objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between defense mechanisms and adaptation strategies on psychological well-being of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in shiraz.   method: the design  