Information Provision Modules to Support Creation of Slides with Easily Understandable Presentation

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-41
Author(s):  
Tessai Hayama ◽  
Susumu Kunifuji
Keyword(s):  
Visual Information ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Web Images ◽  
Speech Recognition Engine ◽  
Web News

Including visual information in slides is one of the important factors for enabling the audience to easily understand the content of a slide presentation. However, it’s difficult for an inexperienced preparer to improve the presentation of slides without adequate experience and awareness of the requirements of a good slide. The authors developed Presentation Gadgets, which consists of modules that can be used to support the creation of slides that represent information in an audience friendly manner. Presentation Gadgets provide information on web-based slides, web pages, web news, and web images, thus supporting replacement of content on slides with visual representations and illustrations of key points, and insertion of common topics and it helps identifying slides that need improvement. To construct the previously mentioned modules, the authors developed a novel slide search method and slide ranking method and to allow easy access to information, Presentation Gadgets has a user interface that automatically creates queries from the selected slide text or speech text that is recognized by a speech recognition engine. By using Presentation Gadgets, an inexperienced slide preparer can effectively create slides that are easily understandable because he/she can interactively refer to various information resources relating to the slide content based on the situation.

A Different Approach to Information Provision and Retrieval

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Marsh
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Amount Of Information

Information retrieval finds itself at an interesting juncture, where the amount of information that is available to people increases every day from its already bewildering limit. The problem is how to get the information we need in a timely and efficient fashion, without delivering useless or unwanted information. Current Web-Based IR systems do their best, but they will find it increasingly. . .

scholarly journals Locate your soundscape: interacting with the acoustic environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Orio ◽  
Berardina De Carolis ◽  
Francesco Liotard
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Initial Experiment ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Acoustic Environment ◽  
Entire Country ◽  
Interactive Map ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The City

AbstractAlthough overshadowed by visual information, sound plays a central role in how people perceive an environment. The effect of a landscape is enriched by its soundscape, that is, the stratification of all the acoustic sources that, often unconsciously, are heard. This paper presents a framework for archiving, browsing, and accessing soundscapes, either remotely or on-site. The framework is based on two main components: a web-based interface to upload and search the recordings of an acoustic environment, enriched by in- formation about geolocation, timing, and context of the recording; and a mobile app to browse and listen to the recordings, using an interactive map or GPS information. To populate the archive, we launched two crowdsourcing initiatives. An initial experiment examined the city of Padua’s soundscape through the participation of a group of undergraduate students. A broader experiment, which was proposed to all people in Italy, aimed at tracking how the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown was dramatically changing the soundscape of the entire country.

Use of Mobile Device Applications In Canadian Dietetic Practice

2014 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica R.L. Lieffers ◽  
Vivienne A. Vance ◽  
Rhona M. Hanning
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Device ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Content Quality ◽  
Information Tools ◽  
Device Applications ◽  
Workplace Factors

Purpose A cross-sectional web-based survey of dietitians was used to explore topics related to mobile devices and their applications (apps) in Canadian dietetic practice. Methods A survey was drafted, posted on SurveyMonkey, and pretested with dietitians and dietetic interns. Dietitians of Canada (DC), a supporter of this work, promoted the survey to members through its monthly electronic newsletters from January 2012 to April 2012. Results Of 139 dietitians who answered some survey questions, 118 finished the survey; this represents a response rate of approximately 3%. Overall, 57.3% of respondents reported app use in practice, and 54.2% had a client ask about or use a nutrition/food app. About 40.5% of respondents had recommended nutrition/food apps to clients. Respondents were enthusiastic about apps, but many described challenges with use. From the survey data, three themes emerged that can affect dietitians’ use of apps and whether they recommend apps to clients: mobile device and app factors (access to information/ tools, content quality, usability, accessibility/compatibility, and cost), personal factors (knowledge, interest, suitability, and willingness/ability to pay), and workplace factors. Conclusions Apps are now infiltrating dietetic practice. Several factors can affect dietitians’ use of apps and whether they recommend them to clients. These findings will help guide future development and use of apps in practice.

