(1) Background: The communication of hope is complicated, particularly for family caregivers in the context of cancer who struggle to maintain hope for themselves and their loved ones in the face of terminality. In order to understand these complexities, the current study examines the bright and dark sides of how hope is communicated across the cancer journey from the vantage point of bereaved ...

This paper describes a family of design patterns that enhance the flexibility and extensibility of communication software by permitting network services to evolve independently of the strategies used to passively initialize the services. The paper makes three contributions to the study and development of configurable distributed systems. First, it identifies five orthogonal dimensions of passiv...

Abstract Intergenerational contact is important for older adults’ quality of life. However, few studies have examined patterns intergenerational across multiple children and whether these are gendered within families, which has been a distinct characteristic in countries with patrilineal traditions. A sample adults aged 65 above mixed-gender (N = 3,228) from the 2006 Korean Longitudinal Study A...

Strategic communication is a form of strategic action that central for organisational development as it regarded major contributor to efficiency. The main purpose this study identify patterns used by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB), analyse the relationship between and well influence these on communication. Communication being analysed are top-down communication, bottom-up horizontal diagon...

In Indonesia, there are still many parents who apply conventional ways of educating their children. This method makes always on the side those want to be right and don't listen children's opinions. As a result, children feel apathetic when they express feelings or opinions this is main obstacle communication in family, even though if we can each other have also taught about good communication, ...