ECG variability, as it relates to the influence of the autonomic nervous system on the heart, is primarily studied via frequency-domain and time-domain analysis of heart rate variability (HRV). HRV studies the variability ...

Cellular Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWANs) are most prevalent and offer high-bandwidth data transfer. We believe WWANs can be availed for voice communications employing Voice Over IP technologies. Such a communication ...

The needs and impacts of drug administration have evolved from a systemic to a local focus. Local drug delivery would allow a higher local drug concentration at lower systemic toxicity than what can be achieved if delivered ...

Quantifying the reduced emissions due to renewable power integration and providing increasingly accurate emissions analysis has become more important for policy makers in the age of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and ...

This thesis quantifies the impact of clinical care team discontinuities on inpatient length-of-stay (LOS) and admission wait time within Massachusetts General Hospital's Department of Medicine (DOM). The DOM is the hospital's ...

This thesis explores parameters that govern microvascular occlusion secondary to embolic phenomenon. Bulk and individual properties of microembolic particles were characterized using light microscopy, SEM and optically-based ...