... that limits their engagement in protests. We find that women mobile phone owners are more likely to look up information about political activities and opposing political views than women nonowners. Additionally, women who access such information are likelier to report participating in protest activities than...

... = 120, 51.9%). Digital technologies provide new tools to address each of these limitations. A number of technologies—pagers (with accompanying journals ^28–31 ), palm pilots or PDAs, ³² and more recently mobile phones ^{33 , 34} have all been used to assess PI...

...- or second trimester, (2) not having attended school or having limited education (ie, not having studied beyond primary 7 elementary education), (3) 18 years and above, (4) residents of Mbarara (within 20 km of MRRH), (5) ability to use mobile phones, (6) willing and able to give informed consent, and (7...

... of social media and mobile phones on well-being ( Halfmann & Rieger, 2019 ; Orben & Przybylski, 2019 ). Part of the answer to why digital media can impact well-being rests in understanding the effect of digital media use in close relationships ( Dienlin, Masur, & Trepte, 2017 ; Liu, Baumeister...

.... schizophrenia mobile health (mHealth) sensing ecological momentary assessment mobile phones psychosis Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) are prevalent among people diagnosed with schizophrenia but also occur among people with other psychiatric diagnoses and in individuals who are otherwise labeled...

.... A systematic review supports the delivery of mobile phone text messaging interventions ²¹ for achieving behaviour change. Of the 14 studies reviewed, 13 resulted in positive behaviour change outcomes for smoking cessation and diabetes management. However, to date a mobile phone delivered text...

... Network Analysis Human-Computer Interaction Mobile Phones Literature Review The tension between technological developments and related social processes raises the question of how we should conceive of, theorize, and study technology, mediation, and communication. In the quarter-century since...

... the pathologies of political fragmentation and social polarization facilitated by the current iteration of social media. However, this article argues that the VR version is more likely to exacerbate than redress these concerns. Virtual Reality Social Media Polarization Empathy Mobile Phones The promotion...

... of consumers defaulted. ⁸ While this form of credit has different features from a traditional bank loan, so do many emerging forms of digital credit; for example, short-term loan ladders are common ( Carlson 2017 ). For each subscriber, the telecom pulled mobile phone transaction records (Call...

... into a new form of social interaction. The broader issues of these two areas are examined and further research is outlined. Mobile group messaging mobile phones smartphone critical mass small-group dynamics Messaging apps have changed the mobile communication landscape by facilitating multi-sided...

[email protected]. 2017 Abstract We undertook a re-analysis of the Canadian data from the 13-country case-control Interphone Study (2001–2004), in which researchers evaluated the associations of mobile phone use with the risks of brain, acoustic neuroma, and parotid gland tumors. In the main publication...

... in these markets makes sense. The present study focuses on the micro-foundation of the economic growth in China. Specifically, we examine the catch-up process of indigenous firms in four sectors, namely mobile phones, telecommunication systems, automobiles and semiconductors. The term “catch-up” primarily refers...

... derived from mobile phone data. Incidence data for both infections was available at broad spatial scales (districts for rubella, and settlements for malaria). Rubella data were also extremely underreported [ 41 ], such that district-level data were extremely erratic (resulting in statistical uncertainties...

...Mirca Madianou; Jonathan Corpus Ong; Liezel Longboan; Jayeel S. Cornelio Accountability Audit Communication for Development Participatory Communication ICT4D Disasters Humanitarianism Mobile Phones Texting SMS Ethnography This article brings together two key developments in contemporary...

...Susan Wyche Abstract This article focuses on a range of Kenyan women, and their everyday experiences with mobile phones. We use our qualitative findings to broaden understanding of affordability, mobility and ease of use—design themes which underlie the motives for developing mobile phone...

... with a focus on user-centred design can be successfully deployed at mass gatherings in resource-scarce settings to optimize care delivery by providing real-time access to field data. Kumbh Mela mass gatherings mHealth mobile phones primary care tablet user-centered design The most common recorded...

..., and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Africa’s recent communications ‘revolution’ has generated optimism that using mobile phones for health (mhealth) can help bridge healthcare gaps, particularly for rural, hard-to-reach populations. However, while scale-up...

...Geraldine Macdonald; Grace P. Kelly; Kathryn M. Higgins; Clive Robinson For children and young people in foster-care, the ‘on-demand’ contact made possible by mobile phones presents both risks and opportunities. For example, whilst contact through mobile phone or texting makes it easier...

... in reaching specific objects successfully. mobile phones indoor navigation accessible location based interface blind users Indoor navigation is the process that consists of determining the current location of users and navigating them inside a building or an enclosed space to reach a specific destination...

... University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model ( https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/pages/standard-publication-reuse-rights ) ABSTRACT Background Epilepsy is a condition where patients have seizures due to abnormal nerve impulses in the brain. The effect of mobile phone radiation on patients with seizures...