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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337854903321

Titolo

Gerontechnology : First International Workshop, IWoG 2018, Cáceres, Spain, and Évora, Portugal, 14 and 17 December, 2018, Revised Selected Papers / / edited by José García-Alonso, César Fonseca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-16028-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 380 p. 65 illus., 37 illus. in color.)

Collana

Communications in Computer and Information Science, , 1865-0937 ; ; 1016

Disciplina

005.1

Soggetti

Medical informatics

Computer networks

Computers, Special purpose

Education - Data processing

Application software

Social sciences - Data processing

Health Informatics

Computer Communication Networks

Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems

Computers and Education

Computer and Information Systems Applications

Computer Application in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Knowledge management for health: context, cognition, behavior and user modeling -- Technologies to increase the quality of life of the elderly population -- Internet of Things (IoT) -- Smarts technologies and algorithms for Health -- Monitoring and management of chronic and non-chronic diseases -- Solutions for active aging, social integration and self-care -- Health interventions to support caregivers of elderly people -- Public health initiatives.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference



proceedings of the First International Workshop on Gerotechnology, IWoG 2018, held in Cáceres, Spain on December 14, 2018, and in Évora, Portugal, on December 17, 2018. The 24 revised full papers along with 8 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 71 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on knowledge management for health: context, cognition, behavior and user modeling; technologies to increase the quality of life of the elderly population; Internet of Things (IoT); smarts technologies and algorithms for health; monitoring and management of chronic and non-chronic diseases;solutions for active aging, social integration and self-care; health interventions to support caregivers of elderly people; public health initiatives.