BACKGROUND TO THE DEBATE In December 2004 three news stories in the popular press suggested that the side effects of single-dose nevirapine, which has been proven to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, had been covered up. Many HIV experts believed that the stories were unwarranted and that they would undermine use of the drug, leading to a rise in neonatal HIV infection. The controver...

This combined quantitative/qualitative study is based on a content analysis of 238 hours of Israeli talk shows from 2012 and semiotic analysis of selected programs to map the gender distribution of TV experts and explore potential differences in the way men and women are treated in the programs.. All in all, 495 experts were coded. Men experts outnumbered women experts in a 1.7 to 1 ratio. Thes...

Information regarding the propagation media is typically gathered by conducting physical experiments, measuring and processing the corresponding data to obtain channel characteristics. When this propagation media is human body, for example in case of medical implants, then this approach might not be practical. In this paper, an immersive visualization environment is presented, which is used as ...

To overcome the well-established drawbacks of conventional organic solvents (toxicity, non-biodegradability, flammability, accumulation in the atmosphere) remarkable research efforts have been recently devoted to the replacement of traditional organic reaction media by the so-called Green Solvents. In this sense, the choice of a safe, non-toxic, biorenewable and cheap reaction media is a crucia...

This action research adopts a case study approach of reliability assurance and need finding for radiation monitoring on social media communication through the development and use of Pocket Geiger (POKEGA), a smartphone-connected radiation detector developed after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Japan. We also facilitated the use of an inclusive Facebook community for radiation monitoring esta...

As pervasive computing is becoming a reality that has already begun to shape our lives, the need for multimedia delivery systems in wireless and mobile environments is direr. The richness of multimedia data, the limitations of the wireless networks, and the restrictions imposed by the portable device modalities give rise to a complex problem that is in need of immediate solutions. The Moving Pi...

Augmented reality is one of the most potential technologies for education. Especially in learning Physics material that not real. Wave appropriate topics if we study it using augmented media. The purpose this research to develop, validate, and check reliability reality-based media on mechanical wave material. This an R&D ADDIE-type instructional design model. was designed Blender, Vuforia, ...

Abstract This study aims to develop an online learning tool based on Computer Assisted Instruction. The research method used is Research and Development using the ADDIE model which consists of five stages, namely: Analysis, Design, Development. Implementation, Evaluation. was developed e-learning media, namely webbased student’s worksheet. Instruction has been tested a limited basis for tenth g...