scholarly journals Intermodal Transport Systems as a Chance to Enhance First Mile and Last Mile Mobility of Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities - Position Paper on Action Areas for Accessible Urban and Suburban Transport

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan H. Ruscher ◽  
Andrea Ch. Kofler ◽  
Vincent Neumayer ◽  
Johanna Renat
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Position Paper ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intermodal Transport ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Last Mile

scholarly journals Sex care robots

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga ◽  
Adam Poulsen
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sexual Pleasure ◽  
Service Robots ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Sex Robots ◽  
Physical Touch ◽  
Potential Use

AbstractThe creation and deployment of sex robots are accelerating. Sex robots are service robots that perform actions contributing directly towards improvement in the satisfaction of the sexual needs of a user. In this paper, we explore the potential use of these robots for elder and disabled care purposes,which is currently underexplored. Indeed, although every human should be able to enjoy physical touch, intimacy, and sexual pleasure, persons with disabilities are often not in the position to fully experience the joys of life in the same manner as abled people. Similarly, older adults may have sexual needs that public healthcare tend to ignore as an essential part of their well-being. We develop a conceptual analysis of how sex robots could empower persons with disabilities and older adults to exercise their sexual rights, which are too often disregarded in society. Our contribution seeks to understand whether sex robots could serve as a step forward in enhancing the care of (mainly but not exclusively) persons with disabilities and older adults. By identifying the potential need to incorporate sex within the concept of care, and by exploring the use of robot technology to ease its materialization, we hope to inform the policy debate around the regulation of robots and set the scene for further research.

scholarly journals Actualities of balance diagnostics system model development for persons with disabilities

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Aleksandrs Gorbunovs ◽  
Bruno Zuga ◽  
Janis Kapenieks ◽  
Atis Kapenieks ◽  
Rudolfs Gulbis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Model Development ◽  
Position Paper ◽  
System Model ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Balance Function ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The World ◽  
Diagnostics System ◽  
Balance Functions ◽  
And Training

<p class="R-AbstractKeywords"><span lang="EN-GB">In Latvia so far there have not been made comprehensive studies to provide balance function diagnostics for people with disabilities, which would have to continue with further creation of appropriate system. However, Latvian researchers developed methods and technology for the rehabilitation and health improvement. At the same time it is also recognized that there is a lack of dedicated efficient and widely accessible for patients systems, equipment and tools to make balance function and dysfunction diagnostics, as well an improvement of the patients’ movement capabilities. This position paper gives a brief overview about the latest technical engineering solution trends and developments in the world, which could be suited and developed to create the conformable new, rather simple, accessible and cheap system. Such system will have to ensure the diagnostics of balance functions of the persons with disabilities and encourage them to use mentioned equipment for testing and training of their balance and movement functionality.</span></p>

scholarly journals Methodology for Determining the Location of Intermodal Transport Terminals for the Development of Sustainable Transport Systems: A Case Study from Slovakia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ján Ližbetin
Keyword(s):  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intermodal Transport ◽  
Public Networks ◽  
Essential Connection ◽  
Private Investors

A high-quality infrastructure and technical base is a vital factor in the development of intermodal transport in transport systems. Intermodal transport terminals are the most important component of a combined transport infrastructure, providing an essential connection between different modes of transport. This article deals with the issue of where to locate intermodal transport terminals within a transport network. In reality, this decision comes down to the potential of a particular location (e.g., an industrial park) and the critical role of private investors. These are mostly subjective factors, whereby little or no consideration is given to objective criteria. Within this context, it is extremely important that decisions are taken with regards to the development and construction of public networks, and economically neutral intermodal transport terminals by independent subjects are based on a non-discriminatory approach. In other words, it is essential that such terminals are built in places that comply with the stated priorities of the transport policy of a specific state. In this article, the author puts forward a method for determining the location of terminals that are based on the optimisation of several influential factors. The specified methodology is applied to a case study in Slovakia. The theoretical part of the article deals with the nature of the method to be applied. The discussion part involves a case study concerning the (potential) location of intermodal transport terminals in the Slovak Republic.

scholarly journals Data-Driven Analysis of Bicycle Sharing Systems as Public Transport Systems Based on a Trip Index Classification

