This paper contributes to the literature on aid and economic growth. We posit that it is not the level of aid flows per se but the stability of such flows that determines the impact of aid on economic growth. Three measures of aid instability are employed. One is a simple deviation from trend, and measures overall instability. The other measures are based on auto-regressive estimates to capture...

Goal-striving stress refers to the discrepancy between aspirations and achievements, hard work and accomplishment, options and opportunities, and perhaps provides a pathway linking social structure and mental health. Although a number of scholars have speculated about the relationship between blocked opportunities and psychopathology, few studies have empirically examined associations between s...

background happiness is one of the most important factors affecting women's mental health. several factors contribute to happiness in different societies. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the level of happiness in married women and its related factors. materials and methods this was a cross-sectional study with stratified sampling proportional to different age groups of marri...

conclusions the findings showed that personal, interpersonal, and functional skills can facilitate nurses’ career advancement. the effects of these skills on career advancement depend on a variety of conditions that require further studies. results the three themes extracted from the data included interpersonal capabilities, competency for career success, and personal capacities. the results sh...

BACKGROUND Despite the advances in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with mandibular advancement appliances (MAA), their effectiveness is dependent on the patients compliance. Our aims were to evaluate the long-term adherence to MAA therapy and patients experiences of the treatment in OSA. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixty-nine patients (52 males, 17 females; Mean age: 54.4±10.8 years) ...

the islamic civilization in its prosperous and dynamic period has had various social and economic institutions, an outstanding example of which has been the textile industry. a considerable part of this industry has been active under the name of ṭirāz and the related organization, influencing on most aspects of the muslims’ life. besides their major economic impacts on islamic community, ṭirāz ...

This paper is a reassessment of underlying factors of juvenile delinquency in the purview of Covid-19. The study tries to judge the relationship between juvenile delinquency and impact of media, heredity, environment, time, age, school performance, economic status, association etc. The significance of the relationships has been tested. Moreover, attempt has been made to study the influence of t...