Publications

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Journal articles

  • Pereira, L.; de Melo, F.; Almeida Santos, F.; Fortes Ferreira, A.; Plácido da Silva, H. ScientISST CORE: A novel hardware development platform for biomedical engineering. HardwareX 21, e00630 (2025). doi:10.1016/j.ohx.2025.e00630 [open access]

  • Fortes Ferreira, A.; Alves, H.; Plácido da Silva, H.; Marques, N.; Fred, A. Exploring the electrical robustness of conductive textile fasteners for wearable devices in different human motion conditions. Scientific Reports 14, 7872 (2024). doi:10.1038/s41598-024-56733-8 [open access]

  • Supelnic, M. N.; Ferreira, A. F.; Bota, P. J.; Brás-Rosário, L.; Plácido da Silva, H. Benchmarking of sensor configurations and measurement sites for out-of-the-lab photoplethysmography. Sensors 24(1), 214 (2023). doi:10.3390/s24010214 [open access]

  • Ferreira, A. F.; Plácido da Silva, H.; Alves, H.; Marques, N.; Fred, A. Feasibility of electrodermal activity and photoplethysmography data acquisition at the foot using a sock form factor. Sensors 23(2), 620 (2023). doi:10.3390/s23020620 [open access]

Book chapters

  • Ferreira, A. F.; Alves, H.; Plácido da Silva, H. Case study: Sympathia Sense. In Open Source Biomedical Engineering: Bridging the Gap Between Sensing and Insight, Springer (2026). doi:10.1007/978-3-032-03655-1_11

Conference papers

  • De Sousa, L. C.; Ferreira, A. F.; Plácido da Silva, H. STEBAM: Expanding STEAM education with biomedical engineering. In Proc. 6th International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (CISPEE), IEEE (2025), pp. 1–10.

  • Ferreira, A. F.; Plácido da Silva, H.; Alves, H.; Fred, A. Experimental evaluation of an adaptive gain sensor for electrodermal activity monitoring in a smart sock form factor. In Proc. 22nd Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), IEEE (2024), pp. 779–784. doi:10.1109/MELECON56669.2024.10608670