With the realization of Japan’s Global and Innovation Gateway for All (GIGA) Initiative, there is a need to enhance learning through effective teaching methods for students with disabilities. Regarding textbooks currently published in paper form, we will develop digital textbooks for learners based on the functions required for effective instruction according to the characteristics of disabilities and extract issues related […]
Controlling infectious diseases is required to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good health and well-being), especially in developing countries that are considered vulnerable to infectious diseases. The use of data science in controlling infectious diseases is attracting increasing attention. The development of innovative methods and technologies such as machine learning, mobile health (mHealth), health information systems (HIS), and epidemiological modeling […]
The Global Alliance in Rapid Diagnostics (GARD) of Michigan State University, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines, and other collaborating institutions in Asia and around the world conducted a 2-day global conference with a theme Bridging Technologies and Market Needs on June 25-26, 2021. We were honored to be invited as one of the speakers in the Mobile/Web Applications for […]
Our study on describing the design and development of the ChildSIDE app for independent communication and mobility of children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities or severe and motor and intellectual disabilities has been recently published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology (JRAT). ChildSIDE app collects and transmits data associated with children’s behaviors […]
The sudden shift of schools to distance learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic has also impacted hospitalized children with severe medical, physical, or neurological conditions. We developed a system that enables children to attend classes using an alter-ego robot that lets them virtually experience an actual classroom environment. However, due to the inability of existing cameras and monitors to automatically […]
While there may be substantial evidence of the relationship between weather parameters and behaviors among typically developing children across settings, studies involving children with neurological functioning impairments that affect communication or those with physical and motor disabilities are unexpectedly scarce. Recently, the importance of weather parameters and location information to better understand the context of the communication of children with […]
Our study on developing a prediction accuracy system for predicting the needs of children with severe physical and mental disabilities, “Development of a system for guessing the needs of people with severe motor disabilities 5 – Verification of a system for predicting the needs of people with severe motor and intellectual disabilities (SMID) that integrates expressive responses and environmental information,” […]
Ehime University has been commissioned by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to conduct a two-year “Practical Research Project to Support Diverse Learning Activities of People with Disabilities” for the academic years 2019 and 2020. In this video, we introduced the activities of “Visiting College and Open College @ Ehime University“ for people with severe mental […]
The Conference on Symbiotic Society for Learning and Living Together: Chugoku-Shikoku Block Maruno-Tsudoi, a project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), was successfully held in December 2020. We would like to thank everyone who attended. If you missed a presentation, all conference sessions have now been uploaded and are available on Youtube. In addition to […]
For the academic community, perhaps the most important thing that this crisis will have taught us is that the freedoms that we hold so close, such as those of expression and movement in a globalised world, bring to the fore questions of transparency and governance on an international level. This serves to remind us that questions of human security and […]
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