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Journal articles on the topic "DK. Health libraries, Medical libraries"

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Papadakis, Ioannis, Vassilios Chrissikopoulos, and Despoina Polemi. "Secure medical digital libraries." International Journal of Medical Informatics 64, no. 2-3 (December 2001): 417–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1386-5056(01)00206-4.

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Dorrington, L. F. "Health Libraries as Joint Use Libraries: Serving Medical Practitioners and Students." Library Trends 54, no. 4 (2006): 596–606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lib.2006.0034.

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Shearer, Barbara. "Deconstructing Twentieth Century Medical Libraries: From Typewriters to Digital Libraries." Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries 13, no. 3 (July 2, 2016): 131–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15424065.2016.1235475.

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Klerings, Irma, and Gerhard Bissels. "Medical and health libraries and sustainability." Journal of EAHIL 16, no. 4 (December 20, 2020): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.32384/jeahil16437.

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Cuddy, Colleen. "The iPhone in Medical Libraries." Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries 5, no. 3 (September 4, 2008): 287–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15424060802222513.

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Kraft, Michelle. "RA21 Considerations for Medical Libraries." Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries 16, no. 2 (April 3, 2019): 75–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15424065.2019.1638868.

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Six-Means, Amy. "OverDrive for Medical and Consumer Health Libraries." Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries 12, no. 2 (April 3, 2015): 105–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15424065.2015.1035561.

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Gómez-Sánchez, Alicia Fátima, Gaétan Kerdelhue, Rebeca Isabel-Gómez, Mar González-Cantalejo, Pablo Iriarte, and Floriane S. Muller. "Health libraries: sharing through gaming." Journal of EAHIL 15, no. 3 (September 10, 2019): 8–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.32384/jeahil15329.

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Information science is a fast-changing field, and medical librarians need to develop their roles to meet the users’new requirements. The professional development becomes a major challenge, not only regarding the core activities, but also in the way librarians and users can learn in a more innovative way. In order to invent new tools for training, a group of librarians with different backgrounds decided to create a game inspired by the “Bucket ofdoom”, which is described as a “Card game that meets storytelling with a sprinkling of comedy”. This adapted version for health libraries will face players with real professional situations. To overcome each challenge and have fun, librarians must use their experience and imagination with a high dose of creativity and humour.
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Dee, Cheryl R. "Chat Reference Service in Medical Libraries." Medical Reference Services Quarterly 22, no. 2 (March 2003): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j115v22n02_01.

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Dee, Cheryl R. "Chat Reference Service in Medical Libraries." Medical Reference Services Quarterly 22, no. 2 (March 2003): 15–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j115v22n02_02.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "DK. Health libraries, Medical libraries"

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Eldredge, Jonathan D., Joanne Gard Marshall, Alison Brettle, Heather Holmes, Lotta Haglund, and Rick Wallace. "Health Libraries." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8688.

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Book Summary The book takes an open and encompassing approach to exploring evidence based library and information practice (EBLIP) and the ways it can improve the practice of librarianship. Bringing together recent theory, research, and case studies, it provides librarians with a new reference point for how they can use and create evidence within their practice, in order to better meet the needs of their communities. Being Evidence Based in Library and Information Practice is divided into two parts; in the first part the editors explore the background to EBLIP and put forward a new model for its application in the workplace which encompasses five elements: Articulate, Assemble, Assess, Agree, Adapt. In the second part, contributors from academic, public, health, school, and special libraries from around the world provide an overview of EBLIP developments and offer examples of successful implementation. Essential reading for library and information professionals from all types of institutions who want to make more informed decisions and better meet the needs of their users, this book will also be of interest to students of library and information studies and researchers.
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Wallace, Rick L., and Nakia J. Woodward. "Linking Libraries: An Analysis of a Consumer Health Partnership between Academic and Public Libraries." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8726.

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Burroughs, Catherine M., and Fred B. Wood. "Measuring the Difference: Guide to Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach." National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105649.

