{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,10]],"date-time":"2026-06-10T14:58:27Z","timestamp":1781103507623,"version":"3.54.1"},"reference-count":20,"publisher":"IGI Global Scientific Publishing","issue":"4","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,10]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>This article is about the creation of tools and technologies that support physical, mental, social and emotional wellbeing. Students from a polytechnic institution were challenged within a human computer interaction discipline, to set an idea and to present its design process. The objective was to create something using technology to improve people quality of life. The main goal of this article is to settle some of the reasons that lead to important and interesting outputs to the amount of unfinished or unavailable applications to be used by those who need it.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4018\/ijskd.2017100102","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,22]],"date-time":"2018-03-22T10:29:19Z","timestamp":1521714559000},"page":"12-27","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Applications to Improve Quality of Life"],"prefix":"10.4018","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Arminda Guerra","family":"Lopes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Politecnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal & Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Funchal, Portugal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2432","reference":[{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-0","author":"J. D.Brewer","year":"2000","journal-title":"Ethnography \u2013 Understanding social research"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-1","author":"K.Charmaz","year":"2006","journal-title":"Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide through Qualitative Analysis"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-2","author":"C.Dawson","year":"2007","journal-title":"A Practical Guide to Research Methods"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4135\/9781412984584"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-4","year":"2017"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-5","year":"2017"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-6","unstructured":"Gartner. (2012). Mobile Payments. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/it\/page.jsp?id=1544815"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-7","author":"B. G.Glaser","year":"1967","journal-title":"The discovery of grounded theory: Strategies for qualitative research"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-8","unstructured":"Glow. (2017). Glow Ovulation, Period Tracker. Retrieved from https:\/\/appadvice.com\/app\/ovulation-fertility...glow\/638021335"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-9","unstructured":"Insight Optics. (2017). Retrieved from http:\/\/io.care"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-10","unstructured":"NFC. (2017). Near Field Communication Forum. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.nfc-forum.org"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-11","unstructured":"Noom. (2017). Healthy Weight Program. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.noom.com\/healthy-weight-program\/"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-12","unstructured":"Perlgut, D. (2011). Digital Inclusion in the Broadband World: Challenges for Australia. Paper presented at theCommunications Policy and Research Forum, Sydney, November 7."},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-13","author":"J.Ruane","year":"2005","journal-title":"Essentials of Research Methods. A Guide to Social Science Research"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-14","author":"J. M.Ruane","year":"2005","journal-title":"Essentials of Research Methods A Guide to Social Science Research"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-15","first-page":"413","article-title":"Usable Gestures for Blind People: Understanding Preference and Performance.","author":"K. K.Shaun","year":"2011","journal-title":"Proceedings of CHI \u201911"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-16","author":"A.Strauss","year":"1990","journal-title":"Basics of qualitative research Grounded theory procedures and techniques. Newbury Oark"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-17","unstructured":"Talkspace. (2017). Retrieved from https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-18","volume":"Vol. 5","author":"R. K.Yin","year":"1994","journal-title":"Case Study Research \u2013 Design and Methods"},{"key":"IJSKD.2017100102-19","unstructured":"Zachman. (n.d.). The Zachman Framework: The Official Concise Definition, Retrieved from http:\/\/test.zachmaninternational.com\/index.php\/the-zachman-framework"}],"container-title":["International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.igi-global.com\/viewtitle.aspx?TitleId=203029","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,6]],"date-time":"2022-05-06T10:00:02Z","timestamp":1651831202000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/services.igi-global.com\/resolvedoi\/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018\/IJSKD.2017100102"}},"subtitle":[""],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,10]]},"references-count":20,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4"},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4018\/ijskd.2017100102","relation":{},"ISSN":["1941-6253","1941-6261"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1941-6253","type":"print"},{"value":"1941-6261","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,10]]}}}