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Medical practice is a mixture of science and art, technique and humanism. The importance of human beings is more obvious in medicine than in any other field. At the center of medical care is the patient, and at its base and that of the entire medical system is the relationship that is established between the patient and the medical staff. Overspecialization is a big component of modern medicine, with professionals working in increasingly narrow fields, which makes patients routinely treated by multidisciplinary teams. This draws attention to the importance of appropriate relationships between members of the medical team for the success of the therapeutic approach. In the context of technological progress in medicine, the need to relate to the humanistic values of the medical profession and the complexity of the medical act in which technical aspects are intertwined with cultural, ethical, legal, psychological, and sociological issues becomes increasingly clear. This Special Issue is dedicated to the humanistic values of medical practice. It includes articles that approach various aspects of the so-called humanistic medicine, drawing a picture of what contemporary medicine should strive for.

Humanities --- Social interaction --- avoidance learning --- neck pain --- workplace --- employment --- fear --- exercise --- attitude --- accidents --- disability --- obstetrics and gynecology --- physicians --- stress --- medical practice --- psychosomatic symptoms --- continuing education --- SARS-CoV-2 --- pandemics --- fear of COVID 19 --- HIV --- cardiovascular disease --- metabolic syndrome --- HAART --- Framingham risk score --- students --- medicine --- healthcare --- lifestyle --- body image --- social network --- self-esteem --- body mass index --- physical health --- domestic violence --- physician–patient relationship --- dental medical students’ opinion --- teenager --- sex education --- sexual health --- pregnancy --- teenage pregnancy --- sexually transmitted diseases --- contraception --- communication --- head and neck cancer --- quality of life --- psychosocial --- interventions --- asthma --- asthma therapy --- severe asthma --- patient behaviour --- patient attitudes --- length of the visit --- patient satisfaction --- health status --- appointments and schedules --- general practice --- adult --- aging --- primary care --- Borderline Personality Disorder --- depression --- perfectionism --- obsessive-compulsive symptoms --- fearfulness --- dependency --- psycho-emotional moods --- behavioral problems --- academic performance --- COVID-19 pandemic --- medical malpractice --- complaints --- doctor --- Romania --- socio-demographic characteristics --- professional characteristics --- institutional characteristics --- embodiment --- empathy --- humanism --- medical education

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Recent advances in electronics have led to sensors whose sizes and weights are such that they can be placed on living systems without impairing their natural motion and habits. They may be worn on the body as accessories or as part of the clothing and enable personalized mobile information processing. Wearable sensors open the way for a nonintrusive and continuous monitoring of body orientation, movements, and various physiological parameters during motor activities in real-life settings. Thus, they may become crucial tools not only for researchers, but also for clinicians, as they have the potential to improve diagnosis, better monitor disease development and thereby individualize treatment. Wearable sensors should obviously go unnoticed for the people wearing them and be intuitive in their installation. They should come with wireless connectivity and low-power consumption. Moreover, the electronics system should be self-calibrating and deliver correct information that is easy to interpret. Cross-platform interfaces that provide secure data storage and easy data analysis and visualization are needed.This book contains a selection of research papers presenting new results addressing the above challenges.

Medical equipment & techniques --- inertial measurement unit --- movement analysis --- long-track speed skating --- validity --- IMU --- principal component analysis --- wearable --- scoring --- carving --- balance assessment --- data augmentation --- gated recurrent unit --- human activity recognition --- one-dimensional convolutional neural network --- intermittent claudication --- vascular rehabilitation --- 6 min walking test --- functional walking --- TUG --- kinematics --- fall risk --- logistic regression --- elderly --- inertial sensor --- artificial intelligence --- supervised machine learning --- head rotation test --- neck pain --- cerebral palsy --- dystonia --- choreoathetosis --- machine learning --- home-based --- wearable device --- MLP --- gesture recognition --- flex sensor --- model search --- neural network --- inertial measurement unit—IMU --- movement complexity --- sample entropy --- trunk flexion --- low back pain --- lifting technique --- camera system --- ward clustering method --- K-means clustering method --- ensemble clustering method --- Bayesian neural network --- pain self-efficacy questionnaire --- n/a --- inertial measurement unit-IMU

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During recent years, the use of advanced data analysis methods has increased in clinical and epidemiological research. This book emphasizes the practical aspects of new data analysis methods, and provides insight into new challenges in biostatistics, epidemiology, health sciences, dentistry, and clinical medicine. This book provides a readable text, giving advice on the reporting of new data analytical methods and data presentation. The book consists of 13 articles. Each article is self-contained and may be read independently according to the needs of the reader. The book is essential reading for postgraduate students as well as researchers from medicine and other sciences where statistical data analysis plays a central role.

