Videos In Healthcare

My research on videos has included the use of videos in online reviews (reviews on websites such as yelp.com) and real estate, video monitoring of employees for hand hygiene compliance (one of the technologies used), and training videos. Today, I discovered videos are also used a lot in healthcare - for surgical education (video coaching), to assist with surgery, for review of surgical skills, and so on. I skimmed quite a few articles with interest.

One of the articles I found was:

Video Coaching in Surgical Education: Utility, Opportunities, and Barriers to Implementation
By: Andrew C. Esposito MD, Nathan A. Coppersmith MD, Erin M. White MD, MBS, Peter S. Yoo MD
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1931720421003482
 
It reported that surgical residents and other subjects overwhelmingly find video-based coaching of surgery (in the operating room) useful. Video-based coaching also assists with skill acquisition.

It is interesting that videos are so significant in surgical education. It is different for online reviews. A video does not greatly improve the quality of a review.

Usability Of Mobile Applications

I found on excellent paper that reviewed the literature on usability studies of mobile applications:

Usability of Mobile Applications: A Systematic Literature Study
By Paweł Weichbroth and others
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9042272

The papers includes a good discussion on the definition of usability. It also includes usability attributes identified for mobile applications (a whopping 75!) The most frequent attributes (the attributes that showed up the most in papers/the literature) are efficiency, satisfaction, and effectiveness. I was surprised that errors did not score higher. A reduction of errors is a significant benefit of a usable application/system.

Beautiful Women

I found an interesting video on the Top 10 Countries With The Most Beautiful Women In The World

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wfgevOA4nNs

The video reminded me of the girls/women in my economics class at UGy. A lot of folks thought they were beautiful - Grace, Faith, and so on. They were also smart and friendly. And they dressed well.

Usability of HoloLens

Today's paper on usability is:

Investigating the Usability of a Head-Mounted Display Augmented Reality Device in Elementary School Children
By Luisa Lauer, Kristin Altmeyer, Sarah Malone, Michael Barz, Roland Brünken, Daniel Sonntag, and Markus Peschel
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/19/6623/htm

The researchers tested the usability of the Microsoft HoloLens 2 for elementary school students, perhaps to assess the devices for use in German schools. Children participated in the testing. The resulting system usability score was 80 or 'good' (greater than 82 indicates excellent usability).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Websites For Kids In The US

Question: Are there a lot of websites for children in the United States?

Answer:

There are lots of websites for children in the United States. This article provides a number of children's websites:

20 Really Cool and Useful Websites for Kids
By: Katherine Eion
https://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/20-really-cool-and-useful-websites-for-kids.html
(Most are websites created in the U.S. At least one is a Japanese site)

The government provides fun websites for children. An example is the Santa-tracking service NORAD provides for children in North America. More information is available at: https://www.norad.mil/About-NORAD/NORAD-Tracks-Santa/

 

There are studies on the usability of children's websites in the US. The following are two examples. The first reviewed outstanding software and websites for 2004. The second evaluated recommendations for improved usability of children websites (and performed a usability study of a website created from recommendations) in the US:

Selecting or upgrading software and websites in the classroom
By: S. Haugland, 2005
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10643-005-4401-9

Youth as Design Partners: Age-Appropriate Websites for Middle and High School Students
By: Anthony S. Chow, Kathelene McCarty Smith, and Katherine Sun, 2012
https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/K_Smith_Youth_2012.pdf

Websites For Children

The article for today:

Children's News Online. Website Analysis and Usability Study Results (the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands)
By De Cock, Rozane and Hautekiet, Eva
https://lirias.kuleuven.be/1859838?limo=0

This article provides very good tips on designing websites for children. According to the article, designers of websites need to consider that children: (1) need instant gratification, (2) find more complex navigation options confusing, (3) avoid back buttons and scrolling down screens, (4) larger font would be
better for younger children, and so on. The researchers performed a usability study of the news websites to determine how children view/score the websites. The study is very interesting. For example, the researchers used locations that were familiar to the participants so that they felt at ease. Parents signed
consent forms to approve participation by their children.

Smartwatch Interface Design

The article for today is:

Exploring the interface design of assisting children to find books in the library using smartwatches
By Wei-Ching Wang, Chun-Ching Chen, Ko-Chiu Wu, 2017
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7991154

It includes designs for a smartwatch that children could use to find books in the library. Different designs/solutions are needed for children because they are likely to use the "standard" devices incorrectly. The researchers used information from (expert) interviews as well as analysis of current products to assess the design for smaller interfaces. They came up with guidelines for the design of smaller interfaces - mobile phones, smartwatches. I know that navigation could be a challenge for smaller interfaces so I am happy that they designed the book-finding user interface and also prepared a navigation flow of the smartwatch interface. Navigation affects usability.

