A fila de espera nas unidades de pronto-atendimento pediátrico é um problema constante em diversos hospitais do Brasil. A introdução de novas tecnologias pode contribuir para a gestão dessa fila. No entanto, inexistem pesquisas de aplicativos que abordem esse problema. Neste estudo foram desenvolvidas duas atividades principais e relacionadas, mas independentes. A primeira foi o desenvolvimento de um aplicativo multiplataforma para dispositivos móveis, visando à diminuição da fila de espera no pronto-atendimento pediátrico de um grande hospital de Curitiba. A adoção de um modelo de sistema de pré-reserva ou check-in permitiu que o aplicativo indicasse os horários de menor frequência para utilização do pronto atendimento, sem descaracterizá-lo como pronto atendimento. Em outras palavras, o sistema busca melhorar o funcionamento do pronto atendimento sem torná-lo um sistema de agendamento de consultas eletivas. O aplicativo possui três principais funcionalidades: apresentação do número de crianças aguardando atendimento, apresentação do tempo estimado de espera para uma consulta e o sistema de checkin para a fila de espera. Durante o período de 90 dias de avaliação do protótipo foram realizados 2.835 downloads e instalações em dispositivos móveis com 35.811 acessos registrados. A segunda atividade foi a análise dos resultados e efeitos da utilização do sistema de check-in na fila de espera do pronto-atendimento pediátrico. O aplicativo propõe um horário mais adequado para o usuário ir ao hospital, minimizando o risco de ocorrência de eventos adversos. Foram obtidas e analisadas 129 observações completas de pacientes que utilizaram a função de check-in. O levantamento de dados relacionou a quantidade de pacientes aguardando na fila de espera por três perspectivas de tempo, considerando o tempo real de espera no momento do check-in do usuário no aplicativo, em comparação, ao tempo de espera deste usuário com o horário de agendamento gerado pelo aplicativo, assim como ao tempo de espera de sua entrada/chegada real ao hospital. Para verificação do resultado das comparações dos tempos foi adotado o método estatístico de análises temporais. Nas 129 observações de pacientes que utilizaram o check-in, os resultados demonstraram que em média os pacientes aguardaram atendimento por 19,24 minutos em comparação ao resultado do tempo médio 127,8 minutos de espera na fila dos pacientes que não utilizaram o aplicativo em seus atendimentos. O método proposto de check-in apresentou índices de melhora na redução do tempo de espera dos pais que utilizaram o aplicativo em comparação aos demais pais, indicando que ele pode ser usado para contribuir na gestão da fila de espera do pronto atendimento pediátrico. / Waiting queues in pediatric emergency unit are a constant problem in many hospitals in Brazil. The introduction of new technologies can contribute to the management of the queues. However, research about mobile applications to that address this problem was not identified. The present study developed two main activities that are related but independent. The first was the development of a cross-platform mobile application aimed at reducing the waiting queue in the pediatric emergency room of a major hospital in Curitiba. Using a pre-booking/check-in model, the application indicates time slots when the flux of patients is low in the emergency room. The model sought to achieve a balance between demand of treatment and hosting capacity that would help manage overcrowding and maintain the responsiveness in the service. The mobile application has three main features: to show the number of children that are waiting for care, to present the estimated waiting time for an appointment and a check-in system for the queue. During the 90-day evaluation of the prototype, 2,835 downloads and installations on mobile devices were carried out with 35,811 registered accesses. The second activity was the analysis of the effects of the check-in system use in the pediatric emergency department queue. The application proposes a time slot with fewer patients in the queue for the user, minimizing the risk of adverse events. 129 complete observations of patients who used the check-in function were obtained. The data related to three types of patients’ waiting times in queue were analyzed: the real waiting time in the room considering the check time in the application, the waiting time considering the scheduled time generated by the application, and the waiting time considering the actual arrival time at the hospital. To analyze the results, the three types of waiting times were compared using the statistical method of analysis time. In the 129 observations of patients who used the check-in, the analysis showed that on average, patients waited for care 19.24 minutes compared to the average time 127.8 minutes of waiting in the queue for patients who do not used the application. The proposed method of check-in reduced the waiting time for parents who used the application in comparison to other parents, indicating that it could be used to contribute to the management of the overcrowding in pediatric emergency unit.

