Madallah Alruwaili^1,*, Muhammad Hameed Siddiqi¹, Kamran Farid², Mohammad Azad¹, Saad Alanazi¹, Asfandyar Khan², Abdullah Khan²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.47, No.2, pp. 2293-2311, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.040312

Abstract Numerous types of research on healthcare monitoring systems have been conducted for calculating heart rate, ECG, nasal/oral airflow, temperature, light sensor, and fall detection sensor. Different researchers have done different work in the field of health monitoring with sensor networks. Different researchers used built-in apps, such as some used a small number of parameters, while some other studies used more than one microcontroller and used senders and receivers among the microcontrollers to communicate, and outdated tools for study development. While no efficient, cheap, and updated work is proposed in the field of sensor-based health monitoring systems. Therefore, this study developed… More >

Hai Wang^*, Xuan Hao, Shuo Ji^*, Jie Zheng, Yuhui Ma, Jianfeng Yang

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.2, pp. 1621-1635, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.037898

Abstract Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) is an important part of the security architecture of modern mobile devices, but its secure interaction process brings extra computing burden to mobile devices. This paper takes open portable trusted execution environment (OP-TEE) as the research object and deploys it to Raspberry Pi 3B, designs and implements a benchmark for OP-TEE, and analyzes its program characteristics. Furthermore, the application execution time, energy consumption and energy-delay product (EDP) are taken as the optimization objectives, and the central processing unit (CPU) frequency scheduling strategy of mobile devices is dynamically adjusted according to the characteristics of different applications through… More >

Fadwa Yahya^1,2,*, Lassaad Ben Ammar^1,2, Gasmi Karim³

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.3, pp. 3165-3180, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.030358

Abstract Recently, a specific interest is being taken in the development of mobile application (app) via Model-Based User Interface Development (MBUID) approach. MBUID allows the generation of mobile apps in the target platform(s) from conceptual models. As such it simplified the development process of mobile app. However, the interest is only focused on the functional aspects of the mobile app while neglecting the non-functional aspects, such as usability. The latter is largely considered as the main factor leading to the success or failure of any software system. This paper aims at addressing non-functional aspects of mobile apps generated using MBUID approach.… More >

Mohammed Hadwan^1,2,3,*, Mohammed A. Al-Hagery⁴, Mohammed Al-Sarem⁵, Faisal Saeed^5,6

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.3, pp. 4675-4689, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.027311

Abstract Different types of pandemics that have appeared from time to time have changed many aspects of daily life. Some governments encourage their citizens to use certain applications to help control the spread of disease and to deliver other services during lockdown. The Saudi government has launched several mobile apps to control the pandemic and have made these apps available through Google Play and the app store. A huge number of reviews are written daily by users to express their opinions, which include significant information to improve these applications. The manual processing and extracting of information from users’ reviews is an… More >

Yuanbang Li^*, Wengang Zhou, Chi Xu, Yuchun Shi

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.131, No.3, pp. 1365-1386, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.019656

Abstract With the widespread use of mobile phones, users can share their location and activity anytime, anywhere, as a form of check-in data. These data reflect user features. Long-term stability and a set of user-shared features can be abstracted as user roles. This role is closely related to the users’ social background, occupation, and living habits. This study makes four main contributions to the literature. First, user feature models from different views for each user are constructed from the analysis of the check-in data. Second, the K-means algorithm is used to discover user roles from user features. Third, a reinforcement learning… More >

Chao Ma^1,*, Yinggang Sun¹, Zhenguo Yang¹, Hai Huang¹, Dongyang Zhan^2,3, Jiaxing Qu⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.3, pp. 6201-6217, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.022717

Abstract The number of mobile application services is showing an explosive growth trend, which makes it difficult for users to determine which ones are of interest. Especially, the new mobile application services are emerge continuously, most of them have not be rated when they need to be recommended to users. This is the typical problem of cold start in the field of collaborative filtering recommendation. This problem may makes it difficult for users to locate and acquire the services that they actually want, and the accuracy and novelty of service recommendations are also difficult to satisfy users. To solve this problem,… More >

Ali Alkhalifah^*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.42, No.2, pp. 639-658, 2022, DOI:10.32604/csse.2022.022519

Abstract Owing to constant changes in user needs, new technologies have been introduced to keep pace by building sustainable applications. Researchers and practitioners are keen to understand the factors that create an attractive user interface. Although the use of cross-platform applications and services is increasing, limited research has examined and evaluated cross-platforms for developing mobile applications for different operating systems. This study evaluates cross-platform features, identifying the main factors that help to create an attractive user adaptation when building sustainable applications for both Android and iOS. Flutter and React Native were selected so end-users could test their features using the cross-platform… More >

Azeem Shera¹, Muhammad Waseem Iqbal^2,*, Syed Khuram Shahzad³, Madeeha Gul¹, Natash Ali Mian⁴, Muhammad Raza Naqvi⁵, Babar Ayub Khan¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.30, No.1, pp. 285-301, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.018009

Abstract Blind and visually impaired (BVI) users often have interface accessibility problems while using mobile applications. This study was conducted to reduce the cognitive effort required for interface navigation by identifying the accessibility issues according to the user’s mental model. The study evaluated the accessibility of smartphone screens to solve organizational, presentation, and behavioral (OPB) problems of using mobile applications. Usability evaluation of an application was conducted and validated with a specific focus on BVI user experience. A total of 56 BVI participants were included in the evaluation. Overall, four tasks to assess organization, avoidance of redundant information, serialization of content,… More >

Yun-Jung Choi^1,#, Eun-jung Ko^2,#, Eun-Joo Choi^2,*, Youn-Joo Um^2,*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.23, No.3, pp. 385-393, 2021, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2021.015018

Abstract This study aims to contribute to improving mental health services and establishing a direction for disaster survivors by verifying the effectiveness of the TLS (Training for Life Skills) app, a mental health management mobile application. Altogether, 22 disaster survivors received access to the app (with guidance) for eight weeks; we analyzed its effectiveness by examining each participant’s electroencephalography data, which were collected while they were utilizing the app. The results of this study show that the use of the TLS app had a significant positive effect on emotional quotient, basic rhythm quotient (left brain, right brain), alpha blocking rate (left… More >

Mohanad Al-Ghobari¹, Amgad Muneer^2,*, Suliman Mohamed Fati³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 1553-1570, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016348

Abstract Many tourists who travel to explore different cultures and cities worldwide aim to find the best tourist sites, accommodation, and food according to their interests. This objective makes it harder for tourists to decide and plan where to go and what to do. Aside from hiring a local guide, an option which is beyond most travelers’ budgets, the majority of sojourners nowadays use mobile devices to search for or recommend interesting sites on the basis of user reviews. Therefore, this work utilizes the prevalent recommender systems and mobile app technologies to overcome this issue. Accordingly, this study proposes location-aware personalized… More >