Background: Distracted walking is a major cause of pedestrian fatalities. Along with the expansion and popularity of mobile phones, their impacts on pedestrian safety, especially when crossing urban intersections have attracted a lot of attention. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of mobile-phone use on pedestrians’ crossing behavior when passing signalized intersections. Ma...

Aim: To test van Dijk’s (2005) Framework for Understanding the Digital Divide. This framework examines social inequalities that influence the phenomenon of the digital divide and the implications it has upon social participation for individuals with mental illness. Background: Mental illness is the second leading cause of disability and premature death, and constitutes more than 15% of the burd...

Objective: The purpose of the study is to examine relationship between perceived stress, social support and media addiction in university students.
 Method: research a descriptive, relational study. sample consisted 404 students studying at Faculty Health Sciences. Personal Information Form, Perceived Stress Scale, Social Support Media Addiction Scale-Adult Form were used for data.
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The cell phone is one of the potential Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in agricultural development especially in developing countries like Bangladesh. Thus, this paper deals with the farmers’ communication with the agricultural extension agents using mobile phone. The study was conducted in Mymensingh District in Bangladesh. Data were collected from a sample of 110 farmers while b...

The main goal of the study was to investigate effects SPA (smart-phone-addiction), FOMO (fear-of-missing-out) on PC (perceived competence) among secondary and intermediate students. sample comprised 200 students from Multan's levels, their age range 15 18 years old. purposive sampling technique used. measure smart phone addiction by Kwon et al. (2013) consisted 10 items, Przybyiski items interv...