Breaking Through Barriers in New Technological Initiatives

2011 ◽  
pp. 99-121
Author(s):  
José Antonio Ariza Montes ◽  
Alfonso Carlos Morales Gutiérrez ◽  
Alfredo Romeo Molina
Keyword(s):  
Local Development ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Touch Screen ◽  
Free Software ◽  
Language Diversity ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
Digital Infrastructure ◽  
Technological Context ◽  
A Company ◽  
Touch Screen Computer

This work analyzes different factors in the entrepreneuring process in a company based in business opportunities advantages through the usage of free software in a technological context. Blobject connects opportunities for local development, usage of open source technologies, and new social trends in many consumers; tourists, in this case, as a example of respect for the environment and the desired “freedom and autonomy”. This company offers different products and services using ecologic vehicles (electric energy), ease-to-use, such as GEM Cars -equipped with a touch screen computer- and Tours in Segways. The studied case shows the integration process from different technologies that connect through digital infrastructure. In this way, GEM cars use the GPS technology for location within a digital assistant, multimedia power (touch screen computer and audios and videos) to show the tourist opportunities in an specific place, and the needed adaptation for the language diversity.

scholarly journals Boosting in British Columbia: The Creation and Rise of Invermere

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-279
Author(s):  
Thomas C. Meredith
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Urban Centre ◽  
Homogeneous Regions ◽  
The Village ◽  
A Company

Boosting has been shown to have been significant in determining urban landscapes in Canada, particularly in relatively homogeneous regions where the environment provides little local comparative advantage. The mountainous southeast of British Columbia is an area where stark physiographic contrasts suggest that the potential for effective boosterism might be small. In 1904 Randolf Bruce — a young Scottish surveyor and mine owner — became land agent for CPR holdings around Lake Windermere. Bruce, the CPR establishment, and eventually a company called the Columbia Valley Irrigated Fruit lands Company (CVIF) were dominant forces in local development. The advantages of controlling the regional urban centre were sufficiently evident that in 1911 Bruce, through the CVIF, created the Village of Invermere. Oral history, company records and contemporary journalism demonstrate that the booster ethic was present. It is a testimony to the role of this force that despite locational disadvantages, Invermere became, and remains to this day, the dominant community of the region.

Adult Co-morbidity Evaluation 27 scores of head and neck cancer patients using touch-screen technology: patient satisfaction and clinical verification

2017 ◽  
Vol 131 (5) ◽  
pp. 442-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Brammer ◽  
D Dawson ◽  
M Joseph ◽  
J Tipper ◽  
T Jemmet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Head And Neck Cancer ◽  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Neck Cancer ◽  
Performance Status ◽  
Touch Screen ◽  
Morbidity Score ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Touch Screen Computer

AbstractObjectives:This study aimed to assess head and neck cancer patient satisfaction with the use of a touch-screen computer patient-completed questionnaire for assessing Adult Co-morbidity Evaluation 27 co-morbidity scores prior to treatment, along with its clinical reliability.Methods:A total of 96 head and neck cancer patients were included in the audit. An accurate Adult Co-morbidity Evaluation 27 co-morbidity score was achieved via patient-completed questionnaire assessment for 97 per cent of participants.Results:In all, 96 per cent of patients found the use of a touch-screen computer acceptable and would be willing to use one again, and 62 per cent would be willing to do so without help. Patients were more likely to be willing to use the computer again without help if they were aged 65 years or younger (χ2test;p= 0.0054) or had a performance status of 0 or 1 (χ2test;p= 0.00034).Conclusion:Use of a touch-screen computer is an acceptable approach for assessing Adult Co-morbidity Evaluation 27 scores at pre-treatment assessment in a multidisciplinary joint surgical–oncology clinic.

Feasibility of computer-based self-administered cancer-specific geriatric assessment (SA-CSGA) in older pts with gastrointestinal malignancy (GIM).

