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2018

A study of the publications of educational robotics: A systematic review of literature

Authors
Bezerra J.; De Lima R.; Queiroz P.;

Publication
IEEE Latin America Transactions

Abstract
Educational Robotics has been presented as a great pedagogical tool because it demonstrates an attractive way of working the theoretical knowledge put into practice. Thus, several educational technologies have emerged with different approaches, with the purpose of applying robotics in the educational area in a more attractive and playful way. This article presents the conduction of a Systematic Review of Literature (SRL), whose objective is to identify the teaching approaches used with educational robotics. With this, we present experiences reports, and at the same time show the skills and competencies that are explored through robotics and education. This review uses scientific papers published in the period from 2011 to 2016.

2018

The influence of document characteristics on the quality of health web documents

Authors
Oroszlanyova, M; Lopes, CT; Nunes, S; Ribeiro, C;

Publication
2018 13TH IBERIAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES (CISTI)

Abstract
The quality of consumer-oriented health information on the Web is usually assessed through the medical certification of websites. These tools are built upon quality indicators but, so far, no standard set of indicators has been defined. The objective of the present study is to explore the popularity of specific document features and their influence on the quality of health web documents, using HON code as ground truth. A set of top-ranked health documents retrieved from a major search engine was characterized in a univariate analysis, and then used in a bivariate analysis to seek features that affect documents' quality. The univariate analysis provides insights into the characteristics of the overall population of the health web documents. The bivariate analysis reveals strong relations between documents' quality and a set of features (namely split content, videos, images, advertisements, English language) that are potential quality indicators. We characterized health web documents and identified specific document features that can be used to assess whether the information in such documents is trustworthy. The main contribution of this work is to provide other features as candidate indicators of quality. Non-health professionals can use these indicators in automatic and manual assessments of health content.

2018

Vineyard properties extraction combining UAS-based RGB imagery with elevation data

Authors
Padua, L; Marques, P; Hruska, J; Adao, T; Bessa, J; Sousa, A; Peres, E; Morais, R; Sousa, JJ;

Publication
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Abstract
To differentiate between canopy and vegetation cover is particularly challenging. Nonetheless, it is pivotal in obtaining the exact crops' vegetation when using remote-sensing data. In this article, a method to automatically estimate and extract vineyards' canopy is proposed. It combines vegetation indices and digital elevation models - derived from high-resolution images, acquired using unmanned aerial vehicles - to differentiate between vines' canopy and inter-row vegetation cover. This enables the extraction of relevant information from a specific vineyard plot. The proposed method was applied to data acquired from some vineyards located in Portugal's north-eastern region, and the resulting parameters were validated. It proved to be an effective method when applied with consumer-grade sensors, carried by unmanned aerial vehicles. Moreover, it also proved to be a fast and efficient way to extract vineyard information, enabling vineyard plots mapping for precision viticulture management tasks.

2018

Enhancing Indoor Smartphone Location Acquisition using Floor Plans

Authors
Rajagopal, N; Lazik, P; Pereira, N; Chayapathy, S; Sinopoli, B; Rowe, A;

Publication
2018 17TH ACM/IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION PROCESSING IN SENSOR NETWORKS (IPSN)

Abstract
Indoor localization systems typically determine a position using either ranging measurements, inertial sensors, environmental-specific signatures or some combination of all of these methods. Given a floor plan, inertial and signature-based systems can converge on accurate locations by slowly pruning away inconsistent states as a user walks through the space. In contrast, range-based systems are capable of instantly acquiring locations, but they rely on densely deployed beacons and suffer from inaccurate range measurements given non-line-of-sight (NLOS) signals. In order to get the best of both worlds, we present an approach that systematically exploits the geometry information derived from building floor plans to directly improve location acquisition in range-based systems. Our solving approach can disambiguate multiple feasible locations taking into account a mix of LOS and NLOS hypotheses to accurately localize with significantly fewer beacons. We demonstrate our geometry-aware solving approach using a new ultrasonic beacon platform that is able to perform direct time-of-flight ranges on commodity smartphones. The platform uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for time synchronization and ultrasound for measuring propagation distance. We evaluate our system's accuracy with multiple deployments in a university campus and show that our approach shifts the 80% accuracy point from 4-8m to 1m as compared to solvers that do not use the floor plan information. We are able to detect and remove NLOS signals with 91.5% accuracy.

2018

FEUP at TREC 2018 Common Core Track - Reranking for Diversity using Hypergraph-of-Entity and Document Profiling

Authors
Devezas, JL; Nunes, S; Guillén, A; Gutiérrez, Y; Muñoz, R;

Publication
Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Text REtrieval Conference, TREC 2018, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, November 14-16, 2018

Abstract

2018

Cultural heritage professionals developing digital experiences targeted at teenagers in museum settings: Lessons learned

Authors
Cesário, V; Coelho, A; Nisi, V;

Publication
Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference, HCI 2018

Abstract
Teenagers have been identified as an audience group that is often excluded from museum curatorial strategies. One strategy to counteract this problem is to involve cultural heritage professionals (CHPs) in the design process of museum based digital experiences targeted at teens. In this paper, 12 CHPs from a local natural history museum took part in a co-design activity over 20 hours, aiming to create and deploy digital tours for teenagers aged between 16-19. We present the three prototypes that derived from these design sessions. These were then tested by both 12 CHPs and 12 teenagers separately, and we report on lessons learned from the evaluation of these prototypes by both groups. © Dupré et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of British HCI 2018. Belfast, UK

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