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PETRA
2009
ACM
13 years 12 months ago
Description and future trends of ICT solutions offered towards independent living: the case of LLM project
Due to the increasing elderly population, healthcare systems able to promote independent living are regarded as an emerging market. Despite the significant advances aiming to supp...
Christos A. Frantzidis, Panagiotis D. Bamidis
ELPUB
2007
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Feasibility of Open Access Publishing for Journals Funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
This paper reports on the results of a feasibility study on open access publishing for humanities and social sciences journals supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Rese...
Leslie Chan, Frances Groen, Jean-Claude Gué...
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Desperately seeking simplicity: how young adults with cognitive disabilities and their families adopt assistive technologies
A surprisingly high percentage of assistive technology devices (35% or more) are purchased, but not successfully adopted. Through semi-structured interviews with a dozen families,...
Melissa Dawe
JCAL
2002
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13 years 5 months ago
Conceptualising work activity for CAL systems design
As computing technology has increasingly become relevant to people's everyday lives, emphasis is being placed on ensuring Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) tools support users ...
D. Mwanza
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Design, adoption, and assessment of a socio-technical environment supporting independence for persons with cognitive disabilitie
A significant fraction of persons with cognitive disabilities are potentially able to live more independently with the use of powerful tools embedded in their social environment. ...
Stefan Carmien, Gerhard Fischer