Pharaon’s scientific publications

Anguita-Molina MA, Medina-Quero J, Satorres S, Polo-Rodríguez A (2022) Remote control and autonomous vision-guided navigation system for a hexapod robot. IEEE RO-MAN – Aphrodite workshop https://www.pharaon.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/36/2023/12/aphrodite-vision-hexapod.pdf  

Bitenc K, Jutraž A, Kukec A (2022) Predstavitev pilotov v okviru projekta Pharaon : konferenca Pharaon, Digitalna pomoč srebrnim letom – Presentation of pilots within the Pharaon project. Digital Aid to Silver Years. NIJZ https://www.nijz.si/sites/www.nijz.si/files/uploaded/zbornik_14112022_final_0.pdf

Burnard MD, Lipovac D, Erce M (2022) PILOTNI PRIMERI ZA ZDRAVO IN AKTIVNO STARANJE – PROJEKT OBZORJE ZA PODPORO DOBREMU POČUTJU, DOSTOJANSTVU IN NEODVISNOSTI STAREJŠIH ODRASLIH – Pilots for healthy and active ageing – a Horizon project to support the wellbeing, dignity and independence of older adults. Digital Aid to Silver Years. NIJZ. https://www.nijz.si/sites/www.nijz.si/files/uploaded/zbornik_14112022_final_0.pdf

Calapez AR, Serra SRQ, Mortágua A, Almeida SFP, Feio MJ. Unveiling relationships between ecosystem services and aquatic communities in urban streams, Ecological Indicators, Volume 153, 2023, 110433, ISSN 1470-160X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110433.

Chambel G, Tinga AM, Huybens DS, Dias G, and Pinto JF. Exploring the Impact of a Gamified Exercise Platform to Support Healthy Ageing: Home-Based Study with Older Adults 2023 IEEE 11th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH), Athens, Greece, 2023, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/SeGAH57547.2023.10253760.

D’Onofrio G, Fiorini, L.,Toccafondi L, Rovin E, Russo S, Ciccone F, Giuliani F, Sancarlo D, Cavallo F. Pilots for Healthy and Active Ageing (PHArA-ON) Project: Definition of New Technological Solutions for Older People in Italian Pilot Sites Based on Elicited User Needs. Sensors 2022, 22, 163. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22010163

Dantas C (2020) The iterative model of ethical analysis for large-scale implementation of ICT solutions. Translational Medicine @ UniSa: Vol. 23 : Iss. 4 , Article 23. https://doi.org/10.37825/2239-9747.1023

Decorme, R.; Urra, S.; Nicolas, O.; Dantas, C.; Hermann, A.; Peñaloza, G.H.; García, F.Á.; Ollevier, A.; Vassiliou, M.C.; Staalduinen, W.v. (2020) Sustainable Housing Supporting Health and Well-Being. Proceedings65, 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020065012

Erce M, Ovsenik R, Lipovac D, Burnard M (2021) User needs and perspectives on technologies or healthy ageing. InnoRenew International Conference “Healthy and Sustainable Renovation with Renewable Materials” doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5031697

Erce, M.; Lipovac, D.; Ovsenik, R.; Burnard M.D. (2021), Krhkost, dobro počutje in pripravljenost za uporabo digitalne tehnologije v domovih za starejše, Health of the Elderly, 5th scientific and professional international conference, University of Primorska, doi.org/10.26493/978-961-293-098-1

Erce, M., Lipovac, D., Burnard M.D. (2022). Pharaon: Pilots for Healthy and Active Ageing. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7214320

Erce M, Lipovac D, Burnard MD (2022) POTREBE STAREJŠIH ODRASLIH TER PREDHODNA VALIDACIJA TEHNOLOŠKIH REŠITEV – Older adults’ needs and pre-validation of technological solutions. Digital Aid to Silver Years. NIJZ. https://www.nijz.si/sites/www.nijz.si/files/uploaded/zbornik_14112022_final_0.pdf

Erce M, Lipovac D (2023) A systematic review of psychometric properties of instruments for assessing older adults’ psychosocial wellbeing, needs, and objective and perceived built environment. Slovensko sociološko društvo, 2023 https://www.sociolosko-drustvo.si/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SSD-ZBORNIK-povzetkov-A5-23-WEB-1.pdf

Fiorini, L., Rovini, E., Sorrentino, A. et al. Can assistive technology support social services during Covid-19 emergency? Barriers and opportunities. Int J Interact Des Manuf (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-021-00836-3

