A Paradigm for Evaluation of the Federal-State Vocational Rehabilitation Program

The Effectiveness of a Vocational Rehabilitation Program on the Psychological Capital in People with Spinal Cord Injury

Introduction: Vocational rehabilitation is one of the vital aspects of rehabilitation that contributes to enhancing individual, social and economic independence in daily life by increasing efficiency and restoring abilities and minimizing disabilities and achieving a capable individual. Being able to satisfy his or her job need can also enhance psychological factors. The purpose of this study w...

A comment on the removal of extended employment as an approved employment outcome for individuals served by vocational rehabilitation

On January 22, 2001, the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the US Department of Education amended the regulations governing the State Vocational Rehabilitation Program to redefine the term employment outcome to mean an individual with a disability working in an integrated setting [2]. Historically within State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR), extended employment (sometimes referred to as...

Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Participant Engagement in State-Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Programs

Talinum triangulare leaf and Musa sapientum peel extracts as corrosion inhibitors on ZA-27 Alloy

With the current emergence of green chemistry to keep the environment safe, attention is being shifted towards using plant extracts as corrosion inhibitors. The inhibitive performances of Talinum triangulare leaf extract and Musa sapientum peel extract on the ZA-27 in 1.0 M and 1.5 M hydrochloric acid solutions were studied for 18 days using mass loss measurement. The corrosion inhibition effic...

The Effect of Cognitive Rehabilitation on Cognitive State and Depression in Elderly People With Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Amir al-Muminin Nursing Home of Kerman City: A Pilot Study

Objectives: Aging is a sensitive period in life. Due to the increase in elderly people population and the possibility of mild cognitive impairment and depression in elderly people, prevention of Alzheimer's disease, improvement of cognitive status and depression are essential to increase the quality of life of elderly people. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of cogniti...