As the use of graphical user interfaces expands into new areas, icons are becoming an increasingly important aspect of GUIs. Oddly, little research has been done into the the costs and benefits associated with using icons. One aspect of icons, icon borders, has been proposed as a means of adding information to icons. An experiment was conducted in which the potential cost in response time of us...

In recent years, we have developed a visual communication interface for reporting observations in which messages can be constructed using a spatial arrangement of icons. Each icon on the interface represents a concept or idea. This paper reports about research on a visual language interface, which allows users to create structured messages of icon strings simultaneously in a two-dimensional par...

This report describes an experiment designed to test the use of simple linear motion as an attention-getting device for computer displays. The experiment involved two tasks: a primary task that required the typed transcription of a document onto a computer screen, and a secondary task that involved detecting and responding to a moving icon signal. The icon consisted of a rectangular bar that gr...

Received: April 25, 2003; Accepted: May 15, 2003 Correspondence: Hsiao-Yu Lee, Professor Department of Management Information Science, Far East College, Tainan, Taiwan E-Mail: [email protected] munication devices, such as communication boards or electronic or compute-based alternative communication devices, also often referred to as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices, to ...

background: the aim of this study was to determine the impact of malocclusions on oral healthrelated quality of life (ohrqol) among female adolescents. materials and methods: this is an observational cross-sectional descriptive study. a total of 129 female students with age ranges between 14 and 17 years old were randomly selected from mashhad (iran) high schools and were asked to fi ll out an ...

This paper considers the difficulties faced by the stakeholders in general requirements engineering (RE). These difficulties range from the complexity of requirements gathering to requirements presentation. Affordable visualization techniques have been widely implemented to support the requirements engineering community. However, no universal characteristics that could be associated with requir...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Field trials of lambda-cyhalothrin 10 CS (ICON 10 CS) in indoor residual spraying (IRS) with 25 mg a.i./m2 against Anopheles culicifacies was undertaken vs malathion IRS (25% WP-2 g a.i./m2) in Tumkur district, Karnataka; vs deltamethrin IRS (2.5% WP-20 mg a.i./m2) in Dharmapuri district; and vs lambda-cyhalothrin (10 WP-25 mg a.i./m2) in Ramanathapuram district, Tamil N...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The validity of the Index of Complexity, Outcome and Need (ICON) which is an orthodontic index developed and introduced in 2000 should be studied in different ethnic groups. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to perform an analysis on the ICON and to verify whether this index is valid for assessing both the need and complexity of orthodontic treatment in Iran. MATERI...

Abstract. Classical numerical models for the global atmosphere, as used weather forecasting or climate research, have been developed conventional central processing unit (CPU) architectures. This hinders employment of such on current top-performing supercomputers, which achieve their computing power with hybrid architectures, mostly using graphics units (GPUs). Thus also scientific applications...

Adding icons on labels of acetaminophen-containing medicines could help users identify the active ingredient and avoid concomitant use of multiple medicines containing acetaminophen. We evaluated five icons for communication effectiveness. Adults (n = 300) were randomized to view a prescription container label or over-the-counter labels with either one or two icons. Participants saw two icon ca...