INTRODUCTION To determine the relationship between bacterial vaginosis and preterm labour. METHOD In this study 160 labouring women admitted in Bahonar Hospital were studied for the presence of bacterial vaginosis based on the presence of clue cells. Control group consisted of 80 women with the gestational age of more than 38 weeks and the case group consisted of 80 women with the gestational...

A rarely discussed but important issue in research on pragmatic inference is the choice of dependent measure for estimating the robustness of pragmatic inferences and their sensitivity to contextual manipulations. Here we present the results from three studies exploring the effect of contextual manipulations on scalar implicature. In all three studies we manipulate the salient question under di...

Contextual suggestion aims to provide a user with venues that are relevant to his/her preferences and context. Most existing approaches only take into account those two features in order to build their suggestion list. However, research in recommender systems recently stressed the importance of diversified suggestions. This paper introduces a novel model for contextual suggestion based on compo...

New communication technologies are changing the way travellers gossip and trade advice while on the road. This paper presents initial results from our studies of backpacker culture and identifies gaps where future technologies could assist backpackers in existing situations. Our research included contextual interviews with backpackers, tours of hostel accommodation, and reviews of online discus...

IT service management (ITSM) is of increasing significance to IT organizations, while at the same time information systems (IS) play a crucial role for many organizations around the world. Universities represent the first step for students to gain a qualification in the field of ITSM; as such, the university educates the future employees of IT organizations. This contribution describes the moti...

The Information Security Policy (ISP) of an organisation is expected to specify for employees their behaviour towards security, and the security ethos of the organisation. However, there are a wide range of opinions and expertise that should be considered by organisations when developing an ISP. This paper aims to identify the stakeholders that should be utilised in an ISP development process a...