A pattern language for groupware facilitates communication within the development team, between the development team and end users, and between end users. It assists practitioners in becoming familiar with the research area. A pattern language for groupware provides proven solutions that are expressed independently from the chosen technology. This paper presents three patterns from one family o...

INTRODUCTION Smoking experimentation represents transient risk taking for some youth, whereas for others, it is the onset of a chronic smoking trajectory. However, distinguishing these groups during the experimentation phase has proved challenging. We theorized that variations in parent and teen discourse about smoking might be informative for characterizing this heterogeneity. However, standar...

background and objectives: poverty and risk of nutritional vulnerability of female-headed households (fhhs) are usually higher than male-headed households (mhhs). this study aimed at comparing the socio-economic status, and food and nutrient intake of fhhs and mhhs based on the data from comprehensive study on household food consumption patterns and nutritional status of iran (2001-2003). mater...

This paper reviews the interrelationship among family structure, and child delinquency. This paper attempts to explain the effect of family structure on juvenile delinquency. The least amount of communication and structure of the family may be some of the reasons which provides, the more likely make the child will engage in delinquent activities. Patterns of family behavior, decision making and...