The experience of living as HIV positive constitutes a mixture of social phenomenon which affects individuals in various ways diverging between countries and regions of the world. The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate how gay men in Sweden’s larger urban cities experience living with the disease, focusing on social exclusion, disclosure decisions and social relations. Using phenomenology, textual data was analysed from in-depth interviews with 14 HIV positive gay men. This research proves that stigma associated with HIV is a major stressor for the individuals serving as a barrier affecting their quality of life. The prevalence of stigma manifests itself via personalised, disclosure decisions, fear, and environmental attitude. Social exclusion was experienced due to being HIV positive and various factors impact disclose decisions, such as second disclosure. Stigma was especially experienced via online communication on dating apps such as Grindr, making it more difficult for the participants to make new connections. A structural change in how gay men have sex has been noticed in line with advancement in medicines, resulting in an increased engagement in unprotected sex. Findings also suggest divided opinions about the obligation to inform while agreeing that the law needs to be modified.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The Brazilian Northeastern Semi - arid during its occupation process was a region of stimulated economic value at the height of cattle breeding and also for its fertile lands, in which urban clusters formed, most of them close to intermittent rivers and streams.With the population densification in the urban nuclei resulted in the search for other places, and the settlement extended to the vast lands that sheltered the interior of these cities, mainly in the areas surrounded by isolated mountain ranges, known as upland forest, endowed with more humid climate, Lush forest and rising springs. Thus, they became favorable environments to the detriment of the natural system, by the continuous use of water, of its natural sources. It is known that the semi-arid region in the Northeast of Brazil suffers from water deficiency, where it is supplied by its hydrographic basins, whose sources are considered by law, permanent preservation areas - APP'S, and aim to establish the continuous sustenance of water supply. The current research seeks to analyze the socioenvironmental dynamics of the springs in Poço das Trincheiras, semi - arid region of Alagoas, with the spatial cut of the research in Serra do Poço, classified as an montane wet forest and due to environmental conditions, Thus forming the Serra do Poço Village. The municipality integrates the hydrographical region of the São Francisco River, and is drained by the sub - basins of the Rio Ipanema, Capiá and Riacho Grande. Poço das Trincheiras is bathed by intermittent rivers, but with many natural sources or watery eyes that originate on the mountains, coming from the outcrop of groundwater. Due to the water stresses and climatic anomalies faced by the living in the backlands, the springs are primordial sources of utilization of the population to overcome problems related to water scarcity, thus establishing a direct relationship between society and nature. For this, the developed research was outlined, starting from the systemic approach, having as category of geographic analysis the landscape. The methodological procedures consist of: bibliographic research, documentary research, experimental research and data treatment. A theoretical reference was made on the theme, later an integrated analysis of the landscape through the characterization of the environmental and socioeconomic constraints of the study area and, finally, the study of these sources. Finally, it is concluded that the springs areas protected by law evidenced in the municipality, especially in the Serra do Poço Village, are in small rural properties, totaling 12 (twelve), serving as local use for the community, whether in the cultivation of subsistence or watering of animals, some disturbed, others degraded by anthropic actions, but that there is no type of inspection or applicability of the legislation in the area. / O Semiárido nordestino brasileiro, durante o seu processo de ocupação, foi uma região de estimulado valor econômico no auge da criação bovina e também por suas terras férteis, nas quais se formaram aglomerados urbanos, a maioria próxima aos rios e riachos intermitentes. O adensamento populacional nos núcleos urbanos resultou na procura de outros locais, sendo que o povoamento se estendeu pelas vastas terras que abrigavam o interior dessas cidades, principalmente para áreas circundadas por serras isoladas, conhecidas como brejos de altitude, dotadas de clima mais úmido, mata exuberante e afloramento de nascentes. Assim, tornaram-se ambientes favoráveis, em face do sistema natural e do uso contínuo de água de suas fontes naturais. Sabe-se que a região semiárida, no Nordeste do Brasil, sofre com a insuficiência hídrica, que é suprida por suas bacias hidrográficas, cujas nascentes são consideradas por lei áreas de preservação permanente – APP’S – e visam a estabelecer o sustento contínuo do fornecimento de água. A pesquisa vigente busca em seu objetivo geral analisar a dinâmica socioambiental das nascentes em Poço das Trincheiras, no semiárido alagoano, sendo o recorte espacial da pesquisa situado em Serra do Poço, classificada como um brejo de altitude que, devido às condições ambientais, foi ocupada, formando assim o Povoado Serra do Poço. O município integra a região hidrográfica do rio São Francisco e é drenado pelas sub-bacias dos rios Ipanema, Capiá e Riacho