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Mobile Solutions and Their Usefulness in Everyday Life

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  • © 2019

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Editors:
  1. Sara Paiva

    1. Applied Research Centre for Digital Transformation - ARC4DigiT, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal

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  • Features practical, tested applications of technological mobility solutions for visual impaired people
  • Presents topics such as obstacle detection systems, urban mobility, smart home services, and ambient assisted living
  • Includes a number of application examples in education, health, electronics, tourism, and transportation

Part of the book series: EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing (EAISICC)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. IoT Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Integrated Mobile Solutions in an Internet-of-Things Development Model

      • Issam Damaj, Safaa Kasbah
      Pages 3-31

    3. The Role of Mobile Edge Computing Towards Assisting IoT with Distributed Intelligence: A SmartLiving Perspective

      • Hasibur Rahman, Rahim Rahmani, Theo Kanter
      Pages 33-45

    4. IoT-Based Framework for Crowd Management

      • Marwa F. Mohamed, Abd El-Rahman Shabayek, Mahmoud El-Gayyar
      Pages 47-61

  3. Mobility and Accessibility

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. A Case Study for the Promotion of Urban Mobility for Visually Impaired People

      • Paulo Faria, Ana Filomena Curralo, Sara Paiva
      Pages 65-82

    3. Human-Centered Design Components in Spiral Model to Improve Mobility of Older Adults

      • Jayden Khakurel, Jari Porras, Helinä Melkas, Ainara Garzo
      Pages 83-104

    4. Maps for Easy Paths (MEP): A Mobile Application for City Accessibility

      • S. Comai, E. De Bernardi, F. Salice, A. Vali
      Pages 105-125

  4. Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. A PHR-Based System for Monitoring Diabetes in Mobile Environment

      • Yugal Kumar, Geeta Yadav, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Punkhari Arora
      Pages 129-144

    3. Automated Cardiac Health Screening Using Smartphone and Wearable Sensors Through Anomaly Analytics

      • Arijit Ukil, Soma Bandyopadhyay
      Pages 145-172

    4. Mobile Social Media for Preventing the Ebola Virus Disease Spread in Liberia and Nigeria: A Comparative Analysis

      • Emmanuel Eilu, John Sören Pettersson
      Pages 173-188

    5. Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment of Cervical Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A Mobile Social Media Approach

      • Emmanuel Eilu, Rehema Baguma
      Pages 189-207

    6. Assistive Mobile Technologies for Health Monitoring and Brain–Computer Interface for Patients with Motor Impairments

      • Raluca Maria Aileni, George Suciu, Victor Suciu, Jean Ciurea, Pasca Sever
      Pages 209-224

    7. Mobile Solutions to Air Quality Monitoring

      • You-Chiun Wang
      Pages 225-249

    8. Smartphone Sensing Technologies for Tailored Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring

      • Gabriela Postolache, Octavian Postolache
      Pages 251-273

    9. A Mobile Solution Based on Soft Computing for Fall Detection

      • Serkan Ballı, Ensar Arif SaÄŸbaÅŸ, Musa Peker
      Pages 275-294
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About this book

This book provides an insight into recent technological trends and innovations in solutions and platforms to improve mobility of visually impaired people. The authors’ goal is to help to contribute to the social and societal inclusion of the visually impaired. The book’s topics include, but are not limited to, obstacle detection systems, indoor and outdoor navigation, transportation sustainability systems, and hardware/devices to aid visually impaired people. The book has a strong focus on practical applications tested in a real environment. Applications include city halls, municipalities, and companies that must keep up to date with recent trends in platforms, methodologies and technologies to promote urban mobility. Also discuss are broader realms including education, health, electronics, tourism, and transportation. Contributors include a variety of researchers and practitioners around the world.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Applied Research Centre for Digital Transformation - ARC4DigiT, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal

    Sara Paiva

About the editor

Sara Paiva has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and is an invited professor at Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, where she has acted as course coordinator since 2008. Her main research areas are mobile solutions applied to the social realms. Sara manages several mobile studies such as final projects from degree and master courses, projects in partnership with companies, and projects for social institutions. She co-edited a book, has more than 20 publications among peer-reviewed journals, written book chapters and has been published in conferences proceedings. Since December 2016, Sara has been the coordinator of the Inclusive School Project, which counts more than 20 students and 20 professors that collaborate with about 10 social institutions.

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