Fiorini L, Rovini E, Russo S, Toccafondi L, D’Onofrio G, Cornacchia Loizzo FG, Bonaccorsi M, Giuliani F, Vignani G, Sancarlo D, Greco A, Cavallo F. On the Use of Assistive Technology during the COVID-19 Outbreak: Results and Lessons Learned from Pilot Studies. Sensors. 2022; 22(17):6631. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22176631

Fiorini, L. et al. (2022). Personalized Integrated Care for Frail Seniors Within the Pharaon Project: The Italian Pilot Site. In: Bettelli, A., Monteriù, A., Gamberini, L. (eds) Ambient Assisted Living. ForItAAL 2020. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 884. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08838-4_4

Fiorini, L. et al. (2024). Evaluating Telepresence Robot for Supporting Formal and Informal Caregivers in the Care Support Service: A Six-Month Case Study. In: Ali, A.A., et al. Social Robotics. ICSR 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 14454. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8718-4_24

Fiorini L, D’Onofrio G, Lorusso L, Russo S, Ciccone F, Giuliani F, Pihl T, Rovini E, Cavallo F. Stay cognitively and socially active with me: a six-month study of a socialization service. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2023 Jul;2023:1-4. doi: 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340527.

Gambo I, Bueno-Delgado MV, Mooses K, Melero Muñoz FJ, Zviel-Girshin R, Andrushevich A, Mrissa M, Landowska A and Taveter K (2023) Technology adoption review for ageing well: analysis of technical solutions. Front. Public Health 11:1169192. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1169192

Gómez-Gómez M.V., Bueno-Delgado M.V., Albaladejo-Pérez C., Koch V. (2021) Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality as Driver Tools for Promoting Cognitive Activity and Avoid Isolation in Ageing Population. In: Pires I.M., Spinsante S., Zdravevski E., Lameski P. (eds) Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good. GOODTECHS 2021. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 401. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91421-9_15

Grguric A, Khan O, Ortega-Gil A, Markakis EK, Pozdniakov K, Kloukinas C, Medrano-Gil AM, Gaeta E, Fico G, Koloutsou K. Reference Architectures, Platforms, and Pilots for European Smart and Healthy Living—Analysis and Comparison. Electronics. 2021; 10(14):1616. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10141616

Grguric, A.; Mosmondor, M.; Huljenic, D. Integration and Deployment of Cloud-Based Assistance System in Pharaon Large Scale Pilots—Experiences and Lessons Learned. Electronics 2022, 11, 1496. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11091496

Jutraž A, Bitenc K, Kukec A, Erce M, Burnard M. Aktivno življenje starajočega prebivalstva – vpeljava metodologije in rešitev projekta PHARAON = Active living for aging adults – implementation of methodology and solution of the PHARAON project. Vračko P, Albreht T, Stanojević-Jerković O, et al., eds. Javno zdravje – dosežki, nova spoznanja in izzivi prihodnosti: zbornik izvlečkov. Published online 2022:219-220. https://www.spm.si/gradiva-kongres-2022/

Jutraž A, Kukec A, Bitenc K. (2022) Digitalna pomoč srebrnim letom = Digital Aid to Silver Years : digitalizacija in prispevek projekta Pharaon k izboljšanju kakovosti življenja starejših odraslih = digitalization and the Pharaon project’s contribution to improving the quality of life of older adults : zbornik recenziranih znanstvenih izvlečkov = peer-reviewed abstract book. NIJZ https://www.nijz.si/sites/www.nijz.si/files/uploaded/zbornik_14112022_final_0.pdf

Lampe J (2022) TEHNOLOŠKE REŠITVE ZA DOMOVE ZA STAREJŠE – SENIORS PHONE, ENOSTAVEN PAMETNI TELEFON ZA STAREJŠE – Technological solutions for nursing homes – Seniors Phone, a simple smartphone for the elderly. Digital Aid to Silver Years. NIJZ. https://www.nijz.si/sites/www.nijz.si/files/uploaded/zbornik_14112022_final_0.pdf

Lampe J (2022) TEHNOLOŠKE REŠITVE ZA DOMOVE ZA STAREJŠE – VIDEOKONFERENČNI SISTEM DAISY – Technological solutions for nursing homes: Daisy video conferencing system. Digital Aid to Silver Years. NIJZ. https://www.nijz.si/sites/www.nijz.si/files/uploaded/zbornik_14112022_final_0.pdf

Lipovac D and Erce M. Wellbeing, loneliness, health-related quality of life and perception of technology of older adults in Slovenian senior homes: a cross-sectional study [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Open Res Europe 2023, 3:195 https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.16205.1

