chaharmahal and bakhtiari province is one of the 31 provinces of iran and located on the southwestern part of the country. its capital is shahrekord. it has an area of 16,332 square kilometers and a population of 857,910. to study of human development used the surplus biocappacity (sb) and human development index (hdi). this research accrued in the shahr-e-kord, boroojen, farsan, ardal, lordega...

T he Daidalos project (www. ist-daidalos.org) is employing pervasive computing to organize network and communication technologies to enhance the user experience. More specifically, Daidalos seeks to help users access services no matter where they are and to improve the user experience by accounting for contextual information and user preferences. Our motivation to improve the user experience co...

D eveloping new behavior or encou rag ing behav iora l changes in children can be challenging even for experienced parents and teachers. Such persuasion is usually verbal, but verbal-only persuasion isn’t always effective, particularly in children with communication difficulties, because it offers limited incentive to change. So, pediatric occupational therapists often use play-based activities...

T he recent appearance of open operating systems and virtual machines optimized for mobile devices has led to new and innovative applications.1 However, although these mobile devices pave the way for a new generation of applications that exploit their intrinsic mobility, proximity to the user, and dependence on handheld devices, they create unique challenges for developers.2 For instance, new m...

C. Wang, T. A. Altes, J. P. Mugler, III, E. E. de Lange, R. M. Strieter, and Y. M. Shim Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States, Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States, Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States

A s smartphones proliferate through out society, so too does the opportunity to leverage these devices to study, understand, and positively affect human behavior. The growing opportunity to research and influence people’s daily lives has two primary catalysts. First, device manufacturers are quickly developing smartphones with rich capabilities in terms of computational power and sensor availab...

BACKGROUND The extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF), mainly emitted by electric transmission lines and household electronic appliances, is becoming a worldwide health risk. It is imperative to investigate the biological impacts of ELF-EMF and to identify products that are resistant to the radiation from 50 Hz ELF-EMF. In this study, we investigated the biological impacts of a...