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Machine-learning-based calving prediction from activity, lying, and ruminating behaviors in dairy cattle.

Journal of dairy science
The objective of this study was to use automated activity, lying, and rumination monitors to characterize prepartum behavior and predict calving in dairy cattle. Data were collected from 20 primiparous and 33 multiparous Holstein dairy cattle from Se...

Ethical challenges in the use of social service robots for elderly people.

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Socially assistive robots are increasingly discussed as solutions in care and domestic use for the support of senior adults; however, this raises ethical questions which hitherto have not been considered or were not predictable. The most important qu...

Field study analysis of the influences of deworming regimens and housing conditions on parasites and sperm output in 21 European boar studs.

Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997)
The current study reports the parasitological results of a quality control audit in 21 European boar studs. Field investigations were performed over a 2-year period (2012-2013) during the winter and spring. From each stud, an average of 30 (range, 25...

What automated age estimation of hand and wrist MRI data tells us about skeletal maturation in male adolescents.

Annals of human biology
BACKGROUND: Age estimation of individuals is important in human biology and has various medical and forensic applications. Recent interest in MR-based methods aims to investigate alternatives for established methods involving ionising radiation. Auto...

N!CA: Towards Digitalisation of Innovative Care Processes to Unburden and Empower Nurses.

Studies in health technology and informatics
Demand for nursing care will intensify in the coming decades based on demographics, chronic diseases, multimorbidity and other health-related issues. Austrian nurses have a low job satisfaction and overall retention time in their job, due to high wor...

Impact of Professional Background on Inter-Annotator Variability and Accuracy During Annotation of Clinical Notes.

Studies in health technology and informatics
BACKGROUND: The aging population's need for treatment of chronic diseases is exhibiting a marked increase in urgency, with heart failure being one of the most severe diseases in this regard. To improve outpatient care of these patients and reduce hos...

Socially Assistive Robots (SAR) in In-Patient Care for the Elderly.

Studies in health technology and informatics
In-patient care of the elderly is currently being put to the test in all developed industrial nations. The aim is to make the resident-centered and nursing-related care more professional. In addition to the organizational and interdisciplinary orient...

Towards a situation-and-user-aware multi-modal motorized toilet system to assist older adults with disabilities: A user requirements study.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
In the recent decades state of the art technologies appeared in many areas to assist older adults with disabilities. However, one very essential activity of daily life, the toileting remained without any relevant development. The iToilet project of t...

AAL robotics: state of the field and challenges.

Studies in health technology and informatics
The field of "AAL Robotics", combining AAL and robotics as disciplines, has not yet been precisely defined and does not present accepted structures and concepts that would allow to communicate unequivocally its methods, projects, and approaches. The ...