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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"mobile applications (Apps)"”.
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Co-Creating a Socio-Technical Framework for the Design and Evaluation of Crime-Reporting Mobile Apps in Urban Residential Communities
<p>Although mobile applications (apps) for crime reporting can enhance safety and foster social cohesion in urban communities, adoption of existing crime-reporting apps remains low because they overemphasize technological features at the expense of social realities. To address this problem, the …
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The Effects of Security Framing, Time Pressure, and Brand Familiarity on Risky Mobile Application Downloads
… framing, time pressure, and brand familiarity on mobile application download behaviors, with an emphasis on risk taking. According to the Prospect Theory, people tend to engage in irrational decision making, and make qualitatively different decisions when information is framed in terms of gains …
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Co-design and evaluation of a mHealth intervention to enhance dietary self-management and adherence in patients with heart failure
… of patients are nonadherent to these therapies. Mobile applications (apps) may support patient adherence to treatment; however, little is known about patient and HCP perspectives regarding the adoption of apps for HF management, which is critical to successful development and implementation. …
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Integrating behavioural science and design thinking: Development and evaluation of a mobile intervention to increase vegetable consumption
… the leading causes of death in the US and UK. Mobile applications (apps) have been heralded as a potentially transformative tool for delivering behavioural nutrition interventions at scale, but most have yet to incorporate theory-based strategies known to drive changes in health behaviours or …
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Identifying the support needs of the informal caregivers of long-term care residents: The potential benefits of a mobile application
… In order to make social support more accessible, mobile applications (apps) have been developed, but often focus on training the informal caregiver to provide care rather than providing the informal caregiver with support for managing their own stressors. Therefore, the purpose of the current …
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English vocabulary learning applications and self-directed learning: how language learning theories and pedagogies underlying mobile applications designs influence users’ self-directed vocabulary learning behaviours
Among a growing body of mobile-assisted-language-learning (MALL) studies, vocabulary app studies have taken an unprecedented proportion. While previous research on mobile-assisted language learning has primarily focused on learning outcomes, content delivery, and user experiences of vocabulary …