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Sharpe, Michael Edward. "Assistive Technology Attrition: Identifying Why Teachers Abandon Assistive Technologies." NSUWorks, 2010. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/301.

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The study surveyed a sample of K-12 teachers who had used assistive technology (AT) in the classroom to determine answers to five research questions. These were, (1) why the teachers adopted AT, (2) their attitudes and perceptions about its value, (3) challenges they have experienced in adopting AT, (4) whether they have discontinued or decreased use of AT, and, if so, (5) the factors that led to this result. The study used both quantitative and qualitative methods. For the quantitative aspect, an online survey instrument was developed to answer five research questions. Participants were teach

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Skillen, Kerry Louise. "Context aware personalisation of assistive technologies within pervasive environments." Thesis, Ulster University, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.680145.

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Boger, Jennifer Netanis. "Transdisciplinary development of intelligent assistive technologies to support wellbeing." Thesis, Ulster University, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.673809.

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This thesis presents the author's work on the transdisciplinary development of artificially intelligent assistive technologies (IATs) for supporting wellbeing, which includes the conceptualisation of novel techniques for guiding IAT development as well as the creation, testing, and evaluation of functional prototypes. The work described in this thesis was conducted between 2002 to 2014. The first chapter introduces the background, scope, and structure of the thesis. Chapter 2 begins by introducing artificial intelligence, assistive technology, and zero-effort technologies followed by models fo

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Asghar, Ikram. "Impact of assistive technologies in supporting people with dementia." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2018. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/30860/.

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In recent decades, many Assistive Technologies (ATs) have been developed to promote independence among people with dementia (PWD). Although there is a high rate of AT abandonment, only a handful of studies have focused on AT usability evaluation from the user point of view. The aim of this thesis is to empirically investigate the usability of ATs from the PWD and to measure its impacts on their lives. Following the Multi-methods research approach, the first part of the thesis uses secondary research methods including literature review and systematic mapping studies. The second part uses primar

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Sleiman, Maya. "New actuation technologies for humanoid robotics and assistive devices." Electronic Thesis or Diss., université Paris-Saclay, 2022. http://www.theses.fr/2022UPAST110.

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L’actionnement hydraulique a prouvé sacapacité à fournir des forces élevées dans un volume léger et compact. Pour cette raison, plusieurs robots humanoïdes utilisent cette technologie pour démontrer leur performance. Mais, cetactionnement s’accompagne de problèmes de fuiteliés à la présence de tubes hydrauliques. Cettethèse concentre sur la résolution de ce problèmeen adoptant deux approches. Dans la première, lespièces internes sont conçues selon une approchebio-inspirée pour conduire l’huile. Les pièces sontredéveloppées en forme de coquille avec des tubesen plastique intégrés, imprimés en 3

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Yao, Xiangkui. "A Personalized Virtual Environment as a Testbed for Assistive Technologies." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12118.

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xiii, 80 p. : ill. (some col.)<br>The design of successful assistive technologies requires careful personalization for individual users, as well as rapid, low cost cycles for product development and testing. My research brings two modern software engineering models to meet these challenges: Personal and Contextual Requirements Engineering (PC-RE) and Agile Software Development. We adapt these models to the assistive mobile navigation domain for the blind. This dissertation demonstrates that a Virtual Environment testing can significantly reduce testing time, yield meaningful testing results by

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Brennan, Christopher P. "Brain-computer interface and eye tracker as collaborative assistive technologies." Thesis, Ulster University, 2018. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.734613.

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Chronic disorders and diseases that affect the cerebrum and the central nervous system, e.g. motor neuron disease, cerebrovascular accident, etc., incapacitate the individual and place a burden on societies and global health systems. The associated health problems of such conditions cannot be eased until further advances are made in neurology and medicine. Potentially, Computing Science can assist individuals with these types of afflictions by providing alternative methods for communication and control. The research discussed herein undertakes the design and evaluation of a collaborative Brain

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Green, Ravonne A. "Assistive Technologies for Individuals with Print Disabilities in Academic Libraries." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40357.

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This study identifies substantive issues and suggests guidelines for using assistive technology (AT) in academic libraries. The Delphi Technique was used with a panel of librarians, disability service providers, and AT experts to determine these issues and guidelines for AT services in academic libraries. There were 55 substantive issues identified by a panel of experts for providing appropriate AT in an academic library setting. Some of these issues included training opportunities, providing adequate funding for the purchase and maintenance of AT, funding for staff in-service training and tra

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Ahmetovic, D. "ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ON MOBILE DEVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/265326.

