scholarly journals An Intelligent Mobile Floating Application to Aid Seniors in using the Smartphone using Machine Learning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yilin Chen ◽  
Yu Sun
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
First Century ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
Technology Advancement ◽  
Technological Growth ◽  
Significant Area ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Right ◽  
Google Play

The twenty-first century is a century of rapid technological growth, one significant area being the smartphone [4]. By 2021, more than eight percent of US adults own a smartphone. Smartphones are capable of making phone calls, messaging texts, making purchases, taking pictures, playing games, finding roads, and more. However, not everyone is a beneficiary of this technology. Seniors often fall behind in this technology advancement. They often struggle with finding the right button to press or get confused with the variety of functions. This paper develops a floating application that when launched, checks the opening application and displays a list of its functions. Then, the user can select what they want to do, and the application will begin a tutorial to guide the senior in using their phone. We applied our application to Google Play and conducted a qualitative evaluation of the approach. The results show that this application will be effective in facilitating seniors in using the smartphone.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Eltantawi
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Seventh Century ◽  
First Century ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
Sokoto Caliphate ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Sense Of Power

Eltantawi became interested in the case of Amina Lawal in 2002 when she was working in Washington DC in media and communications after the 9-11 attacks and was inundated with media phone calls about Lawal’s trial. This chapter introduces the book’s themes and lays out its guiding framework, the “sunnaic paradigm”: the concerns of Nigeria’s present, read back into the nineteenth century Sokoto Caliphate, which is then read back into the classical, Prophetic period of Islam. The sunnaic paradigm gave a sense of power to Nigerians as they embarked on the 1999 shar’ia experiment to overcome their societies’ significant challenges. The book wrestles throughout with how the seventh century past (birth of Islam) affects the twenty-first century present (demanding shar’ia).

O Libertarian, Where Is Thy Sting?

2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 452-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Burns
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
First Century ◽  
The West ◽  
High Interest ◽  
National Convention ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Right

With the 2008 Democratic National Convention slated for Denver, the libertarian concerns of Western voters, denizens of the so-called purple states, are suddenly of high interest. Pundits and commentators see in the “live and let live” ethos of the West a chance for the Democracy to reshape its faltering coalition and enter the twenty-first century rejuvenated and strong. Ryan Sager, a critic from the right, notes that from the Democratic perspective, “the West looks abundant with opportunities. And the same might be said of a long-neglected, long-suffering political demographic: libertarians.” This optimism in part underlay the party's choice of Denver over the traditional Democratic bastion of New York. Colorado is often identified as a libertarian-leaning state, and it was where the Libertarian Party was founded. But what exactly is libertarianism?

scholarly journals Distraction Machines? Augmentation, Automation and Attention in a Computational Age

2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (98) ◽  
pp. 85-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Beatrice Fazi
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
First Century ◽  
Attention Deficits ◽  
Cognitive Agents ◽  
Cognitive Capacities ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Human Capacity ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Computing Machines

It is often argued (and feared) that the human capacity to pay attention is being transformed by computational technologies. Are computing machines distraction machines? This article takes this question as its starting point in order to address concerns about attention deficits visà-vis questions and issues about the mechanisation of cognitive procedures. I will claim that, when approaching the attention ecology of the twenty-first century, it is necessary to differentiate between augmentation and automation. While augmentation implies the extension of predefined forms or modes of behaviour, contemporary developments in computational automation ask us instead to consider the possibility of moving beyond phenomenological analogies. The article will thus discuss how transformations in the capacity to pay attention in a computational age need to be analysed in relation to the emergence of quasi-autonomous artificial cognitive agents driven by AI technologies, such as those known as machine learning. I will argue that these artificial cognitive agents can no longer be described in terms of technological add-ons to pre-existing human cognitive capacities. Today, we think alongside machines that are, is a sense, already thinking. Similarly, we pay attention alongside machines that are, in a sense, already paying attention. The challenge for philosophy and cultural theory is that of moving beyond 'projectionist' conceptions of such technological agency. This challenge, however, also involves overcoming the anthropomorphism that is implicit in expression such as 'thinking machines'. In a century where robot-to-robot communications have outpaced and outnumbered human-machine interactions, these artificial cognitive agents are not just reframing the human capacity to pay attention: they are also re-structuring the conditions for such capacity. Addressing the conditions for attention beyond augmentation and vis-à-vis computational automation involves considering the role and scope of both human and algorithmic decisionmaking, and engaging with the ways in which the humanities can intervene upon contemporary complex cognitive scenarios.

scholarly journals The Equal Rights Amendment in the Twenty-First Century: Ratification Issues and Intersectional Effects

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Hanna H. White
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Equal Rights Amendment ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Abortion Access ◽  
The Right

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), originally introduced only three years after women gained the right to vote, has seen a resurgence in interest in the twenty-first century with recent ratifications in Nevada and Illinois. This is in spite of the fact that the version of the ERA these ratifications pertain to, which passed in Congress in 1972, appeared to expire in 1982. This paper seeks to summarize the history and present of the ERA, with particular attention paid to how ratification might affect current hot-button issues such as restrictions on abortion access and transgender rights.

scholarly journals Challenges of Mathematics in Economic Development in the Twenty-First Century: Implications for Tertiary Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Marcel P. Agah
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
First Century ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Mathematics Students ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Right ◽  
Technological World

This paper examines the vital importance and significance of Mathematics to the culture of the modern Technological world with particular reference to the role of Mathematics for the achievements of the Economic Goals in the twenty-first century. It takes account of the curriculum, pedagogy of teaching, enrolment and teaching facilities. Besides, suggestions for the improvement of the situation to enable mathematics and mathematicians meet up the challenges of our economic goals are made. It concludes by stressing for a more relevant Mathematics and a greater exposure of Mathematics students to the application of the discipline such that they can contribute more meaningfully to the development of our-nation. Nigeria like all other nations aspires towards technological advancement and economic prosperity in order to attain sustainable development in the twenty-first century. Such aspiration can only materialize when the right education is made available to lay the foundation for the manpower that will steer the country forward.

Trump, Sanders, and the Essential Contest Over “Populism”

2022 ◽  
pp. 49-72
Author(s):  
Matthew Charles Edwards
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Electoral Campaigns ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Right

Twenty-first century politics has been marked by breaks with tradition across large areas of the world. Allegiances have broken down, and surprising results have occurred: the Brexit vote; the rise of movements of the left in Greece and the right in France, Austria, and Germany; and the success or near-success of outsider candidates. Much of this has been labeled ‘populist'. But, by itself, this explains little. The term is complex, contested, and possibly confused. This dissertation sets out why this is so, clarifies some of the competing elements within the various conceptions, and explores some of the reasons that may underlie dispute. It applies these ideas to reports and assessments of the electoral campaigns waged by Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders for the US presidency, concluding on the utility of different conceptualisations of ‘populism'.

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