scholarly journals WiMonitor: Continuous Long-Term Human Vitality Monitoring Using Commodity Wi-Fi Devices

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaopeng Niu ◽  
Shengjie Li ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Zhaopeng Liu ◽  
Dan Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Home Environment ◽  
Continuous Monitoring ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Daily Monitoring ◽  
Activity Intensity ◽  
Device Free ◽  
Term Monitoring

For a large population of elderly who live alone, a continuous long-term daily monitoring system is critical and imminently needed to enhance the quality of their lives. Continuous monitoring of vitality information (i.e., which area the elder is staying in, the motion state and activity intensity of an elder) is essential for elderly care. In this paper, we use existing commodity Wi-Fi devices to design and implement a long-term device-free human daily vitality system, WiMonitor. Our system can continuously capture the target’s vitality information in a multi-room home environment without compromising the privacy of the target. In a continuous 22-day experiment, WiMonitor successfully captures the human vitality information accurately. We believe our system can provide valuable long-term monitoring data for both researchers and health care personnel.

scholarly journals The Observatorio Astronómico Nacional - Tonantzintla: Site Evaluation

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (S260) ◽  
Author(s):  
H.M. Hernández-Toledo ◽  
L.A. Martínez-Vázquez ◽  
A. Pani-Cielo
Keyword(s):  
Ccd Photometry ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Astronomy Education ◽  
Site Evaluation ◽  
New Instrumentation ◽  
Sky Conditions ◽  
Alternative Solutions ◽  
Term Monitoring

AbstractThe objective of this contribution is to present some results of an evaluation on the local conditions at the site that were considered in order to propose that the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, Tonantzintla, (OAN-Tonantzintla) become a National Facility for Astronomy Education. The evaluation included a quantitative diagnostic (CCD photometry) on the quality of the local sky. The attributes of the 1-m telescope, the current instrumentation and a well planned upgrading that includes new instrumentation is considered at the basis for a successful transition maintaining the attractiveness of the site for astronomy education. A 3-year upgrading program actually in progress at UNAM is providing funding for that purpose. Physics and astronomy programs at college and graduated levels at UNAM will benefit from this, yielding clear connections among astronomy researchers and educators and students at various levels. Although the OAN-Tonantzintla faces the danger of deteriorating its sky conditions, we are maintaining awareness of the night sky characteristics in long-term monitoring campaigns and encouraging the local authorities to find alternative solutions to this problem.

scholarly journals A real-time wireless wearable electroencephalography system based on Support Vector Machine for encephalopathy daily monitoring

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 155014771877956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Zhang ◽  
Pingping Wang ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Bo Peng ◽  
Yufu Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Support Vector Machine ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Mobile Terminal ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Brain Health ◽  
Intelligent Support ◽  
Daily Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

Wearable electroencephalography systems of out-of-hospital can both provide complementary recordings and offer several benefits over long-term monitoring. However, several limitations were present in these new-born systems, for example, uncomfortable for wearing, inconvenient for retrieving the recordings by patients themselves, unable to timely provide accurate classification, and early warning information. Therefore, we proposed a wireless wearable electroencephalography system for encephalopathy daily monitoring, named as Brain-Health, which focused on the following three points: (a) the monitoring device integrated with electroencephalography acquisition sensors, signal processing chip, and Bluetooth, attached to a sport hat or elastic headband; (b) the mobile terminal with dedicated application, which is not only for continuous recording and displaying electroencephalography signal but also for early warning in real time; and (c) the encephalopathy’s classification algorithm based on intelligent Support Vector Machine, which is used in a new application of wearable electroencephalography for encephalopathy daily monitoring. The results showed a high mean accuracy of 91.79% and 93.89% in two types of classification for encephalopathy. In conclusion, good performance of our Brain-Health system indicated the feasibility and effectiveness for encephalopathy daily monitoring and patients’ health self-management.

scholarly journals Home Environment as a Predictor of Long-Term Executive Functioning following Early Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christianne Laliberté Durish ◽  
Keith Owen Yeates ◽  
Terry Stancin ◽  
H. Gerry Taylor ◽  
Nicolay C. Walz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Home Environment ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Severe Tbi

AbstractObjectives:This study examined the relationship of the home environment to long-term executive functioning (EF) following early childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI).Methods:Participants (N=134) were drawn from a larger parent study of 3- to 6-year-old children hospitalized for severe TBI (n=16), complicated mild/moderate TBI (n=44), or orthopedic injury (OI;n=74), recruited prospectively at four tertiary care hospitals in the United States and followed for an average of 6.8 years post-injury. Quality of the home environment, caregiver psychological distress, and general family functioning were assessed shortly after injury (i.e., early home) and again at follow-up (i.e., late home). Participants completed several performance-based measures of EF at follow-up. Hierarchical regression analyses examined the early and late home environment measures as predictors of EF, both as main effects and as moderators of group differences.Results:The early and late home environment were inconsistent predictors of long-term EF across groups. Group differences in EF were significant for only the TEA-Ch Walk/Don’t Walk subtest, with poorer performance in the severe TBI group. However, several significant interactions suggested that the home environment moderated group differences in EF, particularly after complicated mild/moderate TBI.Conclusions:The home environment is not a consistent predictor of long-term EF in children with early TBI and OI, but may moderate the effects of TBI on EF. The findings suggest that interventions designed to improve the quality of stimulation in children’s home environments might reduce the long-term effects of early childhood TBI on EF. (JINS, 2018,24, 11–21)

