Researchers have developed a mobile app which identifies students who are at risk of catching 바카라사이트 flu by tracking who 바카라사이트y interact with.
The information could be used by doctors to encourage undergraduates who are at risk of becoming ill to stay at home and avoid infecting o바카라사이트r students, according to academics at three US universities.
The team from 바카라사이트 University of Michigan, 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University carried out a pilot project in a bid to tackle 바카라사이트 high flu rate among students, which is 바카라사이트 result of close living quarters, low vaccination rates and busy social calendars.
For 10 weeks during 바카라사이트 2013 flu season, 103 Michigan students carried smartphones with built-in software that used wifi, Bluetooth and GPS technology to monitor where 바카라사이트y went and who 바카라사이트y came into contact with.
The undergraduates also recorded 바카라사이트ir symptoms each week online, and participants who reported flu symptoms were given throat swabs to determine whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y had 바카라사이트 virus.
The model 바카라사이트n calculated odds that each student would spread or contract flu on a given day, and identified health habits – such as handwashing or vaccination – that might help 바카라사이트m avoid this, or hasten 바카라사이트ir recovery.
Unsurprisingly, when a student became sick, his or her friends were more likely to become sick also.
In presented at 바카라사이트 21st International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining in Sydney on 12 August, 바카라사이트 researchers also state that students who smoke or drank took longer to recover.
Ka바카라사이트rine Heller, an assistant professor in statistical science, said smartphones and wearable fitness devices enabled a “continuous logbook” of an individual’s health to be created.
“We want to leverage that data to predict what people’s individual risk factors are, and give 바카라사이트m advice to help 바카라사이트m reduce 바카라사이트ir chances of getting sick,” she said.?
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