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Spatial understanding and cognitive mapping are challenging tasks for people with visual impairments. The goal of this work is to leverage computer vision and spatial understanding techniques along with audio-haptic proprioceptive interaction paradigms for assisting people with visual impairments in spatial comprehension and memorization. Abstract space exploration in the field of assistive didactics is tackled through tactile exploration and audio feedback resulting in two solutions. The first one focuses on math learning in primary education while the second one focuses on function graph tac

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Gominho, Maria Carolina Matos Rolo de Almeida. "Socially assistive robots adoption." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19742.

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Mestrado em Gestão de Sistemas de Informação<br>Com o rápido envelhecimento da população mundial verifica-se um aumento do número de pessoas a requerer cuidados da parte de outrem. Contudo, o fenómeno mencionado traz, também, uma redução do número de pessoas disponíveis para prestar tais cuidados. Como tal, as sociedades são cada vez mais forçadas a lidar com esta discrepância que deve ser colmatada de modo a permitir aos idosos envelhecer com a dignidade que estes merecem. Uma forma de o fazer pode ser encontrada no campo das tecnologias de apoio, nomeadamente na figura dos Socially Assistive

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Carpenter, Phoebe KitSum. "The effects of assistive technologies on family caregivers| A secondary analysis." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1523040.

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<p> The purpose of this study was to explore family caregivers' perceptions of the use of assistive technology to manage care, through secondary analysis of data from the Healthy@home 2.0 survey. An online survey conducted by Knowledge Panel (KP) was distributed via email invitation to those who met the qualifications for the sample. The data was collected between November 22 and November 29,2010. The sample (<i>N</i> = 1, 152) consisted of caregivers between the ages of 45 to 75 years. This study examined a total of 31 questions assessing caregivers' actual use, awareness, willingness, enable

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Steinhausen, Natasha. "Applications of the electric potential sensor for healthcare and assistive technologies." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2014. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/48596/.

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The work discussed in this thesis explores the possibility of employing the Electric Potential Sensor for use in healthcare and assistive technology applications with the same and in some cases better degrees of accuracy than those of conventional technologies. The Electric Potential Sensor is a generic and versatile sensing technology capable of working in both contact and non-contact (remote) modes. New versions of the active sensor were developed for specific surface electrophysiological signal measurements. The requirements in terms of frequency range, electrode size and gain varied with t

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Dragusanu, Mihai. "Design of Soft–Rigid Devices for Rehabilitative and Assistive Robotics." Doctoral thesis, Università di Siena, 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/11365/1225317.

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The innovation of rehabilitation and assistive technology nowadays is now driven by a double thrust. On one side, the average age of people is increasing as a result of the improved lifestyle in the last twenty years, which focuses on human well-being, consequently, the overall social impact of chronic diseases related to the musculoskeletal and nervous system is becoming relevant. On the other side, technology, spreading more and more now in everyday life, is acquiring an increasingly important role in preserving and ensuring a high quality of life even in the presence of temporary and/or chr

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Lovrenovic, Zlatko. "Development and Testing of Passive Walking Assistive Exoskeleton with Upward Force Assist." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36947.

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An aging population and rising prevalence in obesity, arthritis and diabetes are resulting in a great number of elders that are suffering from mobility challenges. Walking assist exoskeletons have the potential to help preserve mobility in elders. The most common type of exoskeleton relies on heavily, complex and expensive components to help their user walk effortlessly. Recent research on walking assist exoskeletons has shifted towards the creation of an entirely mechanical system called passive walking assist exoskeleton. This research aims to design, model and test a passive walking assis

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Brownsell, Simon James. "Are assistive technologies an enhancement to the present health, care, and support mechanisms?" Thesis, Abertay University, 2001. https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/b954d5df-410d-4981-ade8-ac53b125f05e.

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The present health, care and support mechanisms are unable to truly meet the demands made upon it. Between 1992 and 1996 the total number of home care hours increased by 50% while the number of households receiving the service declined by around 7%. A more intensive service is being delivered to a minority of people yet at the same time the number of people who may need support is increasing. Health spending on people aged 75 and over is 6 times that of the average for the rest of the population but between 1995 and 2025 the UK will see a 43.6% increase in the 60 and over age range. A similar

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Guness, Shivanand Prabhoolall. "Development and evaluation of facial gesture recognition and head tracking for assistive technologies." Thesis, University of Kent, 2015. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/60990/.