 

 

 

 

 

Career Diversification

For some, diversification (of jobs/career) is a strategy for job security.

"... [A]nalysts' choice to diversify is rooted in concerns about future job security. We find that more diversified analysts are less likely to experience job turnover and leave the profession but are not more likely to advance their careers."

- Journal article IS DIVERSIFICATION A JOB SAFETY NET FOR SELL-SIDE ANALYSTS?, 2020, By Vadim S. Balashov and Zhanel B. DeVides
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jfir.12219

I also found an old (2014) article that touted diversification....

"In the age of diversification, you need to have multiple sources of income and the best way to accomplish that is by having an entrepreneurial mindset."

- Are You Ready For The Age Of Career Diversification?
By Dan Schawbel, Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2014/01/10/are-you-ready-for-the-age-of-career-diversification/?sh=a738d5754cab

Reading Application For Children

I selected an article on a multi-modal tangible interface for children by six researchers from the Netherlands:

Read-It: A Multi-modal Tangible Interface for Children Who Learn to Read
By: Ivo Weevers, Wouter Sluis, Claudia van Schijndel, Siska Fitrianie, Lyuba Kolos-Mazuryk & Jean-Bernard Martens
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-28643-1_29

The short summary available at the link above provides brief information on problems children face with both physical games (card and board games) as well as computer games/exercises that assist with reading.

The problems with the computer games/exercises (which are problems children experience with interfaces) include:
(1) Very young children have problems moving and controlling the mouse (the cursor). Although some argue that the mouse is not a real issue nowadays, the authors wanted to drive home the point that teachers think it is an issue.
(2) Young children prefer multi-user interaction (collaboration) rather than the single-use/single-person workstation.

The authors developed the Read-it application for children that was inspired by the traditional card game memory. It allows for multiple simultaneous users. It consists of written letters and words, spoken letters and words, in combination with pictures (multi-modal - 3 modes). 

UI Design Principles

I found an interesting article on user interface design principles that would lead to improved usability for users with limited computer background. The article looked at specific categories of users that includes elderly users, children, and users with mental and physical disorders. I am happy to see design principles for these user interfaces. These principles would increase the chances of success when designing the user interfaces. Here is the article:

A review on user interface design principles to increase software usability for users with less computer literacy
By A. Darejeh and D. Singh
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277589616_A_review_on_user_interface_design_principles_to_increase_software_usability_for_users_with_less_computer_literacy

My background includes experience as a Substitute Teacher which means that I worked with children in the past. I am interested in principles, ideas, standards for improving usability for children (with limited computer background). Over the next few posts, I will concentrate on collecting journal articles for this area. I have ideas of my own.

Happiness

I posted another article in LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/happiness-fahmeena-odetta-moore

The text:

I've heard my father say time and time again that happiness comes from helping others.  "If I make somebody else happy, I am happy" he would say.
Wise men have been saying the same thing for centuries. For example:
Nobel Peace Prize receipient Muhammad Yunus stated that, "Making money is a happiness; making other people happy is a superhappiness."
Saint Francis of Assisi stated, "For it is in giving that we receive," and
Martin Luther King Jr. stated, ""...the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others."
(see The Secret to Happiness Is Helping Others by Jenny Santi, https://time.com/collection/guide-to-happiness/4070299/secret-to-happiness/ for a few more).

It turns out that research also supports this assertion. The articles 'Happiness Comes From Making Others Feel Good Rather Than Ourselves, According To A New Study' (Time Magazine Online, https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2021/04/26/happiness-comes-from-making-others-feel-good-rather-than-ourselves-according-to-a-new-study/?sh=25fab73c2fd9)
and 'If You Want to Be Happy, Try to Make Someone Else Happy' (Greater Good Magazine, Berkeley, University of California, https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/if_you_want_to_be_happy_try_to_make_someone_else_happy) discuss research that show that people derive more happiness from helping others. Researchers Liudmila Titova and Kennon Sheldon compared the strategy of pursuing happiness for oneself with the strategy of pursuing happiness for others. They found that the second brings more personal happiness than the first. Another study led by researcher Milla Titova found that making others happy made participants happier than socializing or making themselves happy. Not only financial generosity can increase one's happiness (spending money on others increases one’s happiness more than spending money on oneself), but also donating time to help someone in need or striving to put the happiness of others above our own.

