results ninety (74.6%) patients were male and 33 (25.4%) were female. they were in the age range of 20-60 years old. fifty four (41.5%) patients had moderate social acceptance and 76 (58.5%) had high social acceptance scores. conclusions among the variables including age, gender, education, occupation, residential area, marital status, family history of hiv/aids, family history of psychiatric d...

Diet rich in polyphenols may be important factor in preventing cardiovascular, neoplastic diseases and slowing down the aging processes. Because tea (Camelia sinensis) is most popular beverage containing relatively large amounts of polyphenols, it could be tremendously important source of polyphenolic constituents in human diet. However, there has been no data on the tea extracts use in particu...

the technical term of acceptance and refusal in the case of patrimonium (the estate of deceased); which has been used in inheritance procedure act; dose not mean; automatically; the acceptance and refusal of inheritance; because it is occurred by the law and; inheritance; acceptance and refusal of the estate deceased has no role in its occurrence. however; the existence of the principle of acce...

Applying Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) in the context of web applications is a difficult task due to the intricateness of existing tools/frameworks and, more in general, of the proposed approaches. In this work, we present a simple approach for developing web applications in ATDD mode, based on the usage of Screen Mockups and Selenium IDE. Digital Object Identifier (DOI): http://dx....

This descriptive case study is about the dynamics of a software engineering team using executable acceptance test-driven development in a real world project. The experiences of a customer, a developer, and a tester were discussed. The observed consensus among multiple stakeholders speaks of the effectiveness of the practice in the given context.

Objective: Substance abuse is a socio-psychological disorder. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy with 12-steps Narcotics Anonymous on psychological well-being of opiate dependent individuals in addiction treatment centers in Shiraz, Iran. Method: This was a randomized controlled trial. Data were collected at entry into the study and at po...

OBJECTIVE Between 1989 and 1995, expansions in Medicaid eligibility provided publicly financed health insurance to an additional 7 million poor and near-poor children. It is not known whether these expansions affected children's insurance coverage, use of health care services, or health status differently, depending on their race/ethnicity. The objective of this study was to examine, by race/et...

OBJECTIVE During peer review, submitted manuscripts are scrutinised by independent experts to assist journal editors in their decision-making and to help improve the quality of articles. In this retrospective cohort study, peer review comments for drug trials submitted to medical journals were analysed to investigate whether there is a relation between the content of these comments and sponsors...

OBJECTIVE This paper examines the effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for depression (ACT-D), and the specific effects of experiential acceptance and mindfulness, in reducing suicidal ideation (SI) and depression among Veterans. METHOD Patients included 981 Veterans, 76% male, mean age 50.5 years. Depression severity and SI were assessed using the BDI-II. Experiential acceptance and ...

BACKGROUND Controlling cholera remains a significant challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. In areas where access to safe water and sanitation are limited, oral cholera vaccine (OCV) can save lives. Establishment of a global stockpile for OCV reflects increasing priority for use of cholera vaccines in endemic settings. Community acceptance of vaccines, however, is critical and sociocultural features ...