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This paper presents the results of a pilot study measuring and evaluating the intervention effects of voluntary in-home use of a socially assistive robot by older adults diagnosed with depression. The study was performed with 8 older adult patients over the course of one month, during which participants were provided the robot to use as they desired in their own homes. During the in-home study, several...
In order to clarify the relationship between human social interaction and mental health, we measured face-to-face communication pattern for a few months and conducted a questionnaire on mental health in two organizations in real world. Face-to-face interaction data were measured using wearable sensing system in two organizations in Japan. We extracted some feature values from those two kind data and...
In the dormitories of universities, the indoor air quality (IAQ) is especial concern, which greatly affects the learning efficiency and students' physical and mental health. In order to improve the IAQ of student dormitories, the present characteristics of IAQ should be investigated. In this paper, the measurement of the IAQ was conducted in student dormitories on a campus in Chongqing. The investigation...
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