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This 130-page guide is a primer (including tools and resources) for planning and evaluating health information programs. It was developed by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region and the National Library of Medicine.
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Ingraham, Leonoor Swets. "Impact of the Medical Library Assistance Act of 1965 on Health Sciences Libraries in the Pacific Northwest: an Interorganizational Approach." PDXScholar, 1996. http://books.google.com/books?id=x9LgAAAAMAAJ.

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Wallace, Rick L., and Nakia J. Woodward. "Consumer Health Information: Promoting Partners in Collaboration Between Medical & Public Libraries." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8772.

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Woodward, Nakia J., and Nakia J. Woodward. "An Analysis of a Consumer Health Partnership Between Academic and Public Libraries." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2005. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8721.

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Objectives: The purpose of this presentation is to analyze a statewide consumer health training program that involved a partnership between academic and public libraries. The project was conducted from 2004–2010. Over 250 participants from public libraries received MLA’s Consumer Health Information Specialization Level 1 certificate as a result of the project. Methods: Participants from the public libraries were interviewed either individually or in small groups. Thoughts on the classes, their experience with consumer health information, and MedlinePlus as a product were elicited from the participants. Their observations were recorded. The findings were analyzed, and dominant themes were identified. Results: The motivation behind this effort was reports that the first place people with a new diagnosis go for information is the public library. Anecdotal evidence shows that the participants enjoyed the classes and felt empowered by the training. Many expressed interest in continuing training. Conclusions: Public libraries are valuable partners for medical librarians. We wanted to look for evidence to see if there was any value in this project in order to know whether to repeat it in the future or whether to promote it as a model to other geographical areas
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Woodward, Nakia J., and Rick L. Wallace. "An Analysis of a Consumer Health Partnership Between Academic and Public Libraries." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8721.

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Objectives: The purpose of this presentation is to analyze a statewide consumer health training program that involved a partnership between academic and public libraries. The project was conducted from 2004–2010. Over 250 participants from public libraries received MLA’s Consumer Health Information Specialization Level 1 certificate as a result of the project. Methods: Participants from the public libraries were interviewed either individually or in small groups. Thoughts on the classes, their experience with consumer health information, and MedlinePlus as a product were elicited from the participants. Their observations were recorded. The findings were analyzed, and dominant themes were identified. Results: The motivation behind this effort was reports that the first place people with a new diagnosis go for information is the public library. Anecdotal evidence shows that the participants enjoyed the classes and felt empowered by the training. Many expressed interest in continuing training. Conclusions: Public libraries are valuable partners for medical librarians. We wanted to look for evidence to see if there was any value in this project in order to know whether to repeat it in the future or whether to promote it as a model to other geographical areas
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Carter, Nakia, and Rick Wallace. "Collaborating with Public Libraries, Public Health Departments, and Rural Hospitals to Provide Consumer Health Information Services." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8682.

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East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine Library (ETSUQCOML) developed a training program to enable public libraries, public health workers, and rural hospital staff to be consumer health information providers. Four NN/LM-developed classes were taught to public libraries. Regional public library directors were invaluable in obtaining the concurrence of their boards for release time for class attendance. Classes were also developed for the public health workforce and rural hospital staff. Five-hundred thirty-three students attended the classes. Fifty-two public library workers will receive the MLA's Consumer Health Information Specialist certification. Thirty-one public libraries have joined NN/LM. All ordered MedlinePlus marketing materials for their libraries from InformationRx.org.
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Wallace, Rick L., and Nakia J. Woodward. "Collaborating with Public Libraries to Provide Consumer Health Information Services to 17 Rural Tennessee Counties." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8781.

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Reetseng, Mmakgoshi Prescilla. "An assessment of the attitudes of undergraduate students towards information literacy training : Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) Library as case study." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/58606.

