.3357008
Danilo Mandic, Matteo Bermond, Edoardo Occhipinti, Harry J. Davies, Ghena Hammour, Amir Nassibi
{"title":"In Your Ear: A Multimodal Hearables Device for the Assessment of the State of Body and Mind","authors":"Danilo Mandic, Matteo Bermond, Edoardo Occhipinti, Harry J. Davies, Ghena Hammour, Amir Nassibi","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2024.3357008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2024.3357008","url":null,"abstract":"It is predicted that the global shipment of smart wearables will approach 302.2 million devices in 2023, increasing from 222.9 million devices in 2019 <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[1]</xref>\u0000. It was also forecast in 2019 that the number of ear-worn devices—so-called hearables—would rise to 105.3 million in 2023, from 72 million in 2019 <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[2]</xref>\u0000. Given the relatively fixed position of the head with respect to the brain and vital organs in most of the daily activities, hearables provide more consistent recordings compared to more mobile parts of the body, such as the wrists. This allows for robust recordings of the both electroencephalogram (EEG) <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[3]</xref>\u0000, <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[4]</xref>\u0000, <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[5]</xref>\u0000, electrocardiogram (ECG) <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[6]</xref>\u0000, and photoplethysmogram (PPG) <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[7]</xref>\u0000, together with the derived measures including the heart rate (HR) <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[4]</xref>\u0000, respiratory rate <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[8]</xref>\u0000, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[7]</xref>\u0000, and blood glucose levels <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[9]</xref>\u0000.","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"99 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139946585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-02-22DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354608
Nancey Trevanian Tsai
{"title":"Engineering for the Under-Resourced","authors":"Nancey Trevanian Tsai","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354608","url":null,"abstract":"What does it mean to advance technology for humanity? Does it beg us to ask, “Define technology?” and “What segment of Humanity?”","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139946583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-02-22DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354365
Cynthia Weber
{"title":"Meeting the Challenges of Surgical Device Design and Translation for Global Use","authors":"Cynthia Weber","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354365","url":null,"abstract":"The need for viable global health solutions—and particularly solutions for global surgery—are paramount <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[2]</xref>\u0000. In response, a research group at the University of Leeds, U.K., has been working in concert with a multidisciplinary team to develop retractor for abdominal insufflation-less surgery (RAIS), a gasless laparoscopy system that enables crucial surgery in low-resource settings. The group is led by Peter Culmer, professor in health care engineering at the University of Leeds (\u0000<xref ref-type=\"fig\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">Figure 1</xref>\u0000). Recently, their paper, “The RAIS Device for Global Surgery: Using a Participatory Design Approach to Navigate the Translational Pathway,” published in the <italic xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine</i> <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[1]</xref>\u0000, was selected to receive the 2023 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Paper Award.","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139946674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-02-22DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2024.3353653
Mary Bates
{"title":"Advances in Maternity Technology","authors":"Mary Bates","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2024.3353653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2024.3353653","url":null,"abstract":"Despite spending more on health care, the United States has the highest infant and maternal mortality rates of any high-income country, according to a recent report by the Commonwealth Fund <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[1]</xref>\u0000. In 2020, U.S. maternal mortality was over three times the rate in most other high-income countries, at 23.8 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births. And troublingly, these numbers are rising, with 32.9 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births reported in 2021 <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[2]</xref>\u0000. In addition, rates of maternal morbidity—short- and long-term health problems related to pregnancy or giving birth—are increasing <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[3]</xref>\u0000.","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"2014 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139956819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-02-22DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354416
Leslie Mertz
{"title":"Noninvasive Injectables for Chronic Low Back Pain","authors":"Leslie Mertz","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354416","url":null,"abstract":"The World Health Organization calls low back pain the single leading cause of disability worldwide, and one that can lead to limitations in activities and erosion of the quality of life <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[1]</xref>\u0000. The pain is often caused by degeneration of one or more shock-absorbing intervertebral discs, each of which is essentially a collagen-and-water cushion, called nucleus pulposus (NP), that lies within a strong, collagen-rich sack, known as the annulus fibrosis.","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"198 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139946684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-02-22DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354149
Leslie Mertz
{"title":"Robotic Assistance: Orthopedic Tech Advances for Today and Tomorrow","authors":"Leslie Mertz","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354149","url":null,"abstract":"Robotic technologies are already becoming part of joint replacement operations in many hospitals, but the need for research groups to come up with both small and large innovations remains great, according to Harpal “Paul” Khanuja, M.D., chief of joint replacement surgery for Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (\u0000<xref ref-type=\"fig\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">Figure 1</xref>\u0000), and Daniel Wiznia, M.D., an assistant professor of both mechanical engineering and materials science in the Yale University School of Engineering, and the director of technology and innovation in the Yale Department of Orthopedics (\u0000<xref ref-type=\"fig\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">Figure 2</xref>\u0000).","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"141 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139946582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-02-22DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354630
Beverly Yow
{"title":"Beyond Undergraduate School: A Graduate Student’s First Steps Into Biomedical Research","authors":"Beverly Yow","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354630","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139946584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-02-22DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354588
Nyi Nyi Tun, Antony M. Gitau, Tony Adel Fawzy
{"title":"Benefits of Volunteering: Being IEEE EMBS Student Mentoring Program Ambassadors","authors":"Nyi Nyi Tun, Antony M. Gitau, Tony Adel Fawzy","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2024.3354588","url":null,"abstract":"For an IEEE society, the IEEE EMBS SAC mainly functions with five main portfolios according to the new organized organogram of Team 2023 <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[1]</xref>\u0000. They are the Student Representation Portfolio, the Technical Activities Portfolio, the Professional Development Portfolio, the Public Relations Portfolio, and the Administrative Portfolio. Under five main portfolios, the team is now shaping five main initiatives, such as the Student Mentoring Program (SMP), International Student Conference (ISC), Student Leadership Programs, Student Professional Development, and Summer Camps, respectively <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[2]</xref>\u0000, <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[3]</xref>\u0000. Among them, the SMP is one of the flagship programs of the EMBS SAC under the Professional Development Portfolio and has been successfully running since 2021 <xref ref-type=\"bibr\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">[4]</xref>\u0000. It is organized and run by a chairperson, who is supported by a team of ambassadors. The chairperson is usually a member of the SAC lead team.","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139946595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}