Grande. Poço das Trincheiras é banhado por rios intermitentes, mas com muitas fontes naturais ou olhos d’água que se originam sobre as serras, provenientes do afloramento das águas subterrâneas. Devido aos estresses hídricos e às anomalias climáticas enfrentados pelos viventes dos sertões, as nascentes são fontes primordiais de utilização da população para vencer problemas relacionados à escassez de água, estabelecendo assim uma relação direta entre sociedade e natureza. Diante disso, a pesquisa desenvolvida delineou-se a partir da abordagem sistêmica, tendo como categoria de análise geográfica a paisagem. Quanto aos procedimentos metodológicos utilizados, eles consistiram em: pesquisa bibliográfica, pesquisa documental, pesquisa experimental e tratamento dos dados. Realizou-se um levantamento teórico acerca da temática, posteriormente fez-se uma análise integrada da paisagem através da caracterização dos condicionantes ambientais e socioeconômicos da área de estudo e, por fim, procedeu-se ao estudo dessas nascentes. Enfim, conclui-se que as nascentes, áreas protegidas por lei, evidenciadas no município, em especial no Povoado Serra do Poço, encontram-se em pequenas propriedades rurais, totalizando 12 (doze), servindo de uso local para a comunidade, seja no cultivo de subsistência ou na dessedentação de animais; verificou-se ainda que algumas são perturbadas e outras são degradadas pelas ações antrópicas, mas não existe nenhum tipo de fiscalização e nem aplicabilidade da legislação na área. / São Cristóvão, SE

Since the emergence of the environmental consciousness as a result of increased pressure from environmentalists who fight against the overuse of natural resources, sustainable development has become a major challenge since the twentieth century. As a means to ensure sustainable development, Brazil has been developing environmental policies which have instruments such the environmental licensing. The shrimp farming is an activity which has polluting potential, therefore to be developed within the law it has to go through the licensing process. At São Cristóvão municipality, Sergipe State, shrimp farm has been developed mostly by smallholders in Permanent Preservation Areas. Due to the location of aquaculture estuarine ponds that have existed for about 200 years, those shrimp ponds do not have licensing and, if on the one hand, closing those ponds would be ideal under the environmental point of view, it would also be responsible for an enormous negative socioeconomic impact to the actors involved in this activity. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate sustainability in social, economic and ecological dimensions of marine shrimp farm in São Cristóvão, through the use of indicators based on the methodology Framework for Assessment Systems Natural Resources Management Incorporating Sustainability Indicators (MESMIS). At the study literature searches were performed in addition to query a database of the Study Group on Aquaculture and Sustainability (GEAS), which provided data about shrimp farmers and actors involved in the activity. 30 indicators were selected and it was observed that the economic dimension obtained the highest level of sustainability (86.04%), followed by social dimension (80.37%) and ecological dimension (67.78%), respectively. The general index found for the shrimp farms studied in São Cristóvão was 78.06%, confirming the hypothesis that the local marine shrimp farms are sustainable considering the economic, social and ecological dimensions. However, more studies are needed in order to deepen the knowledge about sustainability in the study area. / A partir do surgimento de uma consciência ambiental, fruto de maior pressão dos ambientalistas que combatem o uso exagerado dos recursos naturais, o desenvolvimento sustentável tornou-se um grande desafio desde o século XX. Como forma de garantir o desenvolvimento sustentável, o Brasil vem criando políticas ambientais que dispõem de instrumentos como o licenciamento ambiental. A carcinicultura, criação de camarão que possui potencial poluidor, para ser desenvolvida dentro da legalidade, precisa passar pelo processo de licenciamento. Em São Cristóvão, Sergipe, essa atividade é desenvolvida, em sua maioria, por produtores familiares em Áreas de Preservação Permanente. Devido à localização, esses viveiros, que existem há cerca de 200 anos, não possuem licenciamento e, se por um lado, o fechamento desses viveiros seria ideal do ponto de vista ambiental, também seria responsável por um enorme impacto socioeconômico aos atores sociais envolvidos na atividade. Diante disto, este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a sustentabilidade nas dimensões social, econômica e ecológica de carciniculturas em São Cristóvão, através de indicadores, utilizando uma adaptação da metodologia Marco para Avaliação de Sistemas de Manejo de Recursos Naturais Incorporando Indicadores de Sustentabilidade (MESMIS). Para isso foram realizadas pesquisas bibliográficas, além de consulta a um banco de dados do Grupo de Estudos sobre Aquicultura e Sustentabilidade (GEAS), que forneceu dados dos produtores e atores sociais envolvidos na atividade. Foram selecionados 30 indicadores e observou-se que a dimensão econômica obteve maior nível de sustentabilidade (86,04%), seguida pela dimensão social (80,37%) e ecológica (67,78%), respectivamente. O índice geral das carciniculturas estudadas em São Cristóvão foi de 78.06%, confirmando a hipótese de que a produção de camarão marinho no município, avaliada nas dimensões social econômica e ecológica é potencialmente sustentável. Porém, mais estudos são necessários a fim de aprofundar o conhecimento sobre a sustentabilidade nessas áreas.

