background and objectives: admission to university is considered an opportunity to learn more and mentally grow further. at the same time, it is considered a stressor by some students and causes maladaptive reactions in them. this study was conducted to investigate the association between social adjustment and spiritual health in university students. methods: two hundred and fifty students were...

Kish Island is a popular tourist destination in Iran, and tourism plays an important role in its economy. The volume of waste produced in the island has increased given the construction of numerous industrial projects over the past decade, as well as an increase in the tourist population. This expansion signals a need to create new methods of waste disposal. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA...

The simple compound option model has many limitations when applied in practice. The research on compound option theory mainly focuses on two directions. One is the extension from two-stage to multi-stage, and the other is the modification of the stochastic difference equations which describe the movement of underlying asset value. This paper extends the simple compound option model in both two ...

Nasal alveolar molding is used effectively to reshape the nasal cartilage and mold the maxillary arch before cleft lip repair and primary rhinoplasty. It provides aesthetic and functional benefits of nasal tip and alar symmetry and improved dental arch form. At The Craniofacial Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the authors have developed a modification of a nasal alveolar molding...

Many different types of scaffold materials have been used for tissue engineering applications, and hydrogels form one group of materials that have been used in a wide variety of applications. Hydrogels are hydrophilic polymer networks and they represent an important class of biomaterials in biotechnology and medicine because many hydrogels exhibit excellent biocompatibility with minimal inflamm...

purpose: the aim of the current study was to predict the high school students' academic burnout based on social adjustment, academic procrastination and academic hope. materials and method: current research method was descriptive and correlational. the study population included all high school students of the state female high schools of bojnourd. 350 students were selected as a sample emp...