The current wind turbine leading-edge erosion research focuses on the end of incubation period and breakthrough when analysing mechanism. This work presented here shows benefits splitting describing progression into discrete stages. five identified stages are: (1) an undamaged, as-new, sample; (2) between undamaged sample incubation; (3) period; (4) breakthrough, (5) breakthrough. Mass loss, mi...

INTRODUCTION Two-staged hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) is a novel procedure in selected patients with multivessel coronary artery disease. However, few studies are available on the mid-term or long-term outcomes of this 2-staged procedure as compared to off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB). AIM To compare in-hospital and mid-term follow-up outcomes of 2-staged HCR with OPCAB in pa...

This study used PGSI to measure the motives of online stock exchange gamblers according to their responses about their online gambling. The main aim of the current study is to holistically explore the impact of motivational factors that motivate more usage of online gambling in Pakistan and behavioral factors that investigate the level of implementation of responsible gambling practices on PGSI...

introduction: compulsive internet use scale (cius) is a newest and prestigious questionnaire in the diagnosis of internet addiction .the goals of this study was to investigate the reliability and validity (psychometric properties) of persian version of cius in internet users of isfahan's universities. methods: in this descriptive and cross- sectional research  400 isfahan university students we...

background: diabetes is a major risk factor of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease with high mortality. prevalence of diabetes type 2 is increasing in middle eastand iran. in the current study, relationship between major food patterns and diabetes type 2 were assessed. methods: in this case control study, 332 subjects (110 newly diagnosed cases and 222 controls); 43-77 years of age ...

objective: many theorists agree that intimacy is a multidimensional concept and intimacy attitude components are different from intimate behavior components. this research aimed to determine the components of intimacy attitude in university students. methods: based on revised intimacy attitude scale (ias-r) which was originally developed by amidon et al. (1983), intimacy attitude components are...

conclusions our study showed that the persian version of yiat is good and usable on iranian people. the reliability of the instrument was very good. moreover, the validity of the persian translated version of the scale was sufficient. in addition, the reliability and validity of the three extracted factors of yiat were evaluated and were acceptable. results the cronbach’s alpha was 0.917 (ci 95...

mobile technology is getting changed very fast in commensurate with other technological hyper changes. buyers’ expectation from a new cellular phone is also changing over time. producers, thereby, have to keep themselves abreast of changes in customer taste and preferences to attract, capture, grow, and retain both existing and potential customers. this study is set to measure factors affecting...

background: it has been suggested that nutrition might play a role in the etiology of multiple sclerosis (ms). however, dietary patterns associated with ms risk are unknown. this study was conducted to compare the dietary patterns of patients with ms and healthy controls to find the relationship between dietary patterns and ms. methods: usual dietary intake of 75 women with relapsing/remitting ...