the character of cosmopolitanism in e-commerce disputes is much more complicated than in normal international transactions. internet environment has created challenges and changes about the governing law of contracts in this space. this cyber space has technical and legal differences in compared with physical environment. in this paper, we intend to answer this question that in dispute arising ...

abstract: introduction: access to the internet is a growing phenomenon .every day more people are among the internet users. this study aimed to investigate internet addiction and its effective factors among students in hormozgan university of medical sciences. methods: this study was of a descriptive, cross- - sectional type which aimed to investigate internet addiction and effective factors am...

Today, leisure time is changing by globalization and using of information technology. Most of people especially women prefer to spend their leisure time by modern technologies. Thus, they spend their leisure time to look up satellite programs and use of the internet. This research has done for sociological consideration of the globalization of communications (internet  & satellite) on leisure t...

background: computers and internet  play an ever- increasing and important role in medical education.this research was performed to determine the rate of knowledge, attitude, and performance of the students of birjand university of medical science in the case of  computer and internet use. methods:  this descriptive – analytical study was performed on 425 students of birjand university of medic...

background: the internet is one of the most important sources to access scientific writing in medical universities. however, the students use it for their personal and special goals. since the prevalence and the incidence of internet addiction are recently increasing among students, this study was carried out to assess the relation between general health and internet addiction in students of is...

objective: the most commonly used instrument for the research and treatment of excessive internet use is young’s internet addiction test (iat). while the iat has been translated to several languages (including persian) and has demonstrated good psychometric properties across several independent studies, there is still a room for alternative assessment instruments. this study reports a validatio...

this study aims at explaining informal internet-based chat format with respect to its genre and writing components and system. the researchers analyzed 53 chat samples which were produced by 53 iranian students in high intermediate and advanced levels of english in a private institute while chatting with foreigners. besides the genre analysis, the purposes why people all around the world chat o...

One of the changes brought up by the Internet both in Iran and in the other parts of the world is internet-based marriage. The present study aimed to explore Isfahani women experiences of the cultural consequences of internet-based marriage. To this end, a qualitative-phenomenological research design was used. The participants in the research sample were 12 women who became familiar with their ...

Background: Excessive utilization of electronic media may affect the individuals' health and quality of sleep. This study aimed to investigate sleep quality of the college students based on their diets and duration of time spent on the internet. Methods: In this cross-sectional web-based study, 385 students were selected randomly from the Qazvin University. Data was collected by a self-administ...