The first known attempts to take photographs below the surface of the water were carried out shortly after the appearance of the daguerreotype in 1839. The earliest records date from the 1850s. Towards the end of that century, in order to help advance scientific study of marine life, what are considered to be the first underwater photographs were taken. In these attempts, photography was valued...

The increased usage of mobile devices, equipped with digital cameras, has allowed users to take photographs and share them more easily and more quickly than in the past. Everyday thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of photos are uploaded to social networking websites using computers and mobile devices. It has been said that "a picture is worth a thousand words" but now we must consider the...

Persons with dementia have lost important memories, and their caregivers are exhausted by caring for them, especially family caregivers. We aim to support persons with dementia recall memory by talking about their memories together, place them in their life history, and communicate with their caregivers. The proposed system uses photographs as triggers for memory recollection. The demonstration...

This was an exploratory descriptive study with a qualitative approach that aimed to understand the perception of multiparous women about family and their strategies to manage their everyday lives in an inland city of the state of Paraná. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 15 women with four or more children who have sought the basic health unit in June/2012. Data were a...

BACKGROUND Characteristics of family life are linked both cross-sectionally and prospectively to adult mental and physical health. PURPOSE This paper discusses social and biological processes that may explain how families influence the health of their members. METHODS We review naturalistic studies of short-term biopsychosocial processes as they unfold within the family. RESULTS Day-to-da...

Social change and large-scale transformations are as important to everyday life sociology as to macro sociology approaches. South Africa has been a 'hotspot' of change with a number of such transitions occurring in a condensed time-period, in particular regarding 'race' matters. A large South African family collection, concerning the Forbes family, is used to explore how the processes of change...

The aim of this paper is to discuss how everyday life changes for the family in the event of chronic illness or disability. It changes physically due to loss of body function and socially due to time and other constraints related to treatment or lack of mobility. Equally important, there is a psychological impact due to the uncertainty of the future. The article will explore how family particip...