Lorusso L, Mosmondor M, Grguric A, Toccafondi L, D’Onofrio G, Russo S, Lampe J, Pihl T, Mayer N, Vignani G, Lesterpt I, Vaamonde L, Giuliani F, Bonaccorsi M, La Viola C, Rovini E, Cavallo F, Fiorini L. Design and Evaluation of Personalized Services to Foster Active Aging: The Experience of Technology Pre-Validation in Italian PilotsSensors. 2023; 23(2):797. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23020797

Lupión, M.; Medina-Quero, J.; Sanjuan, J.F.; Ortigosa, P.M. DOLARS, a Distributed On-Line Activity Recognition System by Means of Heterogeneous Sensors in Real-Life Deployments—A Case Study in the Smart Lab of The University of AlmeríaSensors 2021, 21, 405. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21020405

Lupión M, Polo-Rodríguez A, Medina-Quero J, Sanjuan JF, Ortigosa PM On the limits of Conditional Generative Adversarial Neural Networks to reconstruct the identification of inhabitants from IoT low-resolution thermal sensors. Expert Systems with Applications, 2022, 117356, doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.117356 

Martínez Lax A., et. al. Predictores de adherencia a una app de salud en el proyecto europeo PHARAON. En: XLI Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica. Cartagena: Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, 2023. Pp. 314-317. ISBN: 978-84-17853-76-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10317/13625

Martínez R. et al. (2021) Co-design and Engineering of User Requirements for a Novel ICT Healthcare Solution in Murcia, Spain. In: Pires I.M., Spinsante S., Zdravevski E., Lameski P. (eds) Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good. GOODTECHS 2021. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 401. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91421-9_21

Melero-Muñoz FJ, Bueno-Delgado MV, Martínez-Carreras R, Maestre-Ferriz R, Beteta-Medina MÁ, Puebla-Martínez T, Bleda-Tomás AL, Sánchez-Nanclares G, Pérez-de-Zabala R, Álvarez-Leon M. Design and Development of a Heterogeneous Active Assisted Living Solution for Monitoring and Following Up with Chronic Heart Failure Patients in SpainSensors. 2022; 22(22):8961. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22228961

Melero-Muñoz FJ (2023) Soluciones TIC para envejecimiento activo y saludable en el hogar, en el puesto de trabajo y en la sociedad (ICT solutions for active and healthy aging at home, in the workplace, and in society). https://repositorio.upct.es/handle/10317/12379

Mooses K, Camacho M, Cavallo F, Burnard MD, Dantas C, D’Onofrio G, Fernandes A, Fiorini L, Gama A, Perandrés Gómez A, Gonzalez L, Guardado D, Iqbal T, Sanchez Melero M, Melero Muñoz FJ, Moreno Muro FJ, Nijboer F, Ortet S, Rovini E, Toccafondi L, Tunc S and Taveter K (2022) Involving Older Adults During COVID-19 Restrictions in Developing an Ecosystem Supporting Active Aging: Overview of Alternative Elicitation Methods and Common Requirements From Five European Countries. Front. Psychol. 13:818706. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.818706

Oberschmidt K, Grünloh C, Tunç S, van Velsen L, Nijboer F (2020) You can’t always get what you want: Streamlining stakeholder interests when designing technology-supported services for Active and Assisted Living. In 32nd Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (OzCHI ’20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 649–660. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3441000.3441040

Oberschmidt K (2021) Facilitating active stakeholder involvement in eHealth projects. In: Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: The International Venue on Practice-centred Computing on the Design of Cooperation Technologies, Reports of the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (ISSN 2510-2591), DOI: 10.18420/ecscw2021_dc004

Oberschmidt K, Grünloh C, Nijboer F, van Velsen L (2022) Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Action Research in eHealth Design and Implementation: Literature Review. J Med Internet Res 2022;24(1):e31795 DOI: 10.2196/31795

Oberschmidt K, van Velsen L, Grünloh C et alInternational eHealth ecosystems and the quest for the winning value proposition: findings from a survey study [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Open Res Europe 2022, 2:56 doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.14655.1

Oberschmidt K, Grünloh C, Doherty K, Wolkorte R, Saßmannshausen SM, Siering L, Cajander Å, Dolezel M, Lifvergren S, van Den Driesche K. 2022. How To Train Your Stakeholders: Skill Training In Participatory Health Research. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2022 Nordic Human-Computer Interaction Conference (NordiCHI ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 9, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3547522.3547700

Oberschmidt K (2023): Stimulating researchers to more actively involve stakeholders in their project. Mensch und Computer 2023 – Workshopband. DOI: 10.18420/muc2023-mci-ws02-434.

