Ney Yibeogo - Hello World: A Voice Service Development Platform to Bridge the Web’s Digital Divide

Integrating mental and physical healthcare: Research, training and services (IMPARTS) — A flexible service development platform for general hospital teams

Journal of Psychosomatic Research ◽

10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.03.058 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 78 (6) ◽

pp. 603 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M. Hotopf ◽

L. Rayner ◽

A. Simpson ◽

F. Matcham ◽

Jo Taylor

Keyword(s):

General Hospital ◽

Research Training ◽

Healthcare Research ◽

Service Development ◽

Development Platform ◽

Hospital Teams

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Proposal of Framework Based on 4W1H and Properties of Robots and Objects for Development of Physical Service System

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics ◽

10.20965/jrm.2014.p0758 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 26 (6) ◽

pp. 758-771 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Yukihiro Nakamura ◽

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Shin-yo Muto ◽

Yoshio Maeda ◽

Makoto Mizukawa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Service System ◽

Experimental Results ◽

Service Development ◽

Application Development ◽

Development Platform ◽

Service Information ◽

Property Data ◽

Heterogeneous Robots ◽

Delivery Services ◽

Service Application

<div class=""abs_img""><img src=""[disp_template_path]/JRM/abst-image/00260006/09.jpg"" width=""300"" />Service development platform</div> We propose a framework for forming the development of object delivery services provided through cooperation among heterogeneous robots and sensors. For this, we extended the previous framework based on 4W1H abstraction to develop informative and physical robotic services. The proposed framework abstracts information about sensors and robots as 4W data for users, objects and robots, robotic functions, and property data of robots and objects. We then develop physical services done one by one in combination with service information. We also describe the service application development platform based on the framework. Experimental results show that service applications can be efficiently developed by using the service application development platform. </span>

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Open supply? On the future of document supply in the world of open science

Interlending & Document Supply ◽

10.1108/ilds-07-2016-0025 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 44 (4) ◽

pp. 150-154 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Joachim Schöpfel

Keyword(s):

Digital Divide ◽

Open Science ◽

Added Value ◽

Innovative Technology ◽

Service Development ◽

Content Type ◽

Unequal Access ◽

Business Customers ◽

The Eu ◽

Personal Viewpoint

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a personal viewpoint on the development of document supply in the context of the recent European Union (EU) decisions on open science. Design/methodology/approach The paper provides some elements to the usual questions of service development, about business, customers, added value, environment and objectives. Findings The EU goal for open science is 100 per cent available research results in 2020. To meet the challenge, document supply must change, include more and other content, serve different targets groups, apply innovative technology and provide knowledge. If not, document supply will become a marginalized library service. Originality/value Basically, open science is not library-friendly, and it does not offer a solution for the actual problems of document supply. But it may provide an opportunity for document supply to become a modern service able to deal with new forms of unequal access and digital divide.

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The Development of Speech-Language Pathology in Zambia: A Reflection on the Current Landscape and Two Contrasting Training Models

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp2.sig17.63 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (17) ◽

pp. 63-72

Author(s):

Suzanna Bright ◽

Chisomo Selemani

Keyword(s):

Multidimensional Poverty ◽

Capital City ◽

Service Development ◽

Speech Impairment ◽

Implementation Challenges ◽

Training Models ◽

The Disabled ◽

Disability Prevalence ◽

Service Gap ◽

Communication Disability

Functional approaches to disability measurement in Zambia reveals an overall disability prevalence rate of 13.4%, 4% of whom are recorded as having “speech impairment” (Zambia Federation of the Disabled [ZAFOD], 2006). Further, multidimensional poverty assessments indicate that 48.6% of Zambia's approximately 16 million citizens are impoverished. Currently, there are three internationally qualified speech-language pathologists (SLPs) providing services within Zambia's capital city, Lusaka. Given these statistics, it follows that a significant number of Zambian's, experiencing communication disability, are unable to access specialist assessment and support. Over the past decade, Zambia has seen two very different approaches to address this service gap—firstly, a larger scale top-down approach through the implementation of a formal master's degree program and more recently a smaller scale, bottom-up approach, building the capacity of existing professionals working in the field of communication disability. This article provides an overview of both programs and the context, unique to Zambia, in which they have developed. Authors describe the implementation challenges encountered and program successes leading to a discussion of the weakness and merits to both programs, in an attempt to draw lessons from which future efforts to support communication disability and SLP service development in Majority World contexts may benefit.

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Telemedizin für Ältere – Chancen mehren, kritische Punkte angehen!

Therapeutische Umschau ◽

10.1024/0040-5930/a000721 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 72 (9) ◽

pp. 577-579

Author(s):

Ulrich Otto ◽

Silvan Tarnutzer ◽

Marlene Brettenhofer

Keyword(s):

Digital Divide

Zusammenfassung. Der Nutzen von Telemedizinanwendungen für Ältere ist daran zu messen, inwieweit sie erhöhte Potenziale für eine selbstständige Lebensführung bei guter Lebensqualität ermöglichen können. Idealerweise ist dieser Nutzen am „Gesundheitsstandort Privathaushalt“ abrufbar, eingebettet in einem bedarfs- und bedürfnisgerechten Gesundheitssystem, in welchem sämtliche medizinischen und pflegerischen Prozesse integrativ miteinander vernetzt sind. Ergänzt werden muss dieses System durch verstärkte Koproduktion mit den PatientInnen selbst und deren Angehörigen. Um sich diesen Zielen zu nähern, braucht es ein Umdenken und die Bereitschaft aller AkteurInnen zu tiefgehenden Veränderungen. Medizinische Institutionen müssen sich als lernende Organisationen stärker an den PatientInnen und deren individuellen Bedarfen sowie an intersektoraler und interdisziplinärer Kooperation orientieren. In der Gesundheitspolitik ist es nötig, Verteilungs- und Gerechtigkeitsaspekte stärker zu gewichten. Dabei gilt es besonders, bildungsferneren Schichten und in ländlichen Regionen den Zugang zur Nutzung von Technologien zu erleichtern, um digital divide-Phänomene zu vermeiden. Der Einsatz neuer Gesundheitstechnologien muss deshalb durch flankierende Vorbereitungen und Begleitung durch schnell erreichbare AnsprechpartnerInnen beim Einsatz unterstützt werden. Hinzu kommen Anforderungen an Finanzierungsmodelle und erweiterte Krankenkassenleistungen.

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