The tangle method was first introduced by Ernst and Sumners in 1990. Since then the field has seen many advances which have been reviewed in [18,24] and more recently in a soon to appear review by Darcy. Rather than providing an in-depth review we here focus on the tools developed and used by our group. In particular we introduce TangleSolve, a computer implementation of the tangle method. We a...

Television has a direct and straight relation with children lives. At early stage of their life, they become familiar to cartoon programmes on television. The early exposure to the television intermingle their lives with the characters they watch on television and affects their later life. It has been researched that television plays a significant role in the development of children’s moral for...

This study proposes to examine whether eating behaviors and food cravings are altered while watching food-related television programs. More specifically, we examined whether educational food-related television (didactic, realistic portrayal of food) or entertainment foodrelated television (flashy, enticing portrayal of food) had any effect on the eating behaviors and food cravings of participan...

This technical article proposes an instrumentation valve (IV) status monitoring system based on optical camera communication (OCC). A transmitter circuit equipped with a temperature sensor is integrated into each IV. Each also includes two light-emitting diodes (LEDs) forming LED group, where one of the LEDs used to transmit data. During reception process, group recognized and classified using ...

OBJECTIVE: US parents were surveyed to determine the amount of background television that their children are exposed to as well as to isolate demographic factors associated with increased exposure to background television. After this, we ask how certain home media practices are linked to children’s background television exposure. METHODS: US parents/caregivers (N = 1454) with 1 child between th...

Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system is a promising access technology for the next generation wireless network. An important aspect of CDMA is that it requires tight power control to reduce multiple access interference among CDMA users. Closed loop power control has been implemented in CDMA to mitigate the effect of fading channel [1]. However in practice, signal fluctuation due to multi...

OBJECTIVES The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children over age 2 years spend < or = 2 hours per day with screen media, because excessive viewing has been linked to a plethora of physical, academic, and behavioral problems. The primary goal of this study was to qualitatively explore how a recommendation to limit television viewing might be received and responded to by a diverse ...

BACKGROUND Prior research has found that television viewing is associated with poor diet quality, though little is known about its long-term impact on diet, particularly during adolescence. This study examined the associations between television viewing behavior with dietary intake five years later. METHODS Survey data, which included television viewing time and food frequency questionnaires,...

OBJECTIVE: US parents were surveyed to determine the amount of background television that their children are exposed to as well as to isolate demographic factors associated with increased exposure to background television. After this, we ask how certain home media practices are linked to children’s background television exposure. METHODS: US parents/caregivers (N = 1454) with 1 child between th...