Cognitive impairment due to dementia decreases functionality in Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Its assessment is useful to identify care needs, risks and monitor disease progression. This study investigates differences in ADL pattern-performance between dementia patients and healthy controls using unobtrusive sensors. Around 9,600 person-hours of activity data were collected from the home of...

despite the extensive deployment of multi-core architectures in the past few years, the design and optimization of each single processing core is still a fresh field in computing .on the other hand, having a design procedure (used to solve the problems related to the design of a single processing core )makes it possible to apply the proposed solutions to specific-purpose processing cores .the i...

ii iii Abstract The fundamental idea of Augmented Reality (AR) is to improve and enhance our perception of the surroundings, through the use of sensing, computing and display systems that make it possible to augment the physical environment with virtual computer graphics. AR is, however, often associated with user-worn equipment, whose current complexity and lack of comfort limit its applicabil...

In initial laboratory studies, subsymbolic user behavior1 has shown promise as a source of information for social navigation. Scalable, unobtrusive methods are needed for acquiring data on subsymbolic user behavior in field studies or live systems. Current methods are not suitable for use outside the laboratory because they interfere with normal user behavior and environment. We present a metho...

This paper proposes novel computer-based interfaces for piano practicing. They are designed to display in real time certain well-defined sub-aspects of piano playing. They are intelligent and unobtrusive in that they adjust automatically to the needs of the practitioner so that no other interaction is needed than moving the piano keys. They include 1) a pattern display, finding recurring pitch ...