Predicting human behaviour with recurrent neural networks

A Almeida, G Azkune - Applied Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
As the average age of the urban population increases, cities must adapt to improve the
quality of life of their citizens. The City4Age H2020 project is working on the early detection …

Usability evaluation of assistive technologies through qualitative research focusing on people with mild dementia

I Asghar, S Cang, H Yu - Computers in Human Behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
The assistive technologies (ATs) are commonly used for the wellbeing of people with
dementia (PWD). Research shows that current ATs are not performing to their best and high …

[HTML][HTML] Use of nonintrusive sensor-based information and communication technology for real-world evidence for clinical trials in dementia

S Teipel, A König, J Hoey, J Kaye, F Krüger… - Alzheimer's & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cognitive function is an important end point of treatments in dementia clinical trials.
Measuring cognitive function by standardized tests, however, is biased toward highly …

Wristwash: towards automatic handwashing assessment using a wrist-worn device

H Li, S Chawla, R Li, S Jain, GD Abowd… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Washing hands is one of the easiest yet most effective ways to prevent spreading illnesses
and diseases. However, not adhering to thorough handwashing routines is a substantial …

Usability assessment of interaction management support in LOUISE, an ECA-based user interface for elders with cognitive impairment

P Wargnier, S Benveniste, P Jouvelot… - Technology and …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Embodied conversational agents (ECA) are possible enablers of assistive
technologies, in particular for older adults with cognitive impairment. Yet, dedicated …

A wearable IoT with complex artificial perception embedding for Alzheimer patients

M Roopaei, P Rad, JJ Prevost - 2018 World Automation …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is categorized as a progressive loss of cognitive functions such as
impaired short-term memory and spatial cognition. In addition to memory difficulties, people …

Optimal timing of drug sensitivity testing for patients on first-line tuberculosis treatment

S Suen, ML Brandeau… - Health care management …, 2018 - Springer
Effective treatment for tuberculosis (TB) patients on first-line treatment involves triaging those
with drug-resistant (DR) TB to appropriate treatment alternatives. Patients likely to have DR …

An improved three-stage classifier for activity recognition

E Garcia-Ceja, RF Brena - International Journal of Pattern …, 2018 - World Scientific
Recently, Human Activity Recognition (HAR) has become an important research area
because of its wide range of applications in several domains such as health care, elder care …

Needs and preferences for technology among Chinese family caregivers of persons with dementia: a pilot study

C Xiong, A Astell, A Mihailidis… - … of Rehabilitation and …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Dementia is a major public health concern associated with significant caregiver
demands and there are technologies available to assist with caregiving. However, there is a …

Learning datum-wise sampling frequency for energy-efficient human activity recognition

W Cheng, S Erfani, R Zhang, R Kotagiri - Proceedings of the AAAI …, 2018 - ojs.aaai.org
Abstract Continuous Human Activity Recognition (HAR) is an important application of smart
mobile/wearable systems for providing dynamic assistance to users. However, HAR in real …