how is the process of intervention affecting dimensions of well-being, such as possibly belonging to social networks and political empowerment? Planning for freedoms is a framework for planning, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes which aims at focusing on people’s capabilities to achieve the things they value. The framework is based on Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach. This ap...

This activity aims to improve the skills development of elementary school teachers. HOTS based training. event will be held in form an online workshop for two people. Activities, theory and practice sections. Delivery-Understanding Importance Developing students quality learning schools Basic preparation strategies centered on according methods assessments. Practice by composing. HOTS-centered ...

Organizational change and learning processes are often related to the development of information systems (IS). The theoretical groundings for management and organizational learning should be recognized in order to foster learning via IS. Learning theories must be examined for quaranteeing a feasible scientific ground for design of learning, education and development processes. In this paper Kol...

The centrality of users in the design and development of complex systems calls for new methodologies and techniques to identify and represent user needs and to translate them into real processes. This work proposes a methodological approach for the development of automated user-intensive Ambient Intelligence systems. The novelty is that the methodology is grounded on user-centered design. Thus,...

abstract background: hypotension and muscular cramp are the common complications of hemodialysis. effective control of hemodialysis complications increases the survival time and the quality of life of patients on hemodialysis. considering that failure to follow a therapeutic plan is one of the most prevalent causes of hemodialysis complications, the present research was conducted to study the e...

It is well known in the signal-processing community that the Body-Centered Cubic grid is the optimal sampling grid in 3D. In volume visualization, the Cartesian grid is by far the most popular type of grid because it is convenient to handle. But it requires 29.3% more samples than the Body-Centered Cubic grid. In order to convince people used to Cartesian grids for years of the advantages of Bo...

New data-driven technologies in global cities have yielded potential but also intensified techno-political concerns. Consequently, recent years, several declarations/manifestos emerged across the world claiming to protect citizens’ digital rights. In 2018, Barcelona, Amsterdam, and NYC city councils formed Cities’ Coalition for Digital Rights (CCDR), an international alliance of People-Centered...

Most of studies on the video communications are based on an unproved hypothesis: They take it granted that the full-face images of communicators are the 'sine qua non' in video conversations, and profiles are rather confusing or annoying for them. This paper proves the counter hypothesis that profile images are also useful and they can replace the full-faces under some conditions. Psychological...

We carried out a randomized controlled trial in Bogotá, the recipient of Colombia's highest number of internally displaced people (IDP), to assess whether the use of SMS to communicate eligibility to social benefits fosters the welfare of victimized internal refugees. Only a fraction of IDP are eligible to benefits. We inform eligibility via SMS to a random half of such households, and estimate...