Computers and electronic products in general put heavy constraints on human-product interaction. These products demand people to adapt to their way of functioning instead of the other way around. In this paper we try to offer methods to free man from these constraints. To this aim we analyse the existing situation, and point to an approach we use in product design where man as a whole is taken ...

background: owing to the growing importance of medicines in treatment of diseases, as well as their role as alternatives for expensive and often unsafe procedures; economic examination of factors associated with their demand is necessary. hence, this study aimed at exploring factors affecting the demand of specialty medicines.   methods: in this descriptive-analytic study, data was collected fr...

one of the importants questions in the discourse of valery, french author of xxth century is the question of another who achieves in the knowledge. another is treated with a new way. indeed, another is defines in touch with the me of the author. that is the reflection of me and a dialectic becomes established between both: me and another. in his discourse, the enonciataire is in front of two in...

vulgar stories, beliefs and information about ferdowsi and shahname, in contrast with those compiled and put into written form, are of a different folkloric nature. some of these narratives have been recently compiled in the first volume of ferdowsi name. their general content deals with the details and indefinites of ferdowsi's biography and some religious, ethical, mental and artistic pa...

Case report This issue of Global Advances in Health and Medicine offers three perspectives on the treatment of a patient diagnosed with breast cancer, including the patient’s perspective. Hopefully, this will become more common. These perspectives offer a snapshot summary of 5 years of treatments and follow-up visits and provide insight into the choices that shaped the outcomes for this patient...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To demonstrate that concordance can be operationalised to the benefit of patients. Concordance can be understood as a composite of knowledge, health beliefs and collaboration. BACKGROUND In discussing any clinical decision, it would be ideal if different views could be incorporated to reach the most coherent decision. This is a definition of concordance, a widely agreed id...

While favouring communications and easing information sharing, Social Network Sites are also used to launch harmful campaigns against specific groups and individuals. Cyberbullism, incitement to self-harm practices, sexual predation are just some of the severe effects of massive online offensives. Moreover, attacks can be carried out against groups of victims and can degenerate in physical viol...

Avatars can be employed as a motivational tool, for example, allowing non-verbal communication that can be close to human communication. We describe two lab studies where we presented participants with avatars that communicated verbally via text and visually via expressions. In the first study, participants rated five different categories of captions and corresponding avatars. Results showed th...