An Ambient Intelligent Environment to Abstract Physiological Parameters for Interference and Management of "Well Being"

Development of an ambient intelligent environment to facilitate the modelling of 'well-being'

IET Seminar on Assisted Living 2011 ◽

10.1049/ic.2011.0035 ◽

2011 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

S. Mowafey ◽

S. Gardner ◽

R. Patz

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Intelligent Environment ◽

Ambient Intelligent

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Physiological Parameters of Pigs Raised with and without Environmental Enrichment

Journal of Agricultural Science ◽

10.5539/jas.v9n4p176 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 176

Author(s):

Carlos Syllas Monteiro Luz ◽

Leonardo Atta Farias ◽

José Luiz Leonardo Araujo Pimenta ◽

Joisiane Da Silva Santos ◽

Richard Átila De Sousa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Weight Gain ◽

Environmental Enrichment ◽

Block Design ◽

Environmental Parameters ◽

Well Being ◽

Blood Parameters ◽

Physiological Parameters ◽

Pig Farming ◽

Randomized Block Design ◽

Morning Shift

Ethical and commercial issues are associated with animal welfare in pig farming, in that sense, the objective of this work was to evaluate physiological and blood parameters in addition to weight gain in pigs raised with and without sunlight and environmental enrichment (EE), as well as to correlate physiological and environmental parameters as welfare indicators. Twenty-four pigs distributed in a randomized block design with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement were used. Blocks were represented by shifts (morning and afternoon), and factors by the presence or absence of EE and sunlight. Blood and environmental parameters of thermal comfort, in addition to weight gain, were registered. Physiological parameters showed to be shift dependent (p < 0.05), with the afternoon shift being superior when compared to the morning shift, thus indicating climate influence. Weight gain showed significant interactions (p < 0.05) in the presence and absence of sunlight and EE in the stalls. Temperature correlated positively with the physiological parameters. Moisture showed negative correlations with physiological parameters. The packed cell volume was lower (p < 0.05) in the presence of EE. The EE provides physiological well-being and weight gain for pigs in the nursery stage, especially when sunlight was absent in the stalls.

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I Am the Institution

Handbook of Research on Digital Learning - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-9304-1.ch018 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 291-301

Author(s):

Matthew Montebello

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Educational Goals ◽

Area Network ◽

Intelligent Environment ◽

Personal Learning ◽

Personal Learning Environment ◽

Ambient Intelligent ◽

Academic Services ◽

Personal Area Network

The way adults pursue their education through life is changing as the technology around us relentlessly continues to enhance our quality of life and further enhances every aspect of the different tasks we set out to perform. This exploratory chapter looks into how every adult can embody a comprehensive set of academic services, platforms, and systems to assist every individual in the educational goals that one sets. A combination of three distinct technologies are presented together with how they not only come together but complement each other around a person in what is usually referred to as a personal area network. The network in this case incorporates an intelligent personal learning environment providing personalised content, intelligent wearables closer to the user to provide additional contextual customisation, and a surrounding ambient intelligent environment to close a trio of technologies around every individual.

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