within the country , there is evidence of the prevalence of alcohol consumption among young people and students. the major purpose of the present study was to investigate social science faculty of tehran university students’ attitude toward alcohol consumption and to explain this attitude from rational choice theory perspective. the method of this research was survey and the data collection ins...

This study is concerned with the effects of having people older than 60 years of age participate as peers in the college classroom with college-age students. We were particularly interested in changes in attitudes of the younger participants toward their own aging, older people, and intergenerational classes, and in changes in attitudes of the older students toward intergenerational classes, yo...

This study explores the prevalence of AIDS and cancer stigma as influenced by attitude toward homosexuality, religiosity, authoritarianism, and androgyny. This study used a quasi-experimental survey design (N = 485) to examine attitude toward people with AIDS and cancer, and interaction with people with AIDS and cancer. Negative attitudes toward homosexuality, high religious intensity and ideol...

Background: Because media have an essential role in people’s insight into different professions, this study was carried out to investigate the part of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) in the public attitude toward the nursing profession in people living in Arak City, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in the first six months of 2018. The study sample comp...

In this paper we discuss how different levels of reasoning can occur in legal cases. We build upon our recent work in which we have reconstructed the reasoning of the majority and dissenting opinions for a particular case through the use of Belief-DesireIntention (BDI) agents to replicate the contrasting views involved in the actual decision. This reconstruction has shown how the reasoning invo...

background attitude and knowledge of the different groups of society play an important role in facilitating living conditions and meeting the needs of the disabled elderly. objectives the current study aimed to evaluate the attitude and knowledge of medical sciences students toward the disabled elderly from different angles. patients and methods ninety students from semnan university of medical...

aims: considering the importance of medical waste recognition by health centers staffs and its role on maintenance and improvement of social and environmental health, this study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practices of hospital staffs regarding to medical waste management. instrument & methods: the current descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional research was carried out on...