Modern society is striving for as much information as possible. It was just a question of when this was addressed in art. Modern art, especially interactive art is reaching the limits of mechanical interactivity, and this is why it is not unusual that it is merging with science and using state-of-the-art technology. In the following article we discuss the use of virtual reality as a medium in m...

Art is a tool for children to enjoy life. Rhythmic activities, narration, and using attractive educational methods are devices to express feelings, problems, thoughts and beliefs. Art therapy methods create unique opportunities to express and challenge feelings and lead to improvement of mental health and personal promotion indirectly. Regarding the fact that art therapy methods are seen in mos...

High levels of treatment adherence are crucial for the success of expanding ART treatment programs everywhere. Augmenting adherence through treatment supporters is one promising strategy. Most discussions focus on peers, especially members of PHA groups, for this purpose. Far less attention is given to family members and especially older age parents. Yet ART recipients often live with or nearby...

intellectual developments, political movements and cultural policies of government during the pahlavi era, played a significant role in formation and developing of important tendencies of iranian modern painting. the present article, based on the analytic approaches, investigates the influence of the leftist, nationalistic and islamist movements on art, and simultaneously studies the role of go...

Over the last years, digital preservation has become a particularly active research area. While several initiatives are dealing with the preservation of standard document formats, the challenges of preserving multimedia objects and pieces of electronic art are still to be tackled. This paper presents the findings of a pilot project for preserving born-digital interactive multimedia art. We desc...

Explaining altruistic cooperation is one of the greatest challenges faced by sociologists, economists, and evolutionary biologists. The problem is determining why an individual would carry out a costly behavior that benefits another. Possible solutions to this problem include kinship, repeated interactions, and policing. Another solution that has recently received much attention is the threat o...