This article describes an assistant interface to design and produce pop-up cards. A pop-up card is a piece of folded paper from which a three-dimensional structure pops up when opened. The authors propose an interface to assist the user in the design and production of a pop-up card. During the design process, the system examines whether the parts protrude from the card or whether the parts coll...

The general aim of the research presented in the present thesis was to elucidate the visual basis of basketball shooting. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the pertinent literature. Previous studies on the topic focused on temporal aspects of vision and identified the rapidity of orienting as necessary ingredients for successful performance and distinguishing marks of expertise. In apparent con...

Combining theories of the goal-derived product evaluation and holistic versus analytic thinking style, authors investigate effects adding novel attributes on new evaluation. While one may predict that be appealing to consumers as it provides benefits, propose that, in some cases, not. The current research investigates consumers’ view attribute addition depends attribute’s goal congruence with c...

In [16] it was investigated how one can work with style guides called “UI guidelines” in this article when designing user interfaces in commercial software development. The document explained what aspects style guides deal with on an abstract and a specific level related to the development process and the software product. During this research various problems related to the use of style guides...

leiomyoma is a rare esophageal tumor that constitutes less than 1% of esophageal malignancies. it should be removed when diagnosed even if asymptomatic. this study presents two cases of esophageal leiomyoma in 38 and 62 years old men who presented with dysphagia and evaluated for diagnosis and location of related tumors. patients were clinically examined and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, ch...

The relationship between attachment styles and Cluster B personality disorders were examined among prisoners, forensic inpatients and controls from the general population. Forensic inpatients and prisoners reported significantly less frequently the secure attachment style (Relationship Questionnaire) and significantly more the fearful attachment style compared to the normal controls. Both foren...

Background & Objective: Modified Ultra-fast Papanicolaou (MUFP) stain has been developed from Papanicolaou stain (PAP) with the...

kuh-e-faryadoon and kouli kosh iron deposits are hosted by regional metamorphic rocks of sanandaj-sirjan zone around deh-bid area. plugs and domes of acid rocks protrude these metamorphic rocks. a mylonitization event is super imposed on acid rock and metamorphic complexes. field, petrological and geochemical studies have shown that (1) iron mineralization have occurred during mylonitization in...