From 2178690af995931912cfc0afae1bb5ec44ac76ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colleen Rosales <110422356+colleenrosales@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 08:15:05 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Update=20Use=20Cases=20=E2=80=9Caqai=E2=80=9D?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- content/use-cases/aqai.md | 19 ++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/use-cases/aqai.md b/content/use-cases/aqai.md index bba19d53..809de5ef 100644 --- a/content/use-cases/aqai.md +++ b/content/use-cases/aqai.md @@ -1,17 +1,15 @@ +++ -title = 'AQAI' -tags = ['API', 'Health'] -categories = ['developer'] -featured_image = '/uploads/aqai.png' - +title = "AQAI" +tags = ["API", "Health"] +categories = ["developer"] +featured_image = "/uploads/aqai.png" featured = false +++ +[AQAI](https://www.aqai.xyz/) is using the OpenAQ platform to develop a machine learning predictive model for air quality showing child population density against regions with pollutant concentrations above WHO-recommended limits. -AQAI is using the OpenAQ platform to develop a machine learning predictive model for air quality showing child population density against regions with pollutant concentrations above WHO-recommended limits. - -AQAI is one of nine startups (out of 450 applicants) awarded investment funding from the UNICEF Venture Fund in 2022. +[AQAI](https://www.aqai.xyz/) is one of nine startups (out of 450 applicants) awarded investment funding from the UNICEF Venture Fund in 2022. -## The Problem +## The Problem Children are particularly susceptible to air pollution’s insidious effects. They breathe more rapidly than adults, taking in more polluted air. Due to having smaller bodies, they are proportionally exposed at higher levels. Their developing organs are more vulnerable to pollution. And due to their height, they are face level with pollutants that settle lower in the air and pollutants, such as vehicle exhaust, emitted close to the ground. @@ -21,7 +19,6 @@ Christina Last and Prithviraj Pramanik met working on air quality data for UNICE {{< figure src="/uploads/aqai_dashboard.gif" title= "Exploring air pollution exposure for children in Lima, Peru using the AQAI dashboard. Image courtesy of AQAI." >}} - ## How OpenAQ Helped According to Christina, “OpenAQ’s data aggregation platform has made our work possible. We ingest historic and real-time information from OpenAQ globally, allowing us to predict local pollution concentrations to inform our work with UNICEF country offices.” Prithviraj points out the harmonization and ease of data acquisition from OpenAQ via the API, which gave them the ability to focus more on downstream tasks rather than the tedium of looking for these data themselves. “Structured air quality data is hard to acquire from global agencies that follow diverse API structures for querying. When we initially started the exploratory data analysis, OpenAQ simplified the data acquisition from federal regulatory monitors.” @@ -29,4 +26,4 @@ According to Christina, “OpenAQ’s data aggregation platform has made our wor ## For More Information * Read the long-version blog: [UNICEF Venture Fund-backed Startup Building Global Air Pollution Model to Map Children’s Exposure to Air Pollution](https://medium.com/@openaq/openaq-use-case-unicef-venture-fund-backed-startup-building-global-air-pollution-model-to-map-f4cd69416634) -* Listen to the Turing Podcast: [Data Science for Social Good: Predicting air pollution in a post-COVID world?](https://turing.podbean.com/e/solve-for-good-is-the-air-harming-children-s-health/) featuring Christina Last, Prithviraj Pramanik and Dr. Subhabrata Majumdar \ No newline at end of file +* Listen to the Turing Podcast: [Data Science for Social Good: Predicting air pollution in a post-COVID world?](https://turing.podbean.com/e/solve-for-good-is-the-air-harming-children-s-health/) featuring Christina Last, Prithviraj Pramanik and Dr. Subhabrata Majumdar