this researc h c enters on a c omparative study of various norms breakings among high-sc hool students in khwaf town and birjand c ity public sc hools. sample population is drawn from the high sc hool (3rd year level) students studying in 2005 2006 educ ational year. ac c ording to the population size of the c ities, the sample populations were dec ided at 250 and 300, based on the simple rando...

Objective: This paper explores the role of parental leave for gendered career patterns in individualized, competitive labor markets Norway, a culturally and politically family-friendly gender-equal society. Background: Despite policies little prejudice against mothers, there is significant gap wages careers between mothers fathers Norway. particularly true parts market, such as finance banking....

Técnicas de transientes de corrente potenciostáticos foram empregadas no estudo de processos de eletroredução de camadas superficiais formadas no cobalto policristalino em soluções contendo íons carbonato-bicarbonato. As análises dinâmicas do sistema, realizadas através de procedimentos de investigação paramétrica e de rotinas de ajuste não-lineares, demonstraram que os da dos obtidos sob numa ...

BACKGROUND Every year, nearly half a million women and girls needlessly die as a result of complications during pregnancy, childbirth or the 6 weeks following delivery. Almost all (99%) of these deaths occur in developing countries. The study aim was to describe the factors related to low visits for antenatal care (ANC) services among pregnant women in Indonesia. METHOD A total of 145 of 200 ...

More than half of rural Kenyan women experience intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetime. Beyond physical consequences, IPV indirectly worsens maternal health because pregnant women avoid antenatal care or HIV testing when they fear violent reprisal from partners. To develop an intervention to mitigate violence towards pregnant women, we conducted qualitative research in rural Kenya. T...

Norms, to become effective, must be recognised as norms by agents. These agents must be able to accept norms but maintaining their autonomy. In this paper, the multicontext BDI agent architecture has been extended with a recognition and a normative context in order to allow agents to acquire norms from their environment and consider norms in their decision making processes.

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) is an inherited condition caused by an enzyme deficiency which leads to a potentially life threatening adrenal crisis. Poor compliance and any illness, injury, or major medical procedure can be life threatening. Medical interventions, counselling and timely education are essential for these families. This study evaluated a psychosocial education program (PEP...