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Notifications Efficiency, Impact, and Interference in Second-Screen Scenarios

Abreu, J.; Almeida, P.; Silva, T.; Aresta, M.

The growing use of second-screen devices stresses the importance of finding a balance between engagement, distraction, and disturbance of its users, while simultaneously watching television. In this framework, this article reports on a study designed to analyze the efficiency, impact, and interference of different notification strategies aiming to identify the best approach to be used when an alert is needed in...


A UX evaluation approach for second-screen applications

Abreu, J.; Almeida, P.; Silva, T.

Technological devices surrounding the television are changing, leading to changes in viewers’ habits and to the development of second-screen applications created to provide better TV viewing experiences. Used while watching television, the 2ndVision application presented in this paper is able to identify – through audio-fingerprint – content being displayed on the TV screen and present enhanced information on t...


+TV4E: Interactive Television as a Support to Push Information about Social Ser...

Silva, T.; Abreu, J.; Antunes, M.; Almeida, P.; Silva, V.; Santinha, G.

Ageing is a global phenomenon that in the last decades has led to a significant inversion of the ageing pyramid in the developed societies. This fact has been introducing deep changes in societies leading to increase attention towards seniors’ concerns and needs and has leverage the appearance of multiple gerontechnologies. In this context television as an enabler technology is a promising option for the elderl...


Designing a methodological process to identify the most suited recognition tech...

Silva, T.; Abreu, J.

User identification in interactive Television (iTV) is an enthusiastic research area that aims to find the most reliable and non-invasive solution allowing viewers to enjoy a truly personalized TV experience. However, usability and efficiency of recognition methods depend upon users’ cognitive and psychomotor characteristics, scenario even more complex when elderly viewers are at stake, since they present a gre...





Chronic Q fever with no elevation of inflammatory markers: a case report

Boattini, M.; Almeida, A.; Barata Moura, R.; Abreu, J.; Santos, A.S.; Rico, M.T.

Chronic q Fever with no elevation of inflammatory markers: a case report. Boattini M, Almeida A, Moura RB, Abreu J, Santos AS, Toscano Rico M. SourceDepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Marta's Hospital, 1169-024 Lisbon, Portugal. Abstract We describe the case of a 55-year-old man with a biological prosthetic aortic valve who suffered from epigastrium and right hypochondrium pain associated with intermittent ni...


Citorredução seguida de quimioperfusão intraperitoneal hipertérmica no tratamen...

Abreu, J.; Serralva, M.; Fernandes, M.; Santos, L.; Guerra, P.; Gomes, D.

Introdução: A cirurgia de citorredução seguida de quimioperfusão intraperitoneal hipertérmica (HIPEC) é uma terapêutica multimodal de doentes seleccionados com doença peritoneal maligna primária ou secundária. Ainda que promissora, esta técnica tem sido associada a taxas de morbilidade significativas, internamentos prolongados e a um risco moderado de mortalidade pós-operatória. Efectuamos um estudo prospectivo...

Date: 2008   |   Origin: Revista Portuguesa de Cirurgia

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