New Information and Communication Technologies for climate services: Evidence from farmers in Ada East District, Ghana by Rebecca Sarku, Famous Addi, Emmanuel M.N.A.N. Attoh

“…This includes enhancing internet connectivity in rural areas, promoting the adoption of smartphones, and improving mobile network coverage. …”
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Predicting real-world navigation performance from a virtual navigation task in older adults. by Sarah Goodroe, Pablo Fernandez Velasco, Christoffer J Gahnstrom, Jan Wiener, Antoine Coutrot, Michael Hornberger, Hugo J Spiers

“…Virtual reality environments presented on tablets and smartphones offer a novel way of measuring navigation skill and predicting real-world navigation problems. …”
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YOUTH INITIATIVES IN TOURISM IN THE ERA OF DIGITALIZATION AND PANDEMIC by N. A. Zamyatina, A. V. Zbarskaya

“…This article considers the perception of the tourist region by the young generation of the era of smartphones and social networks and sets objectives of adapting tourism in the world of VUCA – a world of instability, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. …”
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Going cold turkey!: An autoethnographic exploration of digital disengagement by Ghita Cristina, Thorén Claes

“…Drawing on a new materialist perspective, we present a content analysis of dumbphones’ advertising material, followed by a collaborative autoethnographic study in which we replace our smartphones with dumbphones. We critically weigh the promises of the dumbphones against the actual experience of digital disengagement in Sweden. …”
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Teknologi Elektronis Pengkajian Nyeri Kronis pada Anak-anak dan Remaja by Dwi Novrianda

“…One method of assessment of chronic pain in children and adolescents that can be applied in clinical practice is the use of electronic pain diary that combines handheld hardware technology advances such as smartphones and PDAs with pain assessment software program innovations that have proven their quality index. …”
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Pesticide Safety Miniposter: Protecting Yourself by Rebecca W. Baldwin, Stephanie K. Larrick Hill, Philip Koehler, W. Walker, J. C. Medley

“…There is a wide array of examples of PPE on the poster, with quick response (QR) codes that direct smartphones to short, online videos explaining PPE for each area of the body (head, eyes, face, mouth, hands and arms, torso, and feet). …”
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Automated Diagnosis of Skin Cancer. by Nyiramugisha, Shallon, Nuwahereza, Godfrey

“…First, we introduce a new dataset composed of clinical images, collected using smartphones, and clinical data related to the patient. …”
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Tangible digital storytelling and phygital reality: benefits for inclusion and cooperation in young children by Pasqualotto Angela, Filosofi Fabio

“…Gaming and educational opportunities have expanded because of the development of tablets and smartphones. Teachers have the opportunity to combine physical and electronic objects when creating education materials, so they are not confined to the use of traditional physical objects. …”
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Motorcycle Parking Security System based on Website and QR Code Technology by Riva Andra Yuni, Werman Kasoep, Desta Yolanda

“…The system uses a website accessible via smartphones using QR code. Users scan the provided QR code to access the website, where they will be prompted to enter a password that functions as a controller for the locking and unlocking process of the motorcycle's front wheel using a servo motor. …”
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Creating vector profile graph in ArcGIS Pro based on hiking trail tracking with AllTrails app by Klemen Prah

“…This study also points out the issues of positional error that can occur when tracking routes with smartphones, and the discrepancies in creating vector profile graphs using different approaches. …”
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Bildung through social media by Michael Paulsen, Jesper Tække

“…After computers, wireless networks and smartphones has entered the scene we see teaching taking place in communicatively open classrooms with possibilities of interactional contact with “outsiders.” …”
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A privacy-preserving collaborative reputation system for mobile crowdsensing by Bayan Hashr Alamri, Muhammad Mostafa Monowar, Suhair Alshehri

“…This technology enables a broad range of sensing applications by utilizing smartphones and tablets worldwide to improve people’s quality of life. …”
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The “Daily Digital”: (Re)imagining Technology in Home-Based Women’s Gig Work in Egypt. by Laila Mourad

“…In Egypt, where more than 50 per cent of women’s enterprises are home-based, digital tools such as smartphones and social media are integral to managing informal labour practices. …”
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PHUBBING BEHAVIOR IN THE QUR’AN: A THEMATIC STUDY OF THE OPINIONS OF INDONESIAN MUFASSIR by Alisa Aura Zanuba, Musolli Musolli

“…Phubbing, or phone snubbing, is a detrimental activity where individuals ignore their conversation partners and focus more on their handheld smartphones. This study aims to explore a profound understanding of phubbing behavior in the context of the Qur’an and to determine the Qur’an’s perspective on phubbing behavior. …”
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Which country recorded the highest digital penetration in 2022-2023? by Aharon Kellerman

“…The 2023 data for Internet penetration, for the adoption of smartphones, as well as for the penetration levels for the leading networking platforms (Facebook, Twitter (X), WhatsApp, Instagram, and TikTok) all reveal similar trends: high penetration levels typified both developing and developed countries and small, and usually wealthy, countries achieved the highest penetration scores worldwide. …”
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Comparing self reported and physiological sleep quality from consumer devices to depression and neurocognitive performance by Samir Akre, Zachary D. Cohen, Amelia Welborn, Tomislav D. Zbozinek, Brunilda Balliu, Michelle G. Craske, Alex A. T. Bui

“…Using data from 249 participants with medium to severe depression monitored over 13 weeks, sleep quality was assessed via retrospective self-report and physiological measures from consumer smartphones and smartwatches. Correlations between self-reported and physiological sleep measures were generally weak. …”
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Multimodal Adaptive Identity-Recognition Algorithm Fused with Gait Perception by Changjie Wang, Zhihua Li, Benjamin Sarpong

“…First, in combination with the collected gait information of individuals from triaxial accelerometers on smartphones, the collected information is preprocessed, and multimodal fusion is used with the existing standard datasets to yield a multimodal synthetic dataset; then, with the multimodal characteristics of the collected biological gait information, a Convolutional Neural Network based Gait Recognition (CNN-GR) model and the related scheme for the multimodal features are developed; at last, regarding the proposed CNN-GR model and scheme, a unimodal gait feature identity single-gait feature identification algorithm and a multimodal gait feature fusion identity multimodal gait information algorithm are proposed. …”
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Assessment of Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: From the Consensus Conference-Derived Scales to Remote Digital Phenotyping by Armida Mucci, Stefan Leucht, Giulia M. Giordano, Luigi Giuliani, Sophia Wehr, Lucia Weigel, Silvana Galderisi

“…Complementing these traditional methods, remote digital phenotyping offers a novel approach by leveraging smartphones and wearable technology to capture real-time, high-resolution clinical data. …”
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Spread and Control of Mobile Benign Worm Based on Two-Stage Repairing Mechanism by Meng Wang, Zhide Chen, Li Xu, Huan Zhan

“…Both in traditional social network and in mobile network environment, the worm is a serious threat, and this threat is growing all the time. Mobile smartphones generally promote the development of mobile network. …”
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Removing Barriers to Promote Social Computing among Senior Population by Isabel Marcelino, Rosalía Laza, Florentino Fdez-Riverola, António Pereira

“…Smartphones and tablets proliferation enabled by accessible prices and also by the inclusion of sensing abilities promotes their use in several areas, such as healthcare. …”
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