In my research on achievement and success (which should lead to happiness), I discovered that these seven traits and talents lead to success: perception, preparation/planning, problem-solving, persuasion, patience, perseverance, and panache. Perseverance may be the most important. In life, people have setbacks, they struggle, they fail. They need to persevere to break free from struggles and recover from setbacks and failures. Patience is usually required.
Persuasion is needed to sell ideas, to convince others of something, for making others see things as you do, or for garnering support. Persuasion is known as a great superpower.
Perception deals with seeing things clearly, and also viewpoints, ideas, thinking, and vision.
Preparation/Planning is needed to formulate a strategy, to think through issues.
Problem-solving is needed to deal with all the problems that may crop up. Creative solutions to problems is a plus.
Panache has to do with confidence, style, charisma, and character.

(End note: The 7Ps for success remind me of the 7Cs of driving - a topic my father always likes to discuss.)

Human Error

I find error making and error reduction to be very interesting. People may not always realize that it is very easy to make an error. Care must be taken to prevent errors. I have been making the effort to reduce errors since I was about 8 years old when my teacher reported that I made careless mistakes in mathematics. My father told me to check and double check my paper before turning it in to reduce careless mistakes.

I know reducing errors is important for (and falls under) data quality. Data quality was one of my areas/topics. Years ago, I wrote an article on data quality, user interface design, and software requirements.
Article: Improving Data Quality: User Interface Design and Functional Requirements
https://www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/ID/2981/Improving-Data-Quality-User-Interface-Design-and-Functional-Requirements.aspx

I was surprised to find an article on human errors. The paper provides a good overview of errors, especially medical errors, and introduces the concept of threat and error management. I found it interesting that the paper looked at how to avoid medical errors in the first place. There is also a different definition of threat. A threat is defined as, "any external influence or effect that increases the likelihood for an error to occur." Here is the article:

Review: Avoid, trap, and mitigate – an overview of threat and error management
By P. A. Brennana, M. De Martino, M. Ponnusamy, S. White, R. De Martino, R. S. Oeppen
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266435620300127

 

 

 

 

 

  

Feeling better

Feeling so much better today. The time away from home is making a difference. 

Pickling

I found an interesting article on pickles. It even includes the history of pickles. 

Traditionally fermented pickles: How the microbial diversity associated with their nutritional and health benefits?, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175646462030195X

A long time ago, I pitched the idea for a pickling business to (run the idea by) the employee of a bank in New York. It was well received, but I didn’t take it further.

There are lots of business ideas out there. Just a thought ….for National Black Business Month (August 2022).

Hand washing

Out and about again today.

I found this interesting article that looked into the psychology of hand washing / hand hygiene:

Developing professional habits of hand hygiene in intensive care settings: An action-research intervention

By: Giuseppe Battistella, Giuliano Berto, Stefania Bazzo

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0964339716300659#!

The researchers found that hand washing is definitely a habit, which is related to (automatically follows from) the perception that hands are “dirty.” It appears to be a social activity.

Habits And Success

Today I decided to write a short article on LinkedIn. I could have added it to this blog but decided a LinkedIn article would be better.

The article is on habits and success. It is related to the research I conducted on achievement and success (my Lessons Project) and also a signature assignment I prepared on Electronic Monitoring and Performance.
Link to article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/habits-success-fahmeena-odetta-moore-

Screenshot of article published confirmation page

 

 

 

 

 

 

More travel pics

More travel pictures:

One cup of coffee, one cup of hot chocolate

 

 

 

Travel and Linden

My last post included a paper/journal article on the trustworthiness of travel and tourism information on Ethiopia available on social media. I know that there are a lot of travel resources online. There are websites such as https://www.visitmaryland.org/ that promotes Maryland, USA. There is the Visit Guyana page in Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gotoguyana/), and much more.

Years ago, I started a project 'O Beautiful Linden' to assist and promote my hometown Linden, Guyana (links: https://twitter.com/BeautifulLinden and https://www.facebook.com/O-Beautiful-Linden-200814747322545/). Linden is special to me for a number of reasons. I still remember the special 9+ prize I received when graduating from Watooka Day School in Linden. I am grateful. I found only nice comments on Linden in Twitter. I added (retweeted) them to the Twitter page.

