Early detection of preeclampsia using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring using wearable devices and long short term memory networks (LSTM-NN) on the edge

The study explores the use of wearable devices for ambulatory blood pressure data collection, for use in blood pressure prediction/forecasting using Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) recurrent neural networks (RNN) on mobile devices. A mobile app was developed (wearable as a smart watch) during this first phase. LSTM Network is an advanced RNN, a sequential network that allows information to persist, meaning that it has the capacity to handle the vanishing gradient problem faced by RNN. [See also https://www.k4all.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Early-detection-of-preeclampsia-using-ambulatory-blood-pressure-monitoring-using-wearable-devices-and-Long-Short-Term-Memory-Networks-LSTM-NN-on-the-edge.pdf

Comparison of Abuse Experiences of Rural and Urban African American Women During Perinatal Period

A subsample of 12 African American women (6 urban and 6 rural) were selected from a larger longitudinal, randomized control trial, Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation (DOVE-R01 900903 National Institute of Nursing Research [NINR]/National Institutes of Health [NIH]). All African American women were chosen to control for any racial- and/or race-related cultural differences that may exist among women across geographical areas. The experiences of abuse during the perinatal period are drawn from in-depth interviews conducted at five points in time during pregnancy and the post-partum period. The analysis describes three major themes that highlight the similarities and differences among rural and urban women. The main themes found were (1) types of abuse, (2) location of abuse, and (3) response to abuse. In addition, two sub-themes (a) defiance and compliance and (b) role of children were also identified. Implications for universal screening for women of reproductive age, safer gun laws, and the need for further research are discussed

Comparison of Abuse Experiences of Rural and Urban African American Women During Perinatal Period

A subsample of 12 African American women (6 urban and 6 rural) were selected from a larger longitudinal, randomized control trial, Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation (DOVE-R01 900903 National Institute of Nursing Research [NINR]/National Institutes of Health [NIH]). All African American women were chosen to control for any racial- and/or race-related cultural differences that may exist among women across geographical areas. The experiences of abuse during the perinatal period are drawn from in-depth interviews conducted at five points in time during pregnancy and the post-partum period. The analysis describes three major themes that highlight the similarities and differences among rural and urban women. The main themes found were (1) types of abuse, (2) location of abuse, and (3) response to abuse. In addition, two sub-themes (a) defiance and compliance and (b) role of children were also identified. Implications for universal screening for women of reproductive age, safer gun laws, and the need for further research are discussed