Abstract: A two-phase recommendation system for a recommendation device, employing both an external recommendation process and an internal, to a recommendation device, recommendation process. In particular, a processing unit uses a first data file, which is modifiable by an external source, and a second data file stored in a memory unit to recommend one or more content items to a user. The first and second data files are stored in a memory unit of the recommendation device.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to predict decompensation in a subject with heart failure. The system comprises one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to receive weight information, blood pressure information, and heart rate information about the subject; determine one or more weight parameters, one or more blood pressure parameters, and one or more heart rate parameters based on the received information; and predict decompensation in the subject based on the one or more weight parameters, the one or more blood pressure parameters, and the one or more heart rate parameters. Prior art systems use weight parameters alone for such prediction. However, weight parameters alone are often not predictive of decompensation.

Abstract: A device and method for bioimpedance spectrography corrects for breathing artifacts. A breathing signal is used in conjunction with an impedance signal to adjust for a point in time within a respiratory cycle of a user at which the measurements are made. The correction allows the device to characterize tissue parameters accurately with fewer measurement points.

Abstract: There is provided a method for estimating the volume of fluid in part of the body of a subject, the method comprising obtaining a measurement of the circumference, c, of the part of the body of the subject; obtaining a measurement of the impedance of the part of the body of the subject using electrodes attached across the part of the body of the subject; and estimating the volume of fluid in the part of the body of the subject from the measurement of impedance and the measurement of the circumference c. An apparatus comprising a control unit configured to perform the method is also provided.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus (36) is presented that establishes a cost to the subject in performing physical activity during time segments of plural types of subject behavior for one or more days of his or her daily routine and simulates scenarios that are used to provide a health plan (110) that best changes a physiological parameter over a projected period of time while minimizing a total cost to the subject.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to predict decompensation in a subject with heart failure. The system comprises one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to receive weight information, blood pressure information, and heart rate information about the subject; determine one or more weight parameters, one or more blood pressure parameters, and one or more heart rate parameters based on the received information; and predict decompensation in the subject based on the one or more weight parameters, the one or more blood pressure parameters, and the one or more heart rate parameters. Prior art systems use weight parameters alone for such prediction. However, weight parameters alone are often not predictive of decompensation.

Abstract: There is provided a method for estimating the volume of fluid in part of the body of a subject, the method comprising obtaining a measurement of the circumference, c, of the part of the body of the subject; obtaining a measurement of the impedance of the part of the body of the subject using electrodes attached across the part of the body of the subject; and estimating the volume of fluid in the part of the body of the subject from the measurement of impedance and the measurement of the circumference c. An apparatus comprising a control unit configured to perform the method is also provided.

Abstract: A device and method for bioimpedance spectrography is corrected for breathing artefacts. A breathing signal is used in conjunction with the impedance signal to adjust for the time within the respiratory cycle at which the measurements are made. The correction allows the device to characterize tissue parameters accurately with fewer measurement points.