Biobabel: A Unified Interface for Reading Diverse Physiology File Formats Including Cardiac, Respiration, and Electrodermal Data
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.724 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647
Language: English
Page range: 37 - 37
Submitted on: Mar 16, 2026
Accepted on: Apr 29, 2026
Published on: May 21, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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