The focus of this paper is on micro-level marketing research to support the design and implementation of rural development programs. Contemporary rural development efforts are directed primarily at promoting change so as to simulta­ neously affect the distribution and growth of income, employment, nutrition, health, and other dimensions of the quality of life in rural areas. Although there is a...

Background: Immigrants face many challenges when settling in a foreign country, numerous factors influence this immigrant experience including the resources they bring with them and those they find in the host society. The literature has indicated that a significant number of individuals migrate in search of a better quality of life. In this context, the objective of the study was to analyze th...

This paper investigates a number of issues that relate to the development of entertainment computing (EC) and the home environment. The consumption of EC is closely related to the efforts of companies to market it. At the same time there are many different factors that affect the quality of life of the individual consumers that participate in the entertainment. There are a number of unresolved ...

Biographical notes: Heather Maguire lectures in Management at the University of Southern Queensland. Her PhD investigating psychological contracting in the banking industry was awarded in 2001. She also holds a BEd, MBus and a MBA. She has consulted for industry in a range of areas including the impact of change in the Australian finance sector and administrative process improvement within a ra...

ions. Consumers, students and alternative food-system leaders recognize and place great importance on solving social justice problems (Allen et al., 2003; Howard and Allen, 2006; Perez and Allen, 2007). Local food systems serve many purposes and improve the quality of life for many people. Realizing justice in local food systems 305 by gest on Sptem er 1, 2010 cjres.odjournals.org Doloaded rom ...

In early mathematics development the development of symbolic skills is critical to math learning. Our mathematical system is based on Arabic number symbols which do not provide any semantic meaning relevant to the number words and symbols. In order to succeed in math one must be able to recognize and understand the meaning of numeric and other mathematical symbols. Little is known about the dev...

1Reaserch Center for Non-Communicable Diseases, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. 2Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing & Para-Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. 3Medical Ethics Research Center, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. 4Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing & Para-Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sc...

Falls are a major cause of injuries and hospital admissions among elderly people. Thus, the caregiving process and the quality of life of older adults can be improved by adopting systems for the automatic detection of falls. This paper presents a smartphone-based fall detection system that monitors the movements of patients, recognizes a fall, and automatically sends a request for help to the c...