background: infants are regarded as a vulnerable group in need of nursing care, particularly during nicu admission. parents of these infants often experience emotional, psychological and physical upheavals. therefore, nurses can be of great help to the parents and facilitate a healthy transition from this period. improper communication with parents, who seek information on their infant’s condit...

most studies within the area of genre analysis, particularly those conducted in iran, have exclusively used text analysis. while such investigations have led to important understandings of generic features of texts, it can be argued that incorporating interview data for triangulation can lead to better understanding of generic features of texts. along this line, this paper reports the results o...

Purpose – Innovation within clusters is a crucial aspect in regional development. In the last decades, in the literature the role of absorptive capacity, environment, trust and cooperation in leveraging both explorative and exploitive innovation has been highlighted. In this paper we assess the contributions of these factors on the basis of a comparative analysis between about 250 firms belongi...

This study performs a comparative analysis of the 21 Greek Universities in terms of their public funding, awarded for covering their operating expenditure. First it introduces a DEA/MCDM model that allocates the fund into four expenditure factors in the most favorable way for each university. Then, it presents a common, consensual assessment model to reallocate the amounts, remaining in the sam...

Background:  Pregnancy in a woman's life is a unique experience. But due to high risk pregnancy and the need to rest in bed, the women and her family are faced with different challenges and needs. The inability to manage these needs will result in crisis and understanding the needs of pregnant women during bed rest is essential to provide comprehensive health care for them. So this qualitative ...

conclusions: the environmental factors were barriers for doing healthy behaviors. these factors need to be considered to design health promotion interventions. policymakers should not only focus on patients’ education but also should provide specific facilities to enhance economic, social and cultural status. results: lack of behaviors like stress control, healthy eating and physical activity w...