BACKGROUND Rural Americans suffer disproportionately from lifestyle-related chronic diseases (e.g., obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and breast cancer). Interventions that consider the distinctive characteristics of rural communities (e.g., access to healthcare, income, and education) are needed. As an initial step in planning future research, we completed a systematic r...

The achievements in pervasive and nomadic computing, today, allow us to take and use our mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets everywhere we go. However, the mobility came at a cost: the small screen space of mobile devices leads to a deficient Human-ComputerInteraction (HCI) across several aspects, ranging from missing overview and awareness about the own digital information flow, to ...

This paper describes a multithreaded runtime system for distributed memory multicomputers that significantly reduces the number of message transfers when compared to conventional " remote memory access " approaches. Instead of statically executing on its assigned processor and fetching data from remote storage, a Nomadic Thread transfers itself to the processor which contains the data it needs....

Rural libraries in Malaysia are purposively built to increase the level of people’s knowledge and thus produce an information society, especially in rural communities. The services and facilities provided are expected to change the lifestyle of the local community. The main objective of this study is to suggest the potential impingement factors for Information and Communication Technology (ICT)...

The folk traditions and family ties among the Van Kyrgyz, who settled from Pamir region of Afghanistan in Eastern part Turkey, are considered. purpose study is to analyze how Kyrgyz customs have been preserved after 40 years living Turkey resettlement their homeland Pamirs. novelty lies appeal previously unpublished Russia studies Turkish scientists wrote about history as well ethnographic data...

no more than 150 words): Mobile and wearable computing and wireless multimedia communication enable new forms of user adaptive applications that are becoming popular in these days. Users of nomadic information systems either have connected devices with them all the time or can use existing stationary devices to access a nomadic system personalized to their needs. This class of applications brin...

The reluctance of physicians to stay in remote and rural hospitals has resulted in a shortage of doctors in these settings, and therefore a decline in the quality of care and an intolerable overload on functioning doctors. However, mature paramedics find it difficult to comply with the demands of ambulance work and look for easier tasks that suit their age. The two problems may have a common so...

In recent decades, Iranian villages have experienced an increasing transformation culturally and environmentally due to the social changes. In pre-modern period (about half a century ago), villages were known as the production sources and had an important social and economic credit as cities foundation. However, a number of changes occurred in the rural “lifestyle” resulting from development of...