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New Advances in Information Systems and Technologies

Volume 2

  • Latest research and new perspectives in Information Systems and Technologies
  • Results of the 2016 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'16), held in Recife, Brasil, March 22-24 2016
  • Discusses the most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences and concerns in the several perspectives of Information Systems and Technologies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC, volume 445)

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Table of contents (77 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. Health Informatics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Using Mobile Technology to Improve Nutritional Information of Diabetic Patient’s

      • Saad Masood Butt, Karla Felix Navarro, Mohammed Shorab, Shahid Masood Butt, Azura Onn
      Pages 3-11
    3. Monitoring Indoor Air Quality to Improve Occupational Health

      • Rui Pitarma, Gonçalo Marques, Filipe Caetano
      Pages 13-21
    4. Towards Paperless Hospitals: Lessons Learned from 15 Health Facilities in Uganda

      • Benjamin Kanagwa, Jenard Ntacyo, Sam Orach
      Pages 23-32
    5. Performance Improvements to a Large Scale Public Health Data and Analytics Platform: A Technical Perspective

      • Arun Sundararaman, Suresh Pargunarajan, Srinivasan Valady Ramanathan
      Pages 33-41
    6. An mHealth Remote Monitor System Approach Applied to MCC Using ECG Signal in an Android Application

      • Francisco Muller Machado, Isis Magrid Koehler, Marlon Silva Ferreira, Miguel Antonio Sovierzoski
      Pages 43-49
    7. Evaluating the Use of Gamification in m-Health Lifestyle-related Applications

      • Marcílio Souza-Júnior, Laize Queiroz, Jorge Correia-Neto, Guilherme Vilar
      Pages 63-72
    8. Serious Games for Balance Improvement: A Systematic Literature Mapping

      • Rafaela Bosse, Antônio Vinicius Soares, Marcelo da Silva Hounsell
      Pages 73-82
    9. Information Systems and Technologies Maturity Models for Healthcare: A Systematic Literature Review

      • João Vidal Carvalho, Álvaro Rocha, António Abreu
      Pages 83-94
    10. Reducing Computation Time by Monte Carlo Method: An Application in Determining Axonal Orientation Distribution Function

      • Nicolás F. Lori, Rui Lavrador, Lucia Fonseca, Carlos Santos, Rui Travasso, Artur Pereira et al.
      Pages 95-105
    11. Enabling Data Storage and Availability of Multimodal Neuroimaging Studies—A NoSQL Based Solution

      • Filipe Fernandes, Paulo Marques, Ricardo Magalhães, Nuno Sousa, Victor Alves
      Pages 107-116
    12. Towards Automatic Screening of Idiopathic Scoliosis Using Low-Cost Commodity Sensors—Validation Study

      • Dejan Dimitrijević, Đorđe Obradović, Marko Jocić, Zečević Igor, Petar Bjeljac, Vladimir Todorović et al.
      Pages 117-126
  3. Information Technologies in Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
    2. Singularities of the University Spin-off in Northern Argentina

      • Patricia Paola Zachman, Andrés Redchuk
      Pages 129-136
    3. Integrated Technological Resource in the Construction of the Teaching and Learning of Technical Nursing Course

      • Heitor Hermeson de Carvalho Rodrigues, Janimere Soares da Silva, Cicero Cardozo de Almeida Filho, José Vilson Martins Filho, Yara Pereira de Brito, David Wilber Silva Daltro et al.
      Pages 137-142
    4. Collaborative Learning Supported by Mobile Devices: A Case Study in Portuguese High Education Institutions

      • Fernando Moreira, Maria João Ferreira, Carla Santos Pereira, Natércia Durão
      Pages 157-167
    5. Calculation of Sleep Indicators in Students Using Smartphones and Wearables

      • Francisco de Arriba Pérez, Juan Manuel Santos Gago, Manuel Caeiro Rodríguez
      Pages 169-178

About this book

This book contains a selection of articles from The 2016 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'16), held between the 22nd and 24th of March at Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern Information Systems and Technologies research, together with their technological development and applications.

The main topics covered are:  Information and Knowledge Management; Organizational Models and Information Systems; Software and Systems Modeling; Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; Multimedia Systems and Applications; Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; Big Data Analytics and Applications; Human-Computer Interaction; Health Informatics; Information Technologies in Education; Information Technologies in Radiocommunications.  

Editors and Affiliations

  • DEI/FCT, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Álvaro Rocha

  • ISEGI,, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    Ana Maria Correia

  • College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  • DSI, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Luis Paulo Reis

  • Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, DoisIrm, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

    Marcelo Mendonça Teixeira

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Advances in Information Systems and Technologies

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 2

  • Editors: Álvaro Rocha, Ana Maria Correia, Hojjat Adeli, Luis Paulo Reis, Marcelo Mendonça Teixeira

  • Series Title: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31307-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31306-1Published: 03 March 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31307-8Published: 15 March 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2194-5357

  • Series E-ISSN: 2194-5365

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 773

  • Number of Illustrations: 164 b/w illustrations, 92 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Computational Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence

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eBook USD 169.00
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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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