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Studies from around the world are finding an increased rate of incidences of pathologically stretched eyeballs among children compared with pre-pandemic levels. The pandemic saw real-life classrooms and playgrounds give way to virtual meetings and digital devices, increasing the time that children spend focusing on screens and other nearby objects significantly. This shift has caused their eyeballs to lengthen to accommodate short-vision tasks. An hour of extra outdoor break time every day can markedly reduce the incidence of short-sightedness. https://lnkd.in/gX-mmvVM

Congrats to Sophia Holmqvist of Temple University, another recipient of the 2023 APF COGDOP Scholarships! As rapid population aging and healthcare costs associated with dementia increase, there is a significant need for more sensitive tools to detect early cognitive decline. Digital phenotyping, a novel approach involving passive data collection utilizing sensors from novel technology, such as smartwatches, could fulfill this gap to estimate early autonomic dysfunction and health behaviors associated with early cognitive changes. This project will examine validity of several metrics from a commercially available and low cost smartwatch in a diverse sample of older adults which could have broad implications for health behavior monitoring, targeted interventions, and early detection of cognitive decline. ow.ly/lt0K50Q2c8M

#Glaucoma isn't just for adults—it affects children too! Improper #eye drainage development before birth can cause childhood glaucoma and optic #nerve damage. This week's #throwbackthursday spotlights: “Evaluation of an automated offline system for screening childhood glaucoma using a smartphone-based fundus camera - Pilot study.” Join Team Remidio for more innovative updates! #AI #preventingblindness #earlydetection #lastmileconncet

📃Scientific paper: Developing and Refining a Multifunctional Facial Recognition System for Older Adults with Cognitive Impairments: A Journey Towards Enhanced Quality of Life Abstract: In an era where the global population is aging significantly, cognitive impairments among the elderly have become a major health concern. The need for effective assistive technologies is clear, and facial recognition systems are emerging as promising tools to address this issue. This document discusses the development and evaluation of a new Multifunctional Facial Recognition System (MFRS), designed specifically to assist older adults with cognitive impairments. The MFRS leverages face_recognition [1], a powerful open-source library capable of extracting, identifying, and manipulating facial features. Our system integrates the face recognition and retrieval capabilities of face_recognition, along with additional functionalities to capture images and record voice memos. This combination of features notably enhances the system's usability and versatility, making it a more user-friendly and universally applicable tool for end-users. The source code for this project can be accessed at https://lnkd.in/evRShkUU. ;Comment: 10 pages Continued on ES/IODE ➡️ https://etcse.fr/z5YIZ ------- If you find this interesting, feel free to follow, comment and share. We need your help to enhance our visibility, so that our platform continues to serve you.

This World Health Day, join us in celebrating the power of data to transform health research with Brain-CODE! Each data point, from clinical questionnaires to brain scans, is valuable for understanding brain health. Brain-CODE's strength lies in sharing and reusing this data. Our platform not only stores data securely but also connects scientists to fuel new research, accelerating breakthroughs and valuing every patient's contribution. To date, Brain-CODE has facilitated 335 data requests from researchers globally, positioning Ontario as a world leader in data sharing. "Ontario recognizes the value of collaboration and data in driving research and innovation," says Jill Dunlop, Ontario's Minister of Colleges and Universities | Collèges et Universités. "The release of data by the Ontario Brain Institute is instrumental in supporting breakthroughs that improve lives." Join us in advancing health research and explore brain-health related data on Brain-CODE: https://www.braincode.ca/ #WorldHealthDay #DataDrivenHealth #BrainHealth #ResearchInnovation #OntarioBrainInstitute #BrainCODE #MyHealthMyRight

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 I am thrilled to introduce our poster for the 2023 OC Biostatistics Symposium: "Stress, Screens, and Crying Scenes: Analyzing Cyclical Concerns in Child Development." 🧒📱 Our research analysis, by yours truly and the phenomenal Aubree Krager from the University of California, Irvine, and California State University, Fullerton, explores the intriguing relationship between parental stress, infant media usage, and infant social-emotional development. 📊 Using advanced statistical techniques, we delved into the intricate dynamics of these factors. Our findings reveal that heightened parental stress predicts an increased use of smartphones and tablets to soothe infants, and this media usage, in turn, correlates with higher social-emotional problems in infants. This interconnected web emphasizes the importance of understanding the interplay between caregiver and child well-being. 🧑👦💻 This research builds upon the NIH-funded Baby Books 2 Project and contributes valuable insights into the world of early childhood development and media usage. 📚 A big thank you to our generous supporters, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Deland family, and various funding sources. 🙏 Stay tuned for further developments and future work, as we continue to explore this fascinating field with Structural Equation Models (SEMs). 📈 We look forward to sharing our research with you at the 2023 OC Biostatistics Symposium! 🌐 #ChildDevelopment #MediaUsage #ParentingStress #Research #Biostatistics #Symposium2023