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Globally, the World Health Organisation estimates that there are about 1 billion people suffering from disabilities and the UK has about 10 million people suffering from neurological disabilities in particular. In extreme cases these individuals with disabilities such as Motor Neuron Disease(MND), Cerebral Palsy(CP) and Multiple Sclerosis(MS) may only be able to perform limited head movement, move their eyes or make facial gestures. The aim of this research is to investigate low-cost and reliable assistive devices using automatic gesture recognition systems that will enable the most severely d

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Randolph, Adriane B. "Individual-technology fit matching individual characteristics and features of biometric interface technologies with performance /." unrestricted, 2007. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-05182007-113229/.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2007.<br>Title from file title page. Melody Moore, committee chair; Detmar Straub, Veda Storey, Bruce Walker, committee members. Electronic text (166 p. : ill. (some col.)) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Nov. 5, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-164).

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Martin, Suzanne E. "An investigation into the application of electronic assistive technologies to support health and social care." Thesis, Ulster University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.516445.

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CHAGAS, BRUNO AZEVEDO. "END-USER CONFIGURATION IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES: A CASE STUDY WITH A SEVERELY PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED USER." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2015. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=26207@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO<br>COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR<br>PROGRAMA DE EXCELENCIA ACADEMICA<br>Tecnologia Assistiva (TA) visa compensar limitações funcionais motoras, sensoriais ou cognitivas de seus usuários. Uma das razões pela qual TA é difícil de projetar e transformar em um produto é a variabilidade dos tipos e graus de deficiência e das características individuais dos seus os usuários (físicas, psicológicas, culturais e ambientais). Esta variabilidade pode ser tratada por meio de configurações. Este trabalho tem como ponto de par

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Foreman, Sara (Beth) Cardwell. "Assistive Technologies used by Students with Asperger’s Syndrome to Improve Performance in the General Education Classroom." NSUWorks, 2014. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/14.

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The No Child Left Behind Act requires all students; regardless of poverty level, learning disability, limited English proficiency, or racial/ethnic origins; to be in general education classrooms meeting high standards of proficiency in reading/language arts and mathematics by 2013-14. Meeting high standards of proficiency in a general education classroom is particularly challenging for students diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorders, such as Asperger's syndrome. Limited interests, inflexible language, and social skills deficits without a history of cognitive or language delays before

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Rode, Sonia. "Inclusive and Accessible Workplaces: AI- and Robotics-Based Assistive Technologies for Professionals with High-Functioning Autism." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-447221.

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Although every society member should be offered an equal chance to participate in working life, individuals with high-functioning autism encounter many barriers. Here, assistive technologies using AI and robotics can provide new possibilities to create accessibility and inclusion. This thesis followed the methodology of user-centred design by performing an online survey with 48 autistic professionals to understand their current work experiences and attitudes towards AI- and robotics-based assistive technologies. Based on the survey findings, neurotypical participants from different educational

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Hall, Alex James. "An exploration into the implementation of monitoring technologies in care homes for people with dementia." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/an-exploration-into-the-implementation-of-monitoring-technologies-in-care-homes-for-people-with-dementia(b5e7f13e-a85c-4651-b7f8-8752a8138a77).html.

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Background: An ageing society and rising prevalence in dementia are associated with rising demand for care home places. Monitoring technologies (e.g. bed-exit alarms; wearable location-tracking devices) are appealing because of their potential to enhance safety, increase resident freedom, and reduce staff burden. However, it is unclear how far use of such technologies can deliver potential benefits, and there are ethical challenges from their use. This study explored the implementation of monitoring technologies in care homes for people with dementia, to identify facilitators and barriers to t

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Hakobyan, Lilit. "Engaging older adults with age-related macular degeneration in the design and evaluation of mobile assistive technologies." Thesis, Aston University, 2016. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/31594/.

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Ongoing advances in technology are undoubtedly increasing the scope for enhancing and supporting older adults’ daily living. The digital divide between older and younger adults, however, raises concerns about the suitability of technological solutions for older adults, especially for those with impairments. Taking older adults with Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) – a progressive and degenerative disease of the eye – as a case study, the research reported in this dissertation considers how best to engage older adults in the design and evaluation of mobile assistive technologies to achiev

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Armstrong, Nicola. "Design, development and evaluation of assistive technologies to assist people with Alzheimer’s disease by supporting their caregivers." Thesis, Ulster University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602343.

