The purpose of this paper is to further elucidate the importance of social relationships and social connectedness with aging in place and in developing elder-friendly communities. The process used in this study was inclusive of younger adults (age 40-65) as well as older adults (65+) in order to further understand how they envision a community that could support their own aging in place. A comm...

The purpose of this paper is to further elucidate the importance of social relationships and social connectedness with aging in place and in developing elder-friendly communities. The process used in this study was inclusive of younger adults (age 40–65) as well as older adults (65+) in order to further understand how they envision a community that could support their own aging in place. A comm...

objective: this study focused on the factors affecting the institutional delivery and delivery assisted by health professionals in urban slums. materials and methods: a semi-structured questionnaire was developed to collect information from women aged 15-49 who had at least one birth. totally 540 eligible women were interviewed. results: the results showed that around 20% of women delivered at ...

This thesis tries to add knowledge to the planning new public space amid existing urban fabrics. It uses the redesigned Cheonggye Stream in Seoul as a case study. By elucidating the interrelationship with the surrounding areas' land uses and urban forms, some implications are drawn from the Cheonggye Stream case to increase physical and psychological accessibility. Several points can be drawn f...

in this paper, plate-like nio nanoparticles were prepared by one-pot solid-state thermal decomposition of nickel (ii) schiff base complex as new precursor. first, the nickel (ii) schiff base precursor was prepared by solid-state grinding using nickel (ii) nitrate hexahydrate, ni(no3)2∙6h2o, and the schiff base ligand n,n′-bis-(salicylidene) benzene-1,4-diamine) for 30 min without using any solv...

this study aimed to investigate the spatial perception and evaluation of the place-based affordance of mosques in tehran. reviewing the literature and applying gibson`s affordance and canter`s place theory, the new model called place-based affordance is proposed. in this model, each location contains two potential types of symbolic and behavioural affordance. accordingly, throughout history, be...

The article reveals the problem of spiritual security individual on basis upbringing culture and moral values as a process that is characterized by unity content, forms, means methods education, stimulating development future specialists; to tasks this are defined: formation patriotism, high needs interest in self-improvement, determining one's place dialogue cultures, cultivating ability perce...

The sense of the place is a collection of anecdotes and individual or collective narratives that take place in association with the place, they play a role in developing social attachments to the place. This sense leads to a link between the individual to the place in which human being considers himself or herself as a part of the place and considers a role for himself or herself a role in that...

abstract drastic precipitations in unmorally times always are one of the important factors that created abundant damages in different geographical areas. in this research, three precipitations that occurred in summer 2009 in mashhad were investigated. the investigation of variation graphs of meteorological parameters show significant decreasing of air pressure and temperature and increasing of ...