When they encounter problems with a novel or infrequently performed task, experienced users often complete their work by referring to manuals and trying task-oriented exploration. However, the contents of the documentation can vary from step-by-step instructions for a single task to generic descriptions of a family of related procedures. This paper describes the LInked model of Comprehension-ba...

Abstract Procedure (or method) calls are a basic computation mechanism found in virtually every language. A procedure call may or may not create aliases for parameters. Understanding aliasing is critical for comprehending how programs will behave, with impact on other concepts such as parallelism. In this paper we study the awareness and descriptions of aliasing behavior in two college-level au...

BACKGROUND Although nurses acknowledge that spiritual care is part of their role, in reality, it is performed to a lesser extent. The purpose of the present study was to explore nurses' and patients' experiences about the conditions of spiritual care and spiritual interventions in the oncology units of Tabriz. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted with a qualitative conventional cont...

Spiritual cares in nursery are those that are presented by the nurse and are related to their experiences about meaning, purpose, religion and spirit-uality. Spirituality and spiritual cares are two separated categories considering certain dimension of care. Spiritual competence in spiritual care refers to a set of skills that can be used in clinical nursery process (1). The tool used to measur...

This case report shares a nursing experience that applied Swanson's Caring Theory as part of the care regimen for a terminal lung cancer patient suffering from spiritual distress. The nursing care was provided from March 20th to April 25th, 2012. Data were collected through observation and conversation and recorded using sketches and written notes. The nurse assessed the patient's relationships...