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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53549#.VMiJcCzQrzE Author(s)    Katrina E. Champion * , Maree Teesson , Nicola C. Newton Affiliation(s) NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia . ABSTRACT In recent years, the Internet has received increasing recognition as an effective means of facilitating public health interventions. In particular, delivering prevention for substance use to school students via the Internet appears to be an area of great potential. The Climate Schools: Ecstasy and Emerging Drugs Module, a school-based prevention program, facilitated by the Internet, was developed to address the use of ecstasy and new and emerging drugs (Emerging Psychoactive Substances or Novel Psychoactive Substances). This four-lesson course was designed to be delivered to ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52100#.VIVDvmfHRK0 Author(s) J. Yang 1 , P. T. Parikh 2 , J. G. Hentz 3 , D. C. Channer 4 , B. M. Demaerschalk 4 Affiliation(s) 1 Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA . 2 Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA . 3 Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, USA . 4 Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, USA . ABSTRACT Telestroke is an integral platform for physicians to provide accurate diagnosis and treatment to patients with a possible stroke in remote locations. We evaluated the performance of two iPad applications, Clear Sea and Cisco Jabber for potential usability in telestroke. We conducted a single ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47325#.VFsj3mfHRK0 Author(s) Kuriko Kudo , Shuji Shimizu , Ti-Chuang Chiang , Yasuaki Antoku , Min Hu , Yoshiko Houkabe , Naoki Nakashima Affiliation(s) Telemedicine Development Center of Asia, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan . Department of Endoscopic Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan . Medical Informatics Division, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan . Medical Information Center, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan . Telemedicine Development Center of Asia, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan . Telemedicine Development Center of Asia, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan . Telemedicine Development Center of A...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50205#.VDH95FfHRK0 Author(s)   Aline Tomaz de Carvalho , Andréa Soares Rocha da Silva , Ana Fátima Carvalho Fenandes , Lorita Marlena Freitag Pagliuca Affiliation(s) Universidade Federal do Ceará/PPGENF/UFC, Fortaleza, Brazil . ABSTRACT This article provides a presentation of the method used to guarantee the accessibility and usability of an online course for blind women. The course discusses breast cancer with a focus on early detection, with a view to granting these women a new form of learning about breast cancer. In this paper, the evaluation of the accessibility of HTML pages was presented by the use of specific software. In addition, it presents the a...