Personalized Wearable Electrodermal Sensing-Based Human Skin Hydration Level Detection for Sports, Health and Wellbeing

Abstract Personalized hydration level monitoring play vital role in sports, health, wellbeing and safety of a person while performing particular set of activities. Clinical staff must be mindful of numerous physiological symptoms that identify the optimum hydration specific to the person, event and environment. Hence, it becomes extremely critical to monitor the hydration levels in a human body to avoid potential complications and fatalities. Hydration tracking solutions available in the literature are either inefficient and invasive or require clinical trials. An efficient hydration monitoring system is very required, which can regularly track the hydration level, non-invasively. To this aim, this paper proposes a machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) enabled hydration tracking system, which can accurately estimate the hydration level in human skin using galvanic skin response (GSR) of human body. For this study, data is collected, in three different hydration states, namely hydrated, mild dehydration (8 hours of dehydration) and extreme mild dehydration (16 hours of dehydration), and three different body postures, such as sitting, standing and walking. Eight different ML algorithms and four different DL algorithms are trained on the collected GSR data. Their accuracies are compared and a hybrid (ML+DL) model is proposed to increase the estimation accuracy. It can be reported that hybrid Bi-LSTM algorithm can achieve an accuracy of 97.83%.

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Non Invasive Skin Hydration Level Detection Using Machine Learning

Electronics ◽

10.3390/electronics9071086 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (7) ◽

pp. 1086 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sidrah Liaqat ◽

Kia Dashtipour ◽

Kamran Arshad ◽

Naeem Ramzan

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Human Body ◽

Learning Algorithms ◽

The Elderly ◽

Machine Learning Algorithms ◽

Skin Hydration ◽

Body Postures ◽

Hydration Level ◽

Non Invasive ◽

Conductance Data

Dehydration and overhydration can help to improve medical implications on health. Therefore, it is vital to track the hydration level (HL) specifically in children, the elderly and patients with underlying medical conditions such as diabetes. Most of the current approaches to estimate the hydration level are not sufficient and require more in-depth research. Therefore, in this paper, we used the non-invasive wearable sensor for collecting the skin conductance data and employed different machine learning algorithms based on feature engineering to predict the hydration level of the human body in different body postures. The comparative experimental results demonstrated that the random forest with an accuracy of 91.3% achieved better performance as compared to other machine learning algorithms to predict the hydration state of human body. This study paves a way for further investigation in non-invasive proactive skin hydration detection which can help in the diagnosis of serious health conditions.

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Non-Invasive Hydration Level Estimation in Human Body Using Galvanic Skin Response

IEEE Sensors Journal ◽

10.1109/jsen.2020.2965892 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (9) ◽

pp. 4891-4900 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ali Rizwan ◽

Najah Abu Ali ◽

Ahmed Zoha ◽

Metin Ozturk ◽

Akram Alomainy ◽

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Keyword(s):

Human Body ◽

Galvanic Skin Response ◽

Hydration Level ◽

Non Invasive ◽

Skin Response

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Molecular Characterization of Human Skin Response to Diphencyprone at Peak and Resolution Phases: Therapeutic Insights

Journal of Investigative Dermatology ◽

10.1038/jid.2014.196 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 134 (10) ◽

pp. 2531-2540 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Nicholas Gulati ◽

Mayte Suárez-Fariñas ◽

Judilyn Fuentes-Duculan ◽

Patricia Gilleaudeau ◽

Mary Sullivan-Whalen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Molecular Characterization ◽

Human Skin ◽

Skin Response

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Walking Ecosystems in Microbiome-Inspired Green Infrastructure: An Ecological Perspective on Enhancing Personal and Planetary Health

Challenges ◽

10.3390/challe9020040 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 40 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Jake Robinson ◽

Jacob Mills ◽

Martin Breed

Keyword(s):

Human Body ◽

Green Infrastructure ◽

Natural World ◽

Microbial Interactions ◽

Ecological Perspective ◽

Planetary Health ◽

Global Challenge ◽

Health And Wellbeing ◽

Underlying Mechanisms ◽

Ecological Unit

Principles of ecology apply at myriad scales, including within the human body and the intertwined macro and microscopic ecosystems that we depend upon for survival. The conceptual principles of dysbiosis (‘life in distress’) also apply to different realms of life—our microbiome, the macro environment and the socioeconomic domain. Viewing the human body as a holobiont—a host plus billions of microbial organisms working symbiotically to form a functioning ecological unit—has the potential to enhance personal and planetary health. We discuss this ecological perspective in our paper. We also discuss the proposals to rewild the microbiome, innovative microbiome-inspired green infrastructure (MIGI) and the basis of prescribing ‘doses of nature’. Particular emphasis is given to MIGI—a collective term for the design and management of innovative living urban features that could potentially enhance public health via health-inducing microbial interactions. This concept builds upon the microbiome rewilding hypothesis. Mounting evidence points to the importance of microbial diversity in maintaining favorable health. Moreover, connecting with nature—both physically and psychologically–has been shown to enhance our health and wellbeing. However, we still need to understand the underlying mechanisms, and optimal types and levels of exposure. This paper adds to other recent calls for the inclusion of the environment-microbiome-health axis in nature–human health research. Recognizing that all forms of life—both the seen and the unseen—are in some way connected (ecologically, socially, evolutionarily), paves the way to valuing reciprocity in the nature–human relationship. It is with a holistic and symbiotic perspective that we can begin to integrate strategies and address connected issues of human and environmental health. The prospective strategies discussed in our paper focus on enhancing our connections with the natural world, and ultimately aim to help address the global challenge of halting and reversing dysbiosis in all its manifestations.