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One of the most widespread chronic diseases within the older population is a form of dementia known as Alzheimer’s disease (AD). AD is a progressive disease of the brain, which effects a person’s memory, thought and judgment. The unmet needs of people with AD (PwAD) have been identified as, the need to remember, maintain social contact, enhance perceived safety and support with regards to activities of daily living (ADL). In order to investigate how technology could be used to address the unmet needs of PwAD and their caregivers a number of tasks were carried out. Primarily this involved the d

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Atibaka, Sunday O. "Anthropology of Aging: Assessment of Old Age Needs and Ethical Issues regarding the Use of Assistive Technologies." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1404544/.

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The main goal of this research has been to investigate elderly people's needs, perceptions, fears, hopes, and expectation regarding elderly care, including ethical issues linked to assistive technologies. As faith seems to take an important place in how some elders face the aging process, the spiritual dimension was also included. Therefore, the research was conducted among 15 church congregants. Results show that most respondents fear the physical and mental decay due to aging, often resulting in becoming a burden to someone else, along with abandonment and lack of financial resources. Most e

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Cañete, Yaque Raquel. "Pepe: an adaptive robot that helps children with autism to plan and self-manage their day." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-43492.

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Covid19 has brought up physical and mental challenges for all of us. However, this is even more pronounced for those who suffer from psychological pathologies, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). One of the main challenges that parents of children with ASD faced during the pandemic was to plan and structure a daily routine for their kids. The disruption of the routine, together with the difficulty of combining work and the care of the child has resulted in behavioral problems and stress and anxiety for both, parents and children. This project focused on developing an adaptive robot that

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Salivia, Guarionex Jordan. "Assistive strategies for people with fine motor skills impairments based on an analysis of sub-movements." Diss., University of Iowa, 2012. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/3378.

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Four studies describe the pointing performance of individuals with fine motor skills impairments. First, we describe the pointing performance of two individuals with Parkinsons disease via a sub-movement analysis and compare them with similar results found in the literature from young children and older able-bodied adults. The analysis suggests the need of an individual assessment of pointing difficulties and the personalization of the methods of assistance and motivates sub-sequent studies. Two experiments followed where we tested PointAssist, software that assists in pointing tasks by detect

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Kalonde, Gilbert. "TEACHER EDUCATORS' TECHNOLOGY DECISIONS AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY MODEL TECHNOLOGIES FOR INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS IN TEACHING METHOD COURSES." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/828.

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The purpose of this study was threefold; (1) to identify instructional technologies teacher educators use in teaching methods courses, (2) to identify the factors that influence their decisions for using such technologies in teaching methods courses, and (3) to investigate the extent to which teacher educators address the use of technology in inclusion in teaching methods courses. In this study, thirty teacher educators responded to fourteen Likert Scale questions, seven open-ended questions, listed technologies they use in the methods courses, and 5 of the teacher educators responded to anoth

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Ferreira, dos Santos Renata 1990. "Novas tecnologias e seus impactos na qualidade de vida de pessoas com deficiência." [s.n.], 2015. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/274677.

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Orientador: Gustavo Luis Gutierrez<br>Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Física<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T21:34:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FerreiradosSantos_Renata_M.pdf: 1050876 bytes, checksum: 3c5d54ed6fd897da80fa445cddcb30e3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015<br>Resumo: Em virtude do grande avanço tecnológico, e do crescente debate relacionado à deficiência nos últimos anos, este trabalho busca compreender se as Tecnologias Assistivas exercem algum tipo de influência na qualidade de vida de pessoas com deficiência. Foram re

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Gerino, A. "MOBILE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT: SENSING AND CONVEYING INFORMATION TO SUPPORT ORIENTATION, MOBILITY AND ACCESS TO IMAGES." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/476683.

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Smartphones are accessible to persons with visual impairment or blindness (VIB): screen reader technologies, integrated with mobile operating systems, enable non-visual interaction with the device. Also, features like GPS receivers, inertial sensors and cameras enable the development of Mobile Assistive Technologies (MATs) to support people with VIB. A preliminary analysis, conducted adopting an user-centric approach, highlighted some issues experienced by people with VIB in everyday activities from three main fields: orientation, mobility and access to images. Traditional approaches to addre

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Ahmad, Nadeem. "People centered HMI’s for deaf and functionally illiterate users." Phd thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2014. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2014/7039/.

