The purpose of research was analyzing attitude of agricultural high school educators in Khouzestan province, Iran regarding sustainable agriculture. The method of research was correlative descriptive. All agricultural high school educators in Khouzestan province (n=55) were selected for participation in the study. A questionnaire was developed to gather information regarding attitude of educato...

This study examines the individuals’ participation intentions and behaviour on Social Networking Sites (SNSs). For this purpose, the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is utilized and extended in this study through the addition of “perceived social capital” construct aiming to increase its explanatory power and predictive ability in this context. Data collected from a survey of 1100 participants...

background : the study of reproductive behaviors is one of the important factors of population. it plays a pivotal role in the growth of population.  reproductive behaviors are influenced by the cultural values and traditional beliefs of individuals. the aim of the present study is to compare reproductive behaviors of nomadic and non-nomadic tribes in the semirom province, and determine factors...

plain unvarnished truth in simple language" in the Juvenile Court, or who regard incest?"this revolting crime"?as something to be dealt with shortly and "without leaving any disagreeable taste.' The chapter on incest takes two and a half pages, but the horror with which Miss Wyles regards all sexual offences permeates the whole book. She surprisingly speaks with respect of psychiatric reports a...

Congestion games ignore the stochastic nature of resource delays and the risk-averse attitude of the players to uncertainty. To take these aspects into account, we introduce two variants of atomic congestion games, one with stochastic players, where each player assigns load to her strategy independently with a given probability, and another with stochastic edges, where the latency functions are...

There is growing evidence that participation in constructive leisure activities facilitates positive youth development. Empirical evidence also supports the influence of families and communities on positive developmental outcomes for adolescents. This study examined the relationship among attitudes toward family and community, participation in structured out-of-school activities, and pro-social...

It is necessary to evaluate progress in the area of patient safety. However, although there has been an increase in number of quality and safety related studies have increased, the topics of patient involvement and patient safety are not automatically linked. The aim of this systematic review was to identify and evaluate the evidence contributed by studies of patient involvement in the provisio...

1. Wisner DM, Quillen DA, Benderson DM, Green MJ. Patient attitudes toward resident involvement in cataract surgery. Arch Ophthalmol. 2008;126(9):12351239. 2. Vallance JH, Ahmed M, Dhillon B. Cataract surgery and consent: recall, anxiety, and attitude toward trainee surgeons preoperatively and postoperatively. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2004;30(7):1479-1485. 3. Versluis MA, van der Linden PJ. Pat...

Attitude, personality, and customer knowledge antecedents were compared in their predictive ability of 3 service-oriented forms of employee organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs): loyalty, service delivery, and participation. For the 1st study, 236 customer-contact employees provided data concerning their OCBs and the attitude, personality, and knowledge antecedents. The 2nd investigation ...

Outpatients with psychosis who attended long term psychotherapeutic groups were evaluated regarding their quality of life and attitude towards medication with self-report questionnaires. The DAI-10, Quality of life Brief questionnaires and clinical observation were used for evaluation. Most of the patients' participation in group therapy was rated as satisfactory or very productive by their gro...