social interest is human phenomenon which can be considered as structure of personality in psychology. this descriptive correlation study aimed to investigate self efficacy, social acceptance and locus of control as predictors of social interest. this was correlational study. the sample consisted of 153 boys and 147 girls who were studying at private middle schools. multistage cluster sampling ...

The success of telecentre implementation along the developing countries depends largely on identifying the factors that may spur or hinder users’ acceptance and use. The federal government in Nigeria projected that by the end of the year 2011; telecentre would be established in the entire country. However, despite this projection, limited empirical studies were conducted regarding the acceptanc...

Participation in vaccination campaigns worldwide, particularly the Expanded Programme on Immunization, has increased significantly in recent years. However, there remain multiple and integrated behavioural, sociocultural and political-economic barriers to vaccination. The Diseases of the Most Impoverished (DOMI) Programme has undertaken shigellosis disease-burden studies and oral cholera and ty...

OBJECTIVES To identify and describe constraints facing the development and dissemination of technologies appropriate for public health care challenges and solutions in the developing world. METHODS Review of lessons learned in development and introduction of numerous health technologies as experienced by a non-profit organization working on technologies for 25 years. RESULTS Many obstacles ...

While the benefits reaped by patient data management systems (PDMS) are well understood, the market penetration in Germany still remains rather low. Managerial issues are considered to be one of the main reasons for this phenomenon. Based on a study carried out, hurdles for PDMS implementations have been identified for this specific industry and have been matched to a literature-based change ma...

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...

background and purpose: physical activity may be classified as intense, moderate, and low. despite their health-related benefits, iranian women have a low rate of physical activity. women face numerous obstacles and challenges for participating in physical activity programs, most notably are household chores and taking caring of children, long distance between home and workplace and the other p...

conclusions a significant association was found between ages of women with their delays in consultation. delay is still prevalent amongst women with breast cancer. it seems necessary to design educating programs for women in both clinical and community settings, about breast cancer and early detection practices. results the mean age of women was 46.99 years. 38.4% of women were ≤ 40 years. 61% ...