SIS PRUEBA is a software tool to integrate usability and user-centred design principles in the development process of services within Telefónica Móviles España (TME), the largest mobile telecommunications operator in Spain. The successful deployment of complex services, from both users' and developer's points of view, require of a high degree of integration of a User Centered methodology with t...

BACKGROUND The Stroke Impact Scale (SIS) is a stroke-specific, quality of life measure recommended for research and clinical practice. Completion rates are suboptimal and could relate to test burden. We derived and validated a short form SIS (SF-SIS). METHODS AND RESULTS We examined data from the Virtual International Stroke Trial Archive, generating derivation and validation populations. We ...

BACKGROUND/AIM Urgent psychiatric help and effective psychotherapeutic treatments are required soon after revival of a person after suicide attempt by self-poisoning. The aim of this article was to define an assessment of actual psychological characteristics of a person after suicide attempt by self-poisoning in order to apply psychotherapeutic crisis intervention after suicide attempt, as well...

the findings revealed that about 31 percent of women were below and 69% were above the food poverty line. comparison of averages of some variables including education status, employment (head of household), income, banking facilities such as credit and loans, property and assets, savings, economic skills, economic participation, government supports, husband's attitude, self-confidence, self-est...

In Nunavut, data for 2012–2014 shows a high school graduation rate of 34%. Little has been published about the causes secondary students’ absenteeism and methods attracting students back to school. This study explored barriers supports education success from perspectives staff, students, parents. Interviews sharing circles were conducted with 141 participants in six communities. The results rev...