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Strategies to design for dynamic usability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Since usability is a property of the interaction between a product, a user and the task that he or she is trying to complete [6], a product’s usability can vary when it is used in varying use situations. We define this as dynamic usability. This study is
Bijl-Brouwer, Mieke van der   +1 more
core   +9 more sources

Heuristic usability evaluation on games: a modular approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Heuristic evaluation is the preferred method to assess usability in games when experts conduct this evaluation. Many heuristics guidelines have been proposed attending to specificities of games but they only focus on specific subsets of games or ...
Cascado Caballero, Daniel   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The Usability of Usability Guidelines

open access: yesProceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group: Design: Open 24/7, 2009
This paper is challenging the usability of traditional usability guidelines. The claim is that guideline descriptions and explanations are not satisfactory. Analysis results demonstrate vagueness and are ambiguous in explanation. The aim of the paper is to propose a set of principles (meta-guidelines) to be used for improving the usability of ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Understanding spatial data usability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
In recent geographical information science literature, a number of researchers have made passing reference to an apparently new characteristic of spatial data known as 'usability'.
Bregt, A.K., Hunter, G.J., Wachowicz, M.
core   +3 more sources

Usability engineering for GIS: learning from a screenshot [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In this paper, the focus is on the concept of Usability Engineering for GIS – a set of techniques and methods that are especially suitable for evaluating the usability of GIS applications – which can be deployed as part of the development process.
Haklay, M., Zafiri, A.
core   +1 more source

Secure E-Mail System Using S/Mime and Ib-Pkc [PDF]

open access: yesEngineering and Technology Journal, 2007
Although e-mail security solutions have been introduced formore than two decades, most of the e-mail messages are sent nowadayswithout being secured by any of these techniques.
Sufyan Faraj, Mohammed Ibrahem
doaj   +1 more source

From Playability to a Hierarchical Game Usability Model

open access: yes, 2009
This paper presents a brief review of current game usability models. This leads to the conception of a high-level game development-centered usability model that integrates current usability approaches in game industry and game research.Comment: 2 pages ...
Nacke, Lennart E.
core   +1 more source

Usability vulnerabilities of elderly adults in at-home COVID-19 self-test kits: findings from a South Korea usability study

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background The COVID-19 pandemic led to the widespread adoption of at-home COVID-19 self-test kits as accessible alternatives to clinical diagnostics. However, laypersons may have a limited understanding of use-related risk when operating these devices ...
Hyeong-Guk Son   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross- & multi-lingual medication detection: a transformer-based analysis

open access: yesBMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Extracting specific information, such as medication mentions, from large unstructured medical texts can be challenging, especially when no annotated corpus exists in the target language for training. To overcome this, leveraging existing machine learning
Lisa Raithel   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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