This paper is about only one of the many aspects that affect communication: culture. I will try to show that people from different cultures differ considerably in their view of the forms and means of communication that are appropriate in a certain context and situation. Furthermore I will show that if people involved in intercultural communication reckon with those differences in communication,...

this research is a descriptive study which had been performed in order of settlement of communication between the nurses with the confinded patients in the internal cardiac wards in the hospital affiliated to ministry of health and medical educations of tehran. this research has been done in twelve internal cardiac. wards of the hospital affiliated to the ministry of health and medical educatio...

Although research indicates communication is important among information systems (IS) staff, users, and managers to ensure successful development projects, the ineffective communication skills of IS staff are often cited as a possible cause of failed IS projects. To develop effective systems, communication between IS users and systems developers is important throughout the development process, ...

The performance of a cross-functional team depends on the skillful and innovative combination of information and expertise from all team members. Communication is the medium through which team members share the information required for successful amalgamation. In this work, we postulate that both high and low levels of team communication can impede team performance, thus leading to a curvilinea...

Children with complex communication needs (CCN) who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) are at considerable risk in many aspects of their development: (a) functional communication skills, (b) speech development, (c) language development, (d) cognitive/conceptual development, (e) literacy development, (f) social participation, (g) access to education, and (h) overall quality...

Currently engineering efficient and successful event-driven applications based on the emerging Complex Event Processing (CEP) technology, is a laborious trial and error process. The proposed CEP design pattern approach should support CEP engineers in their design decisions for building robust and efficient CEP solutions with well understood tradeoffs and should enable an interdisciplinary and e...

This communication presents the successful design of a structured catalyst based on porous anodic alumina membranes for methane dry reforming. The catalyst with a strong Ni-NiAl2O4 interaction shows both excellent activity and stability.

A large aberrant systemic artery to superior vena cava communication associated with normal lungs and normal pulmonary arteries has never been reported. This lesion, its diagnosis, and successful surgical management are discussed.

Communication can be both verbal and nonverbal with subtypes that can include positive and negative communication, open and closed communication as well as effective and ineffective communication. Communication is defined as “a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a ommon system of symbols, signs or behavior” (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communicat...

background: although the physician-patient relationship is of special significance for a proper diagnosis, few studies have been done to find out how successful these interactions are across various medical specialties. common physician knowledge measured by a questionnaire tended to view fields such as psychiatry more successful in achieving patient satisfaction than other specialties. however...