Online health communities and support groups are a valuable source of information for users suffering from a physical or mental illness. Users turn to these forums for moral support or advice on specific conditions, symptoms, or side effects of medications. This paper describes and studies the linguistic patterns of a community of support forum users over time focused on the used of anxious rel...

Online navigation is often considered to be an enjoyable activity, and users often use lighthearted terms about that activity, such as “surfing” and “cruising” the Web. Unfortunately, there is indeed a dark side to online navigation, with many users becoming lost among unfamiliar terms and suffering long delays. In this research-in-progress study we describe our experimental examination of two ...

This paper analyzes the information security investment decisions by a firm with two correlated information assets. When information assets are correlated, a firm may face additional losses compared to a loss from a single breach, and the probability of security breach on one set may increase the probability on the other. We model the security investment of a risk-taking firm as well as risk-ne...

Using network-based information to facilitate information spreading is an essential task for spreading dynamics in complex networks. Focusing on degree correlated networks, we propose a preferential contact strategy based on the local network structure and local informed density to promote the information spreading. During the spreading process, an informed node will preferentially select a con...

This work focuses on the unintended consequences of digital transformation in the context of higher education. We use this familiar context to problematize digital transformation by first discussing the evolution of a required college course over a twenty-year period. We show how increasing digitization under resource constraint lead to a fully online delivery and we highlight three unintended ...

the Western world and consequently the study of normal and pathological heart behavior is an active research area. In particular, the study of the shape and motion of the heart is important because many heart diseases are strongly correlated to these two factors. The human heart is composed of two separate pumps: a right heart that pumps the blood through the lungs and a left heart that pumps t...

Background and Aim: High blood pressure is a common cardiovascular disease. Most cardiovascular medications have adverse oral side effects. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of oral manifestations associated with the intake of anti-hypertensive medications. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional analytical study examined 142 patients with a history of hypertension referred to D...