Towards Pervasive Mobility Assessments in Clinical and Domestic Environments

<p>The finer fraction of the particulate matter (PM) is the most harmful health wise, as it has more capacity to reach deeper parts of the respiratory system. Among other constituents, PM also contains iron oxides, allowing for the use of magnetic methods in its investigation as proxies for the whole of PM. Those methods present advantages in comparison to traditional ones, being quick, cost effective and sensible to investigate iron oxides among PM.&#160;</p><p>To better understand the risks related to PM exposition in the domestic context, the assessment of magnetic parameters may be used in outdoor and indoor environments, giving us information on the concentration of iron oxides (and consequently, PM) and its dispersion from one environment to the other.&#160;</p><p>We developed a citizen sciences experiment in the city of Toulouse, France. Tree barks were used as bio-collectors. Garlands composed of tree bark pieces were distributed to the population in May-2019, and placed in both indoors and outdoors of flats and homes to capture PM. They were retrieved after one year. Measurement of magnetic susceptibility, ARM, SIRM, S -ratio and estimation of superparamagnetic concentration were performed. A total of 86 bio-collectors kits were successfully analyzed. The preliminary results indicate a higher concentration of iron oxides outdoors, with a mean difference between outdoor and indoor measurements of 6.58x10<sup>-9</sup>m<sup>3</sup>/kg and 1.38x10<sup>-5</sup>Am<sup>2</sup>/kg in susceptibility and SIRM respectively. The concentration of the SP fraction also follows this trend of higher outdoor values. The magnetic mineralogy is mostly dominated by low coercivity magnetite-like carriers.</p><div> <div> <div>&#160;</div> </div> <div> <div>&#160;</div> </div> </div>

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Yours, Mine and Ours? Sharing and Use of Technology in Domestic Environments

UbiComp 2007: Ubiquitous Computing - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ◽

10.1007/978-3-540-74853-3_7 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 109-126 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

A. J. Bernheim Brush ◽

Kori M. Inkpen

Keyword(s):

Use Of Technology ◽

Domestic Environments

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Ever Eczema and Itchy Rash in Relation to Domestic Environments in Primary School Children

Indoor and Built Environment ◽

10.1177/1420326x06072880 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 15 (6) ◽

pp. 535-541 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Guicheng Zhang ◽

Jeffery Spickett ◽

Andy H. Lee ◽

Krassi Rumchev ◽

Stephen Stick

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

School Children ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Domestic Environments

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Drowning in the elderly in Paraíba-Brazil

Panorama brasileiro de tungstênio (w) entre os anos de 2008 e 2014 ◽

10.32749/nucleodoconhecimento.com.br/health/elderly ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 66-82

Author(s):

Angela Amorim De Araújo ◽

Arthur Tibério De Lacerda Vieira ◽

Ivanilda Lacerda Pedrosa ◽

Márcia Virgínia Di Lorenzo Florêncio ◽

Pablo Raphael Oliveira Honorato Da Silva ◽

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Keyword(s):

Causes Of Death ◽

Local Population ◽

The Elderly ◽

The State ◽

Medical Institute ◽

Special Group ◽

Local Description ◽

Icd 10 ◽

Physical Limitations ◽

Domestic Environments

Drowning is a global problem, and is among the main causes of death in the world, and the elderly are part of this new reality as a special group who also suffer submersion accidents. The aim of this study was to analyze deaths due to drowning in the elderly in the state of Paraíba from 2005 to 2015. This is a retrospective, descriptive study associated with spatial analysis of regions with a higher incidence of drowning in people aged 60 years or older in the state of Paraíba. Data were collected from the IML (Gemol and Numol) records from 2005 to 2015, totaling 80 cases of drowning. Sociodemographic characteristics such as age group, gender, spatiality and local description of the occurrence (rivers, dams, sea, waterfall, cacimbas, dams and domestic environments), care provider, file of the Legal Medical Institute of the Scientific Police, international code of diseases – ICD 10 (code W74), shift of occurrence. As results we located the region of Mari sector of the wild region of Paraíba – Açude Olho D’agua (Latitude 7.11º S and Longitude 35.2º ), was the place with the highest number of drownings, where dams/lakes (55%), male (91%), married (46%), aged between 60 and 69 years (60%), the local population made the first care (41%), 14h was of higher occurrence (11%), and on Sundays (29%). We can conclude that drowning occurs in several aquatic scenarios, and in this study occurred in fresh water, several factors were associated with drowning in the elderly, such as cognition deficits, polypharmaceuticals and physical limitations, such outcomes can help encourage protection policies for this group as well as family members guide in freshwater regions and accentuate care.

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Listeriaspecies in domestic environments

Epidemiology and Infection ◽

10.1017/s0950268800059094 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 117 (3) ◽

pp. 437-442 ◽

Cited By ~ 52

Author(s):

R. R. Beumer ◽

M. C. te Giffel ◽

E. Spoorenberg ◽

F. M. Rombouts

Keyword(s):

Isolation Method ◽

Predominant Species ◽

Surface Samples ◽

Domestic Environments

SummaryUsing a direct isolation methodListeriaspp. were detected in 101 (47·4%) of 213 houses investigated.L. monocytogeneswas present in 45 houses (21·1%).Listeriaspp. occurred at all sampling sites. Dish-cloths (37%) and surface samples round the drain in the bathroom (27·2%) were most frequently contaminated. Highest numbers (c. 104c.f.u./object) were found in dish-cloths and washing-up brushes. Lower levels (up to 103c.f.u./object) were obtained from kitchen sinks, refrigerator vegetable compartment samples and tooth brushes. In total, 132 isolations ofListeriaspp. were made from 871 samples.L. innocua(53%) andL. monocytogenes(41%) were the predominant species in the positive samples. OtherListeriaspp. were found in only 6% of the positive samples.

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