A location-based ubiquitous crowdsourcing approach for the emergency supply of oxygen cylinders
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A location-based ubiquitous crowdsourcing approach for the emergency supply of oxygen cylinders May El Barachi 1
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Faouzi Kamoun 2
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Abderrazek Hachani 2 & Fatna Belqasmi 3 & Amir Ben Said 2 & Imed Amri 2
Received: 31 May 2020 / Accepted: 30 September 2020 # Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Many people with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) are subjected to emergencies triggered by breathing difficulties. Oxygen therapy, administered from medical oxygen cylinders, can be used to relieve respiratory airways, and restore the supply of oxygen to the body’s vital organs. In this paper, we present a location-based ubiquitous crowdsourcing solution to enable COPD patients to request an emergency supply of oxygen cylinders. At the heart of the solution is a trusted platform that acts as a mediator for the ambient social interaction among a virtual and socially engaged community of requestors and suppliers. The geo-temporal data generated by this social interaction can be analyzed to uncover meaningful ambient environmental patterns. Our approach also uses image processing and computer vision techniques to help validate crowd responses. We discuss the details of the human-centric computer interaction design and its key features. We also elaborate on the challenges faced in the design and development of the solution and summarize the actions taken to address them. Keywords Crowdsourcing . Ubiquitous mobile sensing . Human-computer interaction . Ambient social interaction . Crisis management . Healthcare information systems . Computer vision
1 Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)/asthma is the fourth most common cause of mortality worldwide [1]. Many * Faouzi Kamoun [email protected] May El Barachi [email protected] Abderrazek Hachani [email protected] Fatna Belqasmi [email protected] Amir Ben Said [email protected] Imed Amri [email protected] 1
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences, University of Wollongong in Dubai, Dubai, UAE
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ESPRIT School of Engineering, Tunis, Tunisia
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College of Technological Innovation, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
environmental factors (such as dry air, excessive wind, high pollen and mold counts, high levels of smog and pollution, high humidity, and ozone levels) can trigger respiratory difficulties among COPD patients. For instance, heavy smog triggered by the combination of still air, high humidity, and dust has recently prompted serious respiratory complications for the residents in Bangkok and New Delhi [2, 3], where some COPD patients had to receive emergency oxygen cylinder treatments due to respiratory complications. The Observer [4] reported an oxygen supply crisis at the Mbarara Regional Hospital in Uganda, where five patients in need of oxygen therapy died due to a lack of emergency oxygen supply. These exceptional conditions often lead to a temporary shortage in oxygen supply, which is regularly secured by hospitals and ambulance emergen
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