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. 2020 May 15;30(4):707–720. doi: 10.1038/s41370-020-0231-5

Table 2.

Summarizing sensor deployments and data yielded.

Instrument Objective Outcomes N Deployments Run Time Median (IQR) Sample Frequency Expected data obtaineda Deployments yielding >90% expected data
Personal PM2.5 exposure
PATS+ Measure personal PM2.5 exposure Mean 48-h PM2.5 exposure; 10-min rolling mean PM2.5 exposure 157 172 49.2 h (48.8–50.0) 60 s 98.6% 97.1%
UPAS Measure personal PM2.5 exposure Mean 48-h PM2.5 exposure 33 33 40.5 h (32.1–47.2) Time integrated 80.4%a 39.4%c
Stove use monitoring
iButton Measure LPG stove use Minutes of LPG stove use per 48-h; Cooking events; Duration of cooking events 153 572 51.8 h (49.4–56.0) 120 s 99.9% 99.8%
Lascar thermocouple Measure traditional firewood stove use Minutes of firewood stove use per 48-h; Cooking events; Duration of cooking events 40 40 50.5 h (49.4–51.9) 60 s 100% 100%
Current voltage meter Measure induction stove use Minutes of induction stove use per 48-h; Cooking events; Duration of cooking events 16 16 49.2 h (48.7–50.5) 60 s 100% 100%
Geocene Dots Measure traditional firewood stove use Minutes of firewood stove use per week; Cooking events; Duration of cooking events 8 8 144 days (143–147) 120 s 100% 100%
Participant location
GPS watch Monitor participant location Latitude and longitude coordinates; At home events 157 157 48.3 h (26.1–49.1) 120 sd 10.7% 0.6%
Bluetooth beacon Monitor participant proximity to primary stove Proximity to stove; Participant in the kitchen events; At home events 33 33 49.2 h (48.4–50.2) 20 s 100% 100%

aComputed as the total number of valid data points obtained divided by the run time for each deployment multiplied by the sampling frequency (expected data).

bRepresents the percent of expected runtime.

cPercent of deployments resulting in >90% of expected runtime.

dSampling frequency was variable during deployments (Median (IQR) seconds between data points = 480 (240–1560)).