Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:22:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Glaucio Henrique Matsushita Moro.pdf: 3789930 bytes, checksum: 0aa81e3ddd3e12fcaf86dec064f1eec8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-10-15 / This essay discusses the current technology aspect and its simplification through usability techniques aiming to assist the cognitive process of divide people, focused on seniors. Believing that information technology, currently available, is not accurate for certain groups such as elderly community. Based on the hypermedia and network concept of Pierre Lévy and Lúcia Leão; the innovative precepts and poetic interface of Giselle Beiguelman, and reflections on the maturity of Vitória Kachar, develops an argument about the influence of the technology in a panorama of coexistence of different cultural environments. Proposing an interface consistent to the elderly profile, it discusses audience particularities and evaluates their relationship with the existing technological content. Considering Jakob Nielsen s usability recommendations, connects important aspects to develop a project focusing on the elderly audience, identifying the essential elements in a network environment. It analyzes case studies of sites targeted to senior people, classifying them under the criteria of understandability, and operability. Finally, it proposes alternatives for the interface and information architecture for personal computers and mobile devices, designed for the universe of senior people / A presente dissertação aborda o estado da atual tecnologia e a sua simplificação através de técnicas de usabilidade, com objetivo de facilitar o processo cognitivo de pessoas excluídas digitalmente, com um enfoque na terceira idade. Considera que as tecnologias da informação atualmente existentes são inadequadas a determinados grupos socioculturais, como o dos idosos. Tomando por base a os conceitos sobre hipermídia e rede de Pierre Lévy e Lúcia Leão; os preceitos inovadores e poéticos de interface de Giselle Beiguelman; e as reflexões sobre a maturidade de Vitória Kachar; desenvolve uma discussão sobre a influência da tecnologia num panorama de coexistência de mundos culturais distintos. Para propor uma interface condizente com o perfil dos idosos, discute as peculiaridades do público-alvo e analisa o seu relacionamento com o conteúdo tecnológico existente. Considerando recomendações de Jakob Nielsen sobre usabilidade, relaciona aspectos relevantes a serem apreciados no desenvolvimento de um projeto voltado para a terceira idade, identificando os elementos essenciais em um ambiente de navegação. Analisa, então, estudos de caso de sites direcionados à terceira idade, classificando-os sob critérios de inteligibilidade, apreensibilidade e operacionalidade. Por fim, propõe sugestões de interface e de arquitetura da informação para computadores pessoais e para aparelhos de telefonia móvel, projetadas para o universo da terceira idade

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<p>In Alzheimer association’s clinique practice, there was a need to communicate with people with mild dementia. Videophone is considered as one of the best assistive communication tool for these people since video communication is not only a tool to break an isolation caused by the disease, but also a powerful way to help people demonstrate their ideas and understand what is said in a conversation with pictures, signs and body language. Therefore, an easy-to-use videophone for people with mild dementia is needed.</p><p>The goal of this master thesis is to design a graphical user interface (GUI) of an easy-to-use videophone for people with mild dementia according to their characteristics and difficulties of using everyday technology. User centered design (UCD) was used in the design. To get familiar with the user, literature research was conducted before design.</p><p>Low-fidelity prototype was created. With the help of Karolinska institute’ research group on people with dementia, the prototype was refined twice. Based on the refined low-fidelity prototype, an interactive prototype with navigation, sound and animation effect was created. A usability testing was conducted on older adults with this interactive prototype.</p><p>In addition to the GUI of functions for people with mild dementia, GUI of functions for other care givers was also created and presented in this master thesis.</p>

This thesis is devoted to the study of a deformable material interface between two immiscible moving media, both of them being magnetizable. The first part concerns the establishment of a complete set of dynamical equations allowing a complete description of the non equilibrium phenomena including a coupling between the internal angular momentum and the electromagnetic field. The effects of the relaxation processes are also discussed. We show that the deformation of the interface introduces a nonlinear term, proportional to the mean curvature, in the surface dynamical equations of mass momentum and angular momentum. That term intervenes also in the singular magnetic and electric fields inside the interface which lead to the influence of currents and charge densities at the interface. In a second part, we give the expression for the entropy production inside the interface as well as in the bulk phase. Using the general principles of non equilibrium thermodynamics, we compute the different thermodynamical fluxes.

In Alzheimer association’s clinique practice, there was a need to communicate with people with mild dementia. Videophone is considered as one of the best assistive communication tool for these people since video communication is not only a tool to break an isolation caused by the disease, but also a powerful way to help people demonstrate their ideas and understand what is said in a conversation with pictures, signs and body language. Therefore, an easy-to-use videophone for people with mild dementia is needed. The goal of this master thesis is to design a graphical user interface (GUI) of an easy-to-use videophone for people with mild dementia according to their characteristics and difficulties of using everyday technology. User centered design (UCD) was used in the design. To get familiar with the user, literature research was conducted before design. Low-fidelity prototype was created. With the help of Karolinska institute’ research group on people with dementia, the prototype was refined twice. Based on the refined low-fidelity prototype, an interactive prototype with navigation, sound and animation effect was created. A usability testing was conducted on older adults with this interactive prototype. In addition to the GUI of functions for people with mild dementia, GUI of functions for other care givers was also created and presented in this master thesis.