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ABSTRACT Information literacy skills training should be utilised by libraries as a strategy for transforming non-library users into constant users by teaching them appropriate skills that can impact on their knowledge and attitudes towards the utilisation of library resources. Although libraries do provide training aimed at making students conscious of the range of library resources and services and how to use them in their studies and career development, it has regrettably been observed that the skills and services are not well utilised by many. Students in many institutions still rely heavily on the librarian even after receiving training. This has also been observed at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) library. This study titled, An assessment of the attitudes of undergraduate students towards information literacy training: Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) Library as case study, therefore addressed the following research problem: To what extent does the information literacy skills training offered at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) Library affect students’ attitudes towards information literacy training and use of information retrieval systems? The study was aimed at offering 2015 first year students at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University and the librarian responsible for information literacy skills training an opportunity to express their perceptions and feelings about the library’s information literacy skills training programme and the use of information retrieval systems. The study also aimed at determining barriers that students experience in independently and effectively utilising library services and systems and identifying possible gaps in the training. The study also looked at aspects of the training that influenced students positively. A case study of first year students from the Schools of Medicine, Pathology and Pre-Clinical Sciences, Oral Health Sciences and Health Care Sciences at SMU was conducted using a mixed methods approach, collecting and analysing quantitative and qualitative data. It employed questionnaires (for quantitative data), focus group interviews (for qualitative data) and an interview with the librarian responsible for information literacy training (qualitative data). Data were collected from the 14th October to the 06th November 2015. A total of 394 questionnaires were distributed, 225 questionnaires were returned and 219 were sufficiently completed to be useful. Four focus group interviews were held with 18 first year students; all schools were represented. Students contributed ideas and voiced their opinions about the value of information literacy skills training for their studies, future career and their everyday life. They shared perceptions on their satisfaction with the skills learned and had the opportunity to rank the skills they have improved as a result of the training. Students confirmed that the training programme was indeed valuable and required for various aspects of their life, studies and career. They learned the skills needed when searching for information. Their effort and time for searching, locating, finding, accessing, evaluating and using information from the shelves, catalogue, internet and databases had also been decreased. Some of the gaps identified by students were that they struggled with acquiring new skills as they had no prior exposure to libraries and computers, the classes were overcrowded and uncontrollable, the scope covered was too wide for one session, the training was overwhelming and the timing of the year wrong. Students also made suggestions and recommendations, for example continuous or monthly training, online training sessions, small group sessions, facilitation training for the trainers and including basic computer training. The practical recommendations from the study, which include the student recommendations, can be utilised to improve information literacy skills training at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University Library, and also hold value for other academic contexts. From a theoretical viewpoint, theories of self-efficacy and affordance theory can be explored in further work.
Mini Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Information Science
MIT
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Books on the topic "DK. Health libraries, Medical libraries"

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Norman, Sandy. Copyright in health libraries. 3rd ed. London: Library Association Pub., 1999.

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H, Morse David, ed. Acquisitions in health sciences libraries. Lanham, Md: Medical Library Association and the Scarecrow Press, 1996.

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Sandy, Norman, and Library Association, eds. Copyright in health libraries. 2nd ed. London: Library Association, 1996.

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H, Morse David, ed. Acquisitions in health sciences libraries. Lanham, Md: Medical Library Association and the Scarecrow Press, 1996.

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Library Association of Ireland. Health Sciences Libraries Section. Standards for Irish health care libraries. Dublin: Library Association of Ireland, 1993.

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Michael, Carmel, ed. Health care librarianship and information work. 2nd ed. London: Library Association Pub., 1995.

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Association, Medical Library, ed. Position descriptions in health sciences libraries. Chicago, Ill.]: Medical Library Association, 1990.

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Marshall, Joanne Gard. Evaluation instruments for health sciences libraries. [Chicago, Ill.]: Medical Library Association, 1990.

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Ozaki, Hiroko. Health sciences libraries: Selected references, 1981-1984. Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1985.

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Norcross, Natalie. Organization charts of academic health sciences libraries. Chicago: Medical Library Association, 2004.

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Book chapters on the topic "DK. Health libraries, Medical libraries"

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Doran, Beatrice M. "Marketing Medical School Libraries." In Health Information — New Possibilities, 67–71. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0093-9_20.

