background: the infertility is associated with psychological consequence including depression, and lack of self-efficacy. objective: the aim of this study was to compare the pharmacological and no pharmacological strategies in promotion of self-efficacy of infertile women. materials and methods: a randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 89 infertile women who were recruited from f...

Impersonal exchange is the hallmark of an advanced society and money is one key institution that supports it. Economic theory regards money as a crude arrangement for monitoring counterparts’ past conduct. If so, then a public record of past actions—or memory—should supersede the function performed by money. This intriguing theoretical postulate remains untested. In an experiment, we show that ...

PURPOSE Midurethral synthetic slings for female stress urinary incontinence are minimally invasive polypropylene mesh tapes that are inserted under the midurethra with trocars. In the past decade, this new technology has become the most commonly performed procedure for female stress urinary incontinence, replacing the traditional open procedures. However, its effectiveness in pre- and postmenop...

Couples in which the woman is more verbally disinhibited than the man (man-more-inhibited couples) report lower satisfaction than couples in which the man is more verbally disinhibited (woman-more-inhibited couples). A violation of traditional gender roles is hypothesized to underlie this phenomenon. It was predicted that members of man-more-inhibited couples would be rated less likeable than w...

there is an increased prevalence of maternal substance abuse during pregnancy in younger women in all socioeconomic classes and races. our aim was to determine the prevalence and correlates of self-reported substance abuse among pregnant women and obstetric complications or neonatal outcomes in iran. this retrospective cohort study is covering a five year period on medical records of pregnant w...