Browsing College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences by Author "Scharf, Thomas"
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A multi-stage human factors and comfort assessment of instrumented insoles designed for use in a connected health infrastructure
Harte, Richard; Quinlan, Leo R.; Glynn, Liam; Rodriguez-Molinero, Alejandro; Scharf, Thomas; Carenas, Carlos; Reixach, Elisenda; Garcia, Joan; Carrabina, Jordi; Ó Laighin, Gearóid (MDPI, 2015-12-16)Wearable electronics are gaining widespread use as enabling technologies, monitoring human physical activity and behavior as part of connected health infrastructures. Attention to human factors and comfort of these devices ... -
Social exclusion and ageing in diverse rural communities: Findings from a cross-border study in Ireland and Northern Ireland
O'Shea, Eamon; Walsh, Kieran; Scharf, Thomas (Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, 2012-02)Currently, our understanding of social exclusion and how it affects the lives of older people in diverse rural settings in Ireland and Northern Ireland is poorly developed and based primarily on anecdotal and fragmented ...