We describe a CSCL scenario through which socio-economic and cultural differences between countries can be exploited for teaching community health to medical students in Switzerland, Tunisia, Cameroon and Lebanon. This scenario is structured around phases and roles. In order to stimulate social interaction, the activities rely on the confrontation of different national health contexts and diffe...

introduction: the human being is part of its surrounding socio-economic framework. he is affected by the environment and actively affects it. ignoring the socio-economic dimensions of health leads to the failure of health promotion programs and widens the inequity in the health status of different groups in the society. the aim of this study is to identify the socio-economic and demographic sta...

The study evaluates dental caries prevalence in dentistry students. They represent a sample of individuals with good dental status, socio-economical level and access to dental care. The values of teeth number with decay and filling and values of surfaces of teeth with decay and filling indices in group with lower caries incidence give the information as to what could be achieved by systemic car...

The current socio-economical context tends to isolate people and limit face to face contacts. Communication services are crucial to maintain social and affective links but present services don’t meet users’ expectations. In this perspective, we designed Shomi, a video communication application, providing an enriched experience of copresence based on coactivity. Shomi results from a user centric...

This paper presents a comparative study between several mobility models. Simulation environment is a time variant real representation of a city based on GIS, integrating all geographical and socio-economical information relative to this city. Simulation results are the basis of the comparative analysis between the models. This comparison is made by setting metrics evaluating individual and popu...

This extended abstract briefly introduces Hofstede’s three leveled model of human mental programming which captures the unique mental constitution of a person. These levels devide the vague “human factor” in more approachable categories. In the following sections each category is addressed and presented seperately according to research found and regarding security-aware behaviour. By including ...

When developing nanotechnology solutions for global health it is important to be mindful of the ethical, environmental, socio-economical, cultural and legal aspects associated with their deployment.

Freshwater is essential for a multitude of different uses, including drinking supply, irrigation, and energy production [...]