background and purpose: hemodialysis patients face several physical and mental tension factors including depression, anxiety and stress, which could decrease their quality of life. this study aimed to identify the relationship between quality of life (qol), depression, anxiety and stress in patients undergoing hemodialysis. methods: this descriptive, analytical study was conducted on 160 hemodi...

This chapter concerns rank tests for independence of two random variables. A form of locally most powerful test against particular alternative is derived and the most often used variants of this test are mentioned, namely the test of van der Waerden type, Spearman rank correlation coefficient, the quadrant test and the Kendall rank correlation coefficient, a member of non-linear rank statistics...

background and purpose: stress has adverse effects on the quality of sleep and professional life in nurses engaged in intensive care units (icus). this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the qualities of work life and sleep in nurses employed in the icus of mazandaran province in iran. methods: this cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 180 nurses emplo...

the purpose of this research was to explaining the relationship of oi and oa with organizational entrepreneurship in ministry of sports and youth of iran. the research methodology was descriptive-correlation and the population includes all of the experts at six deputies in ministry of sport and youth in 2013 comprising of 340 people. 180 of the population were selected through stratified random...

Today, in addition to citations and with the expansion of social Background: media, the use of altmetrics has gained attention as a tool necessary for evaluating the effects of scientific publications. The present study intended to monitor Iranian pediatrics articles, as one of the leading areas of scientific publications in Iran, between the years 2010-2016 using altmetrics and citation-metric...

Swinkels-Meewisse et al. (2003) examined some of the psychometric properties of both the Dutch Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK-DV) and the Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ) in acute low back pain patients. We congratulate the authors for their work; early identification of acute (low back) pain patients at risk of becoming chronic may be of prime importance to reduce both economic ...

Today, in addition to citations and with the expansion of social Background: media, the use of altmetrics has gained attention as a tool necessary for evaluating the effects of scientific publications. The present study intended to monitor Iranian pediatrics articles, as one of the leading areas of scientific publications in Iran, between the years 2010-2016 using altmetrics and citation-metric...

This study examined the training needs of agricultural extension agents in Delta State, Nigeria. A sample of 102 respondents was drawn from extension agents in the States’ Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MANR) and the FADAMA Programme. Data were collected in February 2017 by using a structured and validated questionnaire. Data generated w...

background: one of the factors that can improve self-concept and performance of staff is professional maturity. professional maturity can also solve the problems of self-concept. the purpose of this paper was to identify the relationship between the dimensions of self-concept and professional maturity.   materials and methods: this relative applicable study was performed on all the personnel (n...