Essays about: "cardiovascular health"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 120 essays containing the words cardiovascular health.

  1. 1. Refining the particulate matter airway deposition arising from indoor cooking-related biomass combustion for children in the Haramaya district in Ethiopia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi

    Author : Kasper Malmborn; [2023]
    Keywords : Air pollution exposure; charcoal; wood; animal dung; low-income setting epidemiology; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Background: Air pollution, a global issue affecting millions of individuals, is linked to adverse health effects on the respiratory system, but also to e.g., cancer and cardiovascular ailments. In low-income countries, cooking is often conducted by biomass-combustion, causing women and children to be exposed to high levels of indoor air pollution. READ MORE

  3. 2. Exergame Analysis : Creating an exergame and evaluating game components and motion movement correlation

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Isidor Karlsson; Xiao Liang; [2023]
    Keywords : MediaPipe; Godot; Exergame;

    Abstract : As technology progresses, people start engaging in sedentary behaviour more and could raise the risk of getting health deficits such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and type-2 diabetes. Recent studies on how to prevent sedentary behaviour is to incorporate physical activity through exergaming. READ MORE

  4. 3. Antibiotic consumption was associated with higher abundance of gut microbiota species previously linked to coronary atherosclerosis in the population-based SCAPIS cohort

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Tiscar Graells Fernandez; [2023]
    Keywords : bioinformatics; microbiome; gut; subclinical coronary atherosclerosis;

    Abstract : Background: The human gut microbiota is the complex microbial community that lives in our gut. The gut microbiota has a key role in health and disease and its disruption has been linked to several chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases. READ MORE

  5. 4. Self-supervised representation learning from electrocardiogram data for medical applications

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematik LTH

    Author : Matilda Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Self-supervised learning; Deep learning; Cardiovascular disease; Electrocardiogram; ECG; SimCLR; BYOL; VICReg; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, increasing yearly. However, many abnormalities in heart cycles can be discovered and treated years before the onset of diseases. But in most societies, regular health checkups are a concept reserved for cars, not humans. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sustainable utilization of waste and by-products from the meat industry

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Anton Glimåker; [2023]
    Keywords : Food waste; sustainability; protein; bioactive peptides; enzymes;

    Abstract : The purpose of this research was to summarise existing scientific literature on waste and by-products from the meat industry and suggest how the meat industry can use it in order to reduce environmental damage, increase food availability and contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The report is a literature study were several databases were used. READ MORE