Introduction: Given to the high prevalence of  impaired vision in aging population and importance of their quality of life, this study was aimed to evaluate the association between quality of life and vision rehabilitation needs in elderly patients with low vision referring to Bu Ali Sina Hospital, Qazvin, Iran.   Methods: A total of 94 elderly patients with visual acuity less than 6/18 parti...

This paper presents a speech operated smart-home control system with a focus on users with special needs – elderly people, people suffering from blindness or low vision and people with mobility impairments. The proposed system simplifies the use of various home appliances by providing a unified speech-controlled interface and thus improves the quality of their everyday life. The paper presents ...

This paper describes how an industrial-scale real-time computing platform, namely the Honeywell TDC3000, has been incorporated into the undergraduate process control course at Arizona State University. The mixing tank dynamics and gas oil furnace control experiments described in this paper are among eleven laboratory exercises developed for this course which provide students with unique insight...

Considering that security education needs to train students to deal with security problems in real environments, we developed new media for teaching applied cryptography and network security. They permit students to gain real-life security experience from virtual laboratories on CD, DVD, or online. The application of those media is helpful to reduce investment and administration costs as well a...

Computers have entered into all walks of our life and products made by real-time technology are innumerable. Higher education institutions must see this trend and prepare their gradates to satisfy society's needs. Information Systems curriculum recommended by DPMA 1] is not adequate in this regard. In this paper, we explain our rationale in incorporating real-time systems into our information s...

In this paper we share our experiences of working with a realtime news recommendation framework with real-world user and data.