This paper considers the effects of a two-period interaction on the decision of a principal to delegate authority to a potentially biased but better informed agent. Compared to the (repeated) one-period case, the agent’s first period actions may also signal his type which in turn impacts wages in Period 2. As a result, biased agents have an incentive not to follow their own preferences in Perio...

Industry reports continue to highlight the importance and growth of e-learning. However, researcher, trainers and trainees all agree that elearning is different in terms of the level of personalization and anxiety that it brings, and its impact on outcomes. This paper presents a research model to reframe the dominant theory in technology training, i.e. Socio-Cognitive theory and its impact on l...

This paper presents empirical evidence concerning the application of digital video technologies for creating design-based learning environments for middle school students. In three studies we show how the affordances and constraints of digital video technology can support for students their (a) cognitive (b) action related and (c) socio-cognitive learning processes in the domain of history. We ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the status of dental caries in a sample of Iranian adolescents aged 14 to 18 years in Qazvin, and to identify caries-related factors affecting this group. STUDY DESIGN Qazvin was divided into three zones according to socio-economic status. The sampling procedure used was a stratified cluster sampling technique; incorporating 3 stratified zones, for each of which a cluste...

Dear Editor Studies about association between socio-economic status (SES) and health outcomes have been increasingly undertaken in Iran in the last decade.1–3 The connection between SES and health outcomes should be systematically analyzed to yield better interventions.4 In the following decades, reduction of socioeconomic inequalities can be an achievable goal but we should provide the necessa...

The primary objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between language proficiency and socio-cultural factors among the Iranian MA students registered and entered at Shiraz University in 2008. The second objective was to explore whether or not one or a combination of socio-cultural factors are predictors of language proficiency. Finally, the study aims at investigating ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the status of serum zinc in pregnant women in different gestational ages and correlation with socio-demographic and anthropometric factors in Iranian women referring to prenatal care public health clinics. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed the zinc concentrations in plasma samples obtained at different gestational ages from 961 women and recorded BMI at the first trimes...

INTRODUCTION Health literacy is one of the main determinants of health promotion. Regarding the influential role of the women in a society, enhancing their critical health literacy would be a prerequisite for the promotion of public health. The aims of this study were to determine the level of health literacy among fertile Iranian women with breast cancer and to determine the relationship betwe...

BACKGROUND The rates of breast cancer have increased over the past two decades, and this raises concern about physical, psychological and social well-being of women with breast cancer. Further, few women really want to do breast cancer screening. We here investigated the socio-demographic correlates of mammography participation among 400 asymptomatic Iranian women aged between 35 and 69. METH...

Founded after the triumph of Islamic Revolution, Corps Revolutionary Guard Iran has evolved far beyond its original foundations as an ideological guardian nascent revolutionary regime. Today, it functions a socio-political-economic conglomerate, whose influence extends to all areas Iranian life. Its members have articulated vision Republic that they feel committed defending, becoming guarantors...