Aye Thinzar Oo

The intervention that I am considering is vaccination. This is a powerful public health tool that, in the context of the model, will be introduced to represent the real-world vaccine rollout in Myanmar during the third wave.
In the SIRV framework, vaccination is an intervention that changes the flow of individuals between compartments.
Vaccination…[Read more]

Hello Wannisa, thank you for your excellent suggestion. Adding disease severity as a variable is a good idea. It think, It will definitely provide a clearer and more robust picture of the vaccine’s effectiveness, moving beyond just case numbers. Thanks again for your valuable input!

From the Week 1 discussion, I selected the topic: “How do varying vaccination rates affect the persistence of the COVID-19 third wave in Myanmar?” COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by the novel coronavirus known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
During the third wave in Myanmar, access to vaccines was ext…[Read more]

Thank you for your feedback Arjan Pan. I will look into the relevant literature and try to frame it more specifically for my setting

The disease I am most familiar with is COVID-19, and I would like to explore its transmission and impacts in Myanmar.

Research Question: What is the impact of varying vaccination rates and vaccine efficacy on the long-term persistence and potential elimination of COVID-19 in a population?

Hello Tanaphum, thanks for your sharing. your plan sounds like interesting and well thought out. I like how you highlight the application of coding and computational methods rather than focusing on one disease—this makes your work widely applicable. It’s also great that you are already working on a malaria model.

1. The author examined the suicide issue in Thailand due to an increasing trend and a rate exceeding 6 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants. Thailand’s situation is distinct from other countries because of its unique cultural, social, and economic contexts. Possible contributing factors include economic conditions (e.g., income levels, unemployment r…[Read more]

Thank you for your guidance, Wannisa, and Aung. Firstly, I updated the R version. Then, I installed ‘fmesher’ and installed INLA with this link==> install.packages(“INLA”,repos = “https://inla.r-inla-download.org/R/stable”, dep = TRUE)
Now I am okay and started playing INLA and to complete week 1 assignment.

I had still trouble installing th INLA package, see the following error message.
* installing *binary* package ‘INLA’ …
Warning in system(paste(“cp -R .”, shQuote(instdir), “|| (“, TAR, “cd – .| (cd”, :
‘cp’ not found
ERROR: installing binary package failed
* removing ‘C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.4/INLA’
Warning in…[Read more]

Incorporating location into epidemiological studies has historically been difficult due to challenges in gathering and analyzing spatial data. Spatial epidemiology, an interdisciplinary field, requires expertise in epidemiology, geography, statistics, and computer science (particularly GIS) to effectively analyze disease patterns across geographic…[Read more]

Thanks for the great points! I agree that while descriptive epidemiology includes person, place, and time, earlier research mostly focused on individual factors and time trends. As you said, the lack of tools and data made it hard to study in detail. However, with advancements in technology and GIS, spatial epidemiology now plays a significantly…[Read more]

3. What factors influence user satisfaction with vaccination apps?
From the reading of articles, I would like to share some information that is my opinion.
User satisfaction with vaccination apps is shaped by five main factors: the quality of content, app functionality, overall user experience, service attitude, and data privacy. Privacy is the…[Read more]

How did government restrictions affect mobility patterns?

The government restriction on movement affected dimensions of human mobility related to COVID-19 transmission. The local government in Tak province announced the closure of the Friendship Bridge entry and exit restrictions and checkpoints were widely established on main roads to control…[Read more]

How did the web-based platform compare to the mobile app?

Mobile apps typically deliver faster performance and can operate offline, providing potential advantages in security. However, web-based platforms—while requiring an internet connection—often reach a broader audience and can encourage higher levels of user engagement.

In the context of…[Read more]

Hi everyone,
From this article, I’d like to share my thoughts on two of the questions.
What were the significant benefits reported by the studies?
Childhood vaccinations, accessible via mobile platforms according to the study, offer key benefits. While the evidence supporting the effectiveness of childhood vaccination apps in specific areas is l…[Read more]

It is my first time using and exploring VR. It is difficult for me, but my kid and I enjoy playing with it. I think it can be useful for an electronic poster presentation at an academic conference. But some people like me , not family with this. it needs to be take time to use freindly.
My screen is here

Personal Experience
Firstly, I watched VR videos on YouTube and other VR apps in my mobile phone.
I set up the VR headset by following the tutorial video. After that, I tried the Google Cardboard app, VR roller coaster, and a dinosaur from YouTube. That is the first time I’ve watched a VR video. It’s not very comfortable for me, but my baby enjoys…[Read more]

1. Visualization and Experimentation

https://snipboard.io/UGAolT.jpg
In the above screenshot, it can be seen: (a) connection loss (b) when I did the lab test at my home, it was raining and windy so the temperature and humidity is the same (c) when I changed the state of sensor and put on the hot water status.
2. Challenges & Solutions
It was a c…[Read more]

I choose the articles of “A Secure IoT-Based Healthcare System With Body Sensor Networks”
KUO-HUI YEH, (Senior Member, IEEE)
National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 97401, Taiwan
Corresponding author: K-H. Yeh (khyeh@gms.ndhu.edu.tw)
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7779108
Summary:
The IoT-based healthcare system using body…[Read more]