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Diet analysis of diabetes using machine learning
No full textThe latest advancement in health sciences have prompted a need for creation of data, for example, health treatment information, produced in large volumes of health records. Machine learning techniques seems to be increasing every day, like never before, the motivation behind this work is to change all accessible data into significant data. Diabetes mellitus is a type of metabolic problem, creating an impact on human health around the world and the main cause for this is hereditary. Patients should know how much sugar content present in their meal and what provokes the sugar level. The motive of this thesis is to analyze the data and use machine learning to understand regarding 1) how spicy levels and natural sugars impacted sugar levels 2) how can a food impact sugar levels 3) Comparison of results with different classification algorithms. The best accuracy was obtained from SVM to classify the sugar level present in food
Consumer behaviour in the tourism industry: A quantitative study of Social Media Influencers' impact on Brazilian millennials.
No full textAim: The study aimed to investigate the influence of Social Media Influencers endorsement on purchase intention in the tourism context and how each of the endorser's credibility dimensions influences this relationship.
Method: A deductive research approach and survey strategy were used for the development of this research. The sample population consists of Millennials consumers in Brazil, selected by a convenience sampling process. The questionnaire was distributed on Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, and Instagram to the participants. The data collected were analysed through a descriptive and inferential statistic, carried out with the support of the SPSS software.
Results: The results of the present study made it possible to empirically support the relationship between Social Media Influencer endorsement and purchase intention and the hypotheses related to dimensions of celebrity credibility: attractiveness, trustworthiness, and expertise. The analyses showed that the credibility dimension positively influences the intention to buy. SPSS was used to conduct a Spearman’s correlation, which showed a significant correlation between trustworthiness and expertise towards purchase intention.
Conclusion/Recommendation: Lastly, several suggestions were made for future investigations related to this subject. The results provided relevant inputs for businesses to be aware of the right choice of the SMI to endorse their products and services. This research verified the substantive validity of some constructs involved in the SMIs scenario and their followers, proving that credibility can impact positively traveller's intention to choose travel destinations
Learning Teaching and Assessment Newsletter
No full textThis edition of the newsletter highlights all things Learning, Teaching and Assessment, from news and events to Academic CPD and changes and enhancements to the Learning, Teaching and Assessment environment
Small is big and slow is fast – Stockholm University press as a case study on library publishing
No full textStockholm University Press is a fully open access publisher hosted at Stockholm University Library, which was the first fully academic open access publisher in Sweden. The press was founded after a decision made by the Vice Chancellor of Stockholm University in December 2012. Today the press has 8 Journals and 26 published books, in 12 different book series, mainly in humanities and social sciences.This paper will focus on book publishing and how building up a research-driven university press was a slow and sometimes tortuous journey, which has resulted in a press with high quality publishing services. It will also show how a small university press can be an example of library publishing, and by thinking big be part of something bigger and give value to all involved
Smart Healthcare Adoption Factors in Nursing Homes in Ireland - an Exploratory Research
No full textCovid-19 outbreaks have happened in many nursing homes and caused many residents to lose their lives around the world. Smart healthcare could be a solution to prevent outbreaks by early detection. However, the installation rate of smart healthcare in nursing homes in Ireland is low. Moreover, very little researches have been done to examine adoption factors
of smart healthcare in Long-term care facilities.
Objectives
The aim of this study was to examine the adoption factors of smart healthcare systems in nursing homes in Ireland and to explore the functional features that could be helpful to care givers.
Methods
An on-line structured questionnaire survey method was used to collect data from 30 participants working in nursing homes in Ireland. Chi-squared test and the Spearman’s correlations were used for statistical analyses.
Results
The study determined that the usefulness, technology acceptance and the encouragement from the media or the government are positive adoption factors. While the cost and the technology anxiety of staff and elderly customers are negative adoption factors. With regard to the expected functions, monitoring vital signs and falls were mentioned the most.
