Autonomous nutrient detection for water quality monitoring

The ever increasing demand for real time environmental monitoring is currently being driven by strong legislative and societal drivers. Low cost autonomous environmental monitoring systems are required to meet this demand as current monitoring solutions are insufficient. This poster presents an autonomous nutrient analyser platform for water quality monitoring. Results from a field trial of the nutrient analyser are reported along with current work to expand the range of water quality targets

D4.1: Online Knowledge Platform

The OK-Net Arable project has launched a platform aimed at filling the gap in the exchange of information between farmers across Europe. Farmers’ needs were taken into account at every stage of development in order to make it easy for them to use. The platform is available in 10 languages (English, Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, French, German, Hungarian, Italian and Latvian) and the solutions are divided according to the most relevant topics in organic arable farming: Soil quality and fertility, nutrient management, pest and disease control, weed management and solutions for specific crops. Not only can farmers and advisors find solutions and engage with each other, they can also propose solutions. The intention is that this will help fill the current gap in the exchange of farmers’ knowledge

Economic viability of eCare solutions

Provisioning of good quality care to the elderly population and at the same time reducing the pressure on the health care expenditures is a challenging issue for governments today. Many ICT supported, distant care systems (eCare) have been proposed but few have found their way to the market. The problem is to provide a viable business case for each actor involved (including eCare platform, health care and finance providers) when offering eCare services. We have constructed a model for evaluating the (socio-)economic viability of different business models when introducing eCare solutions. A multi-actor approach has been implemented, calculating and evaluating the business case for each actor involved. For a Belgian case we will show (socio)-economic advantages to participate in an eCare ecosystem

OpenAdaptxt: an open source enabling technology for high quality text entry

Modern text entry systems, especially for touch screen phones and novel devices, rely on complex underlying technologies such as error correction and word suggestion. Furthermore, for global deployment a vast number of languages have to be supported. Together this has raised the entry bar for new text entry techniques, which makes developing and testing a longer process thus stifling innovation. For example, testing a new feedback mechanism in comparison to a stock keyboard now requires the researchers to support at least slip correction and probably word suggestion. This paper introduces OpenAdaptxt: an open source community driven text input platform to enable development of higher quality text input solutions. It is the first commercial-grade open source enabling technology for modern text entry that supports both multiple platforms and dictionary support for over 50 spoken languages

Support for ECHONET-based smart home environments in the universAAL ecosystem

With the advent of information and communication technology, many Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) solutions are being proposed to increase the quality of life of elderly people and reduce health and social care costs. Among these AAL solutions, universAAL seems to be the most promising platform for easy and economical development of AAL services. However, in its current state, the platform is incompatible with smart home systems which are based on the ECHONET standard. This paper presents the bridging between the universAAL and ECHONET standards through a technical point of view and thereby enables AAL services for ECHONET-based smart home environments

Evaluation of the effectiveness of personal electronic health assistants in monitoring patients with chronic diseases

Introduction: Chronic diseases pose significant challenges in healthcare, which has driven the development of electronic health solutions. The effectiveness of these solutions in the management of diseases such as hypertension has generated interest, but further in-depth, evidence-based evaluation is required.Objective: The study aims to comprehensively evaluate how a customizable web platform, called "HyperVigilance", influences blood pressure control in hypertensive patients, considering additional variables such as patient satisfaction, quality of life and costs associated with treatment. In addition, the aim is to explore possible demographic factors that could moderate the results.Methodology: The study was conducted with a quasi-experimental research design that included an intervention group using the "HyperVigilance" platform and a control group receiving standard medical care. Statistical tests were applied and demographic factors such as age, gender and socioeconomic status were considered.Results: The use of the "HyperVigilance" platform resulted in a significant reduction in blood pressure, increased patient satisfaction and a marked improvement in quality of life, as well as a reduction in the costs associated with the treatment of hypertension.Conclusions: The study concludes that the "HyperVigilance" platform is effective in controlling blood pressure and improving quality of life in patients with hypertension. The results support the growing role of digital interventions in chronic disease management, but highlight the need for long-term studies andexploration of different populations for a more complete understanding of their impact