Browsing Theses (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Popescu, Mihail, 1962-"
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Fall detection using acoustic features and one class classifiers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)With the increasing of elderly population, there are more and more health problems occurring in everyday activities among this group of people. An investigation shows many elderly people get injures or trigger more serious ... -
Fall detection using sound sensors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] More than 1/3 of adults aged 65 and older fall each year in the US. The fall causes injures or serious health problems which have the related medical ... -
Human fall detection using a circular audio sensor array
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] According to the U.S. Census Bureau estimate (March 2010), there were 38.9 million people 65 years and older in the United States in 2008. In 2005, ... -
Methods to assess process flow and wait-times at student run free clinics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Objective: The aim of this study is to suggest a methodology for Student Run Free Clinics (SRFC) to collect and analyze data in order to derive recommendations that improve clinic operations and the value of care. Background: ... -
Prediction of clinical events in elderly using sensor data : a case study on pulse pressure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)The primary goal of this research was to find a link between abnormal levels of daily activities, provided by a sensor monitoring system, and pulse pressure (PP), using data mining algorithms. A widened PP predicts a higher ... -
Web based nursing home information system : needs, benefits, and success in providing efficient care at long term care facilities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Most of the nursing homes in the United States do not have clinical information systems at their facility due to which elderly people who reside in the facilities are not reaping the benefits that these systems are thought ...