background & aim: the prevalence of gestational diabetes during pregnancy is one of the major maternal and fetal complications. self-care behavior could be an effective method to control gestational diabetes induced by pregnancy. the theory of planned behavior (tpb) is one of the popular conceptual frameworks for the study of human action and the prediction and understanding of particular behav...

With recent advances in the behavioral treatment of depression and growing dissatisfaction with medical and cognitive interventions, a resurgence of interest in behavior analytic treatment of depression has occurred. Currently, several behavioral and cognitive behavioral models of depression exist. In reviewing these models, certain agreed upon environmental factors emerge. In this paper, we ex...

Although the relevant behavioral genetic literature on substance abuse is limited, findings from this research, as well as from other behavioral genetic studies, strongly suggest that genetic factors exert some influence on substance abuse behavior. Consequently, although there is a need to carefully document the existence and strength of genetic influences, behavioral genetic research in this ...

The purpose of this review is to discuss recent findings related to sex differences in behavioral dyscontrol that lead to drug addiction, and clinical implications for humans are discussed. This review includes research conducted in animals and humans that reveals fundamental aspects of behavioral dyscontrol. The importance of sex differences in aspects of behavioral dyscontrol, such as impulsi...

background and objectives: health human resources is the major asset of the health system. the status of human resources in upstream and regulatory health organizations can exert high impact on the effectiveness of health policies and the performance of health system. this study, hence, was designed to explore the possible area of human resource damage to the employees of the iranian ministry o...

this study examined the impact of emotion on customer service and service output deals. the main objective of this study was to investigate the impact of physical environment and social services, the excitement, satisfaction and behavioral intentions of customers and ultimately service outputs. the study of the physical environment has two dimensions and design of physical and social environmen...

conclusions baseline characteristics can inform who is at higher risk of renal disease mortality over the next 25 years. race, age, drinking, smoking, hypertension, and diabetes at baseline can all inform programs to reduce burden of kidney disease. results in multivariable model, race, age, drinking, smoking, hypertension, and diabetes at baseline predicted deaths due to renal disease. gender,...

About 80% of all cancers are diagnosed in the elderly and up to 75% of cancers are associated with behavioral factors. An approach to estimate the contribution of various measurable factors, including behavior/lifestyle, to cancer risk in the US elderly population is presented. The nationally representative National Long-Term Care Survey (NLTCS) data were used for measuring functional status an...

Selective sustained attention (SSA) is vital for higher order cognition. Although endogenous and exogenous factors influence SSA, assessment of the degree to which these factors influence performance and learning is often challenging. We report findings from the Track-It task, a paradigm that aims to assess the contribution of endogenous and exogenous factors to SSA within the same task. Behavi...