modified stretched exponential function --- age-dependent stretched exponent --- characteristic life --- maximum lifespan --- South Korean female --- Long-term care (LTC) --- importance-satisfaction (I-S) model --- performance evaluation matrix (PEM) --- service quality performance matrix (SQPM) --- voice of customer (VOC) --- vocal fatigue --- vocal distance dose --- neck surface accelerometer --- medical informatics --- statistical computing --- data analysis --- retirement threshold --- decision support system --- heuristic approach --- surgery scheduling --- software tool --- case study --- prostate cancer --- castration-resistant prostate cancer --- deep learning --- phased long short-term memory --- statistics --- reporting --- data presentation --- publications --- medicine --- health care --- ICD coding --- hierarchical classification --- electronic healthcare --- data mining --- data anonymization --- health --- cervical injury --- neck pain --- inertial sensors --- Active Contour Models --- snake segmentation --- GVF --- prostate imaging --- biostatistics --- GLM --- skewed data --- t-test --- Type I error --- power simulation --- Monte Carlo --- deep belief network --- heart disease diagnosis --- sparse FCM --- bird swarm algorithm --- mathematical models --- Iterative simulation --- compartmental model --- diabetes control --- mobile assistant --- n/a

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Writing or managing a scientific book, as it is known today, depends on a series of major activities, such as regrouping researchers, reviewing chapters, informing and exchanging with contributors, and at the very least, motivating them to achieve the objective of publication. The idea of this book arose from many years of work in biomechanics, health disease, and rehabilitation. Through exchanges with authors from several countries, we learned much from each other, and we decided with the publisher to transfer this knowledge to readers interested in the current understanding of the impact of biomechanics in the analysis of movement and its optimization. The main objective is to provide some interesting articles that show the scope of biomechanical analysis and technologies in human behavior tasks. Engineers, researchers, and students from biomedical engineering and health sciences, as well as industrial professionals, can benefit from this compendium of knowledge about biomechanics applied to the human body.

foot morphology --- toes function --- biomechanics --- barefoot --- jumping --- running --- jump throwing ability --- 3D motion analysis --- acceleration --- kidney --- torque --- exercise --- physical fitness --- peritoneal dialysis --- sports engineering --- ground reaction forces --- swimming --- performance --- neuromuscular training --- strength --- injury prevention --- young athletes --- basketball shoe --- comfort perception --- foot loading --- plantar pressure --- maneuver --- two-dimensional video analysis --- validity --- reliability --- quantitative biomechanical parameters --- artistic gymnastics --- minimalist index --- patellofemoral contact force --- patellofemoral contact stress --- footwear --- patellofemoral joint pain syndrome --- virtual reality --- visual speed perception --- treadmill running --- self-motion perception --- optical flow --- locomotion --- forefoot --- Gait --- Heel --- TUG --- Type 2 diabetes mellitus --- metabolic syndrome --- whole body vibration exercise --- range of motion of the knees --- surface electromyographic pattern --- neuromuscular activation --- sleep quality --- whole-body vibration exercise --- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index --- Epworth Sleepiness Scale --- Berlin Questionnaire --- mechanical vibration --- traditional Chinese medicine --- balance --- flexibility --- muscle strength --- stabilometry --- ballet dancers --- ankle injury --- chronic ankle instability --- functional --- movement --- evaluation --- assessment --- screen --- type 2 diabetes mellitus --- blood flow velocity --- skin temperature --- vibration --- 3D force modeling --- rowing biomechanics --- robot-assisted training --- individualized training --- virtual reality simulator --- training of experts --- rowing simulator --- tendon based parallel robot --- transversal vibration control --- physical training intensity --- therapeutic exercises --- work related neck pain --- musculoskeletal pain --- flight time --- vertical jump --- center of mass --- landing --- anthropometric variables --- hamstring-to-quadriceps ratio --- H/Q ratio --- isometric --- lower limb --- measurement acquisitions and techniques --- strength and conditioning --- sports training --- strength abilities --- anterior cruciate ligament --- automation --- drop jump --- injury risk --- deep learning --- machine learning --- movement screen --- OpenPose --- signal complexity --- texture analysis --- multiscale entropy analysis --- wavelet transform --- photoplethysmography --- orthosis --- tensile strength test --- robotic therapy --- posture stability --- football --- training --- slackline balancing --- dynamics reconstruction --- contact force modeling --- optimal control --- subject-specific modeling --- velocity --- technique --- overhead --- racket --- swing --- stroke --- modeling and simulation in sport science --- mechanical analyses of sports --- sport medicine --- injury in sport --- human behavior --- quality of life --- applied science in musculoskeletal disorders