Social capital and quality of life are one of the most important growing concepts in society. Social capital is productive as any other capital and it is considered as a suitable ground to take advantage of economic and cultural capitals as well as a way for the success of a society. This study aimed at evaluating the effect of social capital on the quality of life of Azadshahr's citizens. This...

BACKGROUND Growing attention is being paid to the importance of trust, and its corollaries such as mistrust and distrust, in health service and the central place they have in assessments of quality of care. Although initially focussing on doctor-patient relationships, more recent literature has broadened its remit to include trust held in more abstract entities, such as organisations and instit...

This study examines how trust, connectivity and thriving drive employees’ innovative behaviors in the workplace. Using a sample of one hundred and seventy two employees across a variety of jobs and industries, we investigated the relationship between trust, connectivity (both measured at Time 1), thriving and innovative work behaviors (both measured at Time 2). Trust and connectivity were hypot...

As a new media, social network gains a wide range of social influence, and the social network based ecommerce becomes more and more popular, therefor, the study of information propagation is great of significance. In this paper, we will presents a trust based information propagation model, just as the trust between people in real life. First, employ the algorithm of data mining on personal info...

This study examines how trust, connectivity and thriving drive employees’ innovative behaviors in the workplace. Using a sample of one hundred and seventy two employees across a variety of jobs and industries, we investigated the relationship between trust, connectivity (both measured at Time 1), thriving and innovative work behaviors (both measured at Time 2). Trust and connectivity were hypot...

Interpersonal trust is an essential ingredient of many social relationships. Previous research has suggested that the medial Prefrontal Cortex (mPFC) may be a critical component in mediating the degree to which people trust others. Here we assessed the role of the mPFC in modulating interpersonal trust by means of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Participants (n = 60) were random...

AIM To investigate the association between political trust (an aspect of institutional trust) and self-rated health, taking generalized (horizontal) trust in other people into account. METHODS The 2004 public health survey in Skåne is a cross-sectional postal questionnaire study answered by 27,963 respondents aged 18-80 years, yielding a 59% response rate. A logistic regression model was used...

Trust is a key word in current public debates. Bankers have become one of the most distrusted professional groups in the West. Politicians in most democra‐ cies have experienced for decades the decline of political trust. Japanese no longer trust the Tokyo Electric Power Company Tepco and their government after the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima. Germans have lost confidence in the European c...

BACKGROUND patient experience is now a key parameter in health care. Yet, very little is known about the possible impact of dentist-patient relationships on patient-centred outcomes including older peoples' oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). OBJECTIVE this study assessed the relationship between OHRQoL and dentist-patient relationships related to perceived unmet dental needs; share...