Oberschmidt, K., Grünloh, C. & Tabak, M. A Framework for Stakeholder Involvement in eHealth Action Research. Syst Pract Action Res (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-024-09675-1

Perčič S, Bitenc K, Pohar M, Uršič A, Cegnar T, Hojs A. Assessing Heatwave-Related Deaths among Older Adults by Diagnosis and Urban/Rural Areas from 1999 to 2020 in Slovenia. Climate. 2024; 12(9):148. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli12090148

Pérez Martos S (2023) Contribución al despliegue de solución IoT para el cuidado proactivo de personas con dolencia cardiaca crónica (Contribution to the deployment of an IoT solution for proactive care of individuals with chronic heart disease) https://repositorio.upct.es/handle/10317/12615

Polo-Rodriguez A, Cruciani F, Nugent CD and Medina-Quero J (2020) Domain Adaptation of Binary Sensors in Smart Environments Through Activity Alignment. in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 228804-228817, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3046181.

Polo-Rodriguez A, Vilchez Chiachio JM, Paggetti C, Medina-Quero J. Ambient Sound Recognition of Daily Events by Means of Convolutional Neural Networks and Fuzzy Temporal RestrictionsApplied Sciences. 2021; 11(15):6978. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11156978

Polo-Rodríguez A, Dionisio P, Agnoloni F, Gómez AP, Paggetti C, González López L, Lendínez AC, Espinilla-Estévez M, Medina-Quero J (2022) Challenges of ubiquitous and wearable solutions to address active ageing in the Andalusian community. JUCS – Journal of Universal Computer Science 28(11): 1221-1249. https://doi.org/10.3897/jucs.86891

Polo-Rodríguez A, Cavallo F, Fiorini L, Medina-Quero J (2022) A proposal for architecture of kitchen-related activity recognition system with multimodal sensor fusion. IEEE RO-MAN – Aphrodite workshop https://www.pharaon.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/36/2023/12/aphrodite-ARsystem-kitchen.pdf

Polo-Rodríguez A, Cavallo F, Nugent C, Medina-Quero J (2024) Human activity mining in multi-occupancy contexts based on nearby interaction under a fuzzy approach. Internet of Things, Volume 25 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iot.2023.101018

Polo Rodríguez A, Díaz Jiménez D, Medina Quero J. Mitigando la Soledad a través de la Alfabetización Digital: Evaluación de los talleres de capacitación del proyecto Pharaon. Paraninfo Digital. 2024; (38): e3814p. https://ciberindex.com/c/pd/e3814p

Ricciardi F, Russo S, Pastore SG, Lorusso L, Mimmo AP, GUiliani F (2023) Modello organizzativo e impatto di una unità aziendale di innovazione e ricerca nel contesto sanitario. in Tech for Good https://www.guerini.it/index.php/prodotto/tech-for-good/

Rovini E, Maremmani C, Cavallo F. A Wearable System to Objectify Assessment of Motor Tasks for Supporting Parkinson’s Disease DiagnosisSensors 202020, 2630. doi.org/10.3390/s20092630

Rovini E, Pani J, Lorusso L, Russo S, Toccafondi L, D’Onofrio G, … & Fiorini L (2023, June). Evaluating Technology-Based Socialization and Monitoring Assistive Services to Enhance Active and Healthy Aging: Lessons from the Pharaon Project. In Italian Forum of Ambient Assisted Living (pp. 186-194). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63913-5

Serra SRQ, Feio MJ. Benefits of urban blue and green areas to the health and well-being of older adults, Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, Volume 22, 2024, 100380, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2024.100380.

Tošić A, Hrovatin N, Vičič J. A WSN Framework for Privacy Aware Indoor LocationApplied Sciences. 2022; 12(6):3204. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12063204

Tošić A, Vičič J, Burnard M, Mrissa M. A Blockchain Protocol for Real-Time Application Migration on the EdgeSensors. 2023; 23(9):4448. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23094448

Tunc S, Nijboer F, Tinga AM, Tabak M. (2023). “Hi, My Name is Robin” – Remotely Co-designing an Embodied Conversational Agent for Empathy with Older Adults. In: Gao, Q., Zhou, J. (eds) Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. HCII 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14042. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34866-2_27

Tunc, S., Nijboer, F., Ludden, G., van Velsen, L., & Tabak, M. 2023 Aug 31. Scenario-based Co-design with Older Adults: A Design Case on Decreasing Loneliness. International Journal of Design [Online] 17:2. Available: http://www.ijdesign.org/index.php/IJDesign/article/view/4539