Conclusion
This study is one of the first scholarly attempts at adoption factors of smart healthcare system in nursing in Ireland. It provides valuable information from the service users’ sites to help the stakeholders to design or promote the use of smart healthcare systems in LTCFs
Libraries as publishing partners: promoting best practices in open access journals
No full textPublishing by academic libraries is burgeoning as an alternative means to create open access to scholarly research. The emerging field of library publishing offers new opportunities for academic libraries to achieve their mission. From my experience working with the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries journal publishing program for the past four years, I identify three best practices for libraries as publishing partners working with open access journals: listen to user needs, use opportunities to educate, and work together to promote ethical publishing practices. I also share how we support, promote, and evaluate our library journal publishing program. As the scholarly publishing landscape continues to change, it is exciting to participate in the evolution of academic library publishing programs. Academic libraries are increasingly incorporating open access scholarly publishing as a means to fulfill their mission, and contributing to research and education of scholars at their own institutions and abroad, for those who are active today and for those who will be active in the future
Anomalies in the classification and detection of heart rate using deep learning
No full textArrhythmias, which in non-medical terms is commonly known as the irregularity in a heartbeat, contributes to approximately 300,000 sudden deaths per year. This incidence rate is higher than the other lethal and dangerous disease like lung cancer, stroke, or a breast cancer. Cardiologists can help patients cope with many types of arrhythmias, but researchers and doctors are kept awake at night by sudden and lethal arrhythmias. This study is an effort to bring down the incidence rate due to heart rate arrhythmias by identifying the irregularities in a heartbeat at early stages and help the cardiologists with their patients. The 5 different categories of heartbeats are classified in this study from publicly available MIT-BIH database which consists of ECG data from various patients. The data has been preprocessed with the help of wavelet transformation tool in MATLAB. To help achieve the classifications of the heartbeats, logistic regression and convolution neural networks algorithms are used. These two models’ evaluations are compared in the form of recall, precision, accuracy, and computational time. A comparative study between the two models is done with the help of tableau. Based on the evaluation, the deep learning model, CNN, gives out the accuracy of 99.09 percent
An investigation to analyse the factors influencing the intentions to consume plant-based yogurt in Ireland using the theory of planned behaviour
No full textThe plant-based food is a market that is growing worldwide, the products are gaining popularity. Moreover, the environmental problems and the healthy issues are making people more tempted to change their diet to one more healthy reducing and substituting the consumption of milk, meat, etc. One of this is the plant-based yogurt (PBY) elaborated with the fermentation of nuts (oats, soy, etc) Using a quantitative approach, this study explored Irish consumer behaviour towards the intention to consume PBY using the theory of planned behaviour. Specifically, analysing which factors of the theory are likely to impact on the behaviour to consume PBY. It was intended that this would give a view behind the reasons why the market is growing from the perspective of consumers. Participants (N = 49) completed a survey on factors potentially influencing the purchase of PBY. The results indicate that age and the construct of ‘attitudes’ had a significant influence on the intention to consume PBY. The research also revealed that knowledge of health and environmental benefits also had a significant impact on the intention to consume the product. This information is useful for the foodservice industry and for producers
An Investigation into the Value of Children's Reading Programmes from the Perspective of Irish Public Librarians
No full textThe aim of this research is to investigate the value of children’s reading programmes in Irish public libraries specifically ‘Spring into Storytime’, ‘Family Time at Your Library’ and ‘Summer Stars’. This research focused in particular on the perspectives of Irish public librarians whose expertise lie within the area of children’s reading programmes. A qualitative methodology was applied focusing on semi structured interviews with this key group followed by a thematic analysis of the data acquired.
This research found that Irish public librarians value the children’s reading programmes as they facilitate collaboration and outreach with primary schools and positively engage children with the library services. Even though deemed as highly valuable the research identified ways in which the value of the children’s reading programmes could be improved. These findings resulted in several recommendations which have been made. These recommendations include, a directive to be developed and implemented by the Department of Education in relation to the participation of schools in the reading programmes, the children’s reading programmes should be improved to target marginalised groups and children who may require literacy supports, the re-evaluation of the programmes to address several issues that were discovered, the adoption of a qualitative analysis of the reading programmes to compliment the quantitative measures that are already in place
Coping strategies employed by Irish firefighters, association with stress and anxiety, and the use of critical incident stress management (CISM) support
No full textEmergency services personnel experience high levels of stress daily (Minnie et al., 2015). An individual’s ability to cope with stressful situations is determined by the individual’s perception of stress and coping mechanisms employed. The aim of this study was to investigate coping strategies employed by Irish firefighters and association with perceived stress and anxiety levels. Additionally, one further aim was to determine attitude towards CISM supports such as post-event Psychological Debriefing/ Defusing. A mixed method survey design (N-72) employing both CISS and DASS21 measures were completed by participants from a full time urban based station providing Emergency Medical Services, and five stations on ‘retained’ status. Participants were recruited through convenience sampling. Results suggested a moderate positive correlation between stress and avoidance and a weak positive correlation between stress and social diversion, avoidance distraction and emotion orientated coping. Respondents further indicated reliance on talking, colleague support, and recreational activity for stress management