Contactless and short-range vital signs detection with doppler radar millimetre-wave (76-81 GHz) sensing firmware.

Vital signs such as heart rate (HR) and respiration rate (RR) are essential physiological parameters that are routinely used to monitor human health and bodily functions. They can be continuously monitored through contact or contactless measurements performed in the home or a hospital. In this study, a contactless Doppler radar W-band sensing system was used for short-range, contactless vital sign estimation.

Relationship between plasma adropin levels and body composition and lipid characteristics amongst young adolescents in Taiwan.

Adropin is a 76 amino acid peptide hormone with a molecular weight of 4999.9Da that may be associated with energy homeostasis, insulin resistance and lipid metabolism in mice and human. There is only a few studies that examine plasma adropin levels and body composition in children.

NK cells promote neutrophil recruitment in the brain during sepsis-induced neuroinflammation.

Sepsis could affect the central nervous system and thus induces neuroinflammation, which subsequently leads to brain damage or dysfunction. However, the mechanisms of generation of neuroinflammation during sepsis remain poorly understood. By administration of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in mice to mimic sepsis, we found that shortly after opening the blood-brain barrier, conventional CD11b(+)CD27(+) NK subset migrated into the brain followed by subsequent neutrophil infiltration.

Prevalence and trend of dyslipidaemia from 1996 to 2006 among normal and overweight adolescents in Taiwan.

Objectives: To evaluate the trend of dyslipidaemia from 1996 to 2006 and examine its relationship with weight status among adolescents in Taiwan.

Design: 2 cross-sectional surveys were conducted in 1996 and 2006.

Setting: The junior high schools in Taipei.