Dignity and independence are widely considered as core concepts to aging well, yet little research has explored how older adults perceive these issues in the context of community life. Moreover, little is known regarding the ways in which the broader public views and enhances aging with dignity and independence with their older residents. Using participatory action research, multiple methods of...

the main purpose of this study was to examine psychometric properties of a short version of the self-regulation inventory (sri-s) including internal consistency, test-retest reliability, content validity, and convergent and discriminant validity. three hundred and fifty seven iranian volunteers (150 males, 207 females) were included in this study. all participants were asked to complete the sri...

the circumstance of dream formation, although repetitive, is still complicated and wonderful. except the contents of dreams, the atmosphere they’ll be quoted is also important. dreaming or being seen in a dream are two frequently repeated subjects in sufic traditions. in this analysis, we have tried, introducing the characteristics of formalistic and structural schools, to assess the morphologi...

The machine repair problem with spares and additional repairman is analyzed. The interfailure and repair times of the units are general identical and independently distributed. The failure and repair rates are assumed to be state dependent. Using diffusion approximation technique, we obtain the queue size distribution under steady state. The average number of failed units, average number of ope...

Background: To identify the relation(s) of personality characteristics and psychological well-being in infertile women and also well-being prognosis according to the personality characteristics. Materials and Methods: 240 women who had been diagnosed with infertility and who were undergoing fertility treatment at private infertility clinic (Navid Institute), Tehran, Iran participated in the stu...

background: a known species lutztrema (lutziella) microacetabularae rhode, 1966 is being described for the first time from pakistan. this species is characterized by having body long and slender, oral sucker subterminal, acetabulum smaller than oral sucker lying in anterior third of the body, pharynx small, esophagus promi-nent which become gradually wider and bifurcates in to two rudimentary c...

The purpose of current survey is to determine the effectiveness of stress management training on the well-being of divorced women who are under support of Baharestan Township Welfare Organization. The method used for this survey was quasi-experimental by designing pretest- posttest with evidence group. Statistical population of the study includes 587 divorced women who were under support of Bah...