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...

Aggregate production planning (APP) determines the optimal production plan for the medium term planning horizon. The purpose of the APP is effective utilization of existing capacities through facing the fluctuations in demand. Recently, fuzzy approaches have been applied for APP focusing on vague nature of cost parameters. Considering the importance of coping with customer demand in different p...

Background/Purpose: Telegram is an internationally available, free, instant messaging service. Over the years, has established itself as a trailblazer and innovative choice in domain of services. supports wide range devices available for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows well Linux. Telegram’s cross-platform support one reasons why it achieved over billion downloads 500 million monthly active users....

Abstract. Georeferenced field data collection has become a popular practice allowing everyone to contribute mapping objects or reporting events. The spread of mobile devices - capable recording and sharing location coordinates, media features while on the go is primarily accountable for such diffusion. Accordingly, number apps software frameworks have been developed released perform collection....

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...

The rapid and wide proliferation of mobile phones has led to accelerated demand for applications (apps). Consequently, a large number apps have been developed deployed on the Google Apple Play stores. Calling hold special importance in this regard by offering services sharing messages, making video calls, sending audio free cost. Although each app its own set features, different can provide hig...

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...