87 research outputs found
Doplor Sleep: Monitoring Hospital Soundscapes for Better Sleep Hygiene
No full textGood sleep is conducive to the recovery process of hospital patients - and yet, in many wards, sleep duration and quality can often be suboptimal, in part due to modifiable hospital-related sounds and noises. At the neurological ward of the Reinier de Graaf hospital in Delft, the Netherlands, we developed and evaluated a prototype information exchange system to raise awareness of specific sounds as disturbing patients' sleep. The system both classifies different relevant sound events and tracks sleep quality (using a Fitbit device). This information is then visualized for patients and staff to present the influence of the soundscape on patients' sleep hygiene in a friendly and comprehensive way. We discuss the design process, including a context study and various evaluations of the technology, interface, and created affordances. Our initial findings indicate that visualizing hospital soundscapes may, indeed, support both patients and staff in their efforts towards better sleep hygiene. Design AestheticsInternet of Thing
Anàlisi actual i estratègia de desenvolupament del mercat turístic internacional de la Xina: Cas de Pequín
No full text[ES] Pekín tiene una larga historia y recursos turísticos muy atractivos. Los paisajes, la historia, los recursos culturales y naturales de China están trayendo a los turistas extranjeros. El turismo receptivo es una forma eficaz para que un país o región aumente los ingresos y mejore los beneficios. También es un medio importante para expandir la apertura y promover la cooperación y los intercambios extranjeros. Por lo tanto, los turistas internacionales se han convertido en el foco de la industria turística de Pekín, que necesita mejorar la competitividad internacional y el nivel de internacionalización del turismo y atraer cada vez más turistas extranjeros.
El propósito de este trabajo es realizar un análisis de la situación actual del mercado turístico receptor de Pekín, para comprender el comportamiento de consumo y la experiencia turística de los visitantes, teniendo en cuenta los principales países emisores. Se proponen sugerencias para los problemas existentes en la industria del turismo.[EN] Beijing has a long history and very attractive tourist resources. The landscapes, history, cultural and natural resources of China are bringing foreign tourists. Inbound tourism is an effective way for a country or region to increase revenues and improve benefits. It is also an important means of expanding openness and promoting foreign cooperation and exchanges. Therefore, international tourists have become the focus of Beijing's tourism industry, which needs to improve the international competitiveness and level of internationalization of tourism and attract more and more foreign tourists.
The purpose of this paper is to conduct an analysis of the current situation of the Beijing tourist market, to understand the consumer behavior and tourist experience of visitors, taking into account the main sending countries. Suggestions are proposed for existing problems in the tourism industry.Duan, Y. (2023). Análisis actual y estrategia de desarrollo del mercado turístico internacional de China: Caso de Pekín. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/195952TFG
A Machine with Short-Term, Episodic, and Semantic Memory Systems
No full textInspired by the cognitive science theory of the explicit human memory systems, we have modeled an agent with short-term, episodic, and semantic memory systems, each of which is modeled with a knowledge graph. To evaluate this system and analyze the behavior of this agent, we designed and released our own reinforcement learning agent environment, the Room , where an agent has to learn how to encode, store, and retrieve memories to maximize its return by answering questions. We show that our deep Q-learning based agent successfully learns whether a short-term memory should be forgotten, or rather be stored in the episodic or semantic memory systems. Our experiments indicate that an agent with human-like memory systems can outperform an agent without this memory structure in the environment
Why consumers bias? : A quantitative study about Shanghai consumer resistance intention towards remanufactured electric vehicle batteries
No full textBackground: The rapid growth of electric vehicles (EVs) raises concerns about energy consumption, environmental impact, and the management of retired EV batteries (EVBs). Despite the potential benefits of remanufactured EVBs (REVBs) in resource conservation and environmental protection, and its performance parity with new batteries, consumer resistance persists. Exploring factors influencing consumer adoption and strategies for enhancing consumer acceptance is necessary to promote sustainability in the EV industry. There is little attention to consumers in remanufactured products research. Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to explore the factors that Chinese EV consumers' resist to adopt REVBs by using the innovation resistance theory and an extend factor. Methods: Quantitative research with questionnaire is used to test the model and hypotheses. Findings: The results show that Chinese consumers' willingness to adopt and use REVBs is significantly affected by risk barriers, tradition barriers, image barriers, and environmental awareness, which in turn to the formation of consumer resistance to adoption
Why consumers bias? : A quantitative study about Shanghai consumer resistance intention towards remanufactured electric vehicle batteries
No full textBackground: The rapid growth of electric vehicles (EVs) raises concerns about energy consumption, environmental impact, and the management of retired EV batteries (EVBs). Despite the potential benefits of remanufactured EVBs (REVBs) in resource conservation and environmental protection, and its performance parity with new batteries, consumer resistance persists. Exploring factors influencing consumer adoption and strategies for enhancing consumer acceptance is necessary to promote sustainability in the EV industry. There is little attention to consumers in remanufactured products research. Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to explore the factors that Chinese EV consumers' resist to adopt REVBs by using the innovation resistance theory and an extend factor. Methods: Quantitative research with questionnaire is used to test the model and hypotheses. Findings: The results show that Chinese consumers' willingness to adopt and use REVBs is significantly affected by risk barriers, tradition barriers, image barriers, and environmental awareness, which in turn to the formation of consumer resistance to adoption
