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...

Previous studies have found a positive relationship between exposure to fiction and interpersonal sensitivity. However, it is unclear whether exposure to different genres of fiction may be differentially related to these outcomes for readers. The current study investigated the role of four fiction genres (i.e., Domestic Fiction, Romance, Science-Fiction/Fantasy, and Suspense/Thriller) in the re...

Over the past couple of decades, it has been repeatedly investigated whether open-class items are processed in a different way from closed-class items. Most studies, however, have been bedeviled by difficulties in controlling all relevant distinctions between openand closed-class items. For example, whereas openclass items have a relatively low frequency of occurrence, closedclass words have a ...

participants at Hunter College for comments and conversations that have improved this paper. We are responsible for any remaining errors. Abstract We investigate the effect of house price changes on MSA-level divorce rates using data for 1991-2010 from the Current Population Survey and the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Our findings suggest that changing house prices significantly affect divor...

The current focus on the development of systems contributing to a managed learning environment (MLE) in universities in the UK has prompted institutions to examine how administrative systems and support for learning and teaching fit together. However, it is difficult for academic and administrative staff to find opportunities to describe their needs to developers. This paper focuses on a projec...

The current article attempts to evaluate the situation with the assessment of the knowledge of graduates from the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning of Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran. It is based on a body of statistical data accumulated during the years 1961-1982 and meticulously processed by this researcher. Throughout the multiple pages of his case study, this researcher tries to...