In this paper, we propose Neighborhood Matchmaker Method as a re-configration method for personal human network. Personal human network is important to realize the Semantic web because trust should be obtained and used with the personal network. Since a persnal network is usually adhoc network, it is necessary to extend and optimize it. Using the neighborhood matchmaker model, we can increase a...

Personal and equipment assistance are often used to reduce disability in daily tasks. This paper predicts assistance use, type of assistance, and efficacy (improvement with assistance) for disabilities in personal care and household management tasks. Three types of assistance are studied: Personal Only, Equipment Only, Both. Efficacy is measured by comparing unassisted and assisted degrees-of-d...

OBJECTIVES Personal and equipment assistance are often used to reduce disability. This study predicts use of assistance, type of assistance, and its efficacy (improvement with assistance) for disabilities in personal care and household management tasks. METHODS U.S. community-dwellers aged 55+ are studied using the 1994-1995 National Health Interview Survey Disability Supplement. Three types ...

This study aims to provide a better picture of factors affecting personal information disclosure in online shopping. Online survey data from 212 online consumers of five largest Chinese online companies are used to test the proposed model. We conduct structural equation modeling with partial least squares to analyze the measurement and structural models. Our findings show that social influence ...

This paper systematically examines the role of extra-firm personal knowledge networks vis-à-vis alternative sources of work-related knowledge. A guiding question is whether there is a difference between job positions. The study is based on a survey and interviews with 105 R&D workers in 46 IT companies in the Greater Cambridge Region. The results show that alternative sources of knowledge are c...

introduction: discharge against medical advice (dama) can be an important indicator of patient dissatisfaction. this study examined the reasons for the dama in shafa hospital (kerman, iran). methods: this was a descriptive cross-sectional study within august 2010 to march 2011 on patients in this hospital. over 9295 inpatients were discharged, 483 had dama and were assigned 190 contacts and out...

OBJECTIVE To investigate diabetic patients' perceptions of illness and treatments, and explore relationships to adherence and blood glucose control. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Forty-nine type 1 and one hundred and eight type 2 diabetic patients completed questionnaires assessing illness perceptions, treatment beliefs, and adherence to medications, diet, and exercise. Blood glucose control wa...

abstract introduction: introduction: traditionally, the central library of any university is the main source of scientific data retrieval for respective faculty members. exploration of rate and pattern of such usage makes it possible to promote the quantity and quality of library services and increasing the efficacy of faculty members' activities. objective: to determine the rate of usage ...

INTRODUCTION The general public's preferences for modes of communication (other than in-person communication) for medical test results were investigated. We hypothesized that patients would prefer a variety of methods to receive common tests results (blood cholesterol and colonoscopy) compared with genetics test results. METHODS This study was a cross-sectional survey. RESULTS A total of 40...

based on a new approach to the holly qur'an and to the behavior of the wise, the present paper studies political taghiyyeh (act of concealing one's own belief). after elaborating on the concept of taghiyyeh briefly, personal and socio-political taghiyyeh are explained. with respect to personal taghiyyeh, there is a discussion over the obligatory precepts of the types of taghiyyeh base...