SmartPrompt Reminder Application Improves Everyday Task Completion and Reduces Inefficient Behaviors

Exploring everyday privacy behaviors and misclosures

Agent-Based Task Completion

This paper presents a model for solving a resource allocation problem (the ‘Screaming Generals’ problem) in which autonomous agents negotiate for use of the resources. The Screaming Generals problem is a test-bed for our ideas about task completion in a multi-agent environment with hard deadlines. Rather than analyze some specific negotiation scheme, we present a model that accepts the results ...

Eavesdropping on Character: Assessing Everyday Moral Behaviors.

Despite decades of interest in moral character, comparatively little is known about moral behavior in everyday life. This paper reports a novel method for assessing everyday moral behaviors using the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR)-a digital audio-recorder that intermittently samples snippets of ambient sounds from people's environments-and examines the stability of these moral behavior...

Substitution of inorganic fertilizers with organic manure reduces nitrate accumulation and improves quality of purslane

Growers often apply high amounts of chemical fertilizers for vegetable production and this application contributes to concerns about nitrate levels in food. An experiment was conducted to investigate soil N amendment effects for reducing the nitrate accumulation and improving the quality of fresh purslane (Portulaca ...

Developing the Medication Reminder Mobile Application “Seeb”

INTRODUCTION Today, the structure of comprehensive health care emphasizes self-care more than therapy. Medication therapy is a strong instrument for therapy received through the health setting, especially in medication area. Error in medication administration has produced different problems and they cost billions of dollars every year. Regarding mobile phone extensions, we developed a local med...