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Brazier, Hugh. "Medical School Libraries and Examination Results." In Health Information — New Possibilities, 87–89. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0093-9_26.

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Groen, Frances. "Sir William Osler and Medical Libraries." In Health Information — New Possibilities, 200–204. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0093-9_59.

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Sánchez, David, and Antonio Moreno. "Creating Topic Hierarchies for Large Medical Libraries." In Knowledge Representation for Health-Care. Data, Processes and Guidelines, 1–13. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11808-1_1.

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Kostkova, Patty, and Gemma Madle. "User-Centered Evaluation Model for Medical Digital Libraries." In Knowledge Management for Health Care Procedures, 92–103. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03262-2_8.

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Pekkarinen, Päivi. "On the Role of Vernacular Medical Vocabularies in the Context of the Virtual Medical/Health Library." In Libraries without Limits: Changing Needs — Changing Roles, 26–29. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4621-0_6.

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Urata, Kazuo, and Zhang Haiqi. "Study on Services of Medical School Libraries: Comparison of Japan and China." In Health Information — New Possibilities, 230–32. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0093-9_71.

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Ivanov, E. P., V. S. Lazarev, D. Yunusova, L. Velkovich, and G. Laysha. "Role of Research Libraries in Scientific Investigations of Medical After-Effects of Chernobyl Disaster." In Health Information — New Possibilities, 263–66. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0093-9_86.

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Abdala, C. Verônica, and Rosane Taruhn. "Access to Health Information in Latin America and the Caribbean." In Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 41–50. Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203051948-5.

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Yuvaraj, Mayank. "Cloud Libraries." In Cloud Technology, 50–71. IGI Global, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6539-2.ch003.

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On-demand computing power at modest cost, tied with faster Internet accessibility in the Cloud has offered the future of Cloud libraries. This chapter presents a snapshot of what is happening in the arena of Cloud libraries. It presents the features, its promises, components that drive a Cloud library, users and the services, infrastructure, information sources, and retrieval strategies in the Cloud. Further, it presents a Cloud strategic planning model for its realization in libraries. Whereas a lot of work has been done on the technical aspects and implications in health and medical services, there is lack of focus on the implication of Cloud computing in a library setting. This chapter is a self-conscious attempt in filling some of the gaps.
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Conference papers on the topic "DK. Health libraries, Medical libraries"

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Kendall, Susan K., Ramune K. Kubilius, Sarah McClung, Jean Gudenas, and Rena Lubker. "Down the Rabbit Hole We Go Again (the 19th Health Sciences Lively Lunchtime Discussion)." In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317161.

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This year’s sponsored, no holds barred health sciences lively lunchtime gathering was open to all. It began with greetings from luncheon sponsor, Rittenhouse. The moderator, Rena Lubker, introduced the session and provided introductory remarks about this year’s three presentations: a commentary on issues that keep us up at night; a report on considerations to make when leaving big deal licenses and entering into new, OA friendly arrangements; and more discussion about the impact of expansions on libraries of academic medical affiliation. All three topics provided fodder for lively discussion at the end. Ramune Kubilius provided her brief annual update on health sciences publishing world developments. Are there trends or commonalities in the issues that concern health sciences collection managers across institutions? Susan Kendall, editor of a recent book on 21st century collection management shared her thoughts on what keeps health sciences collection managers on their toes (or up at night). Audience members were invited to agree or disagree with her list. The ever-changing academic library and affiliated hospital relationship landscape was again explored at the Charleston health sciences-themed gathering. Jean Gudenas examined the effects of hospital mergers and acquisitions on academic libraries. She discussed the challenges with negotiating licensing changes quickly, the commitment to communication, and other matters essential to ensuring access to resources for the new affiliates. What goes into planning, preparing and actively shifting towards a more open access friendly landscape? How do consortia make decisions to leave or enter into deals on behalf of a multi-type academic library system? Are the interests of health sciences libraries represented? Sarah McClung shared examples of recent collections decisions made by the University of California libraries and what lessons can be imparted to other libraries, including those licensing in smaller groups or even solo.
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Ionite, Catalin, and Iustina Condurache. "A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SOFTWARE USED IN THE LABOR MARKET VS THE EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE OF POSTUROLOGY USED IN THE TRAINING OF PHYSIOTHERAPY." In eLSE 2020. University Publishing House, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-20-201.

