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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"Smartphone application"”.
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Smartphone Application Interventions to Increase Weight Loss: A Systematic Review
… that specifically investigates the use of smartphone applications (apps) for weight loss. This systematic review will evaluate the current pool of evidence and assess the effectiveness of smartphone application interventions to increase weight loss. The electronic databases MEDLINE, CINAHL, …
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Adjusting and Logging Rheo Knee Parameter Values Using a Smartphone Application
A smartphone application, including its architecture, is presented which can establish a Bluetooth connection with a Rheo Knee. The Rheo Knee is a prosthetic knee produced by Össur which is designed for use by transfemoral amputees. The smartphone application includes functionality which allows it …
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A social cognitive smartphone application for improving physical activity in adults
… technologies, including the internet and smartphone devices, has driven the rapid development of research and commercial applications meant to promote physical activity. Unfortunately, researchers have found that commercial physical activity applications (apps) are not often effective, and …
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Three-Dimensional Body Volume Measurement From Two-Dimensional Images: Towards A Smartphone Application
… scanners are often inaccessible due to cost. A smartphone image-based method able to produce 3D images may provide a more accessible measuring tool. As a step towards developing such a smartphone application, this project developed a method for 3D reconstruction of body images from …
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Development of a smartphone application to measure pavement roughness and to identify surface irregularities
… etc., to measure pavement profile. Modern smartphones are equipped with a number of sensors including a three-axis accelerometer, which has been utilized in this project to collect vehicle acceleration data using an android-based smartphone application. Two data analysis schemes have been …
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Collegiate Athletes’ Perceptions of a Smartphone Application and Factors that Enhance Adherence to Physical Therapy Home Exercise Programs
… by physical therapists. It is unknown whether smartphone applications would enhance adherence in collegiate athletes. In this mixed-methods study, two hypothetical vignettes were designed. The standard practice vignette described how physical therapists typically present home exercise programs …
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Comparing estimates of fishing effort and lake choice derived from aerial creel surveys and smartphone application data in Ontario, Canada
… and socio-economics with which they interact. Smartphone angling applications (apps), are a potentially less expensive and more comprehensive data source than conventional methods, but their utility has not been evaluated. In this study, I compared results from app and aerial creel survey data …
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An Investigation into The Use of The Smartphone Application 'Memrise' in Supporting English Vocabulary Learning among Undergraduate Students in Saudi Arabia
… use and perception of value of the mobile smartphone application Memrise as a support to their vocabulary learning of the English as a Foreign Language (EFL). This study followed a mixed method sequential explanatory approach in which data were collected through questionnaire survey, pre …
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Feasibility of a smartphone application to identify young children at risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder in a low-income community setting in South Africa
… early identification and intervention tools. Smartphone technology and application (‘apps’) may potentially play an important role in this regard. The Autism&Beyond iPhone App was designed as a potential screening tool for ASD risk in children aged 12-72 months. Here we investigated the …
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Integrated Smartphone-Based Computer Vision and Machine Learning Platform for Identification of Surgical Site Infections
… the design and development of an integrated smartphone application that can be used by community health workers (CHW) to help detect SSI using a smartphone camera image. This mobile application includes four main components: (1) a computer vision image capture algorithm with automated image …
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The Protagonist: Using Artificial Intelligence & Storytelling to Make Value-Based Career Decisions
… value discovery intervention in the form of a smartphone application (and companion site) that aims to promote and semi-automate the value discovery and mobilization process and bolster the career decision-making and well-being of college students. A proposal for the app is presented in the …
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Mobosens: Mobile software platform for concentration measurements on a smartphone
… in recent decade enables various innovative applications on smartphones. Mobile applications have advantages over laboratory solutions for quantitative measurements of chemical concentrations in water. First, the cost of a mobile device is more affordable than professional measuring …
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Holographic Point-of-Care Diagnostic Devices
… the wavelength range λpeak ≈ 500-1100 nm. The application of the holographic sensors was demonstrated by sensing pH in artificial urine over the physiological range (4.5-9.0), with a sensitivity of 48 nm/pH unit between pH 5.0 and 6.0. For sensing metal cations, a porphyrin derivative was …
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Examining the Correlates of Adolescent Food and Nutrition Knowledge in London, Ontario
… data collected for the SmartAPPetite project, a smartphone application-based intervention study which aims to improve food and nutrition knowledge and dietary habits of adolescents. Statistical analysis of the survey data indicates that higher household education and higher median neighbourhood …
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Predictive modeling of health status using motion analysis from mobile phones
… be monitored at clinical quality with a normal smartphone, which is ubiquitous. There are standard measures like walk speed, pulmonary function and oxygen saturation variation for health status of cardiopulmonary patients. The dissertation is to summarize my studies of using sensor data from …
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Integrating Product Functional and Decision-Making Models into a Single Survey to Better Understand Customer Requirements
… method is addressed by its implementation in a smartphone application as the interface for data collection.
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Smartphone interface for incentivized energy optimization system : FMS Advisor
… from partnered organizations. Packaged into a smartphone application, the Advisor provides an efficient user interface that allows users to plan trips, navigate those trips, view previously completed trips, and redeem rewards in the marketplace. However, it also requires a method to optimize …
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Exploring the Effect of 1:1 Acceptance and Commitment Training Sessions on Staff Engagement in Committed Actions using Ecological Momentary Assessment
… Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) via a smartphone application and EMA plus three, brief, 1:1 ACT coaching sessions on the occurrence of committed actions (CAs). Four senior staff from a community agency took part in this multi-phased intervention. The coaching sessions were informed by a …
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A paper-based, smartphone assisted assay for detection and quantification of iron in fortified foods
… paper-based assay which interfaces with a smartphone to quantify iron in fortified foods. The dissertation will accomplish the aforementioned objective using mixed-methods chapters. The first study will identify the gap in low-resource sensor research published within the last 20 years with …
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