Traveller engagement with aircraft flight tracker applications

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In the recent years, mobile is found to be useful since they allow the user to perform more tasks in a mobile context. However, this usefulness come at the expense of the usability of these devices in some contexts. Thus, usability becomes an important factor in the adoption of mobile applications (such as mobile tracking applications, mobile health and mobile learning), which are often used by people who have problems when using mobile devices and who have a limited experience of technology. It’s critical in the Mobile domain to ensure the success of mobile applications. Despite some studies review usability evaluation, regrettably there are no systematic literature reviews focused on usability evaluation of mobile tracking applications. Consequently, in this study, the researchers strive to present the results of a systematic literature review (SLR) involving the use of usability evaluation techniques in Mobile tracking applications. Based on three research questions, the results indicated that, there are three kinds of the Mobile tracking applications namely: information tracking, location tracking and information and location tracking. In addition, and regard to the techniques used to evaluate the usability, the experimental study was the regularly used in the selected studies. Finally, the results shown that, for characteristics were frequently exploited to measure the usability of mobile tracking application are: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Usefulness and Accurate. This study is valuable for the researchers who need to evaluate the usability for any new mobile application through explored the appropriate methods used to evaluation the usability and indicators required for this purpose.

In recent years, large-scale analysis of log data from digital devices - often termed ""big data analysis"" (Lazer, Kennedy, King, & Vespignani, 2014) - have taken hold in the field of internet research. Through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and commercial measurement, scholars have been able to analyze social media users (Freelon 2014) and web audiences (Taneja, 2016) on an uprecedented scale. And by developing digital research tools, scholars have been able to track individuals across websites (Menchen-Trevino, 2013) and mobile applications (Ørmen & Thorhauge 2015) in greater detail than ever before. Big data analysis holds unique potential for studying communication in depth and across many individuals (see e.g. Boase & Ling, 2013; Prior, 2013). At the same time, this approach introduces new methodological challenges in the transparency of data collection (Webster, 2014), sampling of participants and validity of conclusions (Rieder, Abdulla, Poell, Woltering, & Zack, 2015). Firstly, data aggregation is typically designed for commercial rather than academic purposes. The type of data included as well as how it is presented depend in large part on the business interests of measurement and advertisement companies (Webster, 2014). Secondly, when relying on this kind of secondary data it can be difficult to validate the output or techniques used to generate the data (Rieder, Abdulla, Poell, Woltering, & Zack, 2015). Thirdly, often the unit of analysis is media-centric, taking specific websites or social network pages as the empirical basis instead of individual users (Taneja, 2016). This makes it hard to untangle the behavior of real-world users from the aggregate trends. Lastly, variations in what users do might be so large that it is necessary to move from the aggregate to smaller groups of users to make meaningful inferences (Welles, 2014). Internet research is thus faced with a new research approach in big data analysis with potentials and perils that need to be discussed in combination with traditional approaches. This panel explores the role of big data analysis in relation to the wider repertoire of methods in internet research. The panel comprises four presentations that each sheds light on the complementarity of big data analysis with more traditional qualitative and quantitative methods. The first presentation opens the discussion with an overview of strategies for combining digital traces and commercial audience data with qualitative interviews and quantitative survey methods. The next presentation explores the potential of trace data to improve upon the experimental method. Researcher-collected data enables scholars to operate in a real-world setting, in contrast to a research lab, while obtaining informed consent from participants. The third presentation argues that large-scale audience data provide a unique perspective on internet use. By integrating census-level information about users with detailed traces of their behavior across websites, commercial audience data combines the strength of surveys and digital trace data respectively. Lastly, the fourth presentation shows how multi-institutional collaboration makes it possible do document social media activity (on Twitter) for a whole country (Australia) in a comprehensive manner. A feat not possible through other methods on a similar scale. Through these four presentations, the panel aims to situate big data analysis in the broader repertoire of internet research methods.

