Silicone Wristbands as Personal Monitoring Devices

Silicone Wristbands as Personal Passive Samplers

Active-sampling approaches are commonly used for personal monitoring, but are limited by energy usage and data that may not represent an individual's exposure or bioavailable concentrations. Current passive techniques often involve extensive preparation, or are developed for only a small number of targeted compounds. In this work, we present a novel application for measuring bioavailable exposu...

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Silicone wristbands detect individuals' pesticide exposures in West Africa

We detected between 2 and 10 pesticides per person with novel sampling devices worn by 35 participants who were actively engaged in farming in Diender, Senegal. Participants were recruited to wear silicone wristbands for each of two separate periods of up to 5 days. Pesticide exposure profiles were highly individualized with only limited associations with demographic data. Using a 63-pesticide ...

Predicting Clinical Deterioration of Outpatients Using Multimodal Data Collected by Wearables

Hospital readmission rate is high for heart failure patients. Early detection of deterioration will help doctors prevent readmissions, thus reducing health care cost and providing patients with just-in-time intervention. Wearable devices (e.g., wristbands and smart watches) provide a convenient technology for continuous outpatient monitoring. In the paper, we explore the feasibility of monitori...

Mosquito Detection For Improved Malaria Vector Modelling

The HumBug project is targeted at eliminating mosquito-borne diseases that have a major impact on human health, income and mortality [1]. The ultimate aim is to deploy a sensor network consisting of portable devices, such as mobile phones, wristbands or other monitoring devices. The devices may communicate in either a centralised or decentralised fashion to help target areas in need of aid opti...