@misc{HeckerSteckhanEybenetal.2022,
  author    = {Hecker, Pascal and Steckhan, Nico and Eyben, Florian and Schuller, Bj{\"o}rn Wolfgang and Arnrich, Bert},
  title     = {Voice Analysis for Neurological Disorder Recognition - A Systematic Review and Perspective on Emerging Trends},
  series = {Zweitver{\"o}ffentlichungen der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Reihe der Digital Engineering Fakult{\"a}t},
  journal   = {Zweitver{\"o}ffentlichungen der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Reihe der Digital Engineering Fakult{\"a}t},
  number    = {13},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-58101},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-581019},
  pages     = {16},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Quantifying neurological disorders from voice is a rapidly growing field of research and holds promise for unobtrusive and large-scale disorder monitoring. The data recording setup and data analysis pipelines are both crucial aspects to effectively obtain relevant information from participants. Therefore, we performed a systematic review to provide a high-level overview of practices across various neurological disorders and highlight emerging trends. PRISMA-based literature searches were conducted through PubMed, Web of Science, and IEEE Xplore to identify publications in which original (i.e., newly recorded) datasets were collected. Disorders of interest were psychiatric as well as neurodegenerative disorders, such as bipolar disorder, depression, and stress, as well as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease, and speech impairments (aphasia, dysarthria, and dysphonia). Of the 43 retrieved studies, Parkinson's disease is represented most prominently with 19 discovered datasets. Free speech and read speech tasks are most commonly used across disorders. Besides popular feature extraction toolkits, many studies utilise custom-built feature sets. Correlations of acoustic features with psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders are presented. In terms of analysis, statistical analysis for significance of individual features is commonly used, as well as predictive modeling approaches, especially with support vector machines and a small number of artificial neural networks. An emerging trend and recommendation for future studies is to collect data in everyday life to facilitate longitudinal data collection and to capture the behavior of participants more naturally. Another emerging trend is to record additional modalities to voice, which can potentially increase analytical performance.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HeckerSteckhanEybenetal.2022,
  author    = {Hecker, Pascal and Steckhan, Nico and Eyben, Florian and Schuller, Bj{\"o}rn Wolfgang and Arnrich, Bert},
  title     = {Voice Analysis for Neurological Disorder Recognition - A Systematic Review and Perspective on Emerging Trends},
  series = {Frontiers in Digital Health},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Digital Health},
  publisher = {Frontiers Media SA},
  address   = {Lausanne, Schweiz},
  issn      = {2673-253X},
  doi       = {10.3389/fdgth.2022.842301},
  pages     = {16},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Quantifying neurological disorders from voice is a rapidly growing field of research and holds promise for unobtrusive and large-scale disorder monitoring. The data recording setup and data analysis pipelines are both crucial aspects to effectively obtain relevant information from participants. Therefore, we performed a systematic review to provide a high-level overview of practices across various neurological disorders and highlight emerging trends. PRISMA-based literature searches were conducted through PubMed, Web of Science, and IEEE Xplore to identify publications in which original (i.e., newly recorded) datasets were collected. Disorders of interest were psychiatric as well as neurodegenerative disorders, such as bipolar disorder, depression, and stress, as well as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease, and speech impairments (aphasia, dysarthria, and dysphonia). Of the 43 retrieved studies, Parkinson's disease is represented most prominently with 19 discovered datasets. Free speech and read speech tasks are most commonly used across disorders. Besides popular feature extraction toolkits, many studies utilise custom-built feature sets. Correlations of acoustic features with psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders are presented. In terms of analysis, statistical analysis for significance of individual features is commonly used, as well as predictive modeling approaches, especially with support vector machines and a small number of artificial neural networks. An emerging trend and recommendation for future studies is to collect data in everyday life to facilitate longitudinal data collection and to capture the behavior of participants more naturally. Another emerging trend is to record additional modalities to voice, which can potentially increase analytical performance.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{PfitznerSteckhanArnrich2021,
  author    = {Pfitzner, Bjarne and Steckhan, Nico and Arnrich, Bert},
  title     = {Federated learning in a medical context},
  series = {ACM transactions on internet technology : TOIT / Association for Computing},
  volume    = {21},
  journal   = {ACM transactions on internet technology : TOIT / Association for Computing},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  address   = {New York},
  issn      = {1533-5399},
  doi       = {10.1145/3412357},
