background: particular circumstances in the intensive care unit have led the patients to experience significant levels of pain and discomfort. on the other hand, these patients cannot express their discomfort due to several reasons. aim: to develop the causes of discomfort in the intensive care units. methods: in order for assessing the causes of discomfort, the initial questionnaire was extrac...

Motivating people with learning disabilities (LD) to carry out physical exercises is a difficult task. Simplified fitness games can address this problem. Yet we do not know much about the design characteristics of the fitness games for this particular user group. Based on Rouse’s process model, this paper explores the design characteristics in three development phases: ‘conceptual outline’, ‘im...

In 2010, an exploratory survey focused on design methods, tools and techniques, was conducted in order to understand what type of design practices are used in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMES) located in Eastern Quebec. This study reveals that most SMEs declared using a structured design process while very few are regular users of structured Methods, sophisticated Tools, or specialized ...

This paper focuses on identifying some the factors affecting customer satisfaction and trust in an e-commerce setting (one specific company) among Vietnamese customers. It examines various stimuli, namely, value factors as expressed in terms of product offer and price and service quality dimensions, including ease of use, website design (e-scape), responsiveness, customization, and assurance. A...

This paper proposes a self-calibration technique for a pipelined ADC with cyclic ADC structure. In this technique, the pipelined ADC is composed of a series of cyclic ADCs and each stage has independent digital self-calibration (Fig.1). We consider that if we measure the errors of sub-ADCs at the earlier stages by themselves in the pipelined ADC, the self-calibration accuracy would be improved....

In today’s knowledge economy the tangible assets like intellectual capital is a foundation of sustainable growth and competitive lead. Corporations are paying more focus on value creation through these tangible assets. Better organizational performance can be ensured through effective management of firm’s intellectual capital. The main rationale of this study is to highlight the interconnection...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Indonesian version of the Dutch National Prevalence Measurement of Care Problems. The questionnaire consists of 6 parts: patient characteristics (including pressure ulcer [PrU] risk; assessed by the Braden Scale) and care dependency (assessed by the Care Dependency Scale [CDS]), PrU categorization, prevention, treatment, and structural qu...

STUDY DESIGN Development and psychometric evaluation. PURPOSE Design and psychometric assessment of the Nursing Low Back Pain Predictor Questionnaire addressing nurses suffering from chronic low back pain in Iran. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Low back pain is the most prevalent behavior-related health problem among nurses, and it needs to be assessed through a validated multi-factorial questionna...