A Survey on AAC Fringe Vocabulary to Support Personal Assistance Service

Objectives: There are increasing demands for personal assistance services which help the disabled to carry out their daily life. To use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) approaches more effectively in daily communication, it is essential to include the appropriate core and fringe vocabulary in the AAC system. Considering the fact that there are few studies in Korea which have reported fringe vocabulary compared to core vocabulary, this study is aimed to develop a noun list that can be used to promote interactive communication between the disabled and their assistants in each communication situation.Methods: A literature review was conducted to elicit frequently used nouns in each communication situation. Then, a survey was carried out to identify nouns with high word commonality across 105 personal assistants.Results: Sixty-three nouns with more than 50% of word commonality across personal assistants were identified from the 244 fringe vocabulary; consisting of 112 nouns in the area of going out, 29 in cleaning, 27 in personal hygiene, 26 in cooking, 20 in meal supporting, 20 in other service areas, and 10 in commuting.Conclusion: The identified nouns are expected to help people with complex communication needs to express their needs and wants more clearly and effectively using those nouns embedded in their AAC systems. The list of nouns can be used not only for people who receive personal assistance services, but also for people who rely on AAC systems to express their daily needs.

CANVAS BUSINESS MODEL ESTABLISHED BY THE BALI PETRO JAYA COMPANY DURING COVID-19

Business Model Analysis and Canvas Business Model Established By The Bali Petro Jaya Company During Covid-19. The Covid-19 pandemic has an impact not only in the health sector but also in the economic sector, one of which is tourism. With the limitation of community activities, the decrease in tourist visits to Bali has forced various businesses that rely on the tourism sector to close their business activities. Bali Petro Jaya, as a gas distributor for hotels and restaurants, also felt the impact. However, these companies were able to survive with the strategies they made in accordance with the existing situation. Therefore, this study aims to determine what strategies Bali Petro Jaya used during Covid-19 using the Canvas Business Model. This study used a qualitative descriptive method using semi-structured interview techniques. The result of Canvas Business Model, The company changed its business field from being originally an LPG Gas Agent with a target of hotel and restaurant consumers to become a rice distributor and selling food online to several grocery stores, rice shops, and also traditional markets after a decline in LPG sales and seeing what consumers need during the Covid-19 pandemic namely selling rice and food online. The strategy of coming directly to targeted consumers is very effective in getting new customers. This is because consumers can see examples of goods carried by the company and can also negotiate prices directly. Powering prices and using personal assistance to strengthen relationships with customers make customers feel comfortable and trust the company because a sense

Appliance Control with IOT-Arduino of Voice Command Detection for Mobility Impaired People

People with physical mobility disabilities experience limited ability to perform daily routine. Integration between home appliances and Internet of Thing (IoT) can be used to support these people. The technology allows tasks to be performed much more easily and enable access to applications and services that would be a challenge with existing digital user interfaces. However, the developed system that is commercially available is costly and equipped with highly specific interfaces which may require considerable technical competency to conduct system interfacing. The purpose of this study is to develop a low cost IOT system for voice-enabled lamp control by utilizing Google Assistant that is available in commercial Android based mobile devices, allowing user to operate lighting appliances without moving. Personal assistance using Google platform embedded with Arduino microcontroller, ESP8266-based NodeMCU development board and integrated Blynk application allow for remote monitoring capability. The system is remotely controlled from a tablet or smartphone to assist disabled people with restricted mobility, in particular those with lower limb disabilities. The system had been tested and demonstrated that the lamp control can be easily accessed by voice command that is then validated using voice pitch analyzer. Test result indicated that capability of the integrated voice control system is verified up to a maximum distance of 24.5 meter, making it a potential implementation in any customized smart home or room system for people with mobile disability.

Caregiving and COVID-19: Perspectives from a Care Coach

Family caregivers of community-dwelling older adults have faced unprecedented caregiving challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining the accumulated impact on family caregivers can help health and aging service providers design resources and supports that are resilient to emergency situations, and reduce negative psychological and physical consequences and risk of abuse within caregiving dyads. Data was collected as part of a pilot intervention in which “Care Coaches” provided telephonic coaching sessions to family caregivers of older adults. We examined Care Coach observations documented after coaching sessions with 24 family caregivers between March 2020 and February 2021. Two coders employed thematic analysis to generate codes and themes. The sample was 70% female, 80% were the spouse or significant other of their care receiver, the mean age was 61, and 53% were Non-Hispanic White. Themes and sub-themes included: (1) increased caregiver burden and diminished care networks due to fear of exposure to or contraction of COVID-19, (2) barriers to accessing in-home personal assistance services and home-delivered meals despite intervention efforts, and (3) the exacerbation of caregiver social isolation due to COVID-19 lockdown policies. Findings highlight the ways in which COVID-19 has amplified caregiver burden through the breakdown of formal and informal support systems. Potential adaptations of community-based services for older adults and their caregivers include remote service liaisons and need assessment of caregiver dyads to assure access to home-based personal assistance services and nutrition support for those at greatest risk of negative consequences during emergency service lapses.

