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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Semi-Automated Processing of Harmonized Accelerometer and GPS Data in R:

Nathan Tintle, Jieqi Tu, Anna Luong, Shina Min, Kiarri N Kershaw, Ulf G Bronas

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Nathan TintleDepartment of Population Health Nursing Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1447-9107
Jieqi TuDepartment of Biostatistics, UIC School of Public Health, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0905-0798
Anna LuongDepartment of Population Health Nursing Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8094-0945
Shina MinSchool of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Kiarri N KershawDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0063-6397
Ulf G BronasSchool of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7896-0832

Funding

A Dynamic Environmental Exposure Approach to Study Behaviors in Mid-LifeR01AG062180 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI BRONAS, ULF G, KERSHAW, KIARRI N · 2019 to 2024
$3.3M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG062180NIH HHS 1R01AG062180-05A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of sensors in mobility, health, and place research is rapidly increasing, with the promise of objective quantification of human behavior patterns and the ability to understand complex patterns of human behavior in ways that were previously impossible. However, there is now a critical bottleneck in managing the resulting influx of sensor data. In particular, limited software pipelines exist that both clean and harmonize global positioning system (GPS) and accelerometer data into a single dataset that integrates information about time, space, and movement. Other approaches are costly due to proprietary software, personnel time, and being prone to human errors. To address this gap, we have created the open source

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PMID40648142
PMCPMC12252245

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