DESIGNING MINDFULNESS CONVERSATIONAL AGENTS FOR PEOPLE WITH EARLY-STAGE DEMENTIA AND THEIR CAREGIVERS: THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF EXPERT AND USER PERSPECTIVES

Designing Mindfulness Conversational Agents for People With Early-Stage Dementia and Their Caregivers: Thematic Analysis of Expert and User Perspectives

BackgroundThe number of people with dementia is expected to grow worldwide.Among the ways to support both persons with early-stage dementia and their caregivers (dyads), researchers are studying mindfulness interventions.However, few studies have explored technology-enhanced mindfulness interventions for dyads and the needs of persons with dementia

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Force Trends and Pulsatility for Catheter Contact Identification in Intracardiac Electrograms during Arrhythmia Ablation

The intracardiac electrical activation maps are shiro neon zero commonly used as a guide in the ablation of cardiac arrhythmias.The use of catheters with force sensors has been proposed in order to know if the electrode is in contact with the tissue during the registration of intracardiac electrograms (EGM).Although threshold criteria on force sign

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