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (15) ◽  
pp. 4315
Author(s):  
Mark Richard Wilby ◽  
Juan José Vinagre Díaz ◽  
Rubén Fernández Pozo ◽  
Ana Belén Rodríguez González ◽  
José Manuel Vassallo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
The Public ◽  
Traffic Lights ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Specific Analysis ◽  
Last Mile

Bicycle Sharing Systems (BSSs) are exponentially increasing in the urban mobility sector. They are traditionally conceived as a last-mile complement to the public transport system. In this paper, we demonstrate that BSSs can be seen as a public transport system in their own right. To do so, we build a mathematical framework for the classification of BSS trips. Using trajectory information, we create the trip index, which characterizes the intrinsic purpose of the use of BSS as transport or leisure. The construction of the trip index required a specific analysis of the BSS shortest path, which cannot be directly calculated from the topology of the network given that cyclists can find shortcuts through traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, etc. to reduce the overall traveled distance. Adding a layer of complication to the problem, these shortcuts have a non-trivial existence in terms of being intermittent, or short lived. We applied the proposed methodology to empirical data from BiciMAD, the public BSS in Madrid (Spain). The obtained results show that the trip index correctly determines transport and leisure categories, which exhibit distinct statistical and operational features. Finally, we inferred the underlying BSS public transport network and show the fundamental trajectories traveled by users. Based on this analysis, we conclude that 90.60% of BiciMAD’s use fall in the category of transport, which demonstrates our first statement.

scholarly journals A Cooperative Intermodal Transportation Network Flow Control Method Based on Model Predictive Control

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Yuankai Huang ◽  
Qicai Zhou ◽  
Xiaolei Xiong ◽  
Jiong Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Model Predictive Control ◽  
Flow Control ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Predictive Control ◽  
Dynamic Optimization ◽  
Network Flow ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Discrete Event ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intermodal Transport

With the development of information technology, intermodal transport research pays more attention to dynamic optimization and multi-role cooperation. The core issue of this paper was to realize container routing with dynamic adjustment, real-time optimization, and multi-role cooperation characteristics in the intermodal transport network. This paper first introduces the Intermodal Transport Cooperation Protocol (ITCP) that describes the operation and analysis of intermodal transport systems with the concept of encapsulation and layering. Then, a new network flow control method was built based on Model Predictive Control (MPC) in the ITCP framework. The method takes real-time information from all ITCP layers as input and generates flow control decisions for containers. To evaluate the method’s effectiveness, a discrete event simulation experiment is applied. The results show that the proposed method outperforms the all-or-nothing method in scenarios with high freight volume, which means the method proposed in this paper can effectively balance the network transport load and reduce network operating costs. The research of this paper may throw some new light on intermodal transport research from the perspectives of digitization, multi-role cooperation, dynamic optimization, and system standardization.

scholarly journals Large Scale Survey Research with Older Adults/Persons with Disabilities in a Public Health Crisis

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 1019-1019
Author(s):  
Sarah Dys ◽  
Hannah Huebner ◽  
Norma Carrillo-Van Tongeren ◽  
Courtney Sirk ◽  
Harold Urman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Training Data ◽  
Field Staff ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Health Crisis

Abstract Best practice for measuring quality improvement and consumer satisfaction of health and human services for older adults and people with disabilities relies on in-person survey administration. This poster highlights adaptation strategies undertaken across three large-scale evaluation studies of program/service delivery conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, necessitating a departure from in-person techniques: 1) Integrated Satisfaction Measurement for the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (I-SAT-PACE), 2) National Core Indicators- Aging and Disabilities/Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (NCI-AD/IDD), and 3) Assisted Living Resident Quality of Life (AL-QOL). Data collection for these projects occurred from September 2020 to August 2021, providing an opportunity to showcase project adaptation over the course of the pandemic. Using project implementation examples across 15 states and approximately 10,100 participants, we discuss implications for successful survey coordination, interviewer training, data collection, and participant/stakeholder engagement during a public health emergency. Strategies included pivoting to phone, Zoom, and paper-based data collection and increasing technical assistance for field staff and participants. Project teams were able to increase access to participation by implementing multimodal survey delivery, mitigate coronavirus exposure, continue collecting older adults and people with disabilities’ experiences, and compare results based on method of delivery. Technology barriers, field staff dropout, need for larger sample sizes, and inclusion of participants with dementia, hearing, and speech impairments present important tradeoffs to consider. These examples indicate it is possible to administer hybrid data collection methods across populations with varying cognitive and physical abilities without compromising data quality.

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