background there is currently great concern about the possible adverse effect of microwave radiation from cell phones. in addition, noise is one of the physical pollutants of modern societies. objectives the present study aimed to examine the separate and simultaneous effects of cell phone microwaves, noise, and their effects on sperm parameters and total antioxidant capacity in adult male rats...

Background Mobile phone has played an increasingly important role in people’s lives; however, there is a global concern that it may cause adverse effects on health. This study aimed to assess the effect of educational intervention based on Health Belief Model (HBM) to d...

introduction: there are general concerns about the hazardous impacts of the cell phones radiation on the human health. in this study, the structural and biochemical changes of the mice kidney were assessed after cell phone exposure in. materials and methods: a total of 40 balb/c mice were randomly divided into the control and experimental groups. the experimental group exposed to cell phone dev...

Patient and stakeholder engagement enhances the meaningfulness of patient-centered outcomes research. Continuous engagement of diverse patients helps to achieve representativeness and to avoid tokenism, but is perceived as challenging due to resource and time constraints. The widespread availability of the internet, mobile phones, and electronic devices makes 'high-tech' solutions appealing, bu...

INTRODUCTION To capitalise on mHealth, we need to understand the use of mobile phones both in daily life and for health care. OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence and factors that influence usage of mobile phones by caregivers of young children. MATERIALS AND METHODS A mixed methods approach was used, whereby a survey (N=1854) and semi-structured interviews (N=17) were conducted concurrently....

We examined the use of tailored messages sent to the mobile phones of obese adolescents enrolled in a weight-management programme, as a means of increasing adherence. The feasibility study was conducted in three phases: (1) a library of 90 messages was developed about five weight-related behaviours; (2) a computer application was developed to tailor these messages to participants' characteristi...

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The article deals with the behaviour of pedestrians using a smartphone. work aims to describe smartphone while walking and survey factors that lead this behaviour. data gathering was performed at marked pedestrian crossing without signals in Olomouc. statistics question were collected via observation interviews. A total 2689 observed 90 people took part structured interview. We 15% use their wa...

Consumers are increasingly adopting and using mobile payments for person to payments, in-store purchases, in-app purchases online commerce. Nevertheless, adoption of technological innovations like often require effort learning by the consumer. In this study objective was identify potential barriers a wider fulfilled innovation resistance literature as lens analyzing qualitative interview data w...

electromagnetic radiation emitted by cell-phones is a new health hazard, especially when they are used inside closed metal bodies such as cars, elevators etc. the modern wireless devices like bluetooth further enhance the effect of this radiation. the present studies were taken to get quantitative information about the actual power density levels to which a human brain is exposed inside a vehic...