Use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in Paraguayan university students

Ict -information and Communication Technologies Theme

Innovation for Sustainability in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

With increasing concern regarding global climate change and volatility of energy markets, computing has begun to embrace the notion of Green information and communication technologies (ICT), in which the environmental impact is taken as a consideration in the design of new technologies and systems. A broad concept, Green ICT of course has varied meanings. Some consider recycling of components w...

Studies and a model of appropriation of information and communication technologies in university students' everyday life

This thesis investigated the appropriation of information and communication technologies in everyday life among university students and mature people. To that end, pertinent literature was reviewed resulting in the identification of three issues in need of a more careful appraisal by the HCI field. These issues were used as the research questions propelling this work; they include the identific...

Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on Health Care

ICT has an impact on many aspects of health care. The most important are accessibility to health care services by citizens, economical aspect and quality of care aspect. The main goal is to provide access for the citizen at any time and in any place. eHealth can certainly provide such an access especially in the regions where physician may not be available. The continuously rising costs are the...

Information and Communication Technologies (ict) and Sustainable Development

Knowledge is a primary resource, no less important than land, labour or capital for improving the lives of our people. That it is a vital tool for empowering people to attain Sustainable Development (SD) has long been recognized in India. Since the early years of independence, we have allocated close to 1 per cent of our GNP for scientific research comparable to the percentage spent by some of ...