Bashan, Nail F.
Zhang, Yang
Bell, Michelle L.
Wang, Qi R.
Article History
Received: 21 May 2025
Revised: 8 October 2025
Accepted: 24 October 2025
First Online: 8 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing financial or non-financial interests.
: The BostonWalks mobility dataset used in this study was approved by the ethics committee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (protocol number 2211000806). All study procedures were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations established by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Northeastern University’s Human Subjects Research Protection guidelines. All participants provided informed consent prior to study enrollment. Participants were informed about the study objectives, data collection methods, potential risks, and confidentiality measures before providing their consent through the Catch-My-Day mobile application interface. Only individuals who provided explicit informed consent were included in the study.