In this paper we explore new ways of interacting to configure and personalize music selection in ambient environments. We propose a prototype for a context aware music player and a novel interaction concept to deal with it. Context information refers in this work both to the user, especially the mood situation, and the environment. The interaction concept lets the user express information about...

OBJECTIVE To determine if watching a children's program on a portable video player reduces anxiety levels in preschool children before cryotherapy for cutaneous viral warts. DESIGN Nonblinded before-after trial. SETTING General dermatology clinic. PARTICIPANTS Consecutive patients aged 2 to 6 years who underwent cryotherapy for cutaneous viral warts. INTERVENTION Patients were shown a c...

Considering educational games as interactive metaphors for learning material, we suggest in this paper that PlayStation-like gamepads are appropriate user interfaces that enable students to play with music concepts without being hindered by their own instrumental limitations. Our proposal builds upon current pedagogical research that shows that fun games increase learners’ motivation and foster...

This chapter discusses the application of non-centralized MPC (NCMPC) approaches to DWTNs. The aim of DMPC is to reduce the computational burden and to increase scalability and modularity with respect to the centralised counterpart, but still maintaining a convenient level of suboptimality with respect to the desired control objectives. Moreover, the advantage of NCMPC approach is the simplicit...

Strategy maps are designed to help execute strategy and bring predictive qualities to key performance indicators by linking them according to perceived cause-and-effect relationships. However, strategy maps are often extrapolations of past performance and seldom sufficiently linked to possible future states. The authors of this paper argue that scenario analysis could play an important role in ...

This paper describes a music browsing assistance service, Songrium (http://songrium.jp), which enables visualization and exploration of large amounts of user-generated music content with the aim of enhancing user experiences in enjoying music. Such a huge amount of usergenerated content has yielded “web-native music”, which we define as musical pieces that are published, shared, and remixed (ha...

This paper describes a visual playlist creation method based on a previously designed visualization technique for large music collections. The method gives users high-level control over the contents of a playlist as well as the progression of songs in it, while minimizing the interaction requirements. An interesting feature of the technique is that it creates playlists that are independent of t...

Background: Hospitalized patients with Covid-19 may experience emotional problems and respiratory discomfort during mechanical ventilation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of music therapy on respiratory comfort, anxiety, and depression among patients with Covid-19 under non-invasive mechanical ventilation. Methods: It was a randomized clinical trial. The subjects were 64 pat...