Near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) provides rich information in agricultural operations and
experiments to determine crop parameters which are not visible to the human eye. Collecting …

The plant root microbiome can enhance yield in crops, but whether this effect is due to one
yield-promoting bacterial community consisting of key taxa, or multiple configurations of taxa …

Obesity is a growing problem among children, due in part to their sedentary lifestyles. Time
spent engaged in physical activity is decreasing, while time spent playing computer and …

There are risks to too much sedentary behaviour, regardless of a person's level of physical
activity, particularly for children. As exercise habits instilled during childhood are strong …

Smartphones have the potential to revolutionize health monitoring and delivery. Significant
attention has been given to personal health devices and systems to help individuals and …

Regular physical activity has many physical, cognitive and emotional benefits. Health researchers
have shown that there are also risks to too much sedentary behaviour, regardless of a …

Contagions - either pathogens spread through contact networks or societal memes spread
through social networks - impact the occurrence and character of both epidemic and endemic …

Heuristic evaluation -- a technique where experts inspect software and determine where the
application violates predetermined policies for good usability - is an effective technique for …

Innovations in computer game interfaces continue to enhance the experience of players.
Affective games - those that adapt or incorporate a player's emotional state - have shown …

By analyzing people's contact patterns over time, it is possible to build efficient delay tolerant
networking (DTN) algorithms and derive important data for parameterizing and calibrating …