Background: Significant advances have been made over the past 2 decades in the use of mobile devices. So-called smart devices (e.g., smartphones, tablet computers) allow people greater access to information on the Internet and at any time. Furthermore, most smart devices now incorporate sensors such as accelerometers, global positioning satellite components, Bluetooth technology, and cameras, which have greatly impacted their scope and utilization as a result of their multi-functional capacity. In the past, mobile medical platforms or applications were considered tools that care providers could use to improve patient care. However, health information technology should also provide convenient assistance to individuals for their own health and wellness management, enabling them to better communicate with doctors, learn and share information about their own health, and take actions that will improve their quality of life. The aims of this quantitative and qualitative study are as follows: to explore the functionality patients want, and to better understand individuals’ opinions, behaviors, and motivations, as well as the barriers to utilizing mobile mHealth applications. Methods: We conducted a quantitative and qualitative semi-structured in-depth interview study on October 13, 15 and 16, 2017, with 220 patients from a medical center in Taipei. Ten of the 220 patients were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim and analyzed using a directed content analysis. We report our findings following the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) checklist. Results: The top three functions requested by patients were as follows: outpatient department real-time progress (58%); the adverse effects of medicine (49%); and personal prescription lists and records (48%). Together, 83.2% patients were willing to use a hospital application if it offered the functionality they required, and 75% indicated they would do so for their family. The five major themes related to the influence of eHealth technology, as indicated by respondents, are as follows: notify patients and minimize prescription wastage; record patients’ daily medication adherence; convenient access to medication information on the mobile application; big data analyses of the data collected; and interaction between the patient and healthcare professionals, as well as with family and other patients. Conclusions: While many mobile health applications are being developed, large hospitals are lagging in building application that resonate with patients. Patients complain of a poor user experience with hospitals, and functionality of proprietary mobile applications often fails to individuals’ needs. The technological ability of different age group varies. Thus, understanding consumers’ experiences and expectations can encourage better mobile health application design and improve patients’ motivation to use such applications.

Abstract.This qualitative case study aimed to examine the effects of using a mobile application (WhatsApp) on on Turkish EFL learners’ BALL. This study demonstrates that following 4-week WhatsApp EFL classes changed 40 Turkish EFL learners’ BALL. Open-ended questions and a focus group interview were used to collect the data. The findings showed that students’ opinions towards using such mobile devices and applications in classrooms are positive and they changed their BALL. It is implicated that such applications can help students to develop positive attitudes toward learning EFL.Keywords: mobile application, health, qualitative study, education.

To measure testability of circuits precisely is one of the important problems in digital system testing. This paper presents a method based on information flow to measure the testability of circuits. Digital circuits can be described by an information processing system. The testability measure is defined in terms of information flow across the digital circuit. Its value can be obtained by means of logic simulation software. For those circuits that contain many modules, the testability measure can be obtained by means of special operations among them. A corresponding example is demonstrated. Another example for testability measure is calculated and its results are compared with those previously obtained. The features of the method presented in this paper are described.

The research aims to analyze supply chain conditions and measure avocado marketing efficiency in Bandungan District, Semarang Regency. The research began in March ₋ June 2020. Methods of research used survey methods. The method of sampling farmers using the purposive sampling method, as much as 40 people. The sampling of marketing agencies was conducted by snowball sampling techniques. A total of 14 people consisted of Pegepul, wholesalers, and retailers. Primary data collection is done by interviews with respondents based on a prepared questionnaire. Data analysis methods used qualitative and quantitative descriptive methods and computation of marketing efficiency. The results showed that the condition of the avocado supply chain in Bandungan district was quite good. The target supply chain is clear, good supply chain structure, resources are adequate, although the implementation of management has not been said to be good, one of them because there is no contractual agreement between marketing institutions so that the amount of avocado sold can not be predicted. The supply chain business process indicates that the product flow in the avocado supply chain moves from the farmer to the consumer, the flow of information goes two-way, i.e. from farmer to consumer or vice versa and the financial flow is moving from consumer to farmer. In the business process, there is a slight obstacle because on the flow of avocado products and information is not yet well integrated, there is no definite cycle so that the delivery time or volume of production can not be predicted well. Marketing activities in the supply chain of the Bandungan district are quite efficient judging from the value of farmer's share (≥ 40%) And the value of the marketing margin of channels 1 Rp 11,800,-, Channel 2 Rp 11,374,-and channel 3 Rp 14,674,-.

