6 research outputs found
Self-assess Momentary Mood in Mobile Devices: a Case Study with Mature Female Participants
Starting from the assumption that mood has a central role in domain-specific
persuasion systems for well-being, the main goal of this study was to
investigate the feasibility and acceptability of single-input methods to assess
momentary mood as a medium for further interventions in health-related mobile
apps destined for mature women. To this aim, we designed a very simple android
App providing four user interfaces, each one showing one interactive widget to
self-assess mood. Two widgets report a hint about the momentary mood they
represent; the last two do not have the hints but were previously refined
through questionnaires administered to 63 women (age 45-65) in order to reduce
their expressive ambiguity. Next, fifteen women (age 45-65 years) were
recruited to use the app for 15 days. Participants were polled about their mood
four times a day and data were saved in a remote database. Moreover, users were
asked to fill out a preliminary questionnaire, at the first access to the app,
and a feedback questionnaire at the end of the testing period. Results appear
to prove the feasibility and acceptability of this approach to self-assess
momentary mood in the target population and provides some potential input
methods to be used in this context.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, 1 tabl
How future surgery will benefit from SARS-COV-2-related measures: a SPIGC survey conveying the perspective of Italian surgeons
COVID-19 negatively affected surgical activity, but the potential benefits resulting from adopted measures remain unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the change in surgical activity and potential benefit from COVID-19 measures in perspective of Italian surgeons on behalf of SPIGC. A nationwide online survey on surgical practice before, during, and after COVID-19 pandemic was conducted in March-April 2022 (NCT:05323851). Effects of COVID-19 hospital-related measures on surgical patients' management and personal professional development across surgical specialties were explored. Data on demographics, pre-operative/peri-operative/post-operative management, and professional development were collected. Outcomes were matched with the corresponding volume. Four hundred and seventy-three respondents were included in final analysis across 14 surgical specialties. Since SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, application of telematic consultations (4.1% vs. 21.6%; p < 0.0001) and diagnostic evaluations (16.4% vs. 42.2%; p < 0.0001) increased. Elective surgical activities significantly reduced and surgeons opted more frequently for conservative management with a possible indication for elective (26.3% vs. 35.7%; p < 0.0001) or urgent (20.4% vs. 38.5%; p < 0.0001) surgery. All new COVID-related measures are perceived to be maintained in the future. Surgeons' personal education online increased from 12.6% (pre-COVID) to 86.6% (post-COVID; p < 0.0001). Online educational activities are considered a beneficial effect from COVID pandemic (56.4%). COVID-19 had a great impact on surgical specialties, with significant reduction of operation volume. However, some forced changes turned out to be benefits. Isolation measures pushed the use of telemedicine and telemetric devices for outpatient practice and favored communication for educational purposes and surgeon-patient/family communication. From the Italian surgeons' perspective, COVID-related measures will continue to influence future surgical clinical practice
Automatic GUI generation for web based information systems
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Independent factor analysis for component separation from Planck channel maps
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Biblioteca Centrale - P.le Aldo Moro, 7, Rome / CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle RichercheSIGLEITItal