The aim of the present study was to find out what qualities teachers look for in apps for reading development, what qualities researchers think an app should possess, and whether the apps that teachers use have these qualities. To achieve this purpose, teachers in grades 1–3 were asked to complete a questionnaire and three educational apps were analysed with the aid of questions based on Sjödén’s (2015) dissertation “What makes good educational software?” The questions were used to study the contexts representation, interaction and social positioning. The results of the study showed that the three most desirable qualities in an educational app are that it should motivate pupils, that it should be linked to the learning goals, and that it should give pupils an opportunity to work independently. The analysis showed that the three most frequently used apps had the qualities that the teachers considered most significant and also the qualities that research has found essential in an educational app. The apps mostly elicited positive responses to the analysis questions, but there were defects in the concretizing potential of the apps, and none of them enabled social interaction through the assumption of character roles. The conclusions show that, despite the qualities of the apps, the teacher is indispensable in the teaching of reading with apps, and to choose a good educational app teachers should use the analysis in the study as a foundation but also integrate their own experience of teaching.

Being physically active plays an essential role in ensuring good health and well-being. Motivation is a key factor for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and together with the help of today’s modern technology, facilitating new innovative approaches has made it easier to motivate people towards regular physical activity. This study aims to examine how a training application can increase motivation and how behavioral change occurs when using a training application. Qualitative data collection methods such as interviews and observations have been used in this study. The results show that the training applications ability to motivate varies, and there is a vast interest in taking part of the statistical results and having control over personal developments. / Fysisk aktivitet är en viktig roll för att kunna säkerställa god hälsa och välmående. Motivation är en nyckel faktor för att upprätthålla en hälsosamlivsstil. Tillsammans med dagens moderna teknik har det utvecklats nya innovativa tillvägagångssätt för att motivera människan till regelbunden fysisk aktivitet. Denna studie undersöker hur en träningsapplikation kan bidra till ökad motivation och hur beteendeförändring förekommer vid användning av en träningsapplikation. Kvalitativa datainsamlingsmetoder såsom intervjuer och observationer har använts i denna studie. Resultatet visar att träningsapplikationens förmåga att motivera varierar beroende på användare. Det finns även ett stort intresse att kunna ta del av slutresultat och ha kontroll över den personliga utvecklingen.

Syftet med denna studie är att beskriva barn och föräldrars upplevelse av att spela PokémonGo, samt att redogöra vilka komponenter som motiverar till fysisk aktivitet. Genom enkvalitativ metod med latent ansats utfördes fyra stycken intervjuer med hälsopromotion ifokus. Urvalet av informanter varierade i ålder 7-12 år och var av båda könen samt minst endeltagande förälder. Dataanalysen tillät oss att göra en latent tolkning genom eninnehållsanalys vilket resulterade i följande huvudtema: Pokémon Go bidrar till ökad fysiskaktivitet samt gemenskap med vänner och familj. Resultatet visade att informanterna genomPokémon Go skapat en ny attityd gentemot fysisk aktivitet och att Pokémon Go som appöppnat upp möjligheten till gemenskap och att fysisk aktivitet är roligt. Vi hoppas att meddenna studie kunna bidra till framtida forskning för att integrera interaktiva appar såsomPokémon Go som visat positiva effekter på ungas fysiska aktivitet och hälsa. / The purpose of this study is to describe children and parents experience of playing PokémonGo, as well as explaining what components motivate to physical activity. Through aqualitative approach, four interviews were conducted with health promotion in focus. Theselection of informants varied between the ages of 7-12 and was of both sexes and at least oneparent. Data analysis allowed us to make a latent interpretation through a content analysiswhich resulted in the following main themes: Pokémon Go contributes to increased physicalactivity and community with friends and family. The result showed that the Pokémon Goinformants created a new attitude towards physical activity and that Pokémon Go as appopened up the possibility of community and physical activity is fun. We hope that this studywill contribute to future research to integrate interactive apps such as Pokémon Go, whichshowed positive effects on young people's physical activity and health.

