A5056333660- Safety Warnings and Signage
- Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Color perception and design
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Spatial Cognition and Navigation
- Design Education and Practice
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
- AI in Service Interactions
- Robotics and Automated Systems
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Online and Blended Learning
- Architecture, Art, Education
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Augmented Reality Applications
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Quality Function Deployment in Product Design
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Educational Environments and Student Outcomes
Instituto de Artes Visuais, Design e Marketing
2012-2024
Universidade Europeia
2012-2023
Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco
2018
University of Lisbon
2010-2017
IADE Superior de Marketing e Publicidade
2011
Purdue University West Lafayette
2009
The aim of this article is to discuss how user experience (UX) evaluation can benefit from the use virtual reality (VR).UX usually evaluated in laboratory settings. However, considering that UX occurs as a consequence interaction between product, user, and context use, assessment more ecological test setting. VR provides means develop realistic-looking environments with advantage allowing greater control experimental conditions while granting good validity.The methods used evaluate UX, well...
AbstractThis study examined the relative influence of environmental variables (corridor width and brightness) signage (directional exit signs), when presented in competition, on participants' route-choices two situational (everyday vs. emergency), during indoor wayfinding virtual environments. A reality-based methodology was used. Thus, participants attempted to find a room situation) hotel, followed by fire-related emergency egress (emergency situation). Different behaviours were observed....
Abstract Behavioral compliance is usually considered the best measure of warning effectiveness. Researching behavioral effects difficult to carry out, however, due concerns for safety, ethics, and high costs. Researchers cannot expose participants real hazards while conducting a research. A realistic scenario that appears risky but actually has no risk expensive conduct in terms money, time, effort. This article reflects on potential Virtual Reality (VR) as technique investigate...
This paper describes the design and rationale of multicenter practice-based research that aims to develop evaluate an innovative mobile health (mHealth) intervention programme directed promote healthy behaviours prevent adolescent obesity.This study is designed as a non-randomized controlled trial with three-arm structure.Twelve 16 years old participants will be recruited from schools, access Internet smartphone/tablet devices. The group invited engage in TeenPower mHealth divided into two...
Amidst the COVID-19, use of technology in learning environment was no longer a matter choice. Forced by circumstance, educators had to adapt order see academic year through. While for some, already used an online modality, it business as always, others start journey through unfamiliar territory. This study inserts itself such context. It presents and discusses results gathered questionnaire about perceptions personal experiences design Higher Education (HE) caught this move from in-class...
High relief is a sculpture where more than half of 3D figure attached onto background plane.The main problem high modeling from object how to transform the geometry within limited depth range.This paper presents novel method generate reliefs, which benefits technique Laplacian-based mesh deformation.Given as input, we first select set handle points on input model and compute their offset distances background.Taking these constraints, then optimize field by solving bi-Laplacian-based linear...
There is an increasing interest in multimodal technology-based warnings, namely those conveying speech-warning statements. This type of warning may be tailored to the situation as well target user’s characteristics. However, more informatio
Recent studies have highlighted Virtual Environments (VEs) as feasible tools for conducting safety sign research. Conversely, guidelines on how to conduct such with workplace signs and older workers, is scarce. The nature of this study justified by the fact that, workers grow older, their ability comply adversely affected age-related deficits. Therefore, present pilot sought assess quality a VE prototype that was specifically designed research middle-aged working adults (50-65 yrs). Using...
Previous studies suggest significant differences between navigating virtual environments in a life-like walking manner (i.e., using treadmills or walk-in-place techniques) and navigation flying while really standing). The latter option
To develop products for young children is a real challenge because they have very diverse physical and psychological characteristics, which are in constant change. Therefore, designing safety warning adequate to their comprehension abilities, able truly impact on behavior, becomes great challenge. Accidents with world global concern, these one of the principal causes death this age group. The main types accidents children, biggest traffic accidents, drowning, burns, falls poisoning. Because...