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e19586-e19586
Author(s):  
Nadine Jackson McCleary ◽  
Devin Wigler ◽  
Donna Lynn Berry ◽  
Kaori Sato ◽  
Arti Hurria ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Geriatric Assessment ◽  
Clinical Assessment ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Touch Screen ◽  
Gastrointestinal Malignancy ◽  
Time To Completion ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Touch Screen Computer

e19586 Feasibility of computer-based self-administered cancer-specific geriatric assessment (SA-CSGA) in older pts w/ gastrointestinal malignancy (GIM) Background: The CSGA (Hurria, JCO 2011) is a brief geriatric assessment consisting of validated measures primarily self-administered using paper format. We developed & tested feasibility of a computer-based SA-CSGA in pts ≥70 yrs w/ GIM. Methods: From 12/2009 - 6/2011, pts ≥70 yrs receiving treatment (rx) for GIM at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute were consented to complete SA-CSGA at baseline (T1= new or change rx) & follow-up (T2 = w/in 4 wks of completing rx). Feasibility endpts are (1) proportion of eligible pts consenting; (2) proportion completing SA-CSGA at T1 & T2; (3) time to completion of SA-CSGA; (4) proportion of MDs reporting change in clinical decision-making due to SA-CSGA. Results: Of the 49 eligible pts, 38 consented (55% female, 89% White, 76% enrolling prior to new rx). Mean age was 77yrs (range 70-89), 38% completed college, 49% married, 27% live alone, and 78% retired. 50% were diagnosed w/ colorectal cancer (ca). Mean MD-rated Karnofsky Performance Status was 87.5 at T1(range 60-100), 83.5 at T2 (range 70-100). At T1, 92% used a touch screen computer; 97% completed the SA-CSGA (51% independently). At T2, all pts used a touch screen computer; 71% completed the SA-CSGA (41% independently). Reasons for not completing SA-CSGA were withdrawal of consent (n=1 at T1 & T2), transfer of care (n=3; T2) or death (n=7; T2). The dominant reason for needing assistance was lack of computer familiarity (n=17 T1, n=14 T2). Mean time to completion was 23min at T1 (range 15-58); 20min at T2 (range 13-35). Among the 8 MDs who consented to participate, SA-CSGA added information to clinical assessment for 75% at T1 (n=27) and 65% at T2 (n=17) but did not alter immediate clinical decision-making. Conclusions: The computer-assisted SA-CSGA feasibility endpt was met for older pts w/ GIM although approximately half required assistance. While the SA-CSGA added information to clinical assessment, results did not impact clinical decision-making. Reasons for this may include relatively high-functioning patients enrolled in this study.

Assessment of Human Vulnerability in a Touch-Screen Game; Metrics and Analysis

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Payam Parsinejad ◽  
Rifat Sipahi
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Task Difficulty ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Computer Game ◽  
Touch Screen ◽  
Machine Design ◽  
Game Analysis ◽  
Military Applications ◽  
Touch Screen Computer

Assistive machine design based on human physiological measurements offers variety of opportunities in both civilian and military applications. In such settings the machine would need to compute certain metrics associated with these measurements to decide how to assist the humans. In this paper, we study a set of metrics pertaining to human behavioral patterns in easy and difficult tasks taken on a touch screen computer game. Analysis of these metrics reveal that some of them can be utilized as indicators of task difficulty showing promise for their use by machines. The metric results are also compared with task performance metrics, as well as a reliable and established metric called pNN50 calculated from subjects’ heart rate measurements and serving as the baseline.

scholarly journals Technological Development of CNC Machine Tool for Machining Soft Materials

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Tobon Ospina ◽  
Carlos Alberto Vergara Crismatt ◽  
Juan David Arismendy Pulgarin ◽  
Sebastian Correa Zapata ◽  
Yomin Estiven Jaramillo Munera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Tools ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Soft Materials ◽  
Free Software ◽  
Milling Machine ◽  
Cnc Milling ◽  
Cnc Machine ◽  
Cnc Milling Machine ◽  
Metalworking Industry ◽  
A Company

In recent years, the process carried out in the GACIPE research group is related to the development of the base technology of the manufacturing and metalworking industry. The machine tools that are vital for the consolidation and competitiveness of the industry in any country has been approached through two approaches: The design and construction of the new machine. In this aspect, the modeling of the structure and the displacements’ parameterization allows defining the precision of the movements and the rational use of energy. The adaptation and repowering of a used machine. In this approach, the recovery and technological updating proposed to recover its performance, becoming an excellent alternative to improving and perfecting the production of a company. In both cases, the CNC milling machine tools are controlled by free software. The application proposed is mechanized in soft materials.

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