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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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This 2028 Special Issue presents recent developments and achievements in the field of Mechanism and Machine Science coming from the Italian community with international collaborations and ranging from theoretical contributions to experimental and practical applications. It contains selected contributions that were accepted for presentation at the Second International Conference of IFToMM Italy, IFIT2018, that has been held in Cassino on 29 and 30 November 2018. This IFIT conference is the second event of a series that was established in 2016 by IFToMM Italy in Vicenza. IFIT was established to bring together researchers, industry professionals and students, from the Italian and the international community in an intimate, collegial and stimulating environment.

biomechanical engineering --- wearable robotics --- hand exoskeleton --- mechanism design and optimization --- kinematic analysis --- mechatronics --- Handwheelchair.q --- Disabled sport --- Manual wheelchair --- water wheel --- grain water mill --- wooden teeth gear --- history of mechanism and machine science --- micro-hydro --- renewable energy --- magneto-rheological elastomers --- smart materials --- semi-active isolator --- iron powder --- wearable device --- blood ultrafiltration --- mechatronic device --- renal replacement --- bevel gears --- gear design --- Tredgold --- numerical simulations --- shape memory alloy --- SMA wires --- flexible actuator --- modular actuator --- mathematical model --- experimental test --- tilting pad journal bearing --- nonlinear behavior --- experimental characterization --- stiffness modelling --- performance indices --- condition number --- volumetric isotropy index --- parallel manipulator --- two-stage planetary gearbox --- varying load --- dynamic torque --- efficiency --- rotating machinery --- Intelligent tire --- flex sensor --- PVDF sensor --- energy saving --- vehicle dynamics --- smart systems --- vibroprotection --- seismic --- rolling bearer --- vibration --- non-linear vibrations --- cumulative curves --- singular point --- n/a