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Nevertheless, traditional centralized machine learning methods often encounter critical data privacy issues, especially when dealing with sensitive human data. This study addresses these concerns by implementing a federated learning approach.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Classifiers were constructed using both centralized and federated approaches, with machine learning techniques customized for each application. For mental stress classification, we utilized feature-based machine learning techniques, such as support vector machine. For human activity recognition, we deployed a deep neural network combining long short-term memory and convolutional neural network layers. Comparative analysis in terms of precision, recall, and F1-score was conducted to evaluate the performance of the federated and centralized models.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results demonstrate that federated learning not only offers comparable accuracy to centralized methods but also ensures the protection of sensitive data. 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