2006 We explore making virtual desktops behave in a more physically realistic manner by adding physics simulation and using piling instead of filing as the fundamental organizational structure. Objects can be casually dragged and tossed around, influenced by physical characteristics such as friction and mass, much like we would manipulate objects in the real world. In addition we explore giving...

Persuasion is an indispensable skill in everyday life; that why, it has aroused researchers’ interest. This study aims to investigate the most frequently used persuasive strategies texting WHO COVID-19 Virtual Press Conferences and explore how these are employed achieve messages.To this end, a text of been chosen randomly be analyzed based on Dillard Shen’s (2013) “Persuasive Health Campaigns”....

The importance of neuronal dysfunction in the progression of heart failure and the utility of cardiac sympathetic imaging for identifying ischemic cardiomyopathy patients who are at high risk of sudden cardiac death is well established. On the basis of the results of the ADMIRE-HF (AdreView Myocardial Imaging for Risk Evaluation in Heart Failure) multicenter trial, 123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine...

Acknowledgment This dissertation would not have been possible without the guidance and the help of several individuals who in one way or the other contributed and extended their valuable assistance in the preparation and completion of this work. I would like to thank Professor Henri PIERREVAL and Professor Jean-Charles BILLAUT for accepting my request to examine this thesis as the official refe...

MIDAS is an application framework developed at College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science for interactive remote data acquisition and visualization. The objective is to provide dynamic reconfiguration of the sensing process. The current MIDAS application framework utilizes the code mobility and portability of Java 2 platform. The Jini technology for networking devices increases the system evolv...

Dedication For my family, with love— My parents who stressed the importance of education; My husband who instilled the need for education in our sons and, as fathers, our sons who continue to emphasize the value of education with our grandchildren.

The authors examined preadoptive factors as predictors of relationship quality (love, ambivalence, and conflict) among 125 couples (44 lesbian couples, 30 gay male couples, and 51 heterosexual couples) across the 1st year of adoptive parenthood. On average, all new parents experienced declines in their relationship quality across the 1st year of parenthood regardless of sexual orientation, with...

nowadays, new informational and communicative media, and the rate of their use by individuals have caused deep metamorphoses in the material and non-material dimensions of human lives, and individuals’ mental regulation. the use of these media, especially the internet and virtual social networks, among iranian teenagers has unnoticeably increased, and providing numerous facilities and options m...

Under the direction of Page Anderson ABSTRACT A growing body of literature suggests that Virtual Reality is a successful tool for exposure therapy for anxiety disorders. Virtual Reality (VR) researchers posit the construct of presence, interpreting an artificial stimulus as if it were real, as the mechanism that enables anxiety to be felt during virtual reality exposure therapy (VRE). However, ...