The tendency toward beauty is natural and common among all human beings. However, today, the tendency toward beauty, as a social phenomenon, has reached the stage of vanity and showing off. Cosmetic surgery is one of the significant issues in the field of medicine and culture, and one of the topics studied in the field of sociology. This study aims to investigate the sociocultural factors affec...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to validate a Sociocultural Health Behavior Model using a structural equation analysis to determine the direction and magnitude of the interdependence of model components in relation to health behavior associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among Chinese Americans. METHODS A cross-sectional design included a sample of 311 Chinese American men...

the objective of the current study was to examine the extent of variation of genetic improvement in dam of dams genetic pathway after insemination of heifers with sex sorted semen. for this purpose three different sexed semen based strategies were examined including 1: continuous use of sex sorted semen (strategy cs), 2: use of sex sorted semen for the first and the second inseminations and use...

In the Norwegian DoCTA and DoCTA NSS projects we aimed to bring a theoretical perspective to the design of ICT-mediated learning environments that support the sociocultural aspects of human interaction and to evaluate their use. By taking a sociocultural perspective on learning activity focussing on the interpersonal social interaction in collaborative learning settings we contribute to knowled...

In 2011, the World Health Organization's (WHO) mental health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) released evidence-based epilepsy-care guidelines for use in low and middle income countries (LAMICs). From a geographical, sociocultural, and political perspective, LAMICs represent a heterogenous group with significant differences in the epidemiology, etiology, and perceptions of epilepsy. Successful impl...

The aim was to investigate the theoretical and practical aspects of civilization in context challenges modern global development, analyze a new model civilization, within which basic problems solution consequences development proposed by civilizational process are outlined. theme is world regions formation strategy NATO Alliance. methodology consists use synergetic method, agile methodology, po...