The struggle for good care: moral challenges during the COVID-19 lockdown of Dutch elderly care facilities

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy van der Geugten ◽  
Gaby Jacobs ◽  
Anne Goossensen
Keyword(s):  
Moral Distress ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Personal Ethics ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

The COVID-19 lockdown of Dutch long-term care facilities between March and May 2020 affected the quality of lives of residents and opposed professional and personal ethics of care. This article, based on 25 in-depth interviews with healthcare chaplains, gives insight into what moral challenges appeared for care professionals. Moral challenges were related to: ‘family ruptures’, ‘residents’ loneliness and despair’, ‘cold-hearted deaths’ and ‘response and responsibilities’. The findings illuminate the complexity of providing care during the lockdown and show variation in the impact of these ethical experiences, in which both moral distress and moral resilience occurred.

scholarly journals The Quality of Caregivers for the Elderly in Long-Term Care Institutions in Zhejiang Province, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 2164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuhang Zeng ◽  
Xiaoqian Hu ◽  
Yuanyuan Li ◽  
Xuemei Zhen ◽  
Yuxuan Gu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Zhejiang Province ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Employment Training ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Positive Effect

China is facing challenges in caring for older adults. This paper aimed to understand knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding the quality of caregivers for the elderly in long-term care institutions in Zhejiang Province, and also to find related factors to improve the quality of caregivers. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from April to June 2016 in Zhejiang Province. In total, 84 caregivers were interviewed face-to-face with questionnaires on KAP towards elderly care. Multiple linear regression was used to find the related factors to KAP. A conceptual model was made to process path analysis among KAP and influencing factors using structural equation modeling. The study found that most caregivers in Zhejiang Province were middle-aged, female, and with a diploma below middle school. Many caregivers had not received any pre-employment training. Their salary was low although they undertook high-intensity work. Education and working years had a positive effect on knowledge and practice scores, and pre-employment training had a positive effect on knowledge and attitude scores. Knowledge and attitude regarding elderly care could positively affect elderly care practices. The quality of caregivers in Zhejiang Province was at a low level compared to developed countries. Continuous and regular elderly care training should be provided for caregivers to improve their elderly care knowledge and hence the quality of elderly care.

Morality in the mundane

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Dauwerse ◽  
Sandra van der Dam ◽  
Tineke Abma
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Ethics Support ◽  
Raising Awareness

Ethics support is called for to improve the quality of care in elderly institutions. Various forms of ethics support are presented, but the needs for ethics support remain unknown. Using a mixed-methods design, this article systematically investigates the specific needs for ethics support in elderly care. The findings of two surveys, two focus groups and 17 interviews demonstrate that the availability of ethics support is limited. There is a need for ethics support, albeit not unconditionally. Advice-based forms of ethics support are less appropriate as they are removed from practice. Ethics support should be tailored to the often mundane and easily overlooked moral issues that arise in long-term care. Attention should also be given to the learning styles of nurses who favour experiential learning. Raising awareness and developing a climate of openness and dialogue are the most suitable ways to deal with the mundane moral issues in elderly care.

Analysis of variation and relation of climate, hydrology and water quality in the lower Mekong River

2010 ◽  
Vol 62 (7) ◽  
pp. 1587-1594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham Thi Minh Hanh ◽  
Nguyen Viet Anh ◽  
Dang The Ba ◽  
Suthipong Sthiannopkao ◽  
Kyoung-Woong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Arima Model ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Water Quality Parameters ◽  
Mekong River ◽  
Arima Models ◽  
Analysis Of Variation ◽  
Term Monitoring

In order to determine the influence of climate and hydrology on water quality of the lower Mekong River, the long term monitoring data (from 1985 to 2004) of climatic, hydrological and water quality variables were analyzed. In general, water quality was ‘good’ or ‘very good’ for most of the investigated water quality parameters including DO, pH, conductivity, nitrate, phosphate and total phosphorus. All climatic and hydrological elements as well as most of the water quality parameters varied seasonally. Throughout the 18-year period, only evaporation, water level and TSS showed a significant pertinent trend. ARIMA models results reveal that among climatic and hydrological paremeters, water quality could be effectively predicted from the data of discharge flow and precipitation. The results showed good R2 (≥0.7) estimation between predicted and observed values for TSS, alkalinity and conductivity which are the chemically and biologically conservative parameters. For other water quality parameters such as Ca2 + , Mg2 + , Si, Cl−, NO3−, and SO42−, the predicting results by ARIMA model were reliable in shorter period than the above three mentioned variables.

scholarly journals Long Term Monitoring of Nutritional, Clinical Status and Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 200-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Malá ◽  
Eva Vejražková ◽  
Jana Bielmeierová ◽  
Martin Jindra ◽  
Milan Vošmik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Head And Neck Cancer ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Neck Cancer ◽  
Clinical Status ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring
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