abstract background: as adolescents spend much time on playing computer games, their mental and social effects should be considered. the present study aimed to investigate the association between playing computer games and the mental and social health among male adolescents in iran in 2014. materials and methods: this is a cross-sectional study conducted on 210 adolescents selected by multi-sta...

Video games have an almost ubiquitous status in today's industrial nations. One exceptionally strong growth segment is MMORPGs; these games are attracting increasing attention for their relevance to academic research and are the subject of studies both at individual and interdisciplinary level. World of Warcraft (ActivisionBlizzard, USA), the economically most successful MMORPG and simultaneous...

The project management discipline is expanding within many engineering activities. This discipline can facilitate strivings toward successful accomplishment of an engineering project. Therefore, many academic institutes teach the “project management” program. This study presents a novel approach that educates engineering students to become successful project managers based on contextual learnin...