In sustainable development projects, as well as other types of projects, knowledge transfer is important for the organisations managing the project. Nevertheless, knowledge transfer among employees does not happen automatically and it has been found that the lack of social networks and the lack of trust among employees are the major barriers to effective knowledge transfer. Social network analy...

This survey is stratified random sampling among 425 students in Islamic Azad University of Mashhad (north east of Iran) in 2011 the questionnaire has been implemented in the research. The validity of the questionnaire for face validity and Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient is used. In this study, social capital indexes like "social participation, social trust and networks of social rel...

Introduction: Virtual social networks are increasingly beingused by academics and students in health sciences. It is necessaryto examine opportunities and challenges of these networks basedon the views of faculty and students to describe the existingsituation and planning for proper use. The purpose of this studywas to explore the experiences of students and faculty membersabout opportunities a...

Objectives: Our research seeks to examine the correlation between the presence of physical medicine and rehabilitation journals in social networks and the SJR impact factor. Methods: We carried out a correlation study. For the research, we took into account all physical medicine and rehabilitation journals included in the SCImago Journal Rank. The number of followers on Twitter, Facebook, YouT...

this study has been conducted to examine the impact of the increasing use of virtual social networks on family structure. to achieve more accurate results, the research is carried out using the mixed method (qualitative and quantitative) and to collect the required date, first, 30 married individuals active in virtual social networks were selected and interviewed. then, a questionnaire was util...

The Web has connected millions of users by various communication tools for social purposes. Daily, huge amount of social data are being created through fingertips, driven by various of social actions that involve a wide range of user-produced content (e.g. emails or collaborative documentations). Often being a part of many contemporary Web applications, user social networks are gaining increasi...

background: poor sleep quality is closely associated with lifestyle habits including use of mobile cell-phones.this study aimed to identify the relationship between sleep quality due to abuse in mobile cell-phones and engagement in social networks. methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted on 380 undergraduate students selected by proportional stratified sampling in qom, iran in 2015. ...

Background: Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions and become one the most important public health issues globally. One of the significant determinants of childhood obesity-related behaviors such as poor dietary habits relates to role of friends and peers. This study aimed toexplore the role of interaction within the social network of friends on unhealthy eating behaviors of overwei...