The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated significant adaptations for General Practitioner (GP) practices, affecting healthcare services and workload. The mixed-methods study VeCo-Praxis was designed to investigate these changes, focusing on non-COVID-related services in three German regions. This article is based on a qualitative interview study with GPs and Medical Practice Assistants (MPAs). To explore the perspectives of GPs and MPAs regarding their work and role during the pandemic and what conclusions they draw for GP care in the aftermath of the pandemic. A qualitative study with 15 GPs and 15 MPAs from three federal German states (August 2022 - September 2023). We conducted semi-structured telephone interviews and performed thematic analysis by Braun and Clarke. In this article, we focus on three key aspects: 1) the evolving role of GPs and MPAs as central healthcare coordinators, 2) frustrations stemming from inadequate collaboration with specialists, health authorities, and hospitals, and 3) conclusions and outlook for the aftermath of the pandemic. GPs reported an increased sense of responsibility but also greater exhaustion, while MPAs felt undervalued, particularly in comparison to hospital nurses. While telemedicine was helpful, both groups criticised the administrative workload, the lack of timely communication from authorities and the lack of support with pandemic-related tasks to ensure general patient care. As lessons learnt from the pandemic, GPs and MPAs must be adequately supported in their roles, interdisciplinary collaboration must be improved, and information flows and administrative processes must be more efficient to assure better pandemic-preparedness.

To obtain an in-depth understanding of the specific needs of patients for rehabilitation services delivered via mobile applications after total hip or knee arthroplasty. Due to increased demand for arthroplasty, the provision of face-to-face rehabilitation services for patients is becoming challenging. New approaches using digital technologies are being developed, such as mobile applications to deliver rehabilitation services. However, the perspectives of patients on the delivery of these services via mobile applications after total hip or knee arthroplasty have not been explored extensively. A qualitative descriptive study. Twenty patients who had been discharged from the hospital after a total hip or knee arthroplasty were interviewed via telephone about their needs regarding the future use of mobile applications to conduct arthroplasty rehabilitation. Interview records were transcribed verbatim and analysed using inductive content analysis. Reporting of the findings complies with the COREQ checklist for qualitative studies. Four categories emerged from the data collected from the participants: (1) assisting rehabilitation self-management, (2) facilitating peer support, (3) facilitating contact with healthcare professionals and (4) supporting emotional well-being. The study provided an in-depth understanding of the specific needs of patients for rehabilitation services delivered via mobile applications after total hip or knee arthroplasty. The findings of the study could be used in the development or revision of mobile application rehabilitation programmes to better support the rehabilitation of patients. Future studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of such programmes, especially including the self-efficacy of patients as an outcome measure. From the perspective of patients who have undergone arthroplasty, a mobile application rehabilitation programme should encourage patients in rehabilitation self-management, assist them to contact healthcare professionals and other patients and support their postoperative emotional well-being. The study findings will assist nurses with the preparation and delivery of telerehabilitation programmes after arthroplasty.

The development of digital technology connected to the internet network provides easy access to information. With the existence of digital technology devices, information is increasingly easy to obtain, process, and obtain, causing an information explosion. This information explosion makes it difficult to sort and select valid information. So that digital literacy is needed to be able to select and sort, process and redistribute information obtained from digital devices. Students of the History of Islamic Civilization (SPI) are required to be people who are required to be able to absorb information, especially information about history. The local history of Sambas Regency has not been widely published through print or digital media. So that literacy skills are needed to trace the sources and information of Sambas local history. This research uses qualitative research methods to see the literacy skills of SPI students. The results of this study indicate that SPI IAIS Sambas students have digital literacy skills obtained from Computer Practice lecture material. The material provides a basis for searching information using digital devices. Information obtained through digital data they process with careful review to avoid invalid information. Information that has been checked and re-processed so that it can be published to the public.

