An estimated 792 million people live with mental health disorders worldwide-more than one in ten people-and this number is expected to grow in the shadow of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Unfortunately, there aren't enough mental h...
To date, consumer health tools available over the web suffer from serious limitations that lead to low quality health- related information. While health data in our world are abundant, access to it is limited because of liability and privacy constrai...
Heart rate variability (HRV) is an objective measure of emotional regulation. This study aimed to estimate the accuracy with which an artificial neural network (ANN) algorithm could classify emotions using HRV data that were obtained using wristband ...
Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research
Aug 1, 2019
"Just-in-time" interventions (JITs) delivered via smartphones have considerable potential for reducing HIV risk behavior by providing pivotal support at key times prior to sex. However, these programs depend on a thorough understanding of when risk b...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder worldwide, causing both motor and non-motor symptoms. In the early stages, symptoms are mild and patients may ignore their existence. As a result, they do not undergo any r...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
This paper introduces a novel approach for real-time classification of human activities using data from inertial sensors embedded in a smartphone. We propose a hierarchical classification scheme to recognize seven classes of activities including post...
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Jan 4, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Machine learning algorithms such as elastic net regression and backward selection provide a unique and powerful approach to model building given a set of psychosocial predictors of smoking lapse measured repeatedly via ecological moment...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Jan 1, 2019
Children are rarely affected by medical emergencies. The experience of doctors or paramedics with child emergencies is correspondingly poor. The anatomical features and individual calculations make such an emergency much more error-prone than a compa...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2018
Prior work has shown that smartphone spirometry can effectively measure lung function using the phone's built-in microphone and could one day play a critical role in making spirometry more usable, accessible, and cost-effective. Although traditional ...
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