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The objective and motivation behind this research is to provide applications with easy-to-use interfaces to communities of deaf and functionally illiterate users, which enables them to work without any human assistance. Although recent years have witnessed technological advancements, the availability of technology does not ensure accessibility to information and communication technologies (ICT). Extensive use of text from menus to document contents means that deaf or functionally illiterate can not access services implemented on most computer software. Consequently, most existing computer appl

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Palmqvist, Lisa. "Executive functions and Planning in everyday life : Assistive Technologies for Cognition and their lack of support for children with Attention Deficit / Hyperactive Disorder." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-112593.

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The evaluation of how Assistive Technologies for Cognition (ATC) serve their purpose in providing support for children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (AD/HD) is limited and it is not clear how to best support the cognitive functions in order to help the individual increase task performance in everyday life. This thesis sought to scrutinise how families with at least one child diagnosed with AD/HD incorporate ATCs in their daily life in order to cope with appurtenant difficulties. An online survey, answered by 92 caregivers for children with AD/HD, attended to the cognitive abiliti

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Vargas, Maurício Fontana de. "Proposta de um sistema de assistência personalizada para ambientes inteligentes." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/142712.

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O fenômeno global de envelhecimento populacional está sendo acompanhado pelo rápido crescimento do número de pessoas com algum tipo de deficiência mental ou física, assim como diversas doenças crônicas relacionadas à idade. Devido ao fato de que a maioria dos idosos prefere ficar no conforto de suas residências, é essencial o desenvolvimento de tecnologias que auxiliem os idosos a terem uma vida independente e confortável em seus lares. Em especial, Ambientes Assistidos buscam agir proativamente de forma a auxilar de maneira correta o usuário na execução das suas Atividades de Vida Diária. Dev

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Melo, Juraj. "Aplikace pro tvorbu sad testů GUI." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-236402.

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This thesis describes a system for automated GUI testing using assistive technologies for accessing and manipulating GUI elements. The only input from the user to automated test system is a description of UI events and activities. For this purpose, a specialized language is proposed. The test system then automatically generates possible sequences of UI events applying a given criterion. Generated test set is executed by Python interpreter exploiting the Linux Desktop Testing Project (LDTP). Test system described in this thesis then provides reports and coverage evaluation for particular test c

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Lariviere, Matthew. "An ethnography of the everyday practices of people with dementia and their informal carers with assistive technologies and telecare in community-based care." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2018. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/69056/.

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Industry, government and care service providers claim that assistive technologies and telecare services will enable people with dementia to continue living independently and safely in their communities. Yet there is little research that examines how people with dementia actually use these technologies in their everyday life. This thesis presents an ethnographic study, A Collaborative COMMunity-based ethnography of people with Dementia using Assistive technology and Telecare at home in England (ACCOMMODATE). This ethnographic study examines everyday practices of people with dementia and their i

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D'Angio, Paul Christopher. "Adaptive and Passive Non-Visual Driver Assistance Technologies for the Blind Driver Challenge®." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27582.

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This work proposes a series of driver assistance technologies that enable blind persons to safely and independently operate an automobile on standard public roads. Such technology could additionally benefit sighted drivers by augmenting vision with suggestive cues during normal and low-visibility driving conditions. This work presents a non-visual human-computer interface system with passive and adaptive controlling software to realize this type of driver assistance technology. The research and development behind this work was made possible through the Blind Driver Challenge® initiative taken

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Galvao, Pinheiro Carlos. "Technologies d'assistance pour personnes handicapées utilisant les potentiels d'action d'unités motrices des muscles du visage." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013LORR0098/document.

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Dans certaines circonstances, une personne peut être privée de ces capacités à des degrés divers, peut-être en raison de l'amputation des membres, lésions de la moelle épinière ou de maladies dégénératives. Dans ces cas, les appareils fonctionnels sont des outils pertinents pour aider les personnes à améliorer leurs capacités fonctionnelles. Particulièrement adapté dans le cas des personnes atteintes de déficience motrice grave, biosignaux électriques ont été utilisées avec succès pour faire fonctionner les appareils de communication alternatifs. Depuis plus d'un demi-siècle, l'information ext

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Nguyen, Theresa Hoai-Thuong. "ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY : Innovative Design for an Ankle Foot Orthosis." Thesis, Jönköping University, JTH, Industridesign, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-51593.