With mobile devices and wireless infrastructures becoming more powerful and ubiquitous, the corporate world is striving to use these technologies to keep their businesses competitive. One way is to provide access to enterprise applications via wireless, mobile devices. Designing mobile enterprise applications provides unique challenges. The obvious challenge is to design for small devices and usage in a mobile context; however, you may also need to design for integration with desktop products, novice users as well as domain experts, and a scalability of functionality that usually exceeds traditional consumer-oriented mobile applications and services. This chapter discusses enterprise mobile application design heuristics derived from iterative usability cycles that yielded a wealth of ideas and validation data. Although this chapter focuses on enterprise applications, many of these heuristics can be applied to more consumer-oriented applications.KeywordsMobile DeviceMobile UserMobile ApplicationRound Trip TimeDisplay AreaThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Poor adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment leads to further disease transmission, worsened outcomes, and the development of drug resistance. Digital adherence technologies may facilitate a more patient-centered approach for improving TB treatment outcomes than current strategies. The objective of this study was to evaluate and explore improving usability of the TB Treatment Support Tools (TB-TST) mobile application. We used an iterative convergent mixed-method design consisting of two quantitative surveys and a qualitative think-aloud interview. Testing was conducted in three testing cycles consisting of a total of 16 interviews and 26 surveys. Results were thematically analyzed and reported to the development team during weekly team meetings. Participants rated the TB-TSTs application as having high usability and the iterative approach resulted in several refinements to the application in response to participant feedback. These refinements were well received during qualitative interviews but did not result in a statistically significant improvement in usability testing scores between cycles. Using an iterative convergent mixed-method design was an effective method for refining our mHealth application. Data collected from think-aloud interviews, the MAUQ, and the Health-ITUES identified key areas of application design that needed refinement.

Nowadays, patients can be more involved in developing healthcare services with their healthcare professionals. Patient-centred information is a key part of improving regional health information exchange (HIE), giving patients an active role in care management. The aim was to get a deeper understanding of the flow of information and collaboration in one hospital district area from the viewpoint of patients, healthcare professionals and administrative staff. The data were collected by themed interviews and analysed using both deductive and inductive content analyses. The interview themes were the flow of information and collaboration after 5 years of HIE usage in one hospital district area in Finland. Health information exchange usage had changed the regional flow of information after the 5-year period. The patients were satisfied that their primary care physician was able to access their special care information. The experiences of healthcare professionals and administrative staff also showed that information availability and information exchange had improved regionally. HIE usage was also found to have improved regional collaboration between different organisations in patient health care. It was recognised that patients had taken on more responsibility for transferring their follow-up treatment information. Healthcare information exchange between professionals not only improves patient care or patient involvement in their own care, but it also requires that patient self-care or self-care management is integrated into HIE systems to share information not only among professionals, but also between patients and professionals. This information will be used in the development of healthcare systems to meet more the developing of the continuity of care the patient's point of view.

Technology, work, and information flows: Lessons from the implementation of a wireless alert pager system

PurposeOrganic food processing must include organic principles to be authentic. This qualitative study aims to understand the processors' understanding of organic food processing quality.Design/methodology/approachThis study is based on semi-structured expert interviews with eight employees of six purely or partly organic dairies from Germany and Switzerland. Interview themes are (1) quality of organic milk processing in general, (2) assessment of specific processing techniques, (3) product quality of organic milk and (4) flow of information between producer and consumer. The interviews have been audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed.Findings(1) Experts prefer minimal processing; some prefer artisanal processing, whilst others stress the advantages of mechanisation. (2) High temperature short time (HTST) pasteurisation and mechanical processing techniques are accepted; ultra-high-temperature (UHT) milk processing is partly rejected. (3) Traditional taste and valuable ingredients should be present in the final product. Natural variances are judged positively. (4) Consumers' low level of food technology literacy is challenging for communication.Research limitations/implicationsThe results cannot be generalised due to the qualitative study design. Further studies, e.g. qualitative case analyses and studies with a quantitative design, are necessary to deepen the results.Practical implicationsThe paper shows which processing technologies experts consider suitable or unsuitable for organic milk. The paper also identifies opportunities to bridge the perceived gap between processors' and consumers' demands.Originality/valueThe study shows the challenges of processors in expressing the processors' understanding of process quality.