Science Score: 62.0%
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Low similarity (12.0%) to scientific vocabulary
Repository
Basic Info
- Host: GitHub
- Owner: hzi-braunschweig
- License: other
- Language: TypeScript
- Default Branch: master
- Size: 62.3 MB
Statistics
- Stars: 16
- Watchers: 8
- Forks: 6
- Open Issues: 0
- Releases: 23
Metadata Files
README.md
PIA-System

Prospective Monitoring and Management - App (PIA).
PIA facilitates the data acquisition in health studies and takes into account the wishes of the participants, the study center and the research institution and thereby also supports the long-term motivation of the participants.
PIA consists of a web application as well as mobile apps for Android and iOS that enables the participants to conduct health studies and study management, as well it can be used as a symptom diary for contact tracing. The main goals of this project are:
- Simplify the data collection process
- (Long-term) motivation of users through persuasive technology
- Focus on usability and user centered design
- Focus on data protection and security
Built with
In the backend PIA is composed of Node.js microservices that are using PostgreSQL as a database. The microservices are containerized using Docker and deployed with Kubernetes. As frontends an Angular web app and a Ionic powered iOS and Android mobile app are provided.
Getting started
Local development
To set up PIA for local development, please follow the development guide.
Deployment
To deploy PIA to a (production) Kubernetes cluster, please follow the deployment guide.
Contributing
Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated. Please fork the gitlab repository.
- Fork the PIA GitLab repository
- Create your Feature Branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature) - Make sure your Changes are formatted using prettier (
npx prettier --write .) - Commit your Changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature') - Push to the Branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature) - Open a Pull Request
Licence
Distributed under the AGPL-3.0 license. See LICENSE for more information.
Contact

Owner
- Name: HZI-Braunschweig
- Login: hzi-braunschweig
- Kind: organization
- Email: info@helmholtz-hzi.de
- Location: Braunschweig, Germany
- Website: https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/
- Repositories: 14
- Profile: https://github.com/hzi-braunschweig
The central mission of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) is to address the infectious disease challenges of the 21st century.
Citation (CITATION.cff)
cff-version: 1.2.0
message: 'If you use/reference this software, please cite it as below.'
authors:
- family-names: Castell
given-names: Stefanie
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1762-8462
affiliation: 'Department for Epidemiology, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Brunswick, Germany'
- family-names: Heise
given-names: Jana-Kristin
affiliation: 'Department for Epidemiology, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research, Brunswick, Germany'
- family-names: Weber
given-names: Lars
orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6133-0851
affiliation: 'inqode Software Solutions GmbH'
- family-names: Dietsch
given-names: Leon
orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4803-0869
affiliation: 'Freelancer, Germany'
- family-names: Wangler
given-names: Thomas
orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1325-2780
affiliation: 'Freelancer, Germany'
title: 'eResearch System: Prospective Monitoring and Management - App (PIA)'
identifiers:
- type: doi
value: 10.5281/zenodo.6389565
repository-code: 'https://gitlab.com/pia-eresearch-system/pia'
url: 'https://info-pia.de/'
keywords:
- Digital Epidemiology
- Digital Infrastructure for Cohort Studies
- eResearch System
- eHealth
- mHealth
- survey
- biosample management
license: AGPL-3.0
GitHub Events
Total
- Release event: 2
- Push event: 2
- Create event: 2
Last Year
- Release event: 2
- Push event: 2
- Create event: 2
Issues and Pull Requests
Last synced: almost 2 years ago
All Time
- Total issues: 10
- Total pull requests: 4
- Average time to close issues: about 2 months
- Average time to close pull requests: 7 days
- Total issue authors: 2
- Total pull request authors: 4
- Average comments per issue: 4.1
- Average comments per pull request: 0.75
- Merged pull requests: 2
- Bot issues: 0
- Bot pull requests: 0
Past Year
- Issues: 0
- Pull requests: 1
- Average time to close issues: N/A
- Average time to close pull requests: less than a minute
- Issue authors: 0
- Pull request authors: 1
- Average comments per issue: 0
- Average comments per pull request: 1.0
- Merged pull requests: 0
- Bot issues: 0
- Bot pull requests: 0
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