Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Aging and Assistive Environments: 8th International Conference, UAHCI 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, Proceedings, Part III

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MobileQuiz: A Serious Game for Enhancing the Physical and Cognitive Abilities of Older Adults....Pages 3-14
Does Web Design Matter? Examining Older Adults’ Attention to Cognitive and Affective Illustrations on Cancer-Related Websites through Eye Tracking....Pages 15-23
Heuristics in Ergonomic Design of Portable Control Devices for the Elderly....Pages 24-33
Efficiency of a Video and a Tutorial in Teaching Older Adults to Interact with Smartphones....Pages 34-45
Reassuring the Elderly Regarding the Use of Mobile Devices for Mobility....Pages 46-57
Towards Mobile Accessibility for Older People: A User Centered Evaluation....Pages 58-68
Design of a Social Game for Older Users Using Touchscreen Devices and Observations from an Exploratory Study....Pages 69-78
A Survey and Design Implementation of the Elder’s Outgoing Preference: The Local Bus System....Pages 79-87
Understanding Independent Living Requirements: A Study of Shanghai Seniors....Pages 88-97
Investigating the Effects of User Age on Readability....Pages 98-105
Involving Senior Workers in Crowdsourced Proofreading....Pages 106-117
Leveraging Web Technologies to Expose Multiple Contemporary Controller Input in Smart TV Rich Internet Applications Utilized in Elderly Assisted Living Environments....Pages 118-128
Senior User’s Color Cognition and Color Sensitivity Features in Visual Information on Web-Interface....Pages 129-137
The Analysis and Research of the Smart Phone’s User Interface Based on Chinese Elderly’s Cognitive Character....Pages 138-146
Ergonomic Principles to Improve the Use of Cognitive Stimulation Systems for the Elderly: A Comparative Study of Two Software Tools....Pages 147-154
Assessing the Elderly’s Emotional Responses while Interact with Movies Enriched with Additional Multimedia Content....Pages 155-166
Improving Text-Entry Experience for Older Adults on Tablets....Pages 167-178
AgeCI: HCI and Age Diversity....Pages 179-190
Personalized Hand Pose and Gesture Recognition System for the Elderly....Pages 191-202
Easy Handheld Training: Interactive Self-learning App for Elderly Smartphone Novices....Pages 203-214
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On Clinical, Philosophical, Ethical and Behavioural Concepts for Personalised Insilico Medicine Supporting “Co-production of Health”....Pages 217-227
Training and Learning in e-Health Using the Gamification Approach: The Trainer Interaction....Pages 228-237
Challenges When Engaging Diabetic Patients and Their Clinicians in Using E-Health Technologies to Improve Clinical Outcomes....Pages 238-247
Mobile Healthcare....Pages 248-255
Recovery Prediction in the Framework of Cloud-Based Rehabilitation Exergame....Pages 256-265
A Study on Effect of Media Therapy for the Elderly with Dementia to Nursing Care Quality....Pages 266-277
Neurological Disorders and Publication Abstracts Follow Elements of Social Network Patterns when Indexed Using Ontology Tree-Based Key Term Search....Pages 278-288
Identifying Mobile Application Design to Enhance the Subjective Wellbeing among Middle-Aged Adults....Pages 289-299
A Virtual Trainer by Natural User Interface for Cognitive Rehabilitation in Dementia....Pages 300-309
Encouraging Brain Injury Rehabilitation through Ludic Engagement....Pages 310-320
A Design-led Research Approach to Contextual Evaluation of Socio-psychological Factors in the Development of Telehealth Devices....Pages 321-332
Memory Box: A Personalised Multimedia Device for Individuals with Dementia....Pages 333-341
Haptic AR Dental Simulator Using Z-buffer for Object Deformation....Pages 342-348
A Dialogue System for Ensuring Safe Rehabilitation....Pages 349-358
Engagement in Game-Based Rehabilitation for Women with Fibromyalgia Syndrome....Pages 359-367
Tapology: A Game-Based Platform to Facilitate E-Health and E-Inclusion....Pages 368-377
User Experience Considerations for Patient-Centered Handoffs in Surgical Oncology....Pages 378-386
A Pilot Study in Using a Smart Voice Messaging System to Create a Reflection-in-Caregiving Workshop....Pages 387-394
