Integration of user-generated content with librarycatalogs become more important with the developments in webtechnologies and semantic networks. As a result of thesedevelopments, library catalogs are linked with open data resourceslike the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF), DBpedia, andamazon.com with the aim of bibliographic description via UniformResource Ide...

Abstract Facebook users must make choices about level of self-disclosure, and this self-disclosure can influence perceptions of the profile's author. We examined whether the specific type of self-disclosure on a professor's profile would affect students' perceptions of the professor and expectations of his classroom. We created six Facebook profiles for a fictitious male professor, each with a ...

Dr Foresman is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. Dr Foresman also holds an Adjunct Associate Professor appointment in the School of Engineering and Technology at Purdue University. He is the Director of the Sleep Medicine ...

Telecommuting creates a host of opportunities and challenges for managers and workers. Based on the results of a 26 semi-structured interviews, we explore individual’s motives underlying the decision to telecommute. In addition, our purpose was to investigate and understand the advantages and disadvantages of telecommuting from the worker’s perspective. References to advantages, disadvantages a...

This study attempts to explore the significance of visitors' perceptions of a site in relation to their own heritage as an important factor for understanding tourist behaviour and for the management of heritage settings. The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, The Netherlands was chosen as the focus of the current research, which is composed of two field studies. The first, relates to tourists who h...

When a new Electronic Health Record is implemented or modifications are made, the full acceptance by end users depends on their expectations and perceptions about the possible benefits and the potential impacts on care quality. The redesign of an electronic nurse chart should consider the inherent characteristics of nurses' practice and the variables that may influence the implementation and us...

OBJECTIVES To assess doctors' perceptions of their patients' satisfaction and expectations in primary care. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study using questionnaires completed by general practitioners (GPs) and their patients. SETTING Primary care practices in Geneva, Switzerland. PARTICIPANTS 23 GPs from a random list of 75 GPs practising in the canton of Geneva (participation rate 31%), w...

There have been many promises about the benefits of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in classrooms. The assumption underlying those benefits is that computers would be used in a student-centered and a constructivist learning approach, departing from a teacher-centered teaching approach. The uses of computers in the classroom, however, vary depending on the teachers’ perceptions and ex...

A study exploring the acceptability of a nurse practitioner to a random sample of 126 patients is reported. Sixty per cent of patients either approved of the concept and expressed willingness to consult the nurse or held no strong views. Fifty three per cent of the 61 patients who had seen her already were prepared to see her again. Fifty four per cent of patients had difficulty in differentiat...