Recent advances in ambient assisted living bridging assistive technologies, e-health and personalized health care / edited by Wei Chen, School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Juan Carlos Augusto, School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom, Fernando Seoane, University of Boräs, Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare, Boräs, Sweden, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, School of Technology and Health, Huddinge, Sweden, Fedor Lehocki, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia, Klaus-Hendrik Wolf, Peter I. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Germany, Johan Arends, Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Kempenhaeghe, Heeze, The Netherlands, Constantin Ungureanu, Hobo Heeze B. V. Kempenhaeghe, Heeze, The Netherlands, and Reiner Wichert, Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany.