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  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
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Risks and Requirements in Sustainable App Development—A Review

  • Tom Hunger,
  • Marlen Arnold and
  • Rico Pestinger

21 April 2023

Apps are a part of the everyday lives of many people around the world. Digital applications support many areas, including the private sphere and the working world. To strengthen social sustainability in app development, it is necessary to consider us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,300 Views
19 Pages

Development of the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Web Application (Psychosocial Rehab App)

  • Fagner Alfredo Ardisson Cirino Campos,
  • José Carlos Sánches García,
  • Gabriel Lamarca Galdino da Silva,
  • João Antônio Lemos Araújo,
  • Ines Farfán Ulloa,
  • Edilson Carlos Caritá,
  • Fabio Biasotto Feitosa,
  • Marciana Fernandes Moll,
  • Tomás Daniel Menendez Rodriguez and
  • Carla Aparecida Arena Ventura

Introduction: Few applications worldwide focus on psychosocial rehabilitation, and none specifically address psychosocial rehabilitation projects. This justifies the need for an application to assist mental health professionals in constructing and ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,651 Views
17 Pages

Ramping Up Customer-Centric Modular Design Projects: Mobile App Development for Pandemic Relief

  • Khaled Medini,
  • Stefan Wiesner,
  • Milad Poursoltan and
  • David Romero

3 November 2020

Today’s fast-growing demands at the global level for mobile applications (apps) cause customers to call for the customization of their apps to fit their individualized needs and business realms. Customization is a challenge for apps-development...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,222 Views
15 Pages

Development and Preliminary Validation of LoAD Calc, a Mobile App for Calculating the Maximum Safe Single Dose of Local Anesthetics

  • Mélanie Suppan,
  • Tal Sarah Beckmann,
  • Cenan Gercekci,
  • Thérèse Sigrist,
  • Georges Louis Savoldelli,
  • Roxane Fournier and
  • Caroline Flora Samer

Local anesthetics systemic toxicity can lead to life-threatening situations. Correct calculation of the maximum safe dose is therefore paramount in preventing such complications. Different solutions have already emerged to support anesthesiologists b...

  • Project Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,822 Views
12 Pages

Enhancing Early Risk Detection for Reduced Earning Capacity: The Development of the padaCura App

  • Regina Weißmann,
  • Annette Grimmel-Bruhns,
  • Corinna Manuela Busacker and
  • Fanny Lara Clara Loth

19 December 2023

In Germany, 1.7 million individuals received reduced earning capacity pensions in 2020, but reintegrating them into the labor market remains challenging. For individuals who have a reduced earning capacity, this often leads to adverse consequences (e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,020 Views
24 Pages

15 April 2023

Application stores (app stores) enable developers to interact with users by responding to their reviews. Many developers continuously monitor user reviews and seek to respond to them effectively and efficiently to boost user satisfaction, which in th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,184 Views
17 Pages

5 September 2019

Permission-related issues in Android apps have been widely studied in our research community, while most of the previous studies considered these issues from the perspective of app users. In this paper, we take a different angle to revisit the permis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,752 Views
17 Pages

Identifying Users and Developers of Mobile Apps in Social Network Crowd

  • Ghadah Alamer,
  • Sultan Alyahya and
  • Hmood Al-Dossari

12 August 2023

In the last fifteen years, an immense expansion has been witnessed in mobile app usage and production. The intense competition in the tech sector and also the rapidly and constantly evolving user requirements have led to increased burden on mobile ap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,449 Views
15 Pages

The Development and Usability of a Mobile App for Parents of Children with ADHD

  • Costina-Ruxandra Păsărelu,
  • Reka Kertesz and
  • Anca Dobrean

14 January 2023

Background: Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent mental health problems in children. Behavioral parent training (BPT) is the first-line treatment recommended by clinical guidelines; however, parental dropout i...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1,066 Views
2 Pages

The Insights Gained during the Development of a Personalised Nutrition Mobile App

  • Barbara Koroušić Seljak,
  • Matevž Ogrinc,
  • Andraž Simčič,
  • Eva Valenčič,
  • Robert Modic,
  • Gordana Ispirova and
  • Tome Eftimov

Tracking food intakes using a mobile app can be an effective approach for some individuals, but it is crucial to consider their personal preferences and health status before adopting this method. Personalized nutrition apps can also serve as an effic...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,828 Views
14 Pages

APP in the Neuromuscular Junction for the Development of Sarcopenia and Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Min-Yi Wu,
  • Wen-Jun Zou,
  • Daehoon Lee,
  • Lin Mei and
  • Wen-Cheng Xiong

Sarcopenia, an illness condition usually characterized by a loss of skeletal muscle mass and muscle strength or function, is often associated with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a common type of dementia, leading...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,492 Views
14 Pages

The Chinese language is the mother tongue that most students in Singapore need to master. However, for many local students, due to the use of English as the main language in Singapore’s families and the living environment, the time and frequenc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,317 Views
13 Pages

Lessons Learned from Development of a Mobile App for Cardiovascular Health Awareness

  • Bryan Weichelt,
  • Jeffrey VanWormer,
  • Yin Xu,
  • Chris Kadolph and
  • Simon Lin

26 May 2021

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major public health concern in the United States. In response to the federally sponsored Million Hearts Risk Check Challenge, a team of programmers, software developers, health-information technologists, and clinicia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,363 Views
19 Pages

Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Development of an Early Literacy App in Dhuwaya

  • Gillian Wigglesworth,
  • Melanie Wilkinson,
  • Yalmay Yunupingu,
  • Robyn Beecham and
  • Jake Stockley

Phonological awareness is a skill which is crucial in learning to read. In this paper, we report on the challenges encountered while developing a digital application (app) for teaching phonological awareness and early literacy skills in Dhuwaya. Dhuw...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,713 Views
10 Pages

Caregivers remain the primary source of attachment, nurturing, and socialization for human beings in our current society. Family caregivers provide 11 to 100 h of care per week to their loved ones, including emotional and social support, assistance w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,820 Views
16 Pages

Behavior change apps are widespread, but the scientific base of the app-concept is rarely disclosed. The aim of this article is to present the methodological approach used for the development of a so-called “fitness feedback demonstrator”...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,162 Views
19 Pages

A Study of Learning Environment for Initiating Flutter App Development Using Docker

  • Soe Thandar Aung,
  • Nobuo Funabiki,
  • Lynn Htet Aung,
  • Safira Adine Kinari,
  • Mustika Mentari and
  • Khaing Hsu Wai

30 March 2024

The Flutter framework with Dart programming allows developers to effortlessly build applications for both web and mobile from a single codebase. It enables efficient conversions to native codes for mobile apps and optimized JavaScript for web browser...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,355 Views
20 Pages

Three-dimensional printing is an emerging service delivery method for on-demand access to customized assistive technology devices. However, barriers exist in locating and designing appropriate models and having the devices printed. The purpose of thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,006 Views
33 Pages

10 February 2021

Mobile application development is a highly competitive environment; agile methodologies can enable teams to provide value faster, with higher quality and predictability, and a better attitude to deal with the continuous changes that will arise in the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,490 Views
22 Pages

The Development of an Educational Outdoor Adventure Mobile App

  • Vyron Ignatios Michalakis,
  • Michail Vaitis and
  • Aikaterini Klonari

16 December 2020

This article focuses on the development of an educational outdoor adventure mobile app while presenting findings that were derived from various case studies that we conducted using it. The mobile application, called RouteQuizer, is complemented by a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,032 Views
11 Pages

Development of an E-Health App for Lower Limb Postoperative Rehabilitation Based on Plantar Pressure Analysis

  • Xiao Cheng,
  • Xin Mei,
  • Yue Hu,
  • Yinfang Fang,
  • Shuai Wu,
  • Fengxiang You and
  • Shaolong Kuang

11 May 2018

The traditional postoperative rehabilitation training mode of lower limbs is mostly confined to hospitals or nursing sites. With the increase of postoperative patients, the current shortage of medical resources is obviously not satisfactory, and the...

  • Study Protocol
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,988 Views
14 Pages

Development and Usability Assessment of a Mobile App (Demensia KITA) to Support Dementia Caregivers in Malaysia: A Study Protocol

  • Nurul Syaireen A. Rashid,
  • Xin Wee Chen,
  • Muhamad Fadhil Mohamad Marzuki,
  • Aseel A. Takshe,
  • Ahmad Okasha,
  • Faridah Maarof and
  • Raudah Mohd Yunus

The impact of dementia on caregivers is complex and multi-dimensional. In low- and middle-income settings, caregivers are often left without adequate support, despite their multiple needs. These include health information, caregiving skills, social a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,177 Views
19 Pages

Block-Based Development of Mobile Learning Experiences for the Internet of Things

  • Iván Ruiz-Rube,
  • José Miguel Mota,
  • Tatiana Person,
  • José María Rodríguez Corral and
  • Juan Manuel Dodero

11 December 2019

The Internet of Things enables experts of given domains to create smart user experiences for interacting with the environment. However, development of such experiences requires strong programming skills, which are challenging to develop for non-techn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
11,456 Views
21 Pages

5 May 2019

Along with the proliferation of high-end and performant mobile devices, we find that the inclusion of visually animated user interfaces are commonplace, but that research on their performance is scarce. Thus, for this study, eight mobile apps have be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,350 Views
23 Pages

Enhancing Mobile App Development for Sustainability: Designing and Evaluating the SBAM Design Cards

  • Chiara Tancredi,
  • Roberta Presta,
  • Laura Mancuso and
  • Roberto Montanari

7 March 2025

Behavioral changes are critical for addressing sustainability challenges, which have become increasingly urgent due to the growing impact of global greenhouse gas emissions on ecosystems and human livelihoods. However, translating awareness into mean...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,580 Views
17 Pages

25 February 2022

Language barriers are obstacles in receiving vaccinations against COVID-19. They jeopardize informed consent, vaccination safety, and a positive immunization experience. We have developed a multilingual app to overcome language barriers when dealing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,265 Views
25 Pages

Breaking Barriers: The Design and Development of an Assistive Technology Web App for Older Latinos with Disabilities in Daily Activities

  • Elsa M. Orellano-Colón,
  • Adriana I. Ramos-Marichal,
  • Valeria R. González-Crespo,
  • Bianca N. Zeballos-Hernández,
  • Kenneth N. Ruiz-Márquez,
  • Abiel Roche-Lima,
  • Joan M. Adorno-Mercado,
  • Norman A. Laborde-Torres,
  • Joshua G. Berríos-Llopart and
  • Angely M. Cruz-Ramos
  • + 4 authors

Latinos are among the populations who are the least likely to use assistive technology (AT) despite being a population with a high prevalence of functional disabilities (FDs). We aimed to create and test the usability of an AT web app for independent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,782 Views
28 Pages

8 February 2022

For the purpose of expanding STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education with remote sensing (RS) data and methods, an augmented reality (AR) app was developed in combination with a worksheet and lesson plan. Data from the Hyperspe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
11,722 Views
20 Pages

Real Estate App Development Based on AI/VR Technologies

  • Ivana Miljkovic,
  • Olena Shlyakhetko and
  • Solomiia Fedushko

This paper deals with an investigation centered on developing a real estate app on the basis of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality technologies. The study explores the advantages and disadvantages of using Artificial Intelligence and Virtual...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
895 Views
5 Pages

The value of cultural heritage for sustainable development has been acknowledged since the mid-20th century. Built heritage plays a key role in preserving identity, memory, and, currently, aiding education through mobile technology. The integration o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,330 Views
11 Pages

BabyByte: Qualitative Research to Inform the Development of an App to Improve Responsive Feeding Practices in Parents of Infants and Toddlers

  • Amy R. Mobley,
  • Danielle E. Jake-Schoffman,
  • David A. Fedele,
  • Elder Garcia Varela and
  • Jamie Zeldman

Responsive feeding is associated with a reduced risk of childhood obesity. The objective of this qualitative study was to determine parental preferences for mobile health (mHealth) app content and features designed to improve responsive feeding pract...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
8,141 Views
16 Pages

Design and Development of a Mobile App for Accessible Beach Tourism Information for People with Disabilities

  • Diego Mayordomo-Martínez,
  • Juan-Carlos Sánchez-Aarnoutse,
  • Juan M. Carrillo-de-Gea,
  • José A. García-Berná,
  • José Luis Fernández-Alemán and
  • Ginés García-Mateos

The global increase in the proportion of the population with disabilities has caused a greater awareness toward guaranteeing their use of public services. In particular, there is emphasis on the accessibility and inclusivity of tourism resources, to...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,979 Views
15 Pages

Development of a Web-App for the Ecological Momentary Assessment of Dietary Habits among College Students: The HEALTHY-UNICT Project

  • Martina Barchitta,
  • Andrea Maugeri,
  • Giuliana Favara,
  • Roberta Magnano San Lio,
  • Paolo Marco Riela,
  • Luca Guarnera,
  • Sebastiano Battiato and
  • Antonella Agodi

13 January 2022

The transition from adolescence to adulthood is a critical period for the development of healthy behaviors. Yet, it is often characterized by unhealthy food choices. Considering the current pandemic scenario, it is also essential to assess the effect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,008 Views
11 Pages

Background: While a significant breast cancer burden exists for Korean American immigrant women, their cancer screening behavior is strikingly poor, and few interventions have focused on this population. To promote breast cancer screening behavior in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,636 Views
24 Pages

Data-Driven Requirements Elicitation from App Reviews Framework Based on BERT

  • Fatma A. Mihany,
  • Galal H. Galal-Edeen,
  • Ehab E. Hassanein and
  • Hanan Moussa

4 September 2025

Market-Driven Requirements Engineering (MDRE) integrates traditional Requirements Engineering (RE) practices, such as Requirements Elicitation and requirements prioritization, with market analysis. Offering software products to an open market has bec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,891 Views
27 Pages

Feeding High-Fat Diet Accelerates Development of Peripheral and Central Insulin Resistance and Inflammation and Worsens AD-like Pathology in APP/PS1 Mice

  • Anna Mengr,
  • Veronika Strnadová,
  • Štěpán Strnad,
  • Vladimír Vrkoslav,
  • Helena Pelantová,
  • Marek Kuzma,
  • Thomas Comptdaer,
  • Blanka Železná,
  • Jaroslav Kuneš and
  • Marie-Christine Galas
  • + 2 authors

23 August 2023

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive brain disorder characterized by extracellular amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques, intracellular neurofibrillary tangles formed by hyperphosphorylated Tau protein and neuroinflammation. Previous research h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,097 Views
22 Pages

Towards the Monitoring of Functional Status in a Free-Living Environment for People with Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis: Design and Evaluation of the JOLO Blended Care App

  • Jill Emmerzaal,
  • Arne De Brabandere,
  • Yves Vanrompay,
  • Julie Vranken,
  • Valerie Storms,
  • Liesbet De Baets,
  • Kristoff Corten,
  • Jesse Davis,
  • Ilse Jonkers and
  • Benedicte Vanwanseele
  • + 1 author

5 December 2020

(1) Background: Joint loading is an important parameter in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). However, calculating joint loading relies on the performance of an extensive biomechanical analysis, which is not possible to do in a free-living situation....

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,470 Views
14 Pages

Improving Access to Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidelines in 4 African Countries: Development and Pilot Implementation of an App and Cross-Sectional Assessment of Attitudes and Behaviour Survey of Healthcare Workers and Patients

  • Omotayo Olaoye,
  • Chloe Tuck,
  • Wei Ping Khor,
  • Roisin McMenamin,
  • Luke Hudson,
  • Mike Northall,
  • Edwin Panford-Quainoo,
  • Derrick Mawuena Asima and
  • Diane Ashiru-Oredope

Smartphone apps have proven to be an effective and acceptable resource for accessing information on antimicrobial prescribing. The purpose of the study is to highlight the development and implementation of a smartphone/mobile app (app) for antimicrob...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,046 Views
16 Pages

18 March 2022

To facilitate the clinical use of an algorithm for predicting the risk of gastrointestinal malignancy in iron deficiency anaemia—the IDIOM score, a software application has been developed, with a view to providing free and simple access to heal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,197 Views
9 Pages

10 August 2021

Background: There are non-invasive methods of correcting genu valgum (GV), but to date, there is no method to evaluate mechanotherapeutic intervention that does not restrict child’s natural movements while the process is on-going so that timely decis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,886 Views
22 Pages

Development of Mobile App to Enable Local Update on Mapping API: Construction Sites Monitoring through Digital Twin

  • Alfredo Valenzuela,
  • Jongseong Brad Choi,
  • Ricardo Ortiz,
  • Byungkon Kang,
  • Michael Kim and
  • Taewook Kang

22 November 2023

Unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) have emerged as a promising solution for reconnaissance missions, overcoming labor cost, frequency, and subjectivity issues associated with manual procedures. However, for dynamic environments such as construction site...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,491 Views
26 Pages

29 September 2024

Diabetes management applications effectively help patients monitor blood glucose levels and adjust diet and exercise plans. However, most diabetes management apps, including the SugarShift application developed in 2023, use generalized designs that o...

  • Study Protocol
  • Open Access
561 Views
14 Pages

Monitoring and Follow-Up of Patients on Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulant Therapy Using Artificial Intelligence: The AIto-Control Project

  • Adolfo Romero-Arana,
  • Nerea Romero-Sibajas,
  • Elena Arroyo-Bello,
  • Adolfo Romero-Ruiz and
  • Juan Gómez-Salgado

12 October 2025

Background: Vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant (VKA) therapy, using warfarin or acenocoumarol in our health system, is indicated, according to clinical guidelines, for the prophylaxis of thromboembolic events. In Málaga, the VKA patient m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,232 Views
19 Pages

A Mobile App for Triangulating Strategies in Phosphate Education Targeting Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in Malaysia: Development, Validation, and Patient Acceptance

  • Lee-Fang Teong,
  • Ban-Hock Khor,
  • Kristo Radion Purba,
  • Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor,
  • Bak-Leong Goh,
  • Boon-Cheak Bee,
  • Rosnawati Yahya,
  • Sunita Bavanandan,
  • Hi-Ming Ng and
  • Sharmela Sahathevan
  • + 4 authors

Hyperphosphatemia afflicts end-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, contributing to comorbidities and mortality. Management strategies are dialysis, phosphate binder, and limiting dietary phosphate intake, but treatment barriers are poor pati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,517 Views
18 Pages

Sustainable Accessibility: A Mobile App for Helping People with Disabilities to Search Accessible Shops

  • Diego Mayordomo-Martínez,
  • Juan M. Carrillo-de-Gea,
  • Ginés García-Mateos,
  • José A. García-Berná,
  • José Luis Fernández-Alemán,
  • Saúl Rosero-López,
  • Salvador Parada-Sarabia and
  • Manuel García-Hernández

People with motor disabilities must face many barriers and obstacles in their daily lives, making it difficult to perform everyday tasks. The purpose of this work is to improve their living conditions by providing an app with accessibility informatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,230 Views
22 Pages

Operational Mapping and Post-Disaster Hazard Assessment by the Development of a Multiparametric Web App Using Geospatial Technologies and Data: Attica Region 2021 Wildfires (Greece)

  • Triantafyllos Falaras,
  • Ioanna Tselka,
  • Ioannis Papadopoulos,
  • Maria Nikolidaki,
  • Andreas Karavias,
  • Despoina Bafi,
  • Aliki Petani,
  • Pavlos Krassakis and
  • Issaak Parcharidis

19 July 2022

The environmental effects of wildfires are a hot issue in current research. This study examines the effects of the 2021 wildfires in the Attica region in Greece based on Earth observation and GIS-based techniques for the development of a web app that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,524 Views
14 Pages

An Introduction to a Novel and Rapid nZEB Skill-Mapping and Qualification Framework Methodology

  • Jan Cromwijk,
  • Carolina Mateo-Cecilia,
  • Cristina Jareño-Escudero,
  • Veronika Schröpfer and
  • Peter Op’t Veld

19 November 2017

Successful design and construction processes aiming towards nearly zero energy building (nZEB) standards are a challenge for the whole construction industry in Europe. Realizing nZEB buildings requires innovative design processes, and technologies ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,792 Views
16 Pages

Functions of mHealth Diabetes Apps That Enable the Provision of Pharmaceutical Care: Criteria Development and Evaluation of Popular Apps

  • Bushra Ali Sherazi,
  • Stephanie Laeer,
  • Svea Krutisch,
  • Armin Dabidian,
  • Sabina Schlottau and
  • Emina Obarcanin

Personal digital health apps for managing diabetes should include functions that enable the provision of pharmaceutical care services and allow within-app communication with pharmacists and other healthcare providers, thereby improving patient outcom...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
10,879 Views
25 Pages

Recent studies indicate tablets as the preferred devices of preschool children, due to portability, autonomy of use and variety of apps. There is also extensive evidence of the contributions of digital technologies in different areas of learning at t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
98 Citations
22,863 Views
32 Pages

14 May 2020

Carbon credits should reduce the environmental pollution and carbon emission of the Earth in the future. The market for carbon credits will become a critical issue from 2021, and carbon credits will be applied to systems where individuals can trade....

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