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Effects of online group exercises for older adults on physical, psychological and social wellbeing: a pilot trial
Marcos Baez, Iman Khaghani Far, Francisco Ibarra +3
Background. There are many factors that can make of group exercises a challenging setting for older adults. A major one in the elderly population is the difference in the level of…
What makes people bond?: A study on social interactions and common life points on Facebook
Emanuel Sanchiz, Francisco Ibarra, Svetlana Nikitina +2
In this paper we aim at understanding if and how, by analysing people's profile and historical data (such as data available on Facebook profiles and interactions, or collected expl…
Online Group-exercises for Older Adults of Different Physical Abilities
Marcos Baez, Francisco Ibarra, Iman Khaghani Far +2
In this paper we describe the design and validation of a virtual fitness environment aiming at keeping older adults physically and socially active. We target particularly older adu…
CrowdCafe - Mobile Crowdsourcing Platform
Pavel Kucherbaev, Azad Abad, Stefano Tranquillini +3
In this paper we present a mobile crowdsourcing platform CrowdCafe, where people can perform microtasks using their smartphones while they ride a bus, travel by train, stand in a q…
Personalized Persuasion for Social Interactions in Nursing Homes
Marcos Baez, Chiara Dalpiaz, Fatbardha Hoxha +3
This paper presents our preliminary investigation and approach towards a mixed physical-virtual technology for stimulating social interactions among and with older adults in nursin…