BACKGROUND One of the main usages of social networks in clinical studies is facilitating the process of sampling and case finding for scientists. The main focus of this study is on comparing two different methods of sampling through phone calls and using social network, for study purposes. METHODS One of the researchers started calling 214 families of children with diabetes during 90 days. Af...

Chinese Train Control System level three (CTCS3) is a major technical system in Chinese high-speed rail and Train Control System (TCC) is indispensable component in the CTCS-3. Current researches on TCC are mainly based on the simulation, which cannot ensure that all conditions in TCC are tested. This paper presents a hierarchical modeling method and uses time automation (TA) to model the TCC s...

Planning provides the basis for a theory of language generation that considers the communicative goals of the speaker when producing utterances. One central problem in designing a system based on such a theory is specifying the requisite linguistic knowledge in a form that interfaces well with a planning system and allows for the encoding of discourse information. The TELEGRAM (TELEological GRA...

In this paper we present a methodology for the forensic analysis of the artifacts generated on Android smartphones by Telegram Messenger, the official client for the Telegram instant messaging platform, which provides various forms of secure individual and group communication, by means of which both textual and non-textual messages can be exchanged among users, as well as voice calls. Our metho...

Background: Pap smear is an effective screening method for early detection of cervical cancer. This study aimed to investigate the effect of education based on Health Belief Model (HBM) through Telegram instant messaging services on the Pap smear test. Material and methods: This research was a quasi-experimental study which was performed on 106 eligible women (48 participants in the interventio...

Günümüzde sosyal ağlar dünya genelinde önemli bir etkiye sahiptir. Sosyal ağların birçok konuda kaldırdığı sınırlar, bireyin her an ve yerde öğrenme ihtiyacının karşılanmasına da olumlu yönde etki etmekte pek çok alanda olduğu gibi alanında yaygın şekilde kullanılmaktadır. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram sık kullanıldığı bilinmektedir. Son yıllarda popülerliği artan Telegram ağının amaçlı...