background handheld computers play an increasing role in improving healthcare services by making the information available at the point of care. there is not enough evidence regarding the usage of handheld computers by healthcare professionals in developing countries. objectives this study investigated the benefits and barriers of using handheld computers in clinical practice in a developing co...

background and objectives: clinicians in many countries increasingly use personal digital assistant (pda) as an assisting tool in clinical practice. the pattern of pda usage by clinicians in iran has not been characterized. this study explored the attitudes of iranian residents and interns toward medical uses of pda.   methods: an interview-based qualitative study was carried out in 2011. a p...

Personal Digital Assitants (PDAs) have become one of the important tools in our life. Their popularity are due to their small size and mobility which enable them to be carried anywhere. Along with their popularity, handheld devices are starting to become the target for the attackers, who are mainly interested in gaining the data stored in handheld devices. Therefore, security of handheld device...

One-to-one computing environments change and improve classroom dynamics as individual students can bring handheld devices fitted with wireless communication capabilities into the classrooms. However, the screens of handheld devices, being designed for individual-user mobile application, limit promotion of interaction among groups of learners. This study proposes a design of classrooms that inco...

Handheld devices, while growing rapidly, are inherently constrained and lack the capability of executing resource hungry applications. This paper presents the design and implementation of distributed analysis and loadbalancing system for hand-held devices using multi-agents system. This system enables low resource mobile handheld devices to act as potential clients for Grid enabled applications...

This paper describes the optimization techniques for interaction of constrained handheld devices with Grid services by employing the concepts of Jini Surrogate Architecture. Handheld devices in general do not posses enough computational and communicational assets to meet the criteria for utilizing the Grid infrastructure services. We present the design of a middleware approach that aids handhel...

Mobile handheld devices are increasingly being used in education. In this paper, we undertook a review of empirical based articles to summarise the current research regarding the use of mobile handheld devices (personal digital assistants/PDAs, palmtops, and mobile phones) in K-12 and higher education settings. This review was guided by the following four questions: (a) How are mobile handheld ...

Review: Integrated Power Management for Video Streaming to Mobile Handheld Devices Published at the ACM Multimedia conference in 2003, “Integrated Power Management for Video Streaming to Mobile Handheld Devices” presents a relatively thorough treatment of the problems affecting user experience of multimedia on handheld devices. While it has its shortcomings, I believe it is a good paper that ma...

Handheld devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers have become widespread with thousands of available software applications. Recently, handhelds are being proposed as part of medical imaging solutions, especially in emergency medicine, where immediate consultation is required. However, handheld devices differ significantly from medical workstation displays in terms of display character...