I have fond memories of Watooka Day School. The students in my class were friendly and smart. The classrooms were air-conditioned. The swings (playground) on the school grounds were fun. I remember I visited a friend's house to watch Michael Jackson videos. We played special games. I remember one girl was really tall and skinny. There was a boy who always got into trouble. Most students were Christian (there was one Muslim).

I created a Pinterest board on Linden: https://www.pinterest.com/fahmeenaodetta/linden-my-hometown/.

(From https://www.linkedin.com/in/fahmeenamoore/)

 

('O Beautiful Linden' Twitter page)

Online Review Trust and Authenticity

An honest review/opinion about a good or service is very helpful to consumers when deciding whether to purchase the good or service. Some people obtain that information from magazines such as Consumer Reports. Some read consumer (online) reviews for recommendations on goods and services. There are online reviews on a variety of products/services - movies, books, restaurants, and so on.

Consumers (the readers of online reviews) have to judge how authentic or trustworthy an online review is. Some may be fake, some may be biased, and so on. Some consumers may be more inclined to believe the information in an online review.

Here is a paper that researched how much international tourists trust travel information available on social media:

The trustworthiness of travel and tourism information sources of social media: perspectives of international tourists visiting Ethiopia
By: Kassegn Berhanu, Sahil Raj
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402030284X#bbib5

The main findings include: (1) Visitors do trust the review information available on social media, and (2) Males and females trust the information equally. Older visitors and less educated visitors trust the review information less.

I found another interesting article on online reviews:

Who doesn't read online consumer reviews, and why?
By: Adrian R. Camilleri
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886921003299

This article provides information on the consumers who choose not to read online reviews. Those consumers do not trust online reviews and tend to rely on other sources. Similar to the other research, the researchers found non-users tended to be older and less educated visitors (among other findings).

This post reminds me of the movie 'This Means War' starring Reese Witherspoon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yS78J4xGxo). Reese Witherspoon's character Lauren worked at an organization that reviewed products on behalf of consumers. Her knowledge of vehicles from her work saved the day.

(Post from the New Carrollton Library in Maryland)

Interesting Article On Online Reviews, Happiness and Travel

I found an interesting article that used online reviews to measure consumers' happiness with travel destinations. The article is:

Utilizing text-mining to explore consumer happiness within tourism destinations
By: Benjamin Garner, Corliss Thornton, Anita Luo Pawluk, Roberto Mora Cortez, Wesley Johnston, Cesar Ayala
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0148296321005853

The researchers used travel reviews from Yelp.com. They extracted words from the reviews to measure how happy the consumer was (their emotions) with their travel. 

This article was not one of the articles reviewed/analyzed for my literature review paper on online reviews. I wish it was around then. It is interesting that the focus seems to be on marketing though. My literature review paper had a different slant. And, the value or contribution of my paper was decision-making.

Did you see my concept map prepared from the first set of articles selected for my literature review paper? It is available here: http://fmooreconceptmap1.blogspot.com/.

Some more travel photos:

Still Traveling

I am still out of town traveling. I am on a break.

The interesting article for today is: 

Why do people share their travel experiences on social media?
By: Tiago Oliveira, Benedita Araujo, Carlos Tam
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261517719302390

It is interesting that the most important motive for sharing was perceived enjoyment. People actually enjoy sharing their travel experiences on social media and travel websites. I also learned of the term "lurker" - someone who chooses not to share. 

A few of my travel photos:

Traveling

I am out traveling. For my post today, I thought I would comment on one or more travel-related journal articles that interest me.

I found an interesting article on the use of a tool/travel diary to capture online and in-person activity to learn more about how online activities affect in-person activities (travel, shopping, and so on). The article is:

Online and in-person activity logging using a smartphone-based travel, activity, and time-use survey By André Alhoa, Cheng Cheng, Dao Trung Hieu, Takanori Sakai, Fang Zhao, Moshe Ben-Akiva, Lynette Cheah, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198221002293

It was included in the March 2022 issue of Transportation Research and Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Volume 13). It would fit in an IT/IS journal.

The tool is impressive. The user interface is a little dark for my taste. It is interesting that online activity (e-shopping, e-commerce) affects in-person or in-store shopping. I quickly reviewed one of the articles included in the reference list (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3141/2157-18).

The paper made me think of social media. There is a lot of travel activity on social media - Facebook, Twitter, and so on. There needs to be a review of how easy it is to track travel activity via social media and how it would compare to tools created for travel tracking.