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Recognizing the Situations and Supporting the Decision-Making in the Residential Luminosity Control Subsystem of «Smart House» Cyber-Physical System
Currently, the urgent problem is to ensure the ability of recognizing the situations and supporting the decision-making in the «Smart House» cyber-physical system. The purpose of this study is recognizing the situations and supporting the decision-making in the residential luminosity control subsystem of «Smart House» cyber-physical system. The developed in this paper method for setting up the residential luminosity control subsystem of «Smart House» cyber-physical system for each room allows to enter the necessary parameters for further automatic operation of the residential luminosity control subsystem of «Smart House» cyber-physical system. The developed method of recognizing the situations and supporting the decision-making in the residential luminosity control subsystem of «Smart House» cyber-physical system provides the user of the subsystem with the ability to quickly and conveniently configure the necessary lighting mode. In addition, the developed method provides for the recognition of various situations in the lighting scenario (sufficient light flow, insufficient light flow, excess light flow - according to the current lighting standards) and support for decision-making regarding the lighting of the home according to the lighting mode set by the user (reflecting/closing shading devices, turning on/off the lamps - depending on the recognized situation)
Traditional Eastern European diet and mortality: prospective evidence from the HAPIEE study
PURPOSE: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer mortality rates in Eastern Europe are among the highest in the world. Although diet is an important risk factor, traditional eating habits in this region have not yet been explored. This analysis assessed the relationship between traditional dietary pattern and mortality from all-causes, CVD and cancer in Eastern European cohorts. METHODS: Data from the Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors in Eastern Europe prospective cohort were used, including participants from Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic. Based on food frequency questionnaire data, we constructed an Eastern European diet score (EEDS) from nine food groups which can be considered as traditional in this region. The relationship between categorical (low, moderate, high) and continuous (range 0-18) EEDS and mortality was estimated with Cox-regression. RESULTS: From 18,852 eligible participants, 2234 died during follow-up. In multivariable adjusted models, participants with high adherence to the traditional Eastern European diet had significantly higher risk of all-cause (HR 1.23; 95% CI 1.08-1.42) and CVD (1.34; 1.08-1.66) deaths compared to those with low adherence. The association with cancer mortality was only significant in Poland (high vs. low EEDS: 1.41; 1.00-1.98). From the specific EEDS components, high consumption of lard was significantly positively related to all three mortality outcomes, while preserved fruit and vegetable consumption showed consistent inverse associations. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that traditional eating habits may contribute to the poor health status, particularly the high CVD mortality rates, of populations in Eastern Europe. Adequate public health nutritional interventions in this region are essential