Setup and management of smart home systems is a complex task, and thus challenging for technically inexperienced users.We conducted a qualitative user study to evaluate whether an assistance system could empower users to make better and informed decisions regarding the selection of devices, their interoperability, the resulting set of features and
Currently, many manufacturers of food products are strategically focused on the production of functional foods for a healthy diet.The motivation of manufacturers in this case is caused by new trends of developing the market of healthy foods.The basis of functional nutrition is functional foods, but now they are not enough developed and commercially
The systemic immune response of Drosophila is known to be induced both by septic injury and by oral infection with certain bacteria, and is characterized by the secretion of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) into the haemolymph.To investigate other possible routes of bacterial infection, we deposited Erwinia carotovora (Ecc15) on various sites of the c
Abstract Background Mixed methods designs are increasingly used in health care research to enrich findings.However, little is known about the frequency of use of this methodology in chiropractic research, or the quality of reporting among chiropractic studies using mixed methods.Objective To quantify the use and quality of mixed methods in chiropra
persol 3195 Abstract Conclusions about the efficacy of antidepressants, such as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), in clinical trials have generally been based on analyses of total sum scores on psychometric rating scales, mainly the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS).However, this rating scale has several drawbacks, such as