Contactless Estimation of Respiratory Frequency Using 3D-CNN on Thermal Images.

Monitoring physiological parameters such as respiratory rate (f$_{R}$) is essential for diagnosing and managing various pathological conditions. Thermal imaging offers a promising contactless alternative to traditional methods, which often rely on partially invasive sensors or obtrusive wearable systems. However, existing approaches for f$_{R}$ estimation from thermal signals typically require extensive pre-processing and manual or semi-automatic region-of-interest (ROI) tracking, limiting their practical applicability.

Dialectical behavior therapy in autistic adults: effects on ecological subjective and physiological measures of emotion dysregulation.

Background: Although Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) and physiological measurements provide a valuable opportunity to evaluate therapeutic interventions in real time, no study has used this approach to assess Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in autistic adults with high levels of emotion dysregulation (ED).

Methods: In this study, 26 autistic adults were evaluated before and after participating in a standard 5-month DBT program, using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA). The EMA included: (1) twelve evaluations per day over a 7-day period, measuring alexithymia, emotional states, subjective arousal and emotion control; (2) continuous physiological monitoring with a wristband to record heart-rate (HR), heart-rate variability (HRV) and skin conductance levels (SCL).

ThermICA: Novel Approach for a Multivariate Analysis of Facial Thermal Responses.

Objective: Infrared Thermography (IRT) has been used to monitor skin temperature variation in a contactless manner, in both clinical medicine and psychophysiology. Here, we introduce a new methodology to obtain information about autonomic correlates related to perspiration, peripheral vasomotility, and respiration from infrared recordings.

Methods: Our approach involves a model-based decomposition of facial thermograms using Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and an ad-hoc preprocessing procedure.

Inflammatory-Targeted Lipid Carrier as a New Nanomaterial to Formulate an Inhaled Drug Delivery System.

There is a pressing need for efficacious therapies in the field of respiratory diseases and infections. Lipid nanocarriers, administered through aerosols, represent a promising tool for maximizing therapeutic concentration in targeted cells and minimizing systemic exposure. However, this approach requires the application of efficient and safe nanomaterials.

Autonomic Regulation of Facial Temperature during Stress: A Cross-Mapping Analysis.

Skin temperature reflects the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)'s response to emotions and mental states and can be remotely measured using InfraRed Thermography. Understanding the physiological mechanisms that affect facial temperature is essential to improve the precision of emotional inference from thermal imaging. To achieve this aim, we recorded thermal images from 30 volunteers, at rest and under acute stress induced by the Stroop test, together with two autonomic correlates, i.

Towards a Contactless Stress Classification Using Thermal Imaging.

Thermal cameras capture the infrared radiation emitted from a body in a contactless manner and can provide an indirect estimation of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) dynamics through the regulation of the skin temperature. This study investigates the contribution given by thermal imaging for an effective automatic stress detection with the perspective of a contactless stress recognition system. To this aim, we recorded both ANS correlates (cardiac, electrodermal, and respiratory activity) and thermal images from 25 volunteers under acute stress induced by the Stroop test.

Discriminating Stress From Cognitive Load Using Contactless Thermal Imaging Devices.

This study proposes long wave infrared technology as a contactless alternative to wearable devices for stress detection. To this aim, we studied the change in facial thermal distribution of 17 healthy subjects in response to different stressors (Stroop Test, Mental Arithmetic Test). During the experimental sessions the electrodermal activity (EDA) and the facial thermal response were simultaneously recorded from each subject.

Quantitative analysis of histidine decarboxylase gene (hdcA) transcription and histamine production by Streptococcus thermophilus PRI60 under conditions relevant to cheese making.

This study evaluated the influence of parameters relevant for cheese making on histamine formation by Streptococcus thermophilus. Strains possessing a histidine decarboxylase (hdcA) gene represented 6% of the dairy isolates screened. The most histaminogenic, S.

Identification of a tyrosine decarboxylase gene (tdcA) in Streptococcus thermophilus 1TT45 and analysis of its expression and tyramine production in milk.

In this study, a tyrosine decarboxylase gene (tdcA) was identified in 1 among 83 Streptococcus thermophilus strains tested. Its sequence, nearly identical to that of a tdcA of Lactobacillus curvatus, indicated a horizontal gene transfer event. Transcription in milk and the formation of critical levels of tyramine were observed in the presence of tyrosine.

Application of AFLP fingerprint analysis for studying the biodiversity of Streptococcus thermophilus.

Streptococcus thermophilus is a lactic acid bacteria (LAB) widely used in milk fermentation processes as a starter culture. In this work the genetic diversity of S. thermophilus isolates from different sources was analyzed using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism fingerprinting (AFLP).

Characterization of tetracycline-resistant Streptococcus thermophilus isolates from Italian soft cheeses.

Tetracycline-resistant Streptococcus thermophilus isolates from soft cheeses harbored the genes tet(S), tet(M), and tet(L). Molecular analysis of these genes revealed their expression, localization on plasmids or Tn916-Tn1545 family transposons, and their similarity with published sequences. The study highlights the importance of an accurate safety assessment of using S.

Molecular diversity and transferability of the tetracycline resistance gene tet(M), carried on Tn916-1545 family transposons, in enterococci from a total food chain.

In the present study, 20 enterococci belonging to the species Enterococcus faecalis (12 strains), Enterococcus faecium (4), Enterococcus durans (2), Enterococcus hirae (1) and Enterococcus mundtii (1) and originating from a total production chain of swine meat commodities were analysed to investigate the diversity of their tetracycline resistance gene tet(M). PCR-RFLP and sequence analysis showed that the tet(M) gene of most strains can be correlated with the Tn916 transposon. Conversely, tet(M) of six E.