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Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating a Miniature Multisensor Biosignal Recorder for Unsupervised Parkinson's Disease Monitoring

An improved miniature biosignal data sensor and recorder device is described, (NAT-1-4G) with 3-a... more An improved miniature biosignal data sensor and recorder device is described, (NAT-1-4G) with 3-axis accelerometer, and a 500 Sa/sec all-channel recording capacity of 36 hours or more with a single zinc-air battery cell, and up to 6 days at 100 Sa/Sec for accelerometer only. Like the previous NAT-1 prototype device, this measures less than 18×22×10 mm and weighs less than 2.3 grams, including the battery. In this paper we describe the device in detail, and introduce the presentation of tremor data measurement captured in the context of Parkinson's disease forearm monitoring. The NAT-1-4G device itself has already achieved translation to commercialization and is currently available.

Research paper thumbnail of On the Reconciliation of Human Rights and Cultural Difference

حقوق بشر, 2019

Human rights are universal, and therefore seem to be independent of 'identity' and 'd... more Human rights are universal, and therefore seem to be independent of 'identity' and 'difference'. In the Western philosophical and religious traditions they originated in the Stoic idea of the moral unity of mankind and the Christian belief in one, unique, universal God, the creator of the Universe and its human inhabitants. According to this view, all human beings had certain fundamental obligations to God, and this entailed obligations to all human beings. Although Christians believe Christianity to be the one true religion, the Christian theory of human rights holds that all human beings have obligations to respect the rights of all other human beings, irrespective of their religious beliefs or cultural identity. The modern conception of human rights, as embodied in UN texts, is a secularised version of this idea: all human beings have all human rights (including the rights to freedom of religion and to participate in the culture of their community) irrespective of...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating a Miniature Multisensor Biosignal Recorder for Unsupervised Parkinson's Disease Monitoring

An improved miniature biosignal data sensor and recorder device is described, (NAT-1-4G) with 3-a... more An improved miniature biosignal data sensor and recorder device is described, (NAT-1-4G) with 3-axis accelerometer, and a 500 Sa/sec all-channel recording capacity of 36 hours or more with a single zinc-air battery cell, and up to 6 days at 100 Sa/Sec for accelerometer only. Like the previous NAT-1 prototype device, this measures less than 18×22×10 mm and weighs less than 2.3 grams, including the battery. In this paper we describe the device in detail, and introduce the presentation of tremor data measurement captured in the context of Parkinson's disease fore-arm monitoring. The NAT-1-4G device itself has already achieved translation to commercialization and is currently available. Copyright © 2015 IFSA Publishing, S. L.

Research paper thumbnail of FPGA implementation of real-time human motion recognition on a reconfigurable video processing architecture

Journal of Real-time Image …, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of the United Nations, the African Union and Africa's Sub-Regional Organizations in Dealing with Africa's Human Rights Problems: Connecting Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect

Journal of African Law, 2009

This article examines the basis for humanitarian intervention (HI) in the United Nations Charter,... more This article examines the basis for humanitarian intervention (HI) in the United Nations Charter, the African Union (AU) Charter and in a number of African sub-regional institutions. It traces the historical development of HI and argues that, while the right to HI emerged more than 100 years ago, that right also emerges from the Genocide Convention. The article argues that this treaty connects HI to the developing norm of the responsibility to protect (R2P) and examines the extent to which R2P is garnering wider support around the world. It focuses on the UN, and the various AU and sub-regional institutions and instruments that sanction HI. It assesses whether intervention can be authorized even in the absence of a UN Security Council mandate and examines the principles, application and interrelationship of R2P and HI in the African context. It traces the use of these norms in Africa, including in the various sub-regional structures, and evaluates the AU's political will and cap...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating a Miniature Multisensor Biosignal Recorder for Unsupervised Parkinson's Disease Monitoring

An improved miniature biosignal data sensor and recorder device is described, (NAT-1-4G) with 3-a... more An improved miniature biosignal data sensor and recorder device is described, (NAT-1-4G) with 3-axis accelerometer, and a 500 Sa/sec all-channel recording capacity of 36 hours or more with a single zinc-air battery cell, and up to 6 days at 100 Sa/Sec for accelerometer only. Like the previous NAT-1 prototype device, this measures less than 18×22×10 mm and weighs less than 2.3 grams, including the battery. In this paper we describe the device in detail, and introduce the presentation of tremor data measurement captured in the context of Parkinson's disease forearm monitoring. The NAT-1-4G device itself has already achieved translation to commercialization and is currently available.

Research paper thumbnail of On the Reconciliation of Human Rights and Cultural Difference

حقوق بشر, 2019

Human rights are universal, and therefore seem to be independent of 'identity' and 'd... more Human rights are universal, and therefore seem to be independent of 'identity' and 'difference'. In the Western philosophical and religious traditions they originated in the Stoic idea of the moral unity of mankind and the Christian belief in one, unique, universal God, the creator of the Universe and its human inhabitants. According to this view, all human beings had certain fundamental obligations to God, and this entailed obligations to all human beings. Although Christians believe Christianity to be the one true religion, the Christian theory of human rights holds that all human beings have obligations to respect the rights of all other human beings, irrespective of their religious beliefs or cultural identity. The modern conception of human rights, as embodied in UN texts, is a secularised version of this idea: all human beings have all human rights (including the rights to freedom of religion and to participate in the culture of their community) irrespective of...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating a Miniature Multisensor Biosignal Recorder for Unsupervised Parkinson's Disease Monitoring

An improved miniature biosignal data sensor and recorder device is described, (NAT-1-4G) with 3-a... more An improved miniature biosignal data sensor and recorder device is described, (NAT-1-4G) with 3-axis accelerometer, and a 500 Sa/sec all-channel recording capacity of 36 hours or more with a single zinc-air battery cell, and up to 6 days at 100 Sa/Sec for accelerometer only. Like the previous NAT-1 prototype device, this measures less than 18×22×10 mm and weighs less than 2.3 grams, including the battery. In this paper we describe the device in detail, and introduce the presentation of tremor data measurement captured in the context of Parkinson's disease fore-arm monitoring. The NAT-1-4G device itself has already achieved translation to commercialization and is currently available. Copyright © 2015 IFSA Publishing, S. L.

Research paper thumbnail of FPGA implementation of real-time human motion recognition on a reconfigurable video processing architecture

Journal of Real-time Image …, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of the United Nations, the African Union and Africa's Sub-Regional Organizations in Dealing with Africa's Human Rights Problems: Connecting Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect

Journal of African Law, 2009

This article examines the basis for humanitarian intervention (HI) in the United Nations Charter,... more This article examines the basis for humanitarian intervention (HI) in the United Nations Charter, the African Union (AU) Charter and in a number of African sub-regional institutions. It traces the historical development of HI and argues that, while the right to HI emerged more than 100 years ago, that right also emerges from the Genocide Convention. The article argues that this treaty connects HI to the developing norm of the responsibility to protect (R2P) and examines the extent to which R2P is garnering wider support around the world. It focuses on the UN, and the various AU and sub-regional institutions and instruments that sanction HI. It assesses whether intervention can be authorized even in the absence of a UN Security Council mandate and examines the principles, application and interrelationship of R2P and HI in the African context. It traces the use of these norms in Africa, including in the various sub-regional structures, and evaluates the AU's political will and cap...