scholarly journals Corpus-based analysis of the collocational profiles of the terms denoting the mentally challenged

2017 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liana Markelova
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
American English ◽  
Public Attitude ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Gradual Change ◽  
Web Based ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Semantic Prosody

The present study aims to trace the evolution of public attitude towards the mentally challenged by means of the corpus-based analysis. The raw data comes from the two of the BYU corpora: Global Web-Based English (GloWbE) and Corpus of Historical American English (COHA). The former is comprised of 1.8 million web pages from 20 English-speaking countries (Davies/Fuchs 2015: 1) and provides an opportunity to research at a cross-cultural level, whereas the latter, containing 400 million words from more than 100,000 texts ranging from the 1810s to the 2000s (Davies 2012: 121), allows to carry on a diachronic research on the issue. To identify the difference in attitudes the collocational profiles of the terms denoting the mentally challenged were created. Having analysed them in terms of their semantic prosody one might conclude that there are certain semantic shifts that occurred due to the modern usage preferences and gradual change in public perception of everything strange, unusual and unique.

scholarly journals Schooling at the Library in Italy for the Social Inclusion: The “Biblioscuole” Project

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa Marquardt
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
School Library ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Training Course ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Training

“Biblioteche nelle Scuole” (in brief, “Biblioscuole”, i.e. Libraries at Schools), a three year school library pilot project, has been carrying out since 2004 in Italy to improve school librarians competencies and school library services in order to provide an easy access to information for teachers, pupils and their families, and to promote social inclusion. The Project and some reflections - based on learners’ interaction - about the first part of the education and training course, are presented here.

scholarly journals Improving Access to Information and Support for Patients With Less Common Cancers: Hematologic Cancer Patients’ Views About Web-Based Approaches

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. e112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Louise Paul ◽  
Mariko Leanne Carey ◽  
Alix Edna Hall ◽  
Marita Clare Lynagh ◽  
Robert W Sanson-Fisher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Hematologic Cancer

Determinants of the online purchase intention: hedonic motivations, prices, information and trust

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Espírito Santo ◽  
Alzira Maria Ascensão Marques
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Purchase ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe Internet has changed the nature of purchasing, proof of this being the proliferation of e-commerce sites which have seen their activity grow more quickly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the authors aim to investigate the impact of the consumer's hedonic motivations, price, access to information and trust on the online purchase intention.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative, transversal study of a conclusive nature was carried out. Based on information gathered through a questionnaire administered to a sample of 750 online purchasers, a structural equation model was estimated.FindingsThe results showed that the intention to continue purchasing in online shops is partly explained by access to information online, hedonic motivations and trust in e-commerce sites. It stands out that online information generates trust, and the perception of online prices does not influence loyalty but has a positive influence on hedonic motivations.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough some constructs were ignored, for example, the integration of channels, experiential marketing and the fear of fraud, including unauthorised use of personal details, the study shows that easy access to useful information about products, prices, promotions is an important antecedent of online purchase.Practical implicationsOnline shop managers should pay special attention to e-commerce websites, and the information provided there should explore consumer's hedonic motivations for adventure. Furthermore, it is fundamental to create trust in order to maintain the interest in online shopping.Originality/valueThe estimation of the structural model in the context of online shopping includes the influence of utilitarian motivations (price and access to information), which offer a rational experience and also include emotional motivations (hedonic adventure motivations) on the intention to buy online. The results also revealed that it plays an important role to promote online trust and online loyalty.

A Simple Web-Based Image Database System for Facilitating Medical Care in Dermatological Clinics

2012 ◽  
pp. 502-513
Author(s):  
Takeshi Toda ◽  
PaoMin Chen ◽  
Shinya Ozaki ◽  
Kazunobu Fujita ◽  
Naoko Ideguchi
Keyword(s):  
Image Database ◽  
Database System ◽  
Medical Examination ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Internet Server ◽  
Electronic Health

