Purpose: To define the level of quality of life in an elderly population and to investigate the effects of selected variables, such as anemia, fatigue, depression and sleep disorders, on the quality of life. Design and Methods: The study was conducted in Gazioğlu Nursing Home, located in the city center of Kayseri, on 136 subjects ≥65 in the year 2008-2009. Data were collected using the Geriatr...

English Abstract: Kenya is a frontier market for ‘financial technology’, or FinTech. This industry – which merges mobile telephony and digital data with commercial lending has grown spectacularly, millions of Kenyans borrowing household, emergency, expenses. industry’s frenzied growth been fuelled by not merely the pursuit profit, but also decidedly more developmental aspiration, namely inclusi...

The ability to capture customer needs and to tailor the provided solutions accordingly, also defined as customer intimacy, has become a significant success factor in the B2B space in particular for increasingly "servitizing" businesses. Providers aim at achieving competitive advantages, such as cross-selling and customization by leveraging customer relationships and customer knowledge. However,...

The current study examined neuroendocrine processes associated with emotional intimacy in humans. Despite the importance of this aspect of close relationships, emotional intimacy has received much less attention in neuroendocrine research compared to other aspects of close relationships. In this study, participants viewed movie clips depicting an emotionally intimate parent-child interaction or...

Research Question: Is social media activity related to layers of intimacy in relationships? Study design: Mixed methods, survey on relationships with 30 participants who identified up 20 best/close friends and their use media. The same were interviewed gather details how they communicated close best friends, used media/CMC maintain relationships. Analysis: communication frequency, content ratio...

Traditionally, family intimacy has been seen as depending on spatial proximity and physical closeness. However, due to individualization globalization, many families live apart and/or spend their days away from each other. Moreover, a shift in communication household-to-household person-to-person occurred the context of so-called networked individualism. These changes make it imperative investi...