in recent years, virtual communities have been significantly popular and almost all of them are targeted for business profitability. in our study, the profitability of these communities for businesses has been analyzed from a commercial perspective. the study considers virtual community as a business model which can have a great impact on consumer purchase decision process. with respect to refe...

BACKGROUND Among life-style factors affecting mental health, dietary habits are becoming a public health concern in their relation to psychological distress and social capital. We examined associations between interest in dietary pattern, social capital, and psychological distress with a population-based cross-sectional study in rural Japan. METHODS A total of 16,996 residents of a rural town...

The social dynamics of cities have long been dependent on their spaces and places. On the one hand, human interactions, and relationships are formed by the city form and on the other hand, the body recovers its identity from existing social life. The more a city can communicate with its citizens through physical features, the more it will affect their social identity. Thus, the city form can ha...

To establish a collaborative OLC, the sense of social presence must be created. Social presence is one of the most important factors that helps people actively collaborate, thus increasing sense of belonging and social cohesion to the community. However, the creation of social presence in an OLC can be problematic due to the limitations of the communication media used. Lean media such as asynch...