introduction & objective: one of the basic elements declared in positive psychology is the concept of happiness. researches have shown that without concerning how achieved, happiness can enhance our health. people who are happy feel more secure, decide easier, and are more satisfied of the people who live with. the aim of the present study was to measure the efficiency of teaching communicative...

This paper presents a pattern called GIG, a generic interface graph which deals with definition and control of processes taking into account some specific requirements of simplicity, easiness of definition from algorithmic language and flexibility in the granularity of defined processes. The pattern is intended to help the design and reuse of programs.

background: as the early and accurate diagnosis of all diseases, including skin disorders directly influences the duration of treatment and its costs, which may be a significant burden, it is very important for physicians to be familiar with all types of diseases, especially those with a higher incidence in population. considering that disease patterns vary from region to region and there is no...

conclusions using fuzzy logic provides an elegant mathematical solution for finding the optimum point of food groups in dietary pattern. results the optimum (lower attention – upper attention) recommended servings per day for fruits, vegetables, grain, meat, dairy, and oils of the 2000 kcal diet were 4.06 (3.75-4.25), 6.69 (6.25-7.00), 5.69 (5.75-6.25), 4.94 (4.5-5.2), 2.75(2.50-3.00), and 2.56...

in drought prone environments wheat crop growth and production depends strongly on the water stored in the soil before anthesis and, although some water remains in the soil after harvest, plants experience water deficit. in order to investigate whether water ex-traction patterns, as a plant feature, have a regulating effect on the amount of water used by them at different soil depths, three whe...

results during january 2002 to december 2009, 213835 injured cases were admitted to the trauma unit. the number of attendants increased every year from 9.3% from the total cases in all study period in 2002 up to 15.3% in 2009 with a statistically significant difference (p = 0.000). young adults aged 20 - 29 years were the most common group affected by injuries (22.2%). male to female ratio was ...