Using tablet in solitude for stress reduction: An examination of desire for aloneness, leisure boredom, tablet activities, and location of use

Changes in Gait Pattern During Smartphone and Tablet Use

Objectives: There exists no study concerning gait pattern while engaging in dual-task activities on different sizes of mobile devices. The present study aimed to compare gait patterns during normal walking, walking with smartphone use, and walking with tablet use.  Methods: Seventeen healthy female participants with an age range of 19-24 years (mean±SD age: 20.29±1.61 years, weight: 49.82±4.46...

Predicting tablet use: A study of gratifications-sought, leisure boredom, and multitasking

A theoretical review of the concept of aloneness from the perspective of psychological approaches

From the point of view of a group of psychological theories, solitary behaviors may be inconsistent with mental health, so that in these theories aloneness is considered a difficult situation that must be prevented or remedied by children who play alone, it is as if they are unhealthy and break the norm and have mercy on those who engage in individual activities. But from other perspectives, al...

Extraction and determination of flavonoids in the leaf, extract, and in a pharmaceutical tablet preparation of Salvia officinalis by HPLC

This research was undertaken to attain a standard extract from the leaves of Salvia officinalis for use in a tablet dosage form, and to identify and determine the active components in the leaf, extract, and in Sweatosan as the standard tablet dosage form. It has previously been reported that an aqueous infusion and a dried aqueous extract, in an open study with 80 patients comparably reduced sw...

Extraction and determination of flavonoids in the leaf, extract, and in a pharmaceutical tablet preparation of Salvia officinalis by HPLC

This research was undertaken to attain a standard extract from the leaves of Salvia officinalis for use in a tablet dosage form, and to identify and determine the active components in the leaf, extract, and in Sweatosan as the standard tablet dosage form. It has previously been reported that an aqueous infusion and a dried aqueous extract, in an open study with 80 patients comparably reduced sw...