For about nine hours after a U.S. reconnaissance plane collided with a Chinese fighter jet in April, for example, telephone calls from exasperated U.S. officials went unanswered as Chinese leaders huddled, trying to assess what was happening on Hainan island, where the plane had landed, and forging a consensus on how to explain the incident to their domestic audience.
For example, telephone interviewing typically requires that respondents comprehend a verbally presented item while reflecting on the correct self-related verbal response on an imaginary rating scale (Bauer, Truxillo, Paronto, Weekley, & Campion, 2004).
Boole's abstruse reasoning has led to applications of which he never dreamed: for example, telephone switching and electronic computers use binary digits and logical elements that rely on Boolean logic for their design and operation.
In the experts' viewpoint, technical approaches should be used wherever possible, for example telephone reminders (MvE).
In line with this model, commitment to changing dysfunctional behaviour, direct contact to therapists in acute crisis (for example, telephone coaching).
However, we also observed exceptions to this rule (for example, telephone requests accepted from care home staff, requests for oral contraceptives accepted provided an appointment was booked for a blood pressure check, and elderly patients asking for elastic stockings).
For example, telephone contact was allowed for local women when face-to-face sessions were difficult to arrange and face-to-face contact was provided to rural women when they returned to hospital for follow-up care or treatment.
For example, telephones can be added to expand a telephone system or removed for maintenance.
For example, telephones, video telephones, and Internet web applications are used to support interactions between therapist and client/patient.
For example telephone-based counselling is likely to be highly acceptable to patients from rural areas or those with disease burden which limits travel.
