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Conception, development and evaluation of a personalized exergame on the cognitivemotor abilities of seniors : the INCOME project
No full textLe vieillissement entraîne un déclin des capacités cognitives, motrices, et à réaliser deux tâches simultanément (doubles tâches). Ces altérations peuvent augmenter les risques de chutes, la perte d’autonomie, voire la dégradation de la qualité de vie. Dans ce contexte, nous savons que les entraînements en doubles tâches sont efficaces pour maintenir ces fonctions. Le passage par le jeu dans les programmes d’entraînement (exergames) permet de motiver les participants et de maintenir leur engagement. L’objectif de notre travail était de concevoir, développer et évaluer l’efficacité d’un exergame personnalisé reposant sur le concept de l’interférence cognitivo-motrice auprès de séniors. Après avoir mesuré l’intensité de la sollicitation physique de cet exergame, nous avons évalué son efficacité à court et moyen terme pour l’amélioration des capacités cognitives, motrices et de doubles tâches chez des personnes âgées. Nous avons également mesuré l’impact de cet entraînement sur le niveau d’activité physique, la motivation, la peur de tomber et la qualité de vie des participants. Enfin, nous avons étudié le niveau de sécurité et d’adhérence de ce jeu. Nous avons ainsi montré que notre exergame était fonctionnel, utilisable comme support d’entraînement, sûr et apprécié par tous ses utilisateurs (participants comme animateurs). Nous avons également montré que cet exergame d’intensité modérée entrainait une amélioration des fonctions cognitives et un maintien des fonctions motrices des séniors. Ce projet répond aux enjeux actuels de meilleure compréhension de l’efficacité des exergames personnalisés et ouvre de nouvelles perspectives sur cette thématique.Ageing is associated with cognitive, motor and dual-task abilities decline. These losses can lead to an increased risk of falls, a loss of autonomy, and even a deterioration of the quality of life. In this context, we know that dual task trainings are relevant and efficient. The use of games as support can enhance the motivation of participants. The objective of our work was to conceptualize, design, develop and evaluate the effectiveness in seniors of a personalized exergame based on the concept of cognitive-motor interference. We assessed the physical intensity of our exergame, then its short and medium term effectiveness for improving cognitive, motor and dual task capacities in seniors. We also evaluated the influence of our exergame on the level of physical activity, motivation, fear of falling and quality of life of the participants. Finally, we studied the level of security and adhesion of this game. We have thus shown that our exergame was usable as a training support, safe and appreciated by all its users (participants as well as facilitators). We have also shown that our moderately intense exergame improves cognitive functions and maintains motor functions in seniors. This project responds to the current challenges of better understanding the effectiveness of personalized exergames and opens up new perspectives on this topic
Conception, développement et évaluation d’un exergame personnalisé sur les capacités cognitivo-motrices de séniors : le projet INCOME
No full textAgeing is associated with cognitive, motor and dual-task abilities decline. These losses can lead to an increased risk of falls, a loss of autonomy, and even a deterioration of the quality of life. In this context, we know that dual task trainings are relevant and efficient. The use of games as support can enhance the motivation of participants. The objective of our work was to conceptualize, design, develop and evaluate the effectiveness in seniors of a personalized exergame based on the concept of cognitive-motor interference. We assessed the physical intensity of our exergame, then its short and medium term effectiveness for improving cognitive, motor and dual task capacities in seniors. We also evaluated the influence of our exergame on the level of physical activity, motivation, fear of falling and quality of life of the participants. Finally, we studied the level of security and adhesion of this game. We have thus shown that our exergame was usable as a training support, safe and appreciated by all its users (participants as well as facilitators). We have also shown that our moderately intense exergame improves cognitive functions and maintains motor functions in seniors. This project responds to the current challenges of better understanding the effectiveness of personalized exergames and opens up new perspectives on this topic.Le vieillissement entraîne un déclin des capacités cognitives, motrices, et à réaliser deux tâches simultanément (doubles tâches). Ces altérations peuvent augmenter les risques de chutes, la perte d’autonomie, voire la dégradation de la qualité de vie. Dans ce contexte, nous savons que les entraînements en doubles tâches sont efficaces pour maintenir ces fonctions. Le passage par le jeu dans les programmes d’entraînement (exergames) permet de motiver les participants et de maintenir leur engagement. L’objectif de notre travail était de concevoir, développer et évaluer l’efficacité d’un exergame personnalisé reposant sur le concept de l’interférence cognitivo-motrice auprès de séniors. Après avoir mesuré l’intensité de la sollicitation physique de cet exergame, nous avons évalué son efficacité à court et moyen terme pour l’amélioration des capacités cognitives, motrices et de doubles tâches chez des personnes âgées. Nous avons également mesuré l’impact de cet entraînement sur le niveau d’activité physique, la motivation, la peur de tomber et la qualité de vie des participants. Enfin, nous avons étudié le niveau de sécurité et d’adhérence de ce jeu. Nous avons ainsi montré que notre exergame était fonctionnel, utilisable comme support d’entraînement, sûr et apprécié par tous ses utilisateurs (participants comme animateurs). Nous avons également montré que cet exergame d’intensité modérée entrainait une amélioration des fonctions cognitives et un maintien des fonctions motrices des séniors. Ce projet répond aux enjeux actuels de meilleure compréhension de l’efficacité des exergames personnalisés et ouvre de nouvelles perspectives sur cette thématique
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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