Social networks are popular platforms that simplify user interaction and encourage collaboration. They collect large amounts of media from their users, often reported from mobile devices. The value and impact of social media makes it however an attractive attack target. In this thesis, we focus on the following social media vulnerabilities. First, review centered social networks such as Yelp and Google Play have been shown to be the targets of significant search rank and malware proliferation attacks. Detecting fraudulent behaviors is thus paramount to prevent not only public opinion bias, but also to curb the distribution of malware. Second, the increasing use of mobile visual data in news networks, authentication and banking applications, raises questions of its integrity and credibility. Third, through proof-of- concept implementations, we show that data reported from wearable personal trackers is vulnerable to a wide range of security and privacy attacks, while off-the-shelves security solutions do not port gracefully to the constraints introduced by trackers. In this thesis we propose novel solutions to address these problems. First, we introduce Marco, a system that leverages the wealth of spatial, temporal and network information gleaned from Yelp, to detect venues whose ratings are impacted by fraudulent reviews. Second, we propose FairPlay, a system that correlates review activities, linguistic and behavioral signals gleaned from longitudinal app data, to identify not only search rank fraud but also malware in Google Play, the most popular Android app market. Third, we describe Movee, a motion sensor based video liveness verification system, that analyzes the consistency between the motion inferred from the simultaneously and independently captured camera and inertial sensor streams. Finally, we devise SensCrypt, an efficient and secure data storage and communication protocol for affordable and lightweight personal trackers. We provide the correctness and efficacy of our solutions through a detailed theoretic and experimental analysis.

Diploma thesis deals with mobile applications for policyholders in the segment of general insurance. Aims of thesis are to create an analysis of existing applications on market in the Czech Republic, reveal their shortcomings, design a new application and then create it and make it available for policyholders of all insurers. The first chapter of thesis contains definition of basic terms that are used later in text. Analysis of existing applications is the content of second chapter. It is based on examination of functions of existing applications and the reviews from users and experts. Design of the new application is described in chapter three and is included as a runnable HTML prototype on the attached disk. Description of implemented application is included in the next part of the third chapter and application itself is available for download from Google Play and can also be found on the attached disk. The main benefits of thesis are the analysis of mobile insurance applications market, the new application available for all policyholders, and some recommendations resulting from re-search for companies intending to produce their own application.

Impulse purchases on mobile applications are an important source of income for clothing companies in today's society. Thoughtful store communication on shopping apps is therefore necessary in the competitive clothing industry. Environmental elements are various communication tools in online visual merchandising (OVM) which have a great influence on consumers' purchasing behavior but whose impact on impulse purchases separately has not yet been explored. The purpose of the study is therefore to elucidate which environmental elements stimulate impulse buying behavior online on mobile shopping apps in the clothing industry. To investigate this, a qualitative study was conducted in the form of semi-structured interviews. According to the study, all environmental elements besides audio on video stimulate online impulse buying behavior on mobile shopping apps within the clothing industry. However, certain conditions exist for the execution of these environmental elements for this stimulus to occur. The study's results therefore show a problem that exists in securing which environmental elements stimulate impulse buying behavior when there are many embodiments of environmental elements that are experienced in different ways depending on who is exposed to them that causes an element to be able to stimulate but also prevent impulse purchases depending on this. / Försäljning genom impulsköp via mobilappar är en viktig inkomstkälla för klädföretag i dagens samhälle. Behovet av genomtänkt butikskommunikation på shoppingappar är därför stort i den konkurrenssatta klädbranschen. Miljömässiga element är olika kommunikationsredskap inom online visual merchandising (OVM) som har stort inflytande på konsumenters köpbeteende men vars påverkan på impulsköp var för sig ännu inte har utforskats. Syftet med studien är därför att belysa vilka miljömässiga element som stimulerar impulsköpbeteende online på mobila shoppingappar inom klädbranschen.  För att undersöka detta har en kvalitativ studie genomförts i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Enligt gällande studie stimulerar alla miljömässiga element förutom ljud till video till impulsköpbeteende online på mobila shoppingappar inom klädbranschen. Dock förekommer vissa premisser för utförandet av dessa miljömässiga element för att denna stimulans ska ske. Studiens resultat visar således en problematik som förekommer vid säkerställandet av vilka miljömässiga element som stimulerar till impulsköpbeteende då det förekommer många utföranden av miljömässiga element, som i sin tur upplevs på olika vis beroende på vem som exponeras för dem att det gör att ett element många gånger verkar kunna stimulera men också förhindra impulsköp beroende av detta.