ThinkMind // International Journal On Advances in Life Sciences, volume 6, numbers 3 and 4, 2014

Type: journal

Notes: A free access journal featuring works submitted on an invitation basis only.

Event editions: - there are 29 editions.

ISSN: 1942-2660

Articles: there are 27 articles

Energy Harvesting Nanostructured Porous Silicon Scaffolds for Enhanced Efficiency Biofuel Cells
Mohamad Hajj-Hassan, Houssein Hajj-Hassan, and Hassan Khachfe
keywords: nanotechnology; porous silicon; biofuel cell

Design, Creativity and Human Computer Interaction Design Education
Alma Leora Culén, Henry N. Mainsah, and Sisse Finken
keywords: HCI education; interaction design; studio; design education; multidisciplinary teamwork

An Interactive Web Tool to Facilitate Shared Decision Making in Dementia: Design Issues Perceived by Caregivers and Patients
Marijke Span, Carolien Smits, Leontine Groen-van de Ven, Jan Jukema, Ruud Janssen, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Jan Eefsting, and Marike Hettinga
keywords: dementia, shared decision making, participatory design, assistive technology, interactive web tool.

The State of Video-Based Learning: A Review and Future Perspectives
Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy Yousef, Mohamed Amine Chatti, and Ulrik Schroeder
keywords: Video-Based Learning; VBL; MOOC; Review of Research; Blended Learning; Video Design; Flipped Classroom; Technology-Enhanced Learning

The Inertia of the Status Quo:A Change Management Analysis of Technological Innovation
Anthony Glascock
keywords: acceptance of innovative technologies, change management, an ehealth data records system

Wireless Health: Making Your Devices Talk -- A Review, Solution, and Outlook for Wireless Health Connectivity
Stephan Hengstler
keywords: cellular; connectivity; devices; health; wireless

Social Networking, the Catalyst for Identity Thefts in the Digital Society
Eric Holm
keywords: - social networking, privacy, identity theft, identity fraud

Managing Language Diversity Across Cultures: the English-Mongolian Case Study
Amarsanaa Ganbold, Feroz Farazi, Moaz Reyad, Oyundari Nyamdavaa, and Fausto Giunchiglia
keywords: ontology localization, space ontology, space domain, ontology, Semantic Web, knowledge, provenance

The Diffusion of a Personal Health Record for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Primary Care
Floor Sieverink, Louise Braakman-Jansen, Yvonne Roelofsen, Steven Hendriks, Robbert Sanderman, Henk Bilo, and Julia Van Gemert-Pijnen
keywords: Personal Health Record; type 2 diabetes mellitus; implementation; diffusion of innovation; interviews; contextual inquiry; value specification; summative evaluation.

Remote Synchronous Usability Testing as a Strategy to Integrate Usability Evaluations in the Software Development Process: A Field Study
Fulvio Lizano and Jan Stage
keywords: usability evaluations, remote synchronous testing method, integration of usability evaluation in software development projects, field study

A Pseudo-HDR Method Implementation for Medical Images Enhancement. New post-processing method for X-ray chest image quality enhancement
Desislava Georgieva, Vesselin Gueorguiev, and Ivan Evgeniev Ivanov
keywords: X-ray medical imaging; HDR-images; image quality enhancement

Understanding eHealth use from a Persuasive System Design Perspective: an Antibiotic Information Application for Nurses
Jobke Wentzel, Nienke Beerlage-de Jong, Lars Nijdam, Regine van Drie-Pierik, and Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen
keywords: eHealth; antibiotic stewardship; nurse; task-support; log data; persuasive technology

Refining Advanced Professional Development for Online Teaching and Course Building: An Evaluation From the Faculty Perspective
Vanessa Slinger-Friedman, Joe Terantino, Christopher K. Randall, Philip J. Aust, and Tamara Powell
keywords: e-learning, faculty perceptions, online course building, online teaching, professional development

Developing a Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Telemedicine
Juha Puustjärvi and Leena Puustjärvi
keywords: telemedicine; patient-centered care; personal health records; CCD standard, cloud computing; ontologies; eHealth ecosystem

