In design, products have long been recognized as important carriers of meaning (Krippendorff & Butter, 1984). In addition to offering practical functions, products often act as symbols for people, providing personal meaning and communicating the owner’s personal characteristics to others (Crilly, Moultrie, & Clarkson, 2004). For example, an expensive car may symbolize achievement; the owner fee...

the words hold their meaning values, inner combination and out combination that which of them have the special meaning concessions, specially, when these words connected with holy quran. one of these words, is karaem (dignity) that used in nahj about inmate's description:( the delicacies of the quran are about them. the descendants of the prophet). the word roots from (karam) has a range o...

Approximately 15 million children in the United States can currently be diagnosed with a mental health disorder (APA, 2013). Families of these children experience not only grief and the challenge of managing the disorder, but also stigma, including rejection, misunderstanding, and a feeling of isolation. Nonetheless, some parents find or develop approaches for "making meaning" from the experien...

Falling seriously ill is often experienced as a life event that causes conflict with people's personal goals and expectations in life and evokes existential questions. This article presents a new humanities approach to the way people make meaning of such events and how this influences their quality of life. Incorporating theories on contingency, narrative identity, and quality of life, we devel...

ethics are related to the structure and culture of the society. in addition to specialized ethics for every profession, individuals also hold their own personal beliefs and values. this study aimed to investigate iranian occupational therapists’ perception of ethical practice when working with children. for this purpose, qualitative content analysis was used and semi-structured interviews were ...

In this qualitative study the college experience of an individual with Down syndrome was examined. The student audited two academic courses and participated in various nonacademic campus activities. The investigation yielded multiple themes within the following areas of importance: (a) the meaning of going to college, (b) the development and meaning of college friendships, (c) negotiation of th...

We introduce the concept of Data Memes as artistic visuals of data in which users can merge data visualizations with an image such that the structure of the image supports the user’s intended meaning (or interpretation) of the data. Since Data Memes can represent very personal views, it is natural to employ them in the visualization of personal data. Hence, in this paper we focus on the use of ...

Recovery is a personal process of growth that involves hope, self-identity, meaning in life and responsibility. Determinants of meaning have not been explored among populations of patients with persistent psychiatric conditions. However, an evidence-based approach aiming at assessing such determinants should provide some insight into the psychotherapeutic aspects of recovery. We tested a model ...

Sir,?I have to tender to you my best thanks for your kindly publishing my communication in your October issue on " A Probable Factor in Diabetes." I may, however, be permitted to point out an error in the last part of it. The sentence which runs " The varying racial susceptibilities and personal idiosyncrasies are conditioned by the qualities of the vital potentiality and individual personal fa...