🔴 The Importance of Functional Health 🔍 Advancements in Frailty Identification   🚶♀️ Digital Tools for Functional Independence in Older Adults Interested to learn about these topics?   Join Dr. Amanda Paluch, Dr. Margie Lachman, and Jen Blankenship, PhD for   “Technology for Enhancing Functional Health: Monitoring Movement with Wearables and Sensors”   next week, Wednesday 11/28 from 3-4 pm ET, on Zoom. 💻 Event is free.   Two pilot investigators funded by the Mass AITC will present their projects on the use of technology to assess frailty and function by monitoring activity.   Amanda Paluch, Assistant Professor in School of Public Health at University of Massachusetts Amherst, will present on her pilot project “Detecting frailty in home environments through non-invasive whole room body heat sensing in older adults”. Her research aims to advance frailty identification using contactless in-home assessment tools employing the heatic sensors of Butlr Technologies.     Frailty affects 10% of community-dwelling older adults (25% in those aged 80+), leading to increased risks of mortality, disability, healthcare utilization, and loss of independence. Current clinical practices struggle to detect frailty early due to resource limitations, resulting in challenges in modifying its course. Spatial intelligence technology allows for real-time tracking, enabling early recognition of changes in activity and movement patterns, thus assessing the risk of frailty.      For more event details and to register - https://lnkd.in/ecYxNJNj       Session is presented by Massachusetts AI and Technology Center for Connected Care in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease.     Dr. Amanda Paluch is a faculty partner and of our network of innovation at the Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The Center is a partnership between the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing and College of Engineering, UMass Amherst.     Photo credit in the comments. #UMass #publichealth #olderadults #frailty #research #health #agingservices

NOAH members have access to Research Forum recordings! We have 8 incredible webinars available via our Member Resources page: https://lnkd.in/gkQuF98W 12/9/21 featuring the work of the EpiArts, a National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab at the University of Florida in partnership with Dr. Daisy Fancourt at UCL. 3/10/22 featuring the director of The Sound Health Network (SHN), an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the University of California, San Francisco, in collaboration with the The National Institutes of Health, the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Renée Fleming. 6/9/22 with The Neuroarts Lab, featuring Susan Magsamen, MAS, executive director of the Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics, and Ruth J. Katz, JD, MPH, executive director of the Health, Medicine and Society Program. 9/8/22 with Dr. Stacey Springs, Sr. Director for Research Compliance, Harvard University and Research Associate, Brown University School of Public Health. Stacey shared perspectives on research in arts in health, including the developing notion of “other ways of knowing.” 12/8/22 Offering Social Prescribing for the Arts for Older Adults: Pathways and Lessons, featuring Dr. Shreeniwas and team members who presented work-in-progress on their study of how Social Prescribing for the Arts programs influences access to older adults' access to arts participation, and mechanisms by which these programs are financed, and delivered. 3/9/23 Other Ways of Knowing, featuring Kelly Feltault, PhD and Hannah Jacobson Blumenfeld, consultants with Creative Forces: National Endowment for the Arts Military Healing Arts Network, who presented Translating Research into Practice Using a Ways of Knowing Framework. 6/8/23 The Arts, Health, and Well-Being: National Endowment for the Arts Research Resources, featuring Dr. Patricia Moore Shaffer, deputy director of Research & Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts. 9/13/23 with Gregory Youdan around the questions, "I want to study an arts in health intervention. What makes a good research question? What tools and instruments should I use?"

BREAST HEALTH AWARENESS School students, their friends, mothers, and scientists exchange ideas on breast health. The BREAST HEALTH AWARENESS workshop took place at the Institute on 9 October – an event by women for women with scientists, pupils from the partner school Schulzentrum Walle, their friends, mothers, and teachers. The topic was explored in impulse lectures, at interactive stations, and in conversations in a protected setting; from the anatomy and examination possibilities of the breast to new developments in diagnosis and therapy to questions about women's bodies in medical research, including artistic perspectives that addressed new approaches and at the same time taboos. A visit to the interactive AR sculpture “IntraBeing Expanded View”, based on medical images by artist Eli Joteva, and a guided tour of the building, whose interwoven structures are modeled on a cell structure, rounded off the program. More: https://lnkd.in/ej7BT5bF   #Bremen #DigitalMedicine #Diversity #skilledlabourshortage  #STEM+  #medicalart #technologycontextualisation  #sciencecommunication  #knowledgetransfer

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