In this paper we advocate the use of personal informatics systems for self-reflection on personal values. We describe the role values play as guiding principles in people’s lives. We then describe ValueSensitive Design, an approach to the design of technology that aims to account for values throughout the design process. We subsequently argue that personal informatics, in its focus on self-refl...

Integrated Personal Mobility Architecture (IPMoA) is a personal mobility framework that supports personal mobility in both the areas of personal communications and personalising operational environments [11]. In this paper, we describe in detail one aspect of IPMoA that is unique, namely the use of mobile agents to assist users in personal communications. In particular, we describe the function...

In the scientific literature, the Personal Environment has been described as a “new” resource to the learning process and named Personal Learning Environment. However, it has not yet been demonstrated in what way and to what extent Personal Environments contribute significantly and efficiently to the learning processes and outcomes framed by Higher Education programs. Our position paper aims fi...

Traditional information retrieval has focused on the task of finding information or documents in a largely unknown space such as the Web or a library collection. In this paper we propose that the space of Personal Information Management (PIM) holds a great number of problems and untapped potential for research at the intersection of HCI and IR. In this position paper we focus on the problem of ...

A position in regard to evaluation of the efficacy of psychotherapy with schizophrenia is presented. It is suggested that personal motivation is essential in this type of treatment.

objectives: this study sought to assess the level of stress in general dentists in the 2nd district of tehran city in 2014 to find out the stressors and suggest strategies to overcome them. methods: this descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted on 130 general dentists from the 2nd district of tehran city selected via weighted randomization. level of stress was assessed using...