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Smartphones [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Understanding the adoption of technologies is crucial for researchers and practitioners, as identifying key factors helps to predict and explain users' attitude towards adopting or rejecting technology. However, as smartphones are well-diffused technologies, there is contention that research efforts shift to understanding their usage comprehensively ...
Sam-Epelle, Ibelema, Appiah, Kenneth
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Measuring Saccade Latency Using Smartphone Cameras [PDF]

open access: yesIEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2020
Accurate quantification of neurodegenerative disease progression is an ongoing challenge that complicates efforts to understand and treat these conditions. Clinical studies have shown that eye movement features may serve as objective biomarkers to support diagnosis and tracking of disease progression.
Hsin-Yu Lai   +4 more
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Exploring the Dimensions of Smartphone Distraction: Development, Validation, Measurement Invariance, and Latent Mean Differences of the Smartphone Distraction Scale (SDS)

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Background: Distraction is a functional emotion regulation strategy utilized to relieve emotional distress. Within the attention economy perspective, distraction is increasingly associated with digital technology use, performance impairments and ...
Melina A. Throuvala   +5 more
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Tracheal Sounds Acquisition Using Smartphones [PDF]

open access: yesSensors, 2014
Tracheal sounds have received a lot of attention for estimating ventilation parameters in a non-invasive way. The aim of this work was to examine the feasibility of extracting accurate airflow, and automating the detection of breath-phase onset and respiratory rates all directly from tracheal sounds acquired from an acoustic microphone connected to a ...
Bersain A. Reyes   +2 more
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Examining the psychometric properties of the Smartphone Addiction Scale and its short version for use with emerging adults in the U.S

open access: yesComputers in Human Behavior Reports, 2020
The Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) and Smartphone Addiction Scale – Short Version (SAS-SV) were originally developed and validated for use with South Korean adults and adolescents respectively. Despite being frequently used in U.S.
Bethany Harris   +2 more
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Exploring the atmosphere using smartphones [PDF]

open access: yesThe Physics Teacher, 2016
The characteristics of the inner layer of the atmosphere, the troposphere, are determinant for Earth's life. In this experience we explore the first hundreds of meters using a smartphone mounted on a quadcopter. Both the altitude and the pressure are obtained using the smartphone's sensors.
Monteiro, Martín   +4 more
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Analysis of the Pre and Post-COVID-19 Lockdown Use of Smartphone Apps in Spain

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
The global pandemic of COVID-19 has changed our daily habits and has undoubtedly affected our smartphone usage time. This paper attempts to characterize the changes in the time of use of smartphones and their applications between the pre-lockdown and ...
Alberto Solano   +5 more
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Contemporary trends and ethical concerns in clinical photography in Saudi Arabia: A preliminary study

open access: yesJournal of Nature and Science of Medicine, 2022
Objectives: Medical photography is imperative for maintaining documentation of patient records and aiding in diagnosis and management, research, education, and training. Smartphones have replaced conventional photography due to their ease of availability,
Amr Jamal   +8 more
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A cross-sectional study to investigate the association between excessive smartphone use and sleep disturbances among adolescents, studying at KLE Society's Raja Lakhamagouda Science Institute, Belagavi, Karnataka, India, with a view to develop an information booklet

open access: yesIndian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU, 2019
BACKGROUND: We are in the second decade of the 21st century and technology has enveloped us in such a way that it is the technological gadgets that help us to open our eyes in the morning (i.e., alarm on a smartphone or an alarm clock), and it is the ...
Sabiyah Youssouf   +2 more
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Sedentary Behavior and Problematic Smartphone Use in Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Self-Control

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
This study investigated smartphone use characteristics including the purpose of smartphone use (i.e., leisure, learning, or work) and situational smartphone use (i.e., sitting, standing, or moving about) in Chinese adolescents.
Ming-Qiang Xiang   +6 more
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