Personal Assistance and Monitoring Devices Applications by Renato Ferrero, Maurizio Rebaudengo, Francisca Rosique

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Attitudes and preferences toward the adoption of voice-controlled intelligent personal assistants: Evidence from Croatia by Antun Biloš, Bruno Budimir, Borna Kraljević

Subjects: “…Intelligent personal assistants…”
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6 Questions for Socially Aware Language Technologies by Diyi Yang

“… Over the last few decades, natural language processing (NLP) has dramatically improved performance and produced industrial applications like personal assistants. Despite being sufficient to enable these applications, current NLP systems largely ignore the social part of language. …”
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User Acceptance of a Home Robotic Assistant for Individuals With Physical Disabilities: Explorative Qualitative Study by Linda Sørensen, Dag Tomas Sagen Johannesen, Helinä Melkas, Hege Mari Johnsen

“…AI-powered robots offer new possibilities for creating more adaptable and personalized assistive technologies, potentially enhancing their effectiveness and viability for individuals with disabilities.…”
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Textile UWB Antenna Bending and Wet Performances by Mai A. R. Osman, M. K. A. Rahim, N. A. Samsuri, M. K. Elbasheer, M. E. Ali

“…The vision and ideas of wearable computing systems describe future electronic systems as an integral part of our everyday clothing that provides the wearer with such intelligent personal assistants. Recently, there has been growing interest in the antenna community to merge between wearable systems technology, ultrawideband (UWB) technology and textile technology. …”
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Transformation of business under the influence of artificial intelligence by Buha Vesna, Lečić Rada, Berezljev Ljiljana

“…Research results of Forbes Advisor (2023) indicate that the most common use of AI is in Customer Service, Cyber Security, Digital Personal Assistants, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), etc. …”
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Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by A. V. Rezaev, A. M. Stepanov, N. D. Tregubova

“…However, their curiosity often comes down to using specific AI tools, such as text and image generators, translators, and personal assistants in the educational process. This paper considers a broader question: what fundamental problems and challenges does the penetration of AI technologies into human lives originate for higher education? …”
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Urdu Lip Reading Systems for Digits in Controlled and Uncontrolled Environment by Amanullah Baloch, Mushtaq Ali, Lal Hussain, Touseef Sadiq, Badr S. Alkahtani

“…Lip reading technology can significantly benefit various domains, such as enhancing communication for the hearing impaired person, assisting in noisy environments, and improving security with silent password inputs. …”
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Using Passive BCI for Personalization of Assistive Wearable Devices: A Proof-of-Concept Study by Asghar Mahmoudi, Morteza Khosrotabar, Klaus Gramann, Stephan Rinderknecht, Maziar A. Sharbafi

“…The outcomes of our study demonstrate the potential of passive BCI in personalizing assistance provided by wearable devices. Future research should further explore integrating passive BCI into assistive wearable devices to enhance user experience.…”
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Prevalence and influencing factors of the dyadic psychological stress among patients with lung cancer and their family caregivers: a cross-sectional study by Juan Li, Chan Li, Jie Zou, Fang-Qun Cheng, Li Peng, Li-Hong Deng, Pei-Pei Wu, Sai-Yu Gao, Zhi-Yao Xiong, Ying Zuo, Yan Luo, Xiao-Hua Rao, Bo Yuan, Ou-Ying Chen, Jing-Ping Zhang

“…Conclusion The prevalence of psychological stress response of lung cancer patients and caregivers was high and influenced by family living situation, number of persons assisting in care, place of residence, patient-caregiver relationship, levels of illness perception, mindfulness, self-compassion, and dyadic coping. …”
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Opening the digital doorway to sexual healthcare: Recommendations from a behaviour change wheel analysis of barriers and facilitators to seeking online sexual health information an... by Julie McLeod, Claudia S Estcourt, Jennifer MacDonald, Jo Gibbs, Melvina Woode Owusu, Fiona Mapp, Nuria Gallego Marquez, Amelia McInnes-Dean, John M Saunders, Ann Blandford, Paul Flowers

“…Facilitators included clarity about credibility and quality; inclusive content; and in-person assistance. Recommendations included: Education and Persuasion e.g., online and offline promotion and endorsement by healthcare professionals and peers; Training and Modelling e.g., accessible training to enhance searching skills and credibility appraisal; and Environmental Restructuring and Enablement e.g., modifications to ensure online information and support are simple and easy to use, including video/audio options for content.…”
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