The committed integrality of the elderly in a situation of violence during the COVID-19 pandemic

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the scientific evidence on the impairment of integrality of the older person after cases of violence during the COVID-19 pandemic METHOD: Integrative review of articles in the Virtual Health Library (VHL), SCIELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences), BDENF (Nursing Database), PubMed, published in the last five years, from the descriptors: Elder Abuse, Elderabuse, Elderly (Aged), Violence, Pandemic by COVID-19 (COVID-19 pandemic). For improvement, the PRISMA flowchart was used. RESULTS: Five articles were identified that cases of violence against the older person had a great increase in the pandemic due to social isolation, which affect the integrality of the older person through physical, psychological and social aspects. CONCLUSION: The study brings great relevance to the current scenario and to the sectors interested in cases of violence against the old person that have a considerable increase in current society, especially in times of pandemic.

Applying Collaborative Tools for ATM Interface Design in a Remote Context

In a financial institution in Peru, a framework for ATM (Automated Teller Machine) interface design based on UCD (User-Centered Design) is being implemented and utilized. This framework has defined a set of phases, activities, and tools to carry out a whole process of interface design or redesign. This framework had a highly face-to-face component, but due to the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, where virtualization and remote work became widespread, all activities and tools were updated to support full virtuality. In this way, certain tools were incorporated and, thus, the framework has updated to enable and promote collaboration in a completely remote environment. In this sense, the results of a case study are presented, where the framework was executed in its remote version, for the attention of a design and implementation requirement in ATM. Results were very positive, from the point of view of the evaluation results, and the acceptance of stakeholders. They gave their agreement for the implementation of the proposed design;as well as feedback from the project team members, who consider that the framework has responded adequately to the challenges of remote work. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Improving the Withdrawal Functionality on ATM Using a UCD Framework. A Case Study

Nowadays, the use of electronic payment methods has increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of cash has been limited to reduce interactions;however, in developing countries, there is still a strong necessity for this type of payment. The ATM is the only channel where people can get cash without interacting with someone else. In order to improve the experience of the clients in the ATM channel we designed a set of interfaces that allow clients to select the denomination of the bills they want to get for the intended withdrawal amount. In this case of study, we followed a design framework for ATM to propose a usable design for this new functionality. The framework allowed the team to execute the phases of a complete design process that is specific to ATM. After two iterations, the interfaces were approved. This solution showed promising results despite the fact of the completely virtual context.

Virtual learning approach to biological engineering courses in Uruguay during COVID-19

Purpose In times when digitized and blended learning paradigms are getting more profuse, the COVID-19 pandemic substantially changed the dynamics of this program, forcing all the courses to migrate to virtual modality. This study highlights the biological engineering courses at the University of the Republic (Universidad de la Republica) in Uruguay pertaining to the adaptations to virtual learning environments during the COVID-19 pandemic and analyzing its impact through the courses taught in the virtual setting. Design/methodology/approach Global education has seen a significant paradigm shift over the last few years, changing from a specialized approach to a broader transdisciplinary approach. Especially in life sciences, different fields of specializations have started to share a common space in the area of applied research and development. Based on this transdisciplinary approach, the Biological Engineering program was designed at the University of the Republic (Universidad de la Republica), Uruguay. Findings The new challenges posed by the virtual modality on the pedagogical areas like course design, teaching methodologies and evaluations and logistical aspects like laboratory-setting have sparked a considerable change in different aspects of the courses. However, despite the changes to virtual modality in this year, the student-performance showed an overall improvement compared to the last year. Originality/value With the changing direction of pedagogy and research in biological engineering across the world, it is quintessential to adapt university courses to the same, promoting an environment where the scientific and engineering disciplines merge and the learning methodologies lead to a dynamic and adaptive ubiquitous learning environment.