The recent expansion of Aedes albopictus, a day-biting mosquito, to densely inhabited areas in the northeastern Atlantic states of the USA has dramatically increased the problem that mosquitoes create for urban and suburban residents. We quantified the impact of mosquitoes on residents' quality of life within the context of a comprehensive area-wide integrated pest management program to control...

BACKGROUND Well-being is a subjective concept and means different things to various people. Most of the research investigating the experience has concentrated on its problematic and pathological aspects. The aim of this research was to enhance the understanding of the contextual meaning of well-being based on personal life experiences of the participants. This will be of help to experts in the ...

Physical activity is very important to public health and exergames represent one potential way to enact it. The promotion of physical activity through gamification and enhanced anticipated affect also holds promise to aid in exercise adherence beyond more traditional educational and social cognitive approaches. This paper reviews empirical studies on gamified systems and serious games for exerc...

Abstract Physical, financial, and emotional burdens are profound affect the quality-of-life of persons with dementia (PWD) their caregivers, particularly as cognitive decline accelerates death approaches, which leads to burdensome, non-beneficial transitions in care that can lead further PWD. Measures for PWD caregivers include important physical, psychological/cognitive, existential, caregivin...

Halal Industries have persistently become an important issue globally, including in Indonesia. This study aims to analyze the strategies for halal industry development implemented by business actors Indonesia as well provide Indonesian Muslim’s responses and sharia compliance context their life. Using a mixed methodological approach with Analytical Network Process religious leaders, academic ec...

What will the players choose? To a lay person, the answer is obvious— both players should choose the high quality platform and, consequently, enjoy higher payo¤s. To a game theorist, however, the answer is far from clear. If one player expects that the other will choose A, then clearly choosing A and enjoying a payo¤ of 2 is better than choosing the high quality platform and enjoying a payo¤ of...

Albert Camus, the French Algerian, lived a short but action filled life; from losing his father when he was just one year old to poverty experienced in grandmother’s house where grew up after father’s passage. From suffering tuberculosis at time its cure still uncertain brilliance school, love for football, country-side and philosophy, becoming renowned philosopher, rising beyond mentors Messie...

Objective: The satisfaction in a job or work would be depending on many factors like remuneration, conditions, growth prospects, support for teachers and other related factors. One of the most important such as found from result much research conducted this domain is, Work Life Balance (WLB). Introduction: balance can described measure that exists between personal life an employee. Much study h...