BACKGROUND The psychopathological implications of the Internet are slowly being revealed as its use becomes increasingly common. This papers aim is to call attention to computer mediated communication (CMC), such as Facebook or chats, and alert to its possible relation to psychosis. DATA We describe three individuals, with no prior major psychiatric disorder, who presented for psychiatric tre...

While data and observations from the field suggest the Internet is a medium wherein disclosure, communication and encounters between men who have sex with men (MSM) are made possible, few studies have examined this question in Africa’s Sub-Saharan countries. The objective of our study was to define the proportion and profile of persons having access to the Internet as a means of encountering ma...

Fraud and terrorism have a close connect in terms of the processes that enables and promote them. In the era of Internet, its various services that include Web, e-mail, social networks, blogs, instant messaging, chats, etc. are used in terrorism not only for communication but also for i) creation of ideology, ii) resource gathering, iii) recruitment, indoctrination and training, iv) creation of...

In this work we report a software platform for synchronous distance learning, which makes the presence of teachers in the student’s house possible, deploying the same class, in the same time, with the same mates, through the internet. Thus the working scenery is a normal student room, in which some students are present and some others are virtual students with interactive presence that allows t...

Research indicates a clear need for easily accessible interventions of different lengths and intensity for individuals with problematic substance use. Internet interventions with therapist support for problematic alcohol use have yielded positive results in prior studies, but have never been investigated in Sweden. This pilot study tested an online structured relapse prevention program with and...

— Exposure and discussion of topics through Internet platforms is becoming a common and best practice that can be observed in blogs, chats, social networks and e-learning environments, thereby promoting collaboration between their users. In this context, virtual debate is proving an effective means so as to perform task groups that enhances students' cooperative interaction. In this work it is ...

The aim of the Project is to develop a Virtual Platform of e -Learning using New Technologies, offering a qualityeducation and a social inter-relationship with resident children and their educational centers, colleagues, etc. Children that reside in hospitals have a mayor predisposition towards school failure because, among other reasons, they are somehow excluded from their natural environment...

Social networks are very popular these days, and it facilitates search and retrieval of information through internet. Hence, our understanding and usage of the WWW significantly differs from early days. The Internet, particularly the WWW is not only being used and approached for gathering information anymore. It is used routinely to reach other people through various applications ranging from e...

This RFC discusses the history and evolution of the Intermail and Commercial mail systems. The problems encountered in operating a store–and–forward mail relay between commercial systems such as Telemail, MCI Mail and Dialcom are also discussed. This RFC provides information for the Internet community, and does not specify any standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

In this paper a collection of chats and tweets from the Netherlands and Flanders is described. The chats and tweets are part of the freely available SoNaR corpus, a 500 million word text corpus of the Dutch language. Recruitment, metadata, anonymisation and IPR issues are discussed. To illustrate the difference of language use between the various text types and other parameters (like gender and...