Deep characteristics analysis on travel time of emergency traffic
No full textOwing to the rapid development of emergency rescue transportation in cities and the frequent emergencies, demand for emergency rescue is increasing drastically. How to select an emergency rescue route quickly and shorten the rescue travel time under the condition of limited urban road resources is of great significance. Based on the characteristics analysis of emergency rescue, this paper classifies priority levels of different emergency traffic, moreover, the travel times are also analysed with three scenarios: 1) emergency rescue vehicles encountering no queues; 2) encountered queues but lanes available; 3) encountered queues with no available lanes. Related case study shows that model in this paper can effectively shorten travel time of emergency traffic in the route and improve its efficiency.Accepted Author ManuscriptTransport and Plannin
Doplor Sleep: Friendly feedback towards a better hospital soundscape for sleep
No full textRecently in the Netherlands, researchers have found that sleep duration and quality were suboptimal in the hospital. Evidence proved that many modifiable hospitalrelated factors negatively associate with patients' sleep (JAMA Internal Medicine, 2018). The sound factor is the most significant sleep disturbance in the hospital. In this graduation project, collaborating with Reiner de Graaf hospital and Critical Alarms lab, an information exchange system was proposed to raise awareness of sound as sleep disturbance. The system captures the sound-producing events and visualizes them with visually attractive graphics. In this system, we use the smartphone as the sound captor. The recorded sounds are processed locally on the phone and converted into information such as sound level and the category it belongs to (alarm, speech, incidental sounds, or snore). Fitbit is implemented in the system to collect sleep information. To both patients and medical staff, The Doplor sleep system presents the influence of sound on sleep in a friendly and comprehensive way. During this project, a functioning prototype was developed. We have tested its functionality and user experience with the potential users
Ion incorporation into bone grafting materials.
No full textThe use of biomaterials in regenerative medicine has expanded to treat various disorders caused by trauma or disease in orthopedics and dentistry. However, the treatment of large and complex bone defects presents a challenge, leading to a pressing need for optimized biomaterials for bone repair. Recent advances in chemical sciences have enabled the incorporation of therapeutic ions into bone grafts to enhance their performance. These ions, such as strontium (for bone regeneration/osteoporosis), copper (for angiogenesis), boron (for bone growth), iron (for chemotaxis), cobalt (for B12 synthesis), lithium (for osteogenesis/cementogenesis), silver (for antibacterial resistance), and magnesium (for bone and cartilage regeneration), among others (e.g., zinc, sodium, and silica), have been studied extensively. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and recent developments in ion incorporation into biomaterials for bone and periodontal tissue repair. It also discusses recently developed biomaterials from a basic design and clinical application perspective. Additionally, the review highlights the importance of precise ion introduction into biomaterials to address existing limitations and challenges in combination therapies. Future prospects and opportunities for the development and optimization of biomaterials for bone tissue engineering are emphasized
The Use of Business Intelligence Tool to Support Business Decision Making : BI on Product Portfolio Decision to a New Product of MLS Company
No full textBusiness intelligence is a term that be mentioned very often in recent years. More and more organizations applied business intelligence to survive and to be more competitive than before. Simultaneously, a lot of BI tool suppliers emerge in this market. Besides, most nowadays BI tool supports self-service without professional IT background requirements. Decision makers benefits a lot from BI tool utilization.
The purpose of this thesis is to explore BI capabilities and how BI tool could assist users to achieve the goal. More specifically, the author of the thesis will present how self-service BI tool that be used to analyse business patterns and trends, in order to help the author make decision and suggestion.
The thesis consists of two parts: the first part is the theory part, as a support to the empirical part, that review the basic knowledge of business intelligence such as the definition, the capa-bilities and the basic process; in the second part, the empirical one, the author will show the process of BI tool usage to a real company case.
The research method covers both qualitative and quantitative method, but the former one is the major method. Specifically, the approaches include literature research, market research through questionnaire, data collection, management and analysis, and quantitative analysis as well.
The research result aims to give suggestion on product portfolio to a real company case. To do so, the thesis will be progressed from a variety of aspects regarding to the product portfo-lio. And all the reports and analysis will be presented in the empirical part
Design and Practice: How product designers are adapting to real-world market shifts
No full textMFA DesignThis paper explores how product designers can adapt to the needs of the evolving real economy through interdisciplinary learning and practice. Based on product design, the study investigates the shifting role of design in response to increasingly complex and
dynamic market conditions. By initiating a design-driven service system to support marginalised artisanal producers such as housewives and students with limited production capacity, the author investigates how designers can co-create branding, marketing and sales strategies for artisanal products. The research combines an interdisciplinary approach and hands-on entrepreneurial practices to identify extended competencies that designers must acquire, including digital marketing, supply chain awareness, and user-centred service design, ultimately aiming to redefine the function of product designers as facilitators of inclusive economic participation and adaptive innovation
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