Art museum curators and educators worked closely together to develop Points qf' Departure, an exhibition in which artworks and educational media were seamlessly integrated. Four multimedia prototypes were developed and deployed i n the galleries: interactive .srnurt taDle,s featuring curatorial video introductions to each of the six exhibition themes; handheld iPAQ Gallery E,xplorer PDAs displa...

In this work we introduce a hardware-validated simulation model for the exploration of real-time multimedia systems, where system components are modeled as interacting generalized semi-Markov processes (GSMPs). We apply the simulation model to explore the design space of a mobile client accessing streaming data through a wireless network. The model has been characterized and validated against p...

We describe the architecture of iPOS (short for iPAQ Positioning System), a fault-tolerant and adaptive self-positioning system with quality-of-service guarantees for resource-limited mobile devices. The architecture is based on a novel sensor modelling technique in combination with a probabilistic data-fusion engine, which is capable of efficiently combining the location information obtained f...

Vehicles are part of people’s life in modern society, into which more and more high-tech devices are integrated. A common platform for inter-vehicle communication is necessary to realize an intelligent transportation system supporting safe driving, dynamic route scheduling, emergency message dissemination, traffic condition monitoring, etc. TrafficView, which is a part of the e-Road project, de...

Purpose: To translate and cross-culturally adapt the Turkish version of EHIS-PAQ to evaluate its reliability validity in young adults.
 Methods: A total 431 adults were assessed with International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF). One week later, 117 participants refilled for test-retest reliability. Reproducibility construct was analyzed intraclass correlation coeffici...

BACKGROUND Physical activity is one of the leading health indicators. The objective was to study the prevalence and patterns of physical activity among young adults. METHODS 259 Medical students (Men: Women = 116:143) in the age group of 18-22 yrs were interviewed using the official English long version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). The total level of physical a...

BACKGROUND Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in the modern world. A sedentary lifestyle, present in 85% of the Brazilian population, is considered a risk factor for the development of coronary artery disease. However, the correlation of a sedentary lifestyle with cardiovascular events (CVE) during hospitalization for ACS is not well established. ...