Results of field trials: Deliverable D 5.4

Final Measures: Deliverable D 5.5

Is mid-upper arm circumference in Dutch children useful in identifying obesity?

Background Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) is suggested as being a valid measure in detecting overweight/obesity in children and adolescents, due to the strong relation with weight. We examined this relation and compared MUAC to body mass index (BMI) according to the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) in children. Methods Anthropometric...

Nudging drivers to engage safe behaviour in traffic

To increase traffic safety, systems are being implemented in vehicles that support drivers to avoid or mitigate collisions. Generally, these systems only provide a response to the driver in case of an imminent critical situation. Responses in the form of warning signals and brake or steering actuations are harsh, as they act in the last one to...

Decision Making on AUVs for adaptive minehunting surveys

Minehunting operations can benefit from the use of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) because these vehicles are able to acquire high-resolution images of the seabed leaving the man out of the minefield. However, because there are severe communication constraints between the AUV and the control platform, the AUV needs to be capable of...

The world's tallest nation has stopped growing taller: The height of Dutch children from 1955 to 2009

Background: Records show that mean height in The Netherlands has increased since 1858. This study looks at whether this trend in the world's tallest nation is continuing. We consider the influence of the geographical region, and of the child and parental education, on changes in height.Methods:We compared the height of young Dutch people aged 0...

Trends in menarcheal age between 1955 and 2009 in the Netherlands

Aim: To assess and compare the secular trend in age at menarche in Dutch girls (1955-2009) and girls from Turkish and Moroccan descent living in the Netherlands (1997-2009). Methods: Data on growth and maturation were collected in 20,867 children of Dutch, Turkish and Moroccan descent in 2009 by trained health care professionals. Girls, 9 years...

Increase in prevalence of overweight in dutch children and adolescents: A comparison of nationwide growth studies in 1980, 1997 and 2009

To assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Dutch children and adolescents, to examine the 30-years trend, and to create new body mass index reference charts. Design: Nationwide cross-sectional data collection by trained health care professionals. Participants: 10,129 children of Dutch origin aged 0-21 years. Main Outcome Measures:...

Traffic Light Control by Multiagent Reinforcement Learning Systems

Traffic light control is one of the main means of controlling road traffic. Improving traffic control is important because it can lead to higher traffic throughput and reduced traffic congestion. This chapter describes multiagent reinforcement learning techniques for automatic optimization of traffic light controllers. Such techniques are...

Groeidiagrammen 2010: handleiding bij het meten en wegen van kinderen en het invullen van groeidiagrammen

Switching between different state representations in reinforcement learning

This paper proposes a reinforcement learning architecture containing multiple "experts", each of which is a specialist in a different region in the overall state space. The central idea is that the different experts use qualitatively different (but sufficiently Markov) state representations, each of which captures different information regarding...