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An Autonomous Robot-to-Group Exercise Coach at a Senior Living Community: A Study in Human-Robot Interaction

Lewis, Lundy; Metzler, Ted; Cook, Linda - In: International Journal of Artificial Life Research (IJALR) 6 (2016) 2, pp. 44-62

A NAO humanoid robot is programmed to act as an autonomous exercise instructor at a senior living community. In an on-site session, the robot does (i) a warm-up routine in which the robot directs participants to ask it to perform various tasks such as dancing and reciting poems and (ii) an...

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Influencing Factors on Health-Related Quality of Life in Middle-Aged Adults With Hypertension: Focused on the Korea Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Lee, Eunjoo - In: International Journal of E-Health and Medical … 9 (2018) 4, pp. 40-49

This article aims to examine the influencing factors on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in middle-aged adults with hypertension. HRQOL was assessed using EQ-5D from 263 middle-aged adults (40-60 years) with hypertension who participated in the 6th Korean National Health and Nutrition...

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Knowledge Co-Creation and Co-Created Value in the Service for the Elderly

Shirahada, Kunio; Quang, Bach Ho - In: International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science … 7 (2016) 2, pp. 28-39

observation of support services regarding the buying behavior of the elderly and analyzed the data by a grounded theory approach …

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Applications to Improve Quality of Life

Lopes, Arminda Guerra - In: International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge … 9 (2017) 4, pp. 12-27

This article is about the creation of tools and technologies that support physical, mental, social and emotional wellbeing. Students from a polytechnic institution were challenged within a human computer interaction discipline, to set an idea and to present its design process. The objective was...

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The Story Retold Visiting the Role and Mission of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Decision Making and Policy Formulation Process

Matiatou, Maria - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 3 (2016) 2, pp. 1-22

donations and volunteers, and enhanced needs related to poverty and acceptable standards of living. Second, to position NGOs on …

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Child Marriages in Rural Zimbabwe

Kurebwa, Jeffrey; Kurebwa, Nyasha Yvonne - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 5 (2018) 1, pp. 40-54

The objectives of this article was to understand the causes, effects and measures to reduce child marriages in rural Zimbabwe. Child marriages have serious social, economic, health and political implications on young girls and their communities. Young girls are also robbed of their locally and...

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Ethical Implications of the Digital Divide and Social Exclusion: Imperative for Cyber-Security Culture in Africa

Essien, Essien D. - In: International Journal of Innovation in the Digital … 9 (2018) 1, pp. 14-25

Despite that global internet usage continues to expand given the increase in the number of computer ownership and Internet access, a divide persists between information rich and information poor, which is people with lower incomes, education levels, skill and capacity, minorities, as well as...

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Picking the People up from Poverty: Urban Labour Market Deregulation Vs. Encouraging the Development of Micro-Enterprises

Sowad, Abu Saleh Mohammad - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economies … 5 (2016) 4, pp. 1-9

Being a multidimensional phenomenon, it is hard to confine poverty within any definitive parameters and even harder to … send the word poverty back to dictionary. Poverty eradication needs both short and long term strategic interventions … effective and efficient way to alleviate poverty between Urban Labour Market Deregulation and the development of micro …

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Beyond Macroeconomics of Food and Nutrition Security

Andreea, Ion Raluca - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economies … 7 (2018) 1, pp. 13-22

This article aims to highlight what macroeconomics hides beyond the statistical data in respect to food and nutrition security in Romania, in the attempt to answer the question whether both food security and nutrition security have been achieved. The need of pursuing such an issue has emerged...

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Mobile Money Services as a Panacea to Financial Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda

Eilu, Emmanuel; Auma, Theresa Odur - In: International Journal of Technology Diffusion (IJTD) 8 (2017) 4, pp. 77-88

why financial exclusion is a leading cause of extreme poverty and a key barrier to growth. The level of financial …

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