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Absorptive capacity for development of assistive technology: A study on businesses with social impact
(2020-01-01)
This study aims to analyse how absorptive capacity influences assistive technology development in businesses with social impact (BSI). The research performed was descriptive and qualitative, using the case study method. ...
Technical assistance and development, proceedings of the Truman International Conference on Technical Assistance and Development
(Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2011)
Aspects of the national catalogue of assistive technology products of the ministry of science, technology and innovation in Brazil: A survey on the degree of knowledge of the catalog
(2017-01-01)
This article is a case study on the National Catalogue of Assistive Technology developed by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, along with the Institute of Social Technology (ITS Brazil). The available ...
An Architecture for development of Ambient Assisted Living applications
(01/01/2011)
Advances in sensors, mobile and embedded devices have made possible patient monitoring and provided medical treatments and other assistance in health care. Aging populations will benefit from reduced costs and improved ...
Intelligent Control Architecture for Assistive Mobile Robots
(Springer, 2016-10-01)
The current technology has provided the necessary means for creating better assistive tools. Among these tools, the interest on assistive robotics has been growing, since its cost is being reduced and new equipment is ...
The effectiveness of technical assistance, socio-economic development and the absorptive capacity of competition authorities
(ECLAC, 2006-10)
Using survey data on technical assistance projects that was collected by the International Competition Network's Competition Policy Implementation Working Group during 2004 and 2005, I estimate the effect of different ...
Argumentation-Based Personal Assistants for Ambient Assisted Living
(Springer, 2018)
Personal assistants may help the elderly population to live independently and improve their welfare in ambient assisted living environments. However, although there are current proposals already developed both in academic ...
Improving assistive technology in practice: Contributions from interdisciplinary research and development and collaboration
(2018-06-01)
This paper describes a collaborative strategy shared by a rehabilitation center and a public usniversity with a goal to improve the knowledge on assistive technology and rehabilitation research and development in Brazil. ...