This combined quantitative/qualitative study is based on a content analysis of 238 hours of Israeli talk shows from 2012 and semiotic analysis of selected programs to map the gender distribution of TV experts and explore potential differences in the way men and women are treated in the programs.. All in all, 495 experts were coded. Men experts outnumbered women experts in a 1.7 to 1 ratio. Thes...

Since the mid-1990’s the psychological and sociological concept of trust has received increasing attention in the field of electronic commerce by many scholars and was recognized as one of the main reasons why a high number of consumers are still reluctant from buying on the Internet. During about the same period of time the idea of design patterns and pattern languages, originally developed in...

A faculty of sufficient size and possessing the appropriate skills is critical to dental education. Faculty shortages have been identified, but little has been written about the skills and abilities necessary for dental faculty to be effective. This project identified consensus lists of competencies in the areas of teaching and research. A panel of dental education experts used a web-based Delp...