Mobile phone use and wireless communication technology have grown explosively over the past decades. This rapid growth has caused widespread global concern about the potential detrimental effects of this technology on human health. Stem cells generate specialized cell types of the tissue in which they reside through normal differentiation pathways. Considering the undeniable importance of stem ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The primary objective of the present study was to investigate which cell-phone activities are associated with cell-phone addiction. No research to date has studied the full-range of cell-phone activities, and their relationship to cell-phone addiction, across male and female cell-phone users. METHODS College undergraduates (N = 164) participated in an online survey. Partic...

I am designing and building a microphone array to model techniques used to reduce interference and noise in wireless communication systems. To understand how such problems arise, what an array is, and how it can be used to address current issues in wireless communication, consider the case of cell phone service providers. The number of cell phone users has increased dramatically over the last f...

BACKGROUND Cell phone use behaviors are known to vary across demographic sub-groups and geographic locations. This study examined whether universal hand-held calling while driving bans were associated with lower road-side observed hand-held cell phone conversations across drivers of different ages (16-24, 25-59, ≥60 years), sexes, races (White, African American, or other), ruralities (suburban,...

INTRODUCTION Although it is becoming more and more accepted that driving while talking on a cell phone can be hazardous, most jurisdictions are making handheld phone use illegal while allowing hands-free phone use. METHODS The scientific literature exploring the effects of these two types of cell phone use on driving and driving-related performance is reviewed here. RESULTS Our review shows...