Question1: What category and sets of database did your group decide on?
We deicide to choose Healthcare. Our group is going to investigate in how to reduce the risk of getting essential hypertension. And we searched the website of WolframAlpha, WHO, American CDC and some other official government institute as we believe this will be reliable. The figure 1 exibits information related to Essential hypertension.
Question2: What do you think can be the implications of your analysis specifically in your field? In the world?
In biology, we are interested to find our the cause of different disease, find therapies and promote a better lifestyle to people. Using the data we have, we can conclude how does our daily behaviors like eating influence the probability of catching high blood pressure problem. High blood pressure is a widespread disease in our world, and lots of scientist are trying to find the medication. In this project, we can show the people what can they do personally to prevent hypertension, which is cool.
By analyzing physical factors and behavioral factors, we can find out the relationship between essential hypertension and different factors, therefore suggesting people to control these factors by maintaining healthy habits. Our group will make a credible analysis with precise statistics that can be applied to both in the field of healthcare and our daily lives.
In CS, we could use programming skills to find the pattern inside a large amount of data and use correlation analysis to find the relationship between factors. In this project, We did find a great amount of data. If those data does not cover all range, we would use algorithm to grab the trend of data and make up for all the range. Beside, after the model for high blood pressure are constructed, we would use System Modeler to simulate the process of such fluid motion. the field of CS could provide statistical analysis that further validate the research, which is very useful.
Question3:How do you feel about your group mates and the expertise that they will be bringing into the group? Are there possible conflicts? How does your group plan on resolving conflict?
Tiger: I think we made perfect cooperation. Though 10 minutes of discussion, we successfully settled down our topic and each one of us was assigned work to do. In 2 pm, we all finished the work assigned. It is my honor to have such two teammate.
Wanda:My group mates are very efficient and innovative. They do not only come up with new ideas but also bring the knowledge they learned in CS, physics, and biology class into discussions. There are possible conflicts but are resolved by working as a team. For instance, I know physics knowledge but I don’t know how to model it on the computer; then, my group mate who learns CS will help me do this task together.
Alvin: I think they are really good, and our different expertise fit well in the topic of hypertension. Physics can be used to explain the direct cause of hypertension using the knowledge of fluid mechanics. As for CS, we basically depend on it to analyze the data like making prediction and so on.
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