objective: behavior management of uncooperative children is an important principle in pediatric dentistry. by adopting an appropriate behavior management technique, pediatric dentists can treat patients more effectively and create a positive attitude towards dentistry in them. this study aimed to assess the attitude of parents presenting to the department of pediatric dentistry at isfahan unive...

background : since risk factors of hypertension are formed during adolescent period and regarding that attitudes change occurs more easily in these ages, the present paper aimed to evaluate the impact of education based on the theory of planned behavior in hypertension prevention behaviors in female adolescent students. methods : in this quasi-experimental study, 160 girls of 12-16 yr old (80 i...

one of the basic assumptions of management accounting illustrate that costschanges has a significance relationship with increasing and decreasing in the levelof activity, recently after being raised of sticky costs issue by anderson and hiscolleagues this assumption was discussed. it means increases in costs by increasingthe more activity level of reduction in costs is exchange for the reductio...

Core formation and runaway core collapse in models with self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) significantly alter the central density profiles of collapsed halos. Using a forward modeling inference framework simulated datasets, we demonstrate that flux ratios quadruple image strong gravitational lenses can detect unique structural properties SIDM halos, statistically constrain amplitude velocity ...

objectives: the vineland adaptive behavior scale-ii is useful in assessing an individual’s daily functioning. they can be used as an evaluation and diagnostic tool for individuals who are mentally retarded or individuals with other handicaps. methods: to determine the efficacy of vabs in clinical settings, 3 cases with mental retardation and behavioral or emotional problems were evaluated accor...

objectives: the aim of this research was to study information seeking behavior and the pattern of reading behavior of faculty members of university of social welfare & rehabilitation sciences in using printed and electronic resources. methods: the descriptive research method was a survey method. the research was implemented by using an organized questionnaire which was distributed among the sta...

background: pedestrian injuries are a significant source of mortality and disability among children and prevention of it requires educational strategies and comprehensive approaches. this study was done to determine the effect of health education based on planned behavior theory (tpb) in promotion of safe behaviors in crossing the road among students, who are in four-grade in the primary school...

conclusions lower estimations in the nsu method might be due to the transmission barrier, which means that students were not fully aware of the high-risk behaviors of their close friends. nonetheless, it seems that these risky behaviors were more or less common among iranian college students. results the estimated prevalence using the cm and nsu were alcohol consumption (16.8% vs. 8.1%), opium ...

genetic parameters were estimated in a base and closed population of iranian honeybee colonies. data were obtained on 500-700 iranian native population of honey­bee colonies (honeybee breeding project in central region of iran) subject to 9 successive generation of selection. these populations had been selected for honey production, swarming behavior, and defense behavior. heritability of honey...