Technology-Enhanced Language Learning: A Case Study of a Global Classroom in Second Life
Kevin Oh and Natalie Nussli
keywords: Second Life, virtual worlds, foreign language acquisition, oral fluency, collaboration, conversation partners, anxiety, oral production, teacher education

Early Stages of Business Modeling for Open Source Home Care Technology. Lessons learned from an initial Inventory.
Elles Gyaltsen-Lohuis, Marike Hettinga, Ruud Janssen, Jan Nauta, and Sikke Visser
keywords: Home care technology; Open source software; Business modeling

Combining User-Centered Design with the Persuasive Systems Design Model; The Development Process of a Web-Based Registration and Monitoring System for Healthcare-Associated Infections in Nursing Homes
Nienke Beerlage-de Jong, Andrea Eikelenboom-Boskamp, Andreas Voss, Robbert Sanderman, and Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen
keywords: User-centered design; Persuasive design; Web-based; eHealth technology

Active Surgeon Support during Orthopedic Surgery using the BOrEScOPE-Exoskeleton: System Design and First Results
Peter P. Pott, Markus Hessinger, Roland Werthschützky, Helmut F. Schlaak, Eugen Nordheimer, Essameddin Badreddin, and Achim Wagner
keywords: exoskeleton, orthopedic surgery, human-machine interaction, behavior-based system decomposition

Business Process Evaluation in Agile Business Process Management Using Quality Models
Michael Gebhart, Marco Mevius, and Peter Wiedmann
keywords: business process; quality; agile; business process management; ISO 25000

Teleconsultation/Telediagnosis using Teledentistry Technology: a Pilot Feasibility Study
Rodrigo Mariño, Utsana Tonmukayakul, Parul Marwaha, Richard Collmann, Matthew Hopcraft, David Manton, Andrew Stranieri, and Ken Clarke
keywords: oral health, teledentistry, intraoral camera, nursing homes

Personalized Virtual Coaching for Lifestyle Support: Principles for Design and Evaluation
Olga Kulyk, Rieks op den Akker, Randy Klaassen, and Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen
keywords: Mobile Activity Monitoring, Personalized eHealth; Persuasive Feedback, Usability; Virtual Coaching; Behavior Change; Lifestyle Support; Human Computer Interaction

Impact of Population Size, Selection and Multi-Parent Recombination within a Customized NSGA-II for Biochemical Optimization
Susanne Rosenthal and Markus Borschbach
keywords: multi-objective biochemical optimization, population size, landscape analysis, multi-parent recombination.

AMIDE — Automatic Molecular Inverse Docking Engine for Large-Scale Proteins Targets Identification
Romain Vasseur, Stéphanie Baud, Luiz Angelo Steffenel, Xavier Vigouroux, Laurent Martiny, Michael Krajecki, and Manuel Dauchez
keywords: Protein-Ligand docking; inverse docking; ranking methods; distributed computations; HPC experiments.

Towards an interactive web tool that supports shared decision making in dementia: identifying user requirements
Marijke Span, Carolien Smits, Leontine Groen-van de Ven, Jan Jukema, Anita Cremers, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Jan Eefsting, and Marike Hettinga
keywords: dementia, shared decision making, user requirements, participatory design.

On Benefits of Interactive Online Learning in Higher Distance Education: Repeating a Learning Analytics Project in the Context of Programming Education
Klaus Gotthardt, Bernd Krämer, Johannes Magenheim, and Jonas Neugebauer
keywords: distance learning, Web-based learning, learning analytics, competence analysis, learning performance, technology assessment

A Virtual Patient Simulator Based on Human Connectome and 7 T MRI for Deep Brain Stimulation
Giorgio Bonmassar, Leonardo Angelone, and Nikos Makris
keywords: VPS; DBS; OCD; MRI; CT; safety; specific absorption rate; SAR; heating

Using Neural Networks and Feature Selection Algorithms in the Identification of Protein Signatures for the Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease
Lara Dantas and Mêuser Valença
keywords: Neural Networks, Alzheirmer’s Disease, Feature Selection Algorithms.