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Accessibility Assessment for Online Education Tools: Towards Accessible Principles for a Mexican University

2021 — EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning

INTRODUCTION: Characteristics of different disabilities using digital technologies are presented. Web content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are explained according to their principles and how each offers alternatives for the limitations of people with disabilities and the conformance levels A, AA, AAA.OBJECTIVES: Perform an automatic evaluation of two digital educational platforms for students to validate the conformance with WCAG in the three levels.METHODS: Techniques derived from automatic checker assessment were used to complete this research.RESULTS: Results showed that to fix the acces...

Keywords: Accessibility assessment WCAG Educational web platforms Inclusion for students Visual disability Hearing disability Motor disability Cognitive disabilities

A review of deep learning applications for genomic selection

2021 — BMC Genomics

We review the applications of deep learning (DL) methods in genomic selection (GS) to obtain a meta-picture of GS performance and highlight how these tools can help solve challenging plant breeding problems. We also provide general guidance for the effective use of DL methods including the fundamentals of DL and the requirements for its appropriate use. We discuss the pros and cons of this technique compared to traditional genomic prediction approaches as well as the current trends in DL applications.

Keywords: Deep Learning Genomic selection Prediction methods

Human computer-interaction in Latin America

2021 — Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Human Computer Interaction (HCI) research has been traditionally carried out with users in upper income countries in industrialized nations. However, there is a growing need to deepen the understanding of relatively underserved communities and their interaction with computing technologies. This is the case of Latin America (LATAM), a region that has a unique set of sociotechnical characteristics and a unique set of challenges and problems.

Keywords: HCI Latam Research Guest editors

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Heuristic Evaluation of an IoMT System for Remote Health Monitoring in Senior Care

2020 — Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health

This paper presents the usability assessment of the design of an Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) system for older adults; the evaluation, using heuristics, was held early on the design process to assess potential problems with the system and was found to be an efficient method to find issues with the application design and led to significant usability improvements on the IoMT platform.

Keywords: Internet of Medical Things IoMT Older adults Health monitoring Usability Heuristic evaluation Aging

Benchmarking between item based collaborative filtering algorithm and genomic best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP) model in terms of prediction accuracy for wheat and maize

2020 — Biotecnia

Aim/background: in view of the growing demand for food, new methodologies are needed to improve the genomic selection (GS) methodology to obtain more productive plant varieties and there is empirical evidence that GS it is revolutionizing plant breeding for food production around the world. Methods: since the prediction models play a key role in GS, for this reason Montesinos-López et al. (2018) proposed the item based collaborative filtering (IBCF) algorithm for Genomic prediction. For this reason, in this paper we compare the IBCF algorithm with the most popular genomic prediction model cal...

Keywords: Genomic selection GBLUP Item Based Collaborative Filtering Comparison Prediction accuracy

IoET enabled classrooms to foster Education 4.0 in Mexican elementary schools

2020 — Asia-Pacific Collaborative education Journal

The changes of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) are inevitable in all areas of daily life, from government to healthcare and commerce, including the educational field. Education 4.0 brings potential challenges to schools around the globe, such as digital technology, personalized data, and a connected world. Thus, this paper presents a Mexican case study about a classroom enhanced with digital technology to study the challenges that both students and teachers face to acquire and transmit the skills and competencies that Industry 4.0 requires. As a preliminary result, we found tha...

Keywords: Internet of Educational Things IoET Fourth Industrial Revolution Industry 4.0 Mexican elementary schools Smart education Smart classroom

Preface to the CLIHC 2019 Special Issue

2020 — CLEI Electronic Journal

Prafeace to the special issue with extended versions of selected papers presented in the IX Latin American Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (CLIHC 2019). CLIHC 2019 was realized in parallel to the 44rd Latin American Conference in Informatics (CLEI 2019) held in Panama City, Panama.

Keywords: CLIHC Human-Computer Interaction in Latin America

An IoMT system for health monitoring in athletes

2020 — Avances En Interacción Humano-Computadora

Continuous health monitoring in real-time has become essential to improve people's quality of life through medical prescription or personal control. Our goal is to develop a wearable IoMT device with real-time monitoring of heart rate and breathing patterns while an athlete performs physical exercise at high-intensity intervals. The wearable IoMT device incorporates vital signs sensors to record and display information in a mobile application, allowing users to track their health and receive an alert if the data exceeds normal parameters.

Keywords: Internet of Medical Things IoMT Wearable Computing High Intensity Interval Training Athletes

Towards an electronic device to facilitate navigation in smartphones to people with motor and visual impairment

2020 — Avances En Interacción Humano-Computadora

In this paper, we analyze the physical characteristics of a user with both visual and motor impairment, as well as the user’s context of smartphone use. In order to facilitate navigation using gestures that are easy to do by users with motor and visual impairment, we designed two hardware solutions as physical switches: a case mounted on the phone, and an electronic bracelet. We present the low fidelity prototype of both devices, the proposed user gestures, and their advantages and disadvantages.

Keywords: Wearable devices Physical switches Mobile accessibility Motor impairment Visual impairment Accessibility

Towards a wearable device for monitoring health of athletes

2019 — CLIHC '19: Proceedings of the IX Latin American Conference on Human Computer Interaction

Keywords: Health monitoring High Intensity Interval Training Wearable devices Sensors Respiratory patterns