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The following report presents a Master thesis project about a re-design of an ankle foot orthosis using additive manufacturing as the production method, conducted by a student in Spring 2020 as part of the Master’s programme Industrial Design at Jönköping University’s School of Engineering. Ankle foot orthoses are the most prescribed lower extremity orthoses worldwide and are worn in a visually obtrusive way making patients feel stigmatized for their disability. The social stigma makes it emotionally difficult for many users to wear an AFO frequently enough for proper rehabilitation. Despite i

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Marcolin, Adriana Aparecida de Almeida. "As tecnologias de comunicação alternativa a serviço da diversidade : a contribuição do software boardmaker with speaking dynamically pro V.6 na educação inclusiva de alunos com paralisia cerebral no município de Vacaria." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UCS, 2013. https://repositorio.ucs.br/handle/11338/429.

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A presente dissertação constitui-se em um estudo qualitativo, delineado como estudo de caso, sobre as adequações curriculares, estratégias e procedimentos pedagógicos utilizados em sala de aula e em outros espaços escolares, a partir da utilização do software Boardmaker® com Speaking Dynamically Pro – SDP v.6, recurso de tecnologia assistiva, enviado às salas de recursos multifuncionais, na política pública brasileira de 2007 a 2012. Esta investigação verificou o modo como esse software foi utilizado pelos professores do Atendimento Educacional Especializado, de agosto de 2011 a dezembr

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Steinke, Frederick. "Influence of trust in Ambient Assisted Living technologies." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Lebenswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/17167.

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Zwischenmenschliches Vertrauen spielt in Beziehungen eine wichtige Rolle und beinhaltet die Erwartung, dass auf das Wort des Anderen Verlass ist (Rotter, 1967). Auch im Zusammenhang mit Automation und Mensch-Maschine-Systemen erlangt die Betrachtung von Vertrauen in den vergangenen Jahren immer größere Bedeutung. In den Bereichen automatisierte Fahrzeugsteuerung oder militärische Freund-Feind-Erkennung wurde bereits eine Vielzahl von Erhebungen durchgeführt. Einen Forschungsgegenstand, der bislang jedoch weitestgehend unbeachtet geblieben ist, stellen Heim-Automatisierungen und Unterstützungst

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Snowden, Suzanne Jane. "Assistive Technologies used by people with dementia and their carers for the performance of Activities of Daily Living at home and in care homes." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2017. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/assistive-technologies-used-by-people-with-dementia-and-their-carers-for-the-performance-of-activities-of-daily-living-at-home-and-in-care-homes(3ec62072-1e42-4d3e-85d8-2a4bf178b9a9).html.

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Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) are the basic activities that every adult must perform each day to be considered independent: washing and bathing; grooming and dressing; toileting and continence; and feeding and eating. As people with dementia develop cognitive and physical impairments and functional limitations, their performance of ADLs may be affected. This may necessitate human and technological assistance. The use of Assistive Technologies (ATs) is promoted in policies as enabling people with dementia to live well in their own homes. The study aim was to investigate informal (family) ca

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Kulman, Cristiano. "Desenvolvimento de cadeira de rodas com nivelamento lateral e longitudinal." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/140463.

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Pessoas com deficiência motora têm poucas opções na seleção de cadeiras de rodas que atendam suas necessidades de deslocamento, comodidade e segurança para a realização das tarefas da vida diária, principalmente com as tecnologias assistivas disponíveis no Brasil. Com o intuito de auxiliar os cadeirantes, facilitando seus deslocamentos em vias públicas, foi desenvolvido um sistema de simulação numérica e um protótipo para teste de controle de suspensão autonivelante para aplicar em cadeiras de rodas. Baseado nos resultados numéricos obtidos por meio da simulação, a planta de teste de controle

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Galvao, Pinheiro Carlos. "Technologies d'assistance pour personnes handicapées utilisant les potentiels d'action d'unités motrices des muscles du visage." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Lorraine, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013LORR0098.

