We present WeatherTank, a tangible interface that looks like a vivarium or a diorama, and uses everyday weather metaphors to present information from a variety of domains, e.g., “a storm is brewing” for increasingly stormy weather, indicating upcoming hectic activities in the stock exchange market. WeatherTank represents such wellknown weather metaphors with real wind, clouds, waves, and rain, ...

background and aims: the most important risk factors threatening health of young people include improper diet, inactivity, smoking, intentional and accidental damages, drugs, aids/hiv and psychiatric disorders. considering increased risky behaviors among teens during 2 last decades, it was decided to evaluate the effects of education and consultation roles in relation to health risks on perform...

aim : this study aims to investigate some clinical and pathologic factors associated with the prognosis of patients with colon and rectum cancers separately. background : colorectal cancer is the most common cancer of the digestive system and also the fourth cause of cancer-related deaths around the world. different studies indicate that survival of patients with colorectal cancer has improved ...

abstract in the dynamic and competitive market, managers seek to find effective strategies for new products development. since there has not been a thorough research in this field, this study is based on a review on the risks exist in the npd process and an analysis of risks through fmea approach to prioritize the existent risks and a modeling behavior of the npd process and main risks using sy...

E C O N O M I C R E V I E W Fourth Quarter 2007 In the early to mid-1990s, derivatives received a great deal of negative publicity in the popular media. Several unfortunate incidents ultimately led Gastineau and Kritzman (1996), in the revised edition of their Dictionary of Financial Risk Management, to define a derivative as, “in the financial press, anything that loses money.” The proximate c...

this paper develops an operational perspective of supply chain sustainability, by considering it as a risk management process. it explores the nature of sustainability-related supply chain risks, distinguishes them from typical supply chain risks and develops an analytical process for their management. an empirical study is conducted to generate insights about how sustainability-related risks s...

There are few things as important to parents as their children, and in the search for tips on how to protect the health of their youngsters, parents often turn to the most user-friendly form of continuing education available-the news media. It can be a smart move, but there are also risks attached. This overview points to the media's strengths and weaknesses, with the goal of suggesting how edu...