  pages     = {1 -- 31},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Data privacy is a very important issue. Especially in fields like medicine, it is paramount to abide by the existing privacy regulations to preserve patients' anonymity. However, data is required for research and training machine learning models that could help gain insight into complex correlations or personalised treatments that may otherwise stay undiscovered. Those models generally scale with the amount of data available, but the current situation often prohibits building large databases across sites. So it would be beneficial to be able to combine similar or related data from different sites all over the world while still preserving data privacy. Federated learning has been proposed as a solution for this, because it relies on the sharing of machine learning models, instead of the raw data itself. That means private data never leaves the site or device it was collected on. Federated learning is an emerging research area, and many domains have been identified for the application of those methods. This systematic literature review provides an extensive look at the concept of and research into federated learning and its applicability for confidential healthcare datasets.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KappattanavarHeckerMoontahaetal.2023,
  author    = {Kappattanavar, Arpita Mallikarjuna and Hecker, Pascal and Moontaha, Sidratul and Steckhan, Nico and Arnrich, Bert},
  title     = {Food choices after cognitive load},
  series = {Sensors},
  volume    = {23},
  journal   = {Sensors},
  number    = {14},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {1424-8220},
  doi       = {10.3390/s23146597},
  pages     = {22},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Psychology and nutritional science research has highlighted the impact of negative emotions and cognitive load on calorie consumption behaviour using subjective questionnaires. Isolated studies in other domains objectively assess cognitive load without considering its effects on eating behaviour. This study aims to explore the potential for developing an integrated eating behaviour assistant system that incorporates cognitive load factors. Two experimental sessions were conducted using custom-developed experimentation software to induce different stimuli. During these sessions, we collected 30 h of physiological, food consumption, and affective states questionnaires data to automatically detect cognitive load and analyse its effect on food choice. Utilising grid search optimisation and leave-one-subject-out cross-validation, a support vector machine model achieved a mean classification accuracy of 85.12\% for the two cognitive load tasks using eight relevant features. Statistical analysis was performed on calorie consumption and questionnaire data. Furthermore, 75\% of the subjects with higher negative affect significantly increased consumption of specific foods after high-cognitive-load tasks. These findings offer insights into the intricate relationship between cognitive load, affective states, and food choice, paving the way for an eating behaviour assistant system to manage food choices during cognitive load. Future research should enhance system capabilities and explore real-world applications.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RingEisenmannKandiletal.2022,
  author    = {Ring, Raphaela M. and Eisenmann, Clemens and Kandil, Farid and Steckhan, Nico and Demmrich, Sarah and Klatte, Caroline and Kessler, Christian S. and Jeitler, Michael and Boschmann, Michael and Michalsen, Andreas and Blakeslee, Sarah B. and St{\"o}ckigt, Barbara and Stritter, Wiebke and Koppold-Liebscher, Daniela A.},
  title     = {Mental and behavioural responses to Bah{\´a}'{\´i} fasting: Looking behind the scenes of a religiously motivated intermittent fast using a mixed methods approach},
  series = {Nutrients},
  volume    = {14},
  journal   = {Nutrients},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {2072-6643},
  doi       = {10.3390/nu14051038},
  pages     = {23},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Background/Objective: Historically, fasting has been practiced not only for medical but also for religious reasons. Baha'is follow an annual religious intermittent dry fast of 19 days. We inquired into motivation behind and subjective health impacts of Baha'i fasting. Methods: A convergent parallel mixed methods design was embedded in a clinical single arm observational study. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted before (n = 7), during (n = 8), and after fasting (n = 8). Three months after the fasting period, two focus group interviews were conducted (n = 5/n = 3). A total of 146 Baha'i volunteers answered an online survey at five time points before, during, and after fasting. Results: Fasting was found to play a central role for the religiosity of interviewees, implying changes in daily structures, spending time alone, engaging in religious practices, and experiencing social belonging. Results show an increase in mindfulness and well-being, which were accompanied by behavioural changes and experiences of self-efficacy and inner freedom. Survey scores point to an increase in mindfulness and well-being during fasting, while stress, anxiety, and fatigue decreased. Mindfulness remained elevated even three months after the fast. Conclusion: Baha'i fasting seems to enhance participants' mindfulness and well-being, lowering stress levels and reducing fatigue. Some of these effects lasted more than three months after fasting.},
  language  = {en}
}