Toward a Companion Agent for the Elderly – The Methods to Estimate At-Home and Outside-Home Daily Life Activities of the Elderly Who Live Alone....Pages 395-402
Age and Age-Related Differences in Internet Usage of Cancer Patients....Pages 403-414
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Digital Technology to Supercharge Patient-Provider Relationships....Pages 415-424
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Probabilistic Intentionality Prediction for Target Selection Based on Partial Cursor Tracks....Pages 427-438
Addressing the Users’ Diversity in Ubiquitous Environments through a Low Cost Architecture....Pages 439-450
A Comparative Study to Evaluate the Usability of Context-Based Wi-Fi Access Mechanisms....Pages 451-462
The FOOD Project: Interacting with Distributed Intelligence in the Kitchen Environment....Pages 463-474
Services and Applications in an Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Environment....Pages 475-482
Energy@home: Energy Monitoring in Everyday Life....Pages 483-492
Integrating Computer Vision Object Recognition with Location Based Services for the Blind....Pages 493-500
Home Control via Mobile Devices: State of the Art and HCI Challenges under the Perspective of Diversity....Pages 501-512
Novel Consumer-to-Product Interactions with Context-Aware Embedded Platforms....Pages 513-524
Activity Recognition in Assistive Environments: The STHENOS Approach....Pages 525-536
Evaluation of the Human Factor in the Scheduling of Smart Appliances in Smart Grids....Pages 537-548
Technical Progress in Housing Environment and Its Influence on Performing Household Chores....Pages 549-557
Shadow Cooking: Situated Guidance for a Fluid Cooking Experience....Pages 558-566
Smart Houses in Cloud4all: From Simulation to Reality....Pages 567-574
Building a Recognition Process of Cooking Actions for Smart Kitchen System....Pages 575-586
Understanding Requirements for Textile Input Devices Individually Tailored Interfaces within Home Environments....Pages 587-598
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Development of a Robot-Based Environment for Training Children with Autism....Pages 601-612
Data Acquisition towards Defining a Multimodal Interaction Model for Human – Assistive Robot Communication....Pages 613-624
Combining Finite State Machine and Decision-Making Tools for Adaptable Robot Behavior....Pages 625-635
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Cooperative Semi-autonomous Robotic Network for Search and Rescue Operations....Pages 636-647
Practical Use of a Remote Movable Avatar Robot with an Immersive Interface for Seniors....Pages 648-659
Meeting Requirements of Older Users? Robot Prototype Trials in a Home-like Environment....Pages 660-671
Embodiment in Emotional Learning, Decision Making and Behaviour: The ‘What’ and the ‘How’ of Action....Pages 672-679
Towards a Multi-modal User Interface for an Affordable Assistive Robot....Pages 680-691
Advances in Intelligent Mobility Assistance Robot Integrating Multimodal Sensory Processing....Pages 692-703
Design of a Low-Cost Social Robot: Towards Personalized Human-Robot Interaction....Pages 704-713
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Mobile Navigation through a Science Museum for Users Who Are Blind....Pages 717-728
Evaluating Tactile-Acoustic Devices for Enhanced Driver Awareness and Safety: An Exploration of Tactile Perception and Response Time to Emergency Vehicle Sirens....Pages 729-740
TActile Glasses (TAG) for Obstacle Avoidance....Pages 741-749
Driving Assistance with Conversation Robot for Elderly Drivers....Pages 750-761
Developing Iconographic Driven Applications for Nonverbal Communication: A Roadside Assistance App for the Deaf....Pages 762-771
Barriers Survey: A Tool to Support Data Collection for Inclusive Mobility....Pages 772-779
Place Meaning and the Visually Impaired: The Impact of Sound Parameters on Place Attachment and Identity....Pages 780-790
A Pedestrian Support System by Presenting Implicit/Explicit Human Information....Pages 791-802
Virtual Walking Stick: Mobile Application to Assist Visually Impaired People to Walking Safely....Pages 803-813
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