background the present study was designed and conducted to determine the effect of video game play on pain of venipuncture in 3-6 year-old children. materials and methods this randomized controlled trial study was conducted on 80 hospitalized children with pain of venipuncture procedures. playing a video computer game for children during the venipuncture procedures was the intervention for the ...

While there is much research regarding audio, video and text based communication, there has been little work concerning how users communicate via avatars—that is graphical embodiments of remote users. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of different forms of representation, by examining how users communicate via high quality video images and basic graphical representations in diffe...

The interest in audio and video technologies has surged as IT infrastructures and network capacities have improved. Surprisingly, there have been rather few studies on such emerging technologies in organizational settings. In this research-in-progress paper, we explore the impact of the use of an interactive video website, comprising videos promoting a company’s core values, on organizational l...

Recently enhancing the visual experience of the user has been a new trend for TV displays. This trend comes from the fact that changes of ambient illuminations while viewing a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) significantly affect human impressions. However, psychological effects caused by the combination of displayed video image and ambient illuminations have not been investigated. In the present r...

INTRODUCTION Misconceptions and uncertainties about radiotherapy compound the anxiety patients experience at the commencement of treatment. This project investigated the utility of locally produced treatment process videos in meeting patients' informational needs. METHODS In-house video production was conducted on a voluntary basis by staff and patients at a regional Australian radiotherapy c...

Hoover MA, Pelaez NJ. Blood circulation laboratory investigations with video are less investigative than instructional blood circulation laboratories with live organisms. Adv Physiol Educ 31: 55–60, 2008; doi:10.1152/advan.00009.2007.—Live organisms versus digital video of the organisms were used to challenge students’ naive ideas and misconceptions about blood, the heart, and circulatory patte...

This paper addresses the debate regarding the respective merits of high and low fidelity prototypes, in the domain of video prototyping. Video prototyping is a popular tool for interface designers. Despite this, there is practically no research reported to date examining the fidelity of the design representation that the video prototype should manifest. We report a case study where the same des...

Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU) is a complication of Diabetes Mellitus (DM), which major health problem throughout the world with high recurrence rate. It estimated that approximately 40% patients have within one year ulcer healing, nearly 60% three years, and 65% five years. One efforts to prevent DFU can be made foot care preceded by knowledge care. This study aimed compare before after being given...