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A virtual reality (VR)-based training system for combat musculoskeletal trauma care (CMTC) was meticulously crafted to enhance trainees’ theoretical understanding, familiarity with care processes, and decision-making abilities in the realm of ...

In the context of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) production plants and components are increasingly growing together with information technologies. This is often realized by means of digital twins. They collect data in real time and learn from ...

Dynamic languages like Erlang, Clojure, JavaScript, and E adopted data-race freedom by design. To enforce data-race freedom, these languages either deep copy objects during actor (thread) communication or proxy back to their owning thread. We present ...

Before we can verify a system, we need a specification to verify it against. But defining a specification for an autonomous behavior is a challenging problem. In addition to simply describing what the system needs to do, we need to ensure that when non-...

The paper deals with the causality perspective of the Enterprise Architecture (EA) frameworks. The analysis showed that there is a gap between the capabilities of EA frameworks and the behavioural characteristics of the real world domain (enterprise ...

The capability approach claims that when it comes to welfare, the focus should not lie on means and outcomes, but opportunities. Ambient and assistive technology (AAL) can act as an enabler, but is rarely explicitly designed on principles derived from ...

How can we build more just machine learning systems? To answer this question, we need to know both what justice is and how to tell whether one system is more or less just than another. That is, we need both a definition and a measure of justice. ...

In this paper, we present results from a human-subject study designed to explore two facets of human mental models of robots---inferred capability and intention---and their relationship to overall trust and eventual decisions. In particular, we examine ...

In this study, we employ heutagogy (self-determined learning) to learn about autonomous learning characteristics of language MOOC learners using an embedded correlational mixed methods design. We administered quantitative and qualitative questionnaires to ...

Technology Adoption in underserved communities still presents a set of challenges, which despite adapting established technology adoption models and considering infrastructures has not been resolved. In a quest to address this issue, we engaged a group ...

Recent work suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers"-delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer-term performance-makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive advantage. "Short termism" ...

Mobile Multimedia E-Health System (MMES) running health care services is a sophisticated network environment where multiple types of mobile devices (such as sensors, wearable devices, etc.) are involved, employing different forms of data transmission ...

Developing software from reusable libraries lets developers face a security dilemma: Either be efficient and reuse libraries as they are or inspect them, know about their resource usage, but possibly miss deadlines as reviews are a time consuming ...

Service resilience in the face of constant business change is an imperative and complex task for any service organization including those in financial services. Yet, due to its systemic complexity, service resilience as a practice in most organisations ...

This paper proposes a novel routing protocol called Smart Energy Harvesting Routing Protocol (SEHR) for data transmission in Wireless Sensor Network based e-Health systems (WSNEH). WSNEH is a sophisticated network environment where multiple types of ...

This paper presents an ethnographically-based account on the impact of technologies appropriated in the livelihood strategies of people with disabilities (PWDs) in Sierra Leone, West Africa. In contrast to other developing countries, Sierra Leone ...

In industrial areas with a highly competitive environment all enterprise functions are expected to contribute to efficient operations and an economic cost structure. Service-orientation and cloud computing offer approaches to achieve more efficiency in ...

This paper proposes a novel routing protocol called Energy Constraint-Aware Routing Protocol (ECAR) for data transmission in Mobile Ad hoc Medical Care Networks (MAMCN). MAMCN is a sophisticated network environment where multiple types of mobile devices ...

There are more and more empty-nested elderly in China, and they need to maintain independent living with support from the family and the community. This paper discusses the meaning of independence in later life and the crucial dimensions of ...

Autonomy is critical to harness post-stroke patient's motivation in an unsupervised home-based rehabilitation programme. The aim of this study is to share our experiences of designing the home-based rehabilitation platform for post-stroke patients, ...