The growing imbalance between network latency and throughput is causing nodes in distributed systems to appear to be moving farther apart. Many distributed systems are turning to replication as a mechanism to make resources appear closer. However, maintaining one-copy consistency in a system containing replicated elements has proven diicult. In particular, the checks required to make consistent...

T o LOOK SACK on our theological past is to see how much christian theologians and philosophers have neglected the exploration of hope. Charles Peguy once suggested that while her two 'sisters', love and faith, were the concern both of medieval and of reformation thought, hope has remained the neglected little sister out in the cold. What has in fact been written on hope in this century has oft...

WHEN I THINK about practical techniques that help members of software development teams truly be “refl ective practitioners,” my mind goes straight to project retrospectives. Our special issue wouldn’t be complete without discussing this approach, which lets teams learn from their own experiences, refl ect on what has actually happened, and see how to do it better next time. To learn more,

Objective To evaluate the hope, depression, anxiety and stress among three groups of infertile couples. MaterialsAndMethods In a cross-sectional study, the study sample consisted of three groups of infertile couples, candidate for oocyte donation (n=60), embryo donation (n=60), and normal infertile (n=60), aged at least 18 years and could read and write in Persian were enrolled at the Royan ins...

Objective: The present research aimed to assess the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on the hope of patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 30 patients with breast cancer were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group attended ACT sessio...

psychological capital (psycap) construct is a core concept of positive psychology consisting of the positive psychological resources of self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience. previous studies confirmed link of psycap with employee attitude, behavior, workplace outcomes and job performance. in today's competitive environment, it is a challenging task for all organizations to enhance the ...