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Exploring the health and wellbeing benefits of gardening for older adults

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x14000865 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 35 (10) ◽

pp. 2176-2200 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

THERESA L. SCOTT ◽

BARBARA M. MASSER ◽

NANCY A. PACHANA

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Word Association ◽

Vital Role ◽

Psychological Wellbeing ◽

Health And Wellbeing ◽

Therapeutic Benefits ◽

Open Questions ◽

Leisure Pursuit ◽

Casual Leisure

ABSTRACTResearch shows that contact with nature plays a vital role in our psychological wellbeing. Domestic gardening is common among older adults who spend more leisure hours gardening than any other age group. Despite this, few studies have systematically explored the significance of domestic gardens in relation to older adults' health and wellbeing. This study examined the perceived therapeutic benefits of gardening, and the effect of ageing in relation to older gardeners' continued participation in gardening, using quantitative and qualitative data from a survey of Australian older adult gardeners (N=331). The quantitative data, which included frequencies, were analysed using the PASW Statistics 18.0 package. The qualitative data, which included participants' responses to open questions, were analysed by deriving themes via Leximancer, an innovative text analytics software that uses word association information to elicit concepts, extracting the most important and grouping these according to themes. In relation to the reasons for gardening, several themes were identified including valuing the aesthetics of gardens, connecting with nature, achievement, and physical and mental activity. The benefits of gardening, and the variety of ways that respondents had adapted or modified their gardening activities in order to continue, are also reported. Gardening was more than a casual leisure pursuit for these participants, who saw it as critical to their physical and psychological wellbeing.

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Personalized expression of bitter ‘taste’ receptors in human skin

10.1101/364901 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Lauren Shaw ◽

Corrine Mansfield ◽

Lauren Colquitt ◽

Cailu Lin ◽

Jaime Ferreira ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Human Skin ◽

Human Body ◽

Bitter Taste ◽

Sun Exposure ◽

Tissue Expression ◽

Protective Mechanism ◽

Taste Receptors ◽

Skin Cells ◽

Bitter Taste Receptors ◽

Adult Human Skin

AbstractThe integumentary (i.e., skin) and gustatory systems both function to protect the human body and are a first point of contact with poisons and pathogens. These systems may share a similar protective mechanism because both human taste and skin cells express mRNA for bitter ‘taste’ receptors (TAS2Rs). Here, we used gene-specific methods to measure mRNA from all known bitter receptor genes in adult human skin from freshly biopsied samples and from samples collected at autopsy from the Genotype-Tissue Expression project. Human skin expressed some but not all TAS2Rs, and for those that were expressed, the relative amounts differed markedly among individuals. For some TAS2Rs, mRNA abundance was related to sun exposure (TAS2R14, TAS2R30, TAS2R42, and TAS2R60), sex (TAS2R3, TAS2R4, TAS2R8, TAS2R9, TAS2R14, and TAS2R60), and age (TAS2R5), although these effects were not large. These findings contribute to our understanding of extraoral expression of chemosensory receptors.

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Organisational Culture and Corporate Performance: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria

Journal of Business Systems Governance & Ethics ◽

10.15209/jbsge.v5i2.180 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Olu Ojo

Keyword(s):

Corporate Performance ◽

Organisational Culture ◽

Vital Role ◽

Study Data ◽

Primary Data ◽

Cultural Norms ◽

Organisational Performance ◽

Business Context ◽

Research Article ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this research article is to examine various concepts on organisational culture and strives to ascertain the importance of the relationship between organisational culture and corporate performance in a business context. The study adopted survey research design. The population of this study is the entire employees of Nigerian commercial banks. Primary data were used for this study. Data were collected through a questionnaire that was administered to the selected respondents, The two hypotheses proffered were tested and relevant recommendations were made. The conclusion drawn from the study is that organisational culture plays a vital role in an organisation’s general performance. This study contributes to organisational culture’s literature by showing that employees would commit themselves to organisational goals and work actively in achieving those goals when they buy into cultural norms of the organisation and thus increase organisational performance.

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Practice of contraceptives

Journal of Institute of Medicine ◽

10.3126/jiom.v31i3.2972 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 3-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

S Pandey ◽

S Karki ◽

A Pradhan

Keyword(s):

Economic Status ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

Vital Role ◽

Study Data ◽

Healthy Population ◽

Institute Of Medicine ◽

Contraceptive Methods ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Status ◽

Knowledge And Practice

Introduction: Over the past decades fertility rate have surprisingly been stagnated demanding further research on the ways it reduces rate to a level appropriate for healthy population. Considering the status of male in developing countries like Nepal, it is believed that men play vital role in achieving success in this sector. Therefore this study was done to find out the knowledge and practice of contraceptives among married males of Makwanpur, Nepal.Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. Data were collected from the 387 respondents by personal interview using semi-structured questionnaire.Results: Mean age of the respondents was 34.48 years. Most of the respondents knew at least four contraceptive methods. There is a strong relationship between knowledge and the use of contraceptives with the level of education and economic status having a direct impact. The attitude of male respondents to share responsibility for promotion of contraceptive was found to be positive.Conclusions:Almost majority agree that the responsibility for contraception should shared by both partner, but use of contraceptive methods among men is still low. This study recommended in depth action research to promote male contraceptive methods and priority for service delivery program in Nepal.Keywords: Contraceptives; Family planning; Knowledge and practice of contraceptivesDOI: 10.3126/joim.v31i3.2972Journal of Institute of Medicine Vol. 31, Issue 3, 2009, December Page: 3-9

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