Specialists in communication disorders who work with individuals who have traumatic brain injury (TBI) often focus their rehabilitative efforts on the cognitive, social, and behavioral dimensions of disability. These domains of functioning are included in the scope of practice of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association because of their close associations with communication effectiv...

Current techniques of repeated suicide risk assessment are not reliably predictive, and research into new methods is needed. The judgment of clinicians relies partly on nonverbal signs such as facial expressions. If differences in patients and/or interviewer's facial expressions appeared between subjects who were to make subsequent attempts (Repeaters) and those who were not (NonRepeaters), thi...

Like many other fields, application construction in ubiquitous computing is done by reuse of available software entities. For reasons of conductivity, breakdown, battery charge, but also many others reasons, the availability of these entities is unpredictable. As consequence, the self-adaptation of applications becomes necessary. This requires the specification of parallel adaptations by expert...

The first part of paper describes step by step installation of Switched Reluctance Motor & its drive. A special procedure for installation (Mechanical as well as Electrical) is developed in order to reduce acoustic noise, EMI interference and torque ripple of a motor. A serious electrical interference problem is solved using special designed screened cable. The second part of paper describes dy...

Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by 1) aberrant reciprocal social interactions, 2) deficits in social communication, and 3) repetitive, stereotyped patterns of behaviors, along with narrow restricted interests. Designing mouse behavioral assays with face validity to the three core symptoms of autism in humans is a daunting challenge for behavioral neuroscientists. M...

The aim of this paper is to identiS the predictive values of communication within the family to behavior of the children of advanced primary school age. The results are founded on self-perception and self-reports of pupils attending seventh and eighth grades of primar5r schools in the city of Zagreb (N=484) concerning their behavior (PON) and the quality of communications within the family (KUO...

This research investigates the impact on social communication quality of using anonymous avatars during small-screen mobile audio/visual communications. Elements of behavioral and visual realism of avatars are defined, as is an elaborated three-component measure of communication quality called Social Copresence. Experimental results with 196 participants participating in a social interaction us...

Clothes and accessories function as communication signs. The functions of relevant phenomena appearing in our daily life are classified according to their meanings as communication signs. The makeup, body painting, artificial deformation, modification (for example, tattoo or cut) and such kinds of decoration on the bodies are included in accessories. While the clothes and accessories have other...