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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"smart phone"”.
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Smart-phone-based electrochemical sensor for environmental applications
We demonstrated a mobile phone sensing platform, MoboSens, with integrated plug-n-play microelectronic ionic sensor that performs electrochemical measurement by using audio jack of a smart phone. This platform was used to measure nitrate concentration using a few microliter liquid samples on field …
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Adherence to Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises and the Role of Smart Phone Apps
… poor adherence to exercises. The use of mobile phone applications have been suggested as an effective resource for health behaviour interventions, especially for sensitive or embarrassing conditions.<br/>A mixed methodology was used to gather evidence about the experience of community dwelling …
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Effects of a smart phone application on breast self-examination: a feasibility study
OBJECTIVES: This study aims to develop a smart phone application on breast selfexamination , and to evaluate the effects of the application to the behavioral modification of breast self-examination. METHODS: A developed smart phone app based on Android OS had functions on selfexamination date …
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Reliable Bandwidth Conservative Queue-End Detection and Warning System Using Smart Phone Collaboration Techniques
… and collaboration capabilities built into smart phones. The proposed solution is designed as a multi-tiered cloud architecture system. The solution ensures reduced network traffic, multi-level backup mechanisms, as well as localized computing and control. The middleware supports both …
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Teaching Texting on a Smart Phone to Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
<p>Children and adolescents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have deficits in social communication ( Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -5th edition, APA, 2013). These deficits are significantly pronounced when individuals with ASD attempt to engage in conversations. …
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A Comprehensive Systems Testing Plan for the Smart Phone Assisted Rapid Communication and Control System (SPARCCS)
The Smart Phone Assisted Rapid Communication and Control System (SPARCCS) is a mobile device based wireless system that enables rapid communications in the military field or during civilian emergency operations by facilitating teams to capture images and share information with one another and with …
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LSTM and extended dead reckoning automobile route prediction using smartphone sensors
… using non-GPS sensor information provided by a smart-phone. This is motivated by the unreliability of GPS sensor information due to the ease of spoofing of GPS sensor data and areas of low signal. A trace is generated as output from this algorithm that predicts route taken. The two approaches, …
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Experimental Studies of Android APP Development for Smart Chess Board System
<p>Playing chess on a smart phone has gained popularity in the last few years, offering the convenience of correspondence play, automatic recording of a game, etc. Although a good number of players love playing chess on a tablet/smart phone, it doesn't come close to the experience of playing over …
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Blu Security BluLock Smart Lock
Blu Security has developed a smart lock for home doors called the BluLock which can connect to a user's smart phone via Bluetooth. It features three separate modes which allow for easy use of the lock from a mobile device to the user's preference. In this way, the lock provides a flexible way to …
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Tourist Photography and the Tourist Gaze: An empirical study of Chinese tourists in the UK
… same, despite the fact that, in recent years, smart phone cameras have become widely used by people both in their everyday lives in general and in their travels in particular, few attempts have been made to explore and analyse the potential transformations brought to the landscape of the …
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Determining suitable monetization approaches for mobile phone applications within the smart phones industry
Smart Phone Ecosystems revolve around developers, applications and users. One of Nokia's own platforms, the S40, targets the low end of the smart phone market. Nokia's Content & Ecosystem Sourcing group is constantly looking for ways to help its developers of the S40 platform create more successful …
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Modelling grey-level intensities for smart phones to view medical images
… modelling of grey level intensities for mobile phones in order to view medical images in greyscale using different mobile phones. While medical image format of DICOM employs a Greyscale Standard Display Function (GSDF) that describes the relationship between luminance level and display intensity …
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Creative art-based technologies for interagency working together for safeguarding children and young people
… protection and early help, a data review of smart phone apps relating to managing risk and safeguarding, and a comparison of the use of technology in related settings provide an overview of the context within which socio-technical change can occur. The underpinning methodology recognises a …
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Indoor Scene Localization to Fight Sex Trafficking in Hotels
… of more than 1.5 million geo-coded images. Our smart-phone app collects contextual information and metadata alongside images.</p>
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iMOST: Intelligent Motion-Sensing Approaches for Tracking Emotion
… as IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) sensor and smart phone apps. We identified several specifications commonly happened to patients and gathered data from the field experiments.We analyzed the gait data, proposed efficient real-time algorithms for identifying the emotional status, and finally …
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RE-ACTIVATE, exploring the potential of media-embedded architecture in reinforcing social interactions
… interaction that are aided by tools like the smart phone, and it examines the shifting notion of “place” towards an online environment. Considering that architecture has historically served as a framework for social activity, and that there has traditionally been an interwoven relationship …
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Foodservice employees behaviors and the presence of foodborne-illness responsible microorganisms on smart phones
<p>As technology advances, smart phone (SP) use is on the rise, including in foodservice establishments. Likewise, the incidence of foodborne-illness in the United States remains high. The presence of disease-responsible microorganisms on health care employees’ mobile phones is well-documented, but …
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TagAlong RolePlay : a low-cost multi-user virtual reality language learning platform
Smart-phone applications that help users learn languages are quickly taking over the language learning market due to their convenience and accessibility. It is estimated that the mobile share of the language-acquisition market should climb 73 percent to around 14.5 billion by 2019 (Reuters, 2015). …
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Computer Vision Algorithms for Mobile Camera Applications
… sensors installed at fixed locations. Since many smart phones are now equipped with a variety of sensors, including accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, microphone and camera, it has become more feasible to develop algorithms for activity monitoring, guidance and navigation of unmanned …
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