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Dans certaines circonstances, une personne peut être privée de ces capacités à des degrés divers, peut-être en raison de l'amputation des membres, lésions de la moelle épinière ou de maladies dégénératives. Dans ces cas, les appareils fonctionnels sont des outils pertinents pour aider les personnes à améliorer leurs capacités fonctionnelles. Particulièrement adapté dans le cas des personnes atteintes de déficience motrice grave, biosignaux électriques ont été utilisées avec succès pour faire fonctionner les appareils de communication alternatifs. Depuis plus d'un demi-siècle, l'information ext

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Eicher, Cornelia [Verfasser]. "Assistive and Robotic Health Technologies and Devices (ATD) for Vulnerable Patient Groups: Identification of User Requirements on the Basis of ATD Usage Barriers and Perceived ATD Strengths / Cornelia Eicher." Berlin : Medizinische Fakultät Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1223925765/34.

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Fidêncio, Vanessa Luisa Destro. "Verificação eletroacústica de sistemas de frequência modulada em usuários de implante coclear." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/25/25143/tde-20022018-113244/.

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O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar e determinar a validade de um protocolo de teste de verificação eletroacústica para Sistemas de Frequência Modulada (FM) acoplados a diferentes processadores de fala de implantes cocleares. Participaram deste estudo 40 crianças, com idades entre 5 e 18 anos incompletos, usuários de quatro modelos diferentes de processadores de fala. A verificação eletroacústica foi realizada por meio do uso do equipamento Audioscan Verifit (VF-1) com acoplador HA-1, além do uso do dispositivo de verificação de escuta correspondente a cada modelo de processador de fala do im

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Bircanin, Filip. "Co-designing with adults with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities to enable active communication technology use." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/233760/1/Filip_Bircanin_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis describes a series of studies examining the role of technologies in supporting adults with intellectual disabilities to have their voices heard and express their competencies and interests in a day centre for people with intellectual disabilities. It offers insights on how communication unfolds through complex relations between adults with intellectual disabilities and their carers. This thesis also describes several working prototypes and shows new pathways for design of Alternative and Augmentative Communication devices. Overall, the research articulates a number of methodologica

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Rodrigues, Ana Cristina. "Rede especial : uma proposta de inclusão digital e social em ações sócio-educativas." Faculdades EST, 2006. http://tede.est.edu.br/tede/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=31.

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Centro Universitário Metodista IPA<br>Este trabalho se propõe a fazer um recorte interativo entre a informática educativa e suas contribuições às pessoas com necessidades especiais. São relatados alguns aspectos relevantes sobre aspectos de exclusão e inclusão social e digital que fazem parte do processo de investigação da pesquisa. É abordada a questão da exclusão social em alguns momentos importantes na história da humanidade. Nesse contexto é trabalhada a utilização de tecnologias assistivas como ferramentas pedagógicas para o auxílio no aprendizado dos alunos deficientes que participam do

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Grobler, Gert H. "Experiences of blind high-school learners regarding computer use." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45889.

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The visually impaired community forms a small but integral part of South Africa with the potential to contribute meaningfully to its infrastructure and society, yet blind learners still seem to struggle with computer use. There are various barriers that stand between blind learners and computer access. In this study, I explore the experiences of blind high-school learners (n=4) with regards to computer use. A qualitative case study was applied as research design at a high-school for the visually impaired. Data sources included semi-structured interviews and focus-group discussions, which

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ACED, LOPEZ SEBASTIAN. "Accessible Human Computer Interaction: Video Games and Assisted Living for Persons with Severe Disabilities." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2646739.

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Accessible Human Computer Interaction is a very wide area of study, which covers many topics and addresses several interesting problems; but there is a common goal that researchers of this field usually share: to use technology for improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities. In fact, this thesis stems from the will of helping persons with disabilities in different moments of their lives (i.e., during their childhood and in their adult age), by using different interactive technologies. In particular, this document explores two challenges: first, the problem that children w

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Ramdas, Leonard Harichand. "Strategies to Prevent the Unintentional Retention of Foreign Objects in Surgical Patients." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1656.

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The Institute of Medicine's report in 2000, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, highlighted the seriousness of medical errors in the U.S. health care system. The unintentional retention of foreign objects in surgical patients is one of those errors. At the time of this study, there was no standardized counting policy and process across operating rooms in the United States. The purpose of this project was to develop a best practice educational counting program to help prevent the unintentional retention of foreign objects in surgical patients. The Logic Model was used to guide the

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