OBJECTIVES As Japanese societies rapidly undergo westernisation, the prevalence of hypertension is increasing. We investigated the association between dietary quality and the prevalence of untreated hypertension in Japanese male workers. DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study of 433 male workers who completed a brief food frequency questionnaire. Adherence to the WHO-based He...

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 N. Boulus-Rødje et al. (eds.), ECSCW 2015: Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 19–23 September 2015, Oslo, Norway, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-20499-4_1 Abstract Human Data Interaction (HDI) is an emerging field of research that seeks to support end-users in the day-to-day management of their personal...

Since its implementation in 1990 the human development index (HDI), the flagship indicator of multidimensional development, has attracted a great deal of attention and critics in academic, political and media circles. It initiated a new stage in the discussion of appropriate indicators to measure socioeconomic development. Until now, the vast majority of empirical work using the HDI-concept tak...

As personal data are increasingly collected, analysed, and traded, we introduce the topic of Human-Data Interaction (HDI) to engage users with their data. HDI is inherently inter-disciplinary, encapsulating elements not only of traditional computer science such as data processing, systems design, visualisation and interaction design, but also of law, psychology, behavioural economics, and socio...

Work-related asthma in a bathtub refinishing technician prompted measurements of isocyanate exposure in this operation. Very high levels of hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) oligomer, up to 8500 microg/m3 NCO, were found during top varnish spray-painting, whereas the levels of HDI monomer were substantially lower. The results suggest that only full-piece, self-contained respirators would suffice...

Challenges for human-data interaction (HDI) have not yet been contextualized within blockchain implementation in construction. In this positional paper, a focus group accepts the EC3 HDI Committee’s working definition of construction specific HDI, and identifies technical (immutability, data storage, transparency, system design, integrating technologies), non-technical (ethics, economic models,...

backgroundseveral studies have examined the relationship between human development index (hdi) and various health outcomes. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between hdi, and infant mortality rate, mortality rate of children under one year and under 5 years, maternal mortality rate, and total fertility rate.materials and methodsin this ecologic study, data on hdi, total ...

Standard clinical methods of assessing joint inflammation are being supplemented increasingly by radioisotopic and thermographic studies. However, the correlation between these different methods has not been firmly established. In the quantification of synovitis by infrared thermography we have shown that the heat distribution index (HDI) based on thermal pattern is more reliable and is less af...

In 2010 the UNDP unveiled a new methodology for the calculation of the Human Development Index (HDI). In this paper I investigate the normative and practical properties of this change vis a vis the original formulation of the HDI in 1990. The main conceptual innovation of the new index can be summarized as follows: the newHDI penalizes both low and uneven achievements across all dimensions of h...

An automated, user-friendly and accurate system for retrieving herb-drug interaction (HDIs) related articles in MEDLINE can increase the safety of patients, as well as improve the physicians' article retrieving ability regarding speed and experience. Previous studies show that MeSH based queries associated with negative effects of drugs can be customized, resulting in good performance in retrie...