Somnox Mini: A portable breathing regulation device for stress management

Millennials, a generation of individuals born between 1981 and 1996 that are shaping the current working class. One trait that makes millennials stand out from other generations is that their generation is the most stressed out. It is estimated that 20% of employed millennials in the Netherlands are suffering from symptoms due to stress. These...

The influence of take-over requests on driver workload: The role of personality: A driving simulation self-experiment

The development of automated vehicles on the road is in full swing. As vehicles are getting increasingly automated, the human factor is diminished or eventually removed from automated driving. Until then, a combination of human input and automation is necessary during automated driving. This research focuses on the interaction between humans and...

Overcome: Reducing ICU patients' anxiety through medical alarms feedback provision

In the Intensive Care Units (ICU) patients are exposed to many, continuous and highly stressors, such as medical alarms, which contribute to the development of psychological issues, such as delirium, anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD). These psychological issues have a negative influence on the patients’ healing process...

Predicting sepsis on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

To reduce the mortality rate of sepsis, treatment needs to be started as soon as possible. One should however first be sure about the occurrence of sepsis. Currently, the suspicion of sepsis in premature infants is based on non-specific physiological changes. The detection of alterations in the inter-heartbeat interval preceding sepsis can offer...

Mobile Real-Time Stress Detection

Prolonged exposure to stress can cause serious mental and physical illnesses. Therefore, it is important that people are aware of stressful situations, so that they can take necessary actions to cope with them. We introduce a mobile system that is able to detect stress in individuals in real-time based on electrocardiogram and electrodermal...