the major health challenge in the 20th century was to survive, whereas living with greater conditions is the major challenge in the current era. elderliness is a critical stage of life when there is a social call for considering its needs as to improve quality of life of elders. the present study is mainly concerned with quality of life of elders in urban areas of neyshabour. to this end, 150 e...

The relationship between language and culture has become a rich source of inquiry in the context of English language teaching. Learning materials can depict cultural content in different cultural senses, namely aesthetic, sociological, semantic, and pragmatic. The present study aimed to investigate the way cultural aspects are represented in the reading and dialog sections of global (American E...

In response to widespread, popular perceptions of homogeneity among elderly persons, gerontologists are quick to point out that the older population comprises extensive variation, perhaps more so than any other age group. Despite the vociferous calls for the public to become more aware of differences among older persons, there are relatively few empirical studies that report measures of heterog...

• The philosophical and sociological foundations of practice theory are described. theories Giddens, Bourdieu, Schatzki others reviewed. 20 cases analysed in terms social theory, data collection analysis. An agenda is proposed for future OR research informed by use theories. Practice a collective concept embodying group that take practice, other words actions , as the central focus their theori...

This research aims to analyze the Al-Maun Praxis movement as a new religion-based social in Indonesia, implicating its role and influence educational institutions. The phenomenon of Al-Ma'un praxis developed by Muhammadiyah universities has been studied scientifically sociological approach, especially with two theories; theory resource mobilization identity-oriented theory. However, this shows ...

UNLABELLED The settings approach appreciates that health determinants operate in settings of everyday life. Whilst subject to conceptual development, we argue that the approach lacks a clear and coherent theoretical framework to steer policy, practice and research. AIMS To identify what theories and conceptual models have been used in relation to the implementation and evaluation of Healthy U...

We study to what extent collusive behavior is affected by the awareness of negative externalities. Theories outcome-based social preferences suggest that externalities make collusion harder sustain than predicted standard economic theory, while sociological theories ties and intergroup comparisons bilateral cooperation can be strengthened if there exist outsiders gain from cooperative break dow...

This is a theoretical paper with an aim to construct an integrated conceptual framework for the prevention of adolescents' use and abuse of psychotropic drugs. This paper first reports the subjective reasons for adolescents' drug use and abuse in Hong Kong and reviews the theoretical underpinnings. Theories of drug use and abuse, including neurological, pharmacological, genetic predisposition, ...