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background: epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder that has a great impact on people's lives. patients with epilepsy are at increased risk for poor quality of life (qol). the objective of this study was to evaluate the qol of epileptic patients in comparison to healthy persons.   methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 52 epileptic patients from golbu region in neyshabu...

background: epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder that has a great impact on people’s lives. patients with epilepsy are at increased risk for poor quality of life (qol). the objective of this study was to evaluate the qol of epileptic patients in comparison to healthy persons.   methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 52 epileptic patients from golbu region in neyshabu...

Most of studies on the video communications are based on an unproved hypothesis: They take it granted that the full-face images of communicators are the 'sine qua non' in video conversations, and profiles are rather confusing or annoying for them. This paper proves the counter hypothesis that profile images are also useful and they can replace the full-faces under some conditions. Psychological...

We carried out a randomized controlled trial in Bogotá, the recipient of Colombia's highest number of internally displaced people (IDP), to assess whether the use of SMS to communicate eligibility to social benefits fosters the welfare of victimized internal refugees. Only a fraction of IDP are eligible to benefits. We inform eligibility via SMS to a random half of such households, and estimate...