In Japan, electronic health record systems are gradually becoming popular at large hospitals, but are not yet frequently implemented in clinics. This is due to both prohibitive costs and a lack of interest in checking electronic health records on the part of patients. Doctors also may be opposed to showing patients their health records, as it then may require a doctor to let patients observe images to check for improvement of symptoms at follow-up. In this study, the authors developed a database system of dermatological images accessible to both doctors and patients. In this system, doctors can photograph affected skin areas and tag the images with keywords, such as patient ID or name, disease or diagnosis, symptoms, affected bodily regions, and free wards. The images and keyword tags are transmitted to a database housed on an Internet server. The authors implemented this system on a smartphone for quick and easy access during medical examination and on a tablet terminal for patients to use while waiting in the clinic. Using the tablet terminal, a doctor and patient may check for improvement of symptoms together.

scholarly journals Perspectives on a mobile application that maps assistive technology resources in Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surona Visagie ◽  
Rebecca Matter ◽  
George Kayange ◽  
Mussa Chiwaula ◽  
Mark Harniss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Partial Solution ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Technical Issues

Background: Access to assistive technology (AT) is poor in African countries because of a lack of knowledge, resources, services and products. A mobile application, the AT-Info-Map, was developed to map AT availability in southern Africa.Objectives: This article aimed to describe users’ and suppliers’ perceptions of the AT-Info-Map app.Method: Qualitative data were collected in Zambia, Botswana, Malawi and Lesotho, through nine focus group discussions with 72 participants. Participants included AT users, AT suppliers and representatives of disability organisations. Data were thematically analysed.Results: Two broad themes, that is, usefulness of the AT-Info-Map application and technical issues and content, emerged from the data analysis. Subthemes under usefulness focused on the importance of using current technology, convenience of the app, the need for accuracy, responsiveness of supplier to user’s needs, influence on AT market and how the app creates an opportunity for networking. Challenges to download and navigate the app, the need for training in its use, exclusion of those not literate in English and those with visual impairments were subthemes under technical issues and content.Conclusion: The app was perceived as an important step to increase access to AT for persons with disabilities in less resourced settings. The challenges that emerged from the data analysis have led to the development of a web-based system that will complement or replace the app and improve AT information provision. However, the information provided by the app and website is still only a partial solution to improve AT access in Southern Africa.

Web Authoring

2011 ◽  
pp. 122-156
Author(s):  
John DiMarco
Keyword(s):  
Web Applications ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Web Development ◽  
Web Page ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Content Creation ◽  
Microsoft Word ◽  
Software Skills ◽  
The Web

Web authoring is the process of developing Web pages. The Web development process requires you to use software to create functional pages that will work on the Internet. Adding Web functionality is creating specific components within a Web page that do something. Adding links, rollover graphics, and interactive multimedia items to a Web page creates are examples of enhanced functionality. This chapter demonstrates Web based authoring techniques using Macromedia Dreamweaver. The focus is on adding Web functions to pages generated from Macromedia Fireworks and to overview creating Web pages from scratch using Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver and Fireworks are professional Web applications. Using professional Web software will benefit you tremendously. There are other ways to create Web pages using applications not specifically made to create Web pages. These applications include Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint. The use of Microsoft applications for Web page development is not covered in this chapter. However, I do provide steps on how to use these applications for Web page authoring within the appendix of this text. If you feel that you are more comfortable using the Microsoft applications or the Macromedia applications simply aren’t available to you yet, follow the same process for Web page conceptualization and content creation and use the programs available to you. You should try to get Web page development skills using Macromedia Dreamweaver because it helps you expand your software skills outside of basic office applications. The ability to create a Web page using professional Web development software is important to building a high-end computer skills set. The main objectives of this chapter are to get you involved in some technical processes that you’ll need to create the Web portfolio. Focus will be on guiding you through opening your sliced pages, adding links, using tables, creating pop up windows for content and using layers and timelines for dynamic HTML. The coverage will not try to provide a complete tutorial set for Macromedia Dreamweaver, but will highlight essential techniques. Along the way you will get pieces of hand coded action scripts and JavaScripts. You can decide which pieces you want to use in your own Web portfolio pages. The techniques provided are a concentrated workflow for creating Web pages. Let us begin to explore Web page authoring.

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