The aim of the Project is to develop a Virtual Platform of e -Learning using New Technologies, offering a qualityeducation and a social inter-relationship with resident children and their educational centers, colleagues, etc. Children that reside in hospitals have a mayor predisposition towards school failure because, among other reasons, they are somehow excluded from their natural environment...

Introduction: Leisure activities are common among the elderly, however the effect of such activities on their mental health is poorly defined and not underpinned by strong evidence. This study aims to determine the prevalence of leisure activities and its relation to mental health in the elderly. Methods: A cross- sectional study was conducted and 400 community dwelling older adults 60 yea...

Interactive Television (ITV) applications gratify entertainment needs and leisure activities in a relaxed domestic context. Then, the mentality of efficiency and task completion implied by many user interface heuristics may not be suitable for design and expert evaluation of ITV. In line with the contemporary movement towards the design of the user experience of computing systems, a set of desi...

Games are an integral part of the human experience. Starting in our childhood and continuing through our lives they teach us about the world through the concepts of rules, strategies, and outcomes. They help prepare us for our future, provide entertainment, bring us together socially, and give us people to cheer for—making ordinary people heroes for a moment. Digital games build on centuries of...

This article develops an understanding of the governance of urban nightlife. The starting point is that a night out in the post-industrial, consumptionoriented city is as much about issues of economic development and creativity as it is about ‘law and order’ and ‘social control’. Further, a number of groups often with conflicting interests, such as the local state, police, licensing magistrates...

Entertainment computing is central to the leisure activities of many Americans, with a remarkable array of choices now available to the average person. Video and computer games, in particular violent games, are especially popular, even with relatively young children. With this popularity, concern has been raised about possible unintended consequences of participation in interactive violence. De...

Transcarpathia is the richest region of Ukraine in terms of natural sights, historical, and cultural places to visit, which can therefore due to its territorial endowments provide several opportunities for entertainment, leisure and recreation to its visitors. Only the Crimean region with its seashore can precede this territory but only in the summertime if comparing the number of foreigners vi...

Currently there are three categories of humanoid robots available: Professional humanoid robots developed by large companies with a huge amount of research resources. They are expensive and not available on the market. Research humanoid robots: The robots in this category are usually prototypes developed by scientists to implement and test new ideas. Humanoid “Toy” robots: There are a lot of hu...

Most people have certain acceptance of daily travel distance, which determines where they choose to live, to work, and to go for leisure. Such information is an important input for facility location-allocation, urban planning and transport management. Therefore, daily commuting distance has been adopted as an indicator to measure the distance acceptance, the rationality of land use structure, a...