Analisis Business Model Canvas (BMC) Mie Tjap Tiga Anak Desa Wlahar Kulon Kecamatan Patikraja Kabupaten Banyumas

This study aimed to analyze the design of the canvas business model of the Tjap Tiga Anak Noodle Factory. The method used was the descriptive-analytical method because, in this study, a qualitative research type was chosen to analyze the Business Model Canvas to map the business state at the Mie Tjap Tiga Anak Factory. The results of research, at the Mie Tjap Tiga Anak Factory using a business model canvas, showed business activities in 9 elements, namely customer segments with B2C and B2B, value propositions that were certified halal (LPPOM MUI), channels used were direct and indirect, customer relationships with apply personal assistance, revenue streams were product sales, key resources were human resources, key activities were production activities, key partnerships were carried out with the government, distributors, and the community or customers, and the cost structure includes fixed and variable costs.

Personalised Support and Services for Persons with Disabilities – mapping of Nordic models

In what way and how can models for personalised support such as personal budgeting strengthen the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities? Personal budgeting refers to a sum of money that is granted to the individual on the basis of an assessment of the need for service and calculation of a budget for this purpose. The individual can buy the service he needs for his budget. Personal budgeting is in use in social and health care in several countries. In the Nordic region, personal assistance is the main example of such solutions, but other models have also been tried and adopted in social and health care, such as systems of freedom of choice and increased opportunities for users to choose a provider. The report presents a number of personalised systems for support for people with disabilities that have been implemented in the Nordic countries and their experiences. The mapping was carried out jointly by the Nordic Welfare Center and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). The report will be considered when forming a proposal for a future reform of support and services for people with disabilities in Finland.

Real-Time Motion Control of a Humanoid Robot Using Deep Learning

This paper discusses the research work done for controlling the humanoid robot manually using deep learning. For teaching, personal assistance, search and rescue humanoid robot are used. Controlling manually makes it to do any task without any explicitly programming. Existing technique for manually controlling the humanoid are heavily dependent on hardware and they are not cost efficient. This paper proposes a novel method for controlling the humanoid using a 2D camera. The image from the 2D camera is processed and skeleton of the human body is captured using deep learning. Then the skeleton is used to control the actuators present in the humanoid robot using image classifier and ROS. As a proof of concept the upper body of the humanoid robot is controlled in real time using this method.

INCREASING TEACHERS' CAPABILITIES IN DISTANCE LEARNING USING THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM APPLICATION THROUGH PERSONAL ASSISTANCE OF TEACHERS IN KEMPONG KALIBAWANG, KULON PROGO DISTRICT, 2020/2021

This research is motivated by teachers who are still not ready to face distance learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. To overcome this problem researchers take corrective actions through school action research which aims to improve the ability of teachers and researchers to provide personal assistance using the Google Classroom application program for learning. distance and improve school performance in order to be able to compete in the field of graduation. The research design uses a qualitative design, while the data collection technique uses the method of documentation and observation. The data analysis technique was carried out through a qualitative descriptive model consisting of data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of this study can be seen from the increase in the results of the ability of the participants in personal assistance and the implementation of activities by resource persons from before the action in cycles I and II. In the pre-cycle of participants who got an average score of 3.52, the percentage was 88.04% with the "Very Good" category, there was 1 person while the average score was 3.12, the percentage was 78.12%, the conversion value reached 3, the next 6 participants got a score of 2, the category "Quite Good". Based on the teacher's ability in the first cycle it reached 74.65% if converted the value obtained 3, with the "Good" category while in the second cycle it reached 87.49%, if the conversion value obtained a value of 4, with the "Very Good" category. Based on the implementation of mentoring by the resource persons in the first cycle, it reached 87.46%, if converted the value obtained 4, with the "Very Satisfactory" category while in the second cycle it reached 91.22% if converted the value obtained 4, with the "Very Satisfactory" category