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The technological and informational explosion had a negative impact on human health by reducing the time allocated to movement in the daily activity. The simple activities such as newspaper picking, shopping, paying bills, etc., can now be done by a simple click from the computer or mobile devices. The technological development of the 21st century offers daily comfort, but it increases the time spent in static positions, favors the appearance of sedentarism and producing changes in the posture of individuals. A correct body posture is a sign of good psycho-physical balance of the individual. Modifying it decreases the body's ability to fight against gravity, to oppose external forces, to balance itself during movements such as, to perform them etc. The consequence of these changes leads to the appearance of pathologies / diseases in all the segments of the body. The study aimed to identify in three databases of virtual libraries the devices and software used in the analysis of the individual's posture by the labor market and research, and then the identified information was compared with the software used by students from the specialization of Physiotherapy (Balneology, physical therapy and medical rehabilitation), from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Iasi. After studying the specialized literature from three virtual libraries and identifying the devices and software used by the market specialists and comparing them with the devices and software used by the students within the specialization of Physiotherapy (Balneology, physical therapy and medical rehabilitation), we can say that the last class are using topical devices in posture analysis, but they do not depart from the classical methods of posture evaluation, while in the same time are making a comparison between the two generations.
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Mocanu, Irina, and Ovidiuandrei Schipor. "A SERIOUS GAME FOR IMPROVING ELDERLY MOBILITY BASED ON USER EMOTIONAL STATE." In eLSE 2017. Carol I National Defence University Publishing House, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-17-154.

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Many studies highlight the relationship between emotional state and behaviour. Emotions influence elderly people especially on physical activity and their mobility. It was shown that people with positive emotions perform more physical activity and have less difficulty in walking. Thus we can say that positive emotions can be associated with mobility in case of older people. Some older people may develop fear of moving, leading to reduce the outdoor mobility. An active lifestyle can maintain or improve everyday life, delaying different types of disabilities and mental health disease through elderly people. Also, emotions play a primary role into the structure and experience of Serious Games. The linkage between emotions and actions is extremely relevant in learning processes - learning is viewed as a process of participatory appropriation, where the learner acts and actively participates in doing within specific routinized contexts. The purpose of this paper is to present the development of an application as a serious game that aims to help elderly people to learn how to perform physical exercises in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle in their homes. A personalized program has as main advantage a higher flexibility, as it offers the patient the possibility of adjusting his training schedule according to his preferences and daily activities. In this sense, there is need for a sustainable platform designed specifically for performing physical exercises at home that would promote increasing mobility, especially for elderly people. An efficient method to accomplish this purpose is through the development of a cheap, accessible and easy to use a serious game, based on the motion capture technology. The exercises that need to be performed by the patient are automatically selected according to his profile, medical condition and acquired progress. By using the Kinect motion capture device, our application analyses the user's movements and compares them to those of a trainer character, by taking into account the performance and efficiency parameters. Also, the type of the exercise will be adjusted based on emotions, and the motivation of the user in performing physical exercises will be increased. Emotions are recognised using facial features (Facial Action Coding System) extracted from the user face using Microsft.Kinect and Microsoft.Kinect.Face libraries. Our system has been tested with several users who acquired a certain degree of progress. Therefore, we conclude that the presented solution can be successfully used for stimulating the physical activity and improving the mobility of elderly people, representing a great contribution to the field.
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Reports on the topic "DK. Health libraries, Medical libraries"

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Ingraham, Leonoor. Impact of the Medical Library Assistance Act of 1965 on Health Sciences Libraries in the Pacific Northwest: an Interorganizational Approach. Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.1225.

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