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Title: rConverse: Moment by Moment Conversation Detection Using a Mobile Respiration Sensor
Award ID(s):
1640813 1722646
PAR ID:
10073128
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
Volume:
2
Issue:
1
ISSN:
2474-9567
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 27
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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