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A Comparison between a Relational Database and a Graph Database in the context of a Personalized Cancer Treatment Application
(2016)
This paper presents a performance comparison between a relational database (implemented in MySQL) and a graph database (implemented in Neo4j). Unlike traditional benchmarks, this comparison is made in the context of a real ...
Using Non-Traditional Interfaces to Support Physical Therapy for Knee Strengthening
(2016)
Physical therapy consists mainly in the execution of
rehabilitation processes that aim to help overcome injuries, as
well as develop, maintain, or restore maximum body movement.
Knee rehabilitation is one kind of physical ...
Ubiquitous Notification Mechanism to Provide User Awareness
(2016)
Awareness could be defined as the knowledge that the user has of a particular activity, either individual or collaborative. Good awareness mechanisms provide information to the user at the right time so that s/he can know ...
Supporting phobia treatment with virtual reality: systematic desensitization using oculus rift
(2017)
An irrational fear is called a phobia. Cognitive therapy teaches patients
how to respond to triggering stimuli, by relaxing their mind and entering a state of
reduced anxiety. Some of these methods depend on patient’s ...
Human aspects of ubiquitous computing: a study addressing willingness to use it and privacy issues
(2017)
Identifying the human aspects related to ubiquitous systems focused on people’s willingness to use them and privacy concerns was our goal. We selected two ubiquitous systems: a wearable system (Google Glass) and an embedded ...
Web accessibility for people with reduced mobility: A case study using eye tracking
(2016)
Traditional web interfaces often rely on keyboard/mouse input to work. This characteristic forces people with reduced mobility to adapt or do not use the applications at all. This paper proposes a prototype to increase web ...
Alternative and augmentative communication for people with disabilities and language problems: an eye gaze tracking approach
(2016)
Alternative and augmentative communications encapsulates the use of
technology to provide communication means for people with some sort of disability.
In this paper, we present a prototype that provides both pictographic ...
A mobile application for improving the delivery process of notifications
(2021-01)
At present, there are systems in charge of classifying and sending notifications to smart devices at different times. However, there are not many studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of these systems in real world ...
Automatic recognition of the American sign language fingerspelling alphabet to assist people living with speech or hearing impairments
(2017-03-22)
Sign languages are natural languages used mostly by deaf and hard of hearing people. Different development opportunities for people with these disabilities are limited because of communication problems. The advances in ...
Troyoculus: An Augmented Reality System to Improve Reading Capabilities of Night-Blind People
(2015-11)
Our goal in this project was to develop an augmented reality system, called Troyoculus, to help night-blind people improve their reading capabilities. We developed two prototypes, one based on Oculus Rift and other based ...