What a tangled web we weave: crosstalk between JAK-STAT and other signalling pathways during development in Drosophila.

The Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) signalling pathway is a key player in animal development and physiology. Although it functions in a variety of processes, the net output of JAK-STAT signalling depends on its spatiotemporal activation, as well as extensive crosstalk with other signalling pathways. Drosophila, with its relatively simple signal transduction pathways and plethora of genetic analysis tools, is an ideal system for dissecting JAK-STAT signalling interactions.

Analysis of a GMR-based plethysmograph transducer and its utility for real-time Blood Pressure measurement.

The paper presents study and analysis of a Giant Magneto Resistance (GMR)-based magneto plethysmograph and illustrates its efficacy as a tool for real-time cuff-less measurement of Blood Pressure (BP). The proposed scheme employs two GMR sensors and associated biasing and signal conditioning in its architecture. The delay between output of the GMR sensors is used to estimate the BP.

Development of a real-time breathing-rate monitor using difference operation method and adaptive windowing on dry-electrode ECG signal.

Estimation of breathing rate (BR) along with electrocardiogram signal plays an important role in patient health monitoring. Continuous monitoring of BR is often required during diagnosis of many diseases. Traditional methods like nasal air flow equipments employ cumbersome methods of BR monitoring which is not suitable for continuous monitoring.

Non-invasive heart rate monitoring system using giant magneto resistance sensor.

A simple heart rate (HR) monitoring system designed and developed using the Giant Magneto-Resistance (GMR) sensor is presented in this paper. The GMR sensor is placed on the wrist of the human and it provides the magneto-plethysmographic signal. This signal is processed by the simple analog and digital instrumentation stages to render the heart rate indication.

Feasibility Study of a Giant Magneto-Resistance Based Respiration Rate Monitor.

This paper reports a simple and reliable electronic technique for the estimation of respiration rate (RR). Giant Magneto-Resistance (GMR) based sensors are employed to extract a plethysmograph signal from the subject. This signal is filtered and processed further through simple signal processing stages to obtain RR indication.