Progress of MUSE (Making User Friendly Spaces): A Context-Aware Assistant for Orientation

1999 ◽  
pp. 210-214
Author(s):  
Matina Halkia ◽  
Jaime Solari
Keyword(s):  
Context Aware ◽  
User Friendly

WoT Based Context-Aware Middleware Design for Integrating Real-World Object to SNS

2013 ◽  
Vol 756-759 ◽  
pp. 1264-1269
Author(s):  
Hai Lei Lu ◽  
Ji Yang ◽  
Chun Hong Zhang ◽  
Cheng Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Real World ◽  
Context Aware ◽  
The Real ◽  
Process Implementation ◽  
Human Object ◽  
Physical Attributes ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Real State

In order to build a more user-friendly, intelligent IoT where interactions between Human-to-Human, Object-to-Object, and Human-to-Object coexists, real-world objects are assigned a social network identity on current SNS. Under this scenario, the contexts of the real-world objects become more complicated since it contains both social attributes and physical attributes. This paper proposed a context-aware middleware for infers the contexts of real-world objects in SNS. The deduced context of the object is generated from the physical contexts, which retrieved from WoT infrastructure and social network context from SNS, which results in the quality of the context more dependent to the real state of the object. Then, services or behavior will be triggered by the middleware after the reasoning process. Implementation on the MagicHome project will illustrate the feasibility and reasonability of middleware in a smart home scenario.

WOAD

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Cabitza ◽  
Carla Simone
Keyword(s):  
Context Aware ◽  
Electronic Document ◽  
High Level Architecture ◽  
Formal Expression ◽  
Major Teaching Hospital ◽  
Major Teaching ◽  
High Level ◽  
Event Based ◽  
User Friendly

In this article, we present WOAD, a framework that was inspired and partly validated within a 2-year observational case study at a major teaching hospital. We present the WOAD framework by stating its main and motivating rationales, outlining its high-level architecture and then introducing its denotational language, LWOAD. We propose LWOAD to support users of an electronic document system in declaratively expressing, specifying and implementing content- and event-based mechanisms that fulfill coordinative requirements and make users aware of relevant conditions. Our focus addresses (a) the user-friendly and yet formal expression of local coordinative practices based on the work context; (b) the promotion of awareness of both these conventions and the context to enable actors to quickly respond; (c) the full deployment of coordination-oriented and context-aware functionalities into legacy electronic document systems. We give examples of LWOAD mechanisms taken from the case study and discuss their impact from the EUD perspective.

The Added Value of Graphical Input and Display for Electron Lens Design

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-191
Author(s):  
B. Lencova ◽  
G. Wisselink
Keyword(s):  
Flux Density ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Lens Design ◽  
Step Size ◽  
Magnetic Lens ◽  
Flux Lines ◽  
Fine Mesh ◽  
Electron Lens ◽  
User Friendly

Recent progress in computer technology enables the calculation of lens fields and focal properties on commonly available computers such as IBM ATs. If we add to this the use of graphics, we greatly increase the applicability of design programs for electron lenses. Most programs for field computation are based on the finite element method (FEM). They are written in Fortran 77, so that they are easily transferred from PCs to larger machines.The design process has recently been made significantly more user friendly by adding input programs written in Turbo Pascal, which allows a flexible implementation of computer graphics. The input programs have not only menu driven input and modification of numerical data, but also graphics editing of the data. The input programs create files which are subsequently read by the Fortran programs. From the main menu of our magnetic lens design program, further options are chosen by using function keys or numbers. Some options (lens initialization and setting, fine mesh, current densities, etc.) open other menus where computation parameters can be set or numerical data can be entered with the help of a simple line editor. The "draw lens" option enables graphical editing of the mesh - see fig. I. The geometry of the electron lens is specified in terms of coordinates and indices of a coarse quadrilateral mesh. In this mesh, the fine mesh with smoothly changing step size is calculated by an automeshing procedure. The options shown in fig. 1 allow modification of the number of coarse mesh lines, change of coordinates of mesh points or lines, and specification of lens parts. Interactive and graphical modification of the fine mesh can be called from the fine mesh menu. Finally, the lens computation can be called. Our FEM program allows up to 8000 mesh points on an AT computer. Another menu allows the display of computed results stored in output files and graphical display of axial flux density, flux density in magnetic parts, and the flux lines in magnetic lenses - see fig. 2. A series of several lens excitations with user specified or default magnetization curves can be calculated and displayed in one session.

A Review of 21 iPad Applications for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Purposes

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Alliano ◽  
Kimberly Herriger ◽  
Anthony D. Koutsoftas ◽  
Theresa E. Bartolotta
Keyword(s):  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Alternative Form ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Text To Speech ◽  
Reference Guide ◽  
Expressive Communication ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Ipad Applications

Abstract Using the iPad tablet for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) purposes can facilitate many communicative needs, is cost-effective, and is socially acceptable. Many individuals with communication difficulties can use iPad applications (apps) to augment communication, provide an alternative form of communication, or target receptive and expressive language goals. In this paper, we will review a collection of iPad apps that can be used to address a variety of receptive and expressive communication needs. Based on recommendations from Gosnell, Costello, and Shane (2011), we describe the features of 21 apps that can serve as a reference guide for speech-language pathologists. We systematically identified 21 apps that use symbols only, symbols and text-to-speech, and text-to-speech only. We provide descriptions of the purpose of each app, along with the following feature descriptions: speech settings, representation, display, feedback features, rate enhancement, access, motor competencies, and cost. In this review, we describe these apps and how individuals with complex communication needs can use them for a variety of communication purposes and to target a variety of treatment goals. We present information in a user-friendly table format that clinicians can use as a reference guide.

A “User-Friendly” Guide to Therapy With Men

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay C. Wade
Keyword(s):  
User Friendly
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