OBJECTIVES With the worldwide population growing in age, information technology may help meet important needs to prepare and support patients and families for aging. We sought to explore the use and acceptance of information technology for health among the elderly by reviewing the existing literature. METHODS Review of literature using PubMed and Google Scholar, references from relevant paper...

An understanding of corporate customer acceptance of Internet banking can assist banks to assess the real business value of Internet banking implementation. The four benefit factors are information quality, information accessibility, information sharing, and transaction benefit. The three major barriers are related to trust, legal support, and organization barriers. Information quality and tran...

This paper presents a new model, MUSCLE (Multidirectional Scanning for Line Extraction), for automatic vectorization of raster images with straight lines. The algorithm of the model implements the line thinning and the simple neighborhood methods to perform vectorization. The model allows users to define specified criteria which are crucial for acquiring the vectorization process. In this model...

this study aims at investigating social and cultural barriers to the use of recycled water for the first time in iran from the sociological perspective. applying qualitative methods, the understanding of women from water recycling and causes and conditions for the use of recycled water was studied. the required data was collected by using semi-structured interviews with a number of women. the i...

Patient acceptance is one of the major barriers toward widespread use of mHealth. The aim of this study was to assess patients’ experience with their use of COMMODITY12

the aim of this study is to produce a theory of action with emphasis on the vat tax and to discover the underlying condition, the causal factors and interventions that affect this action. the method of underlying theory was used. and using purposive sampling, depth interviews were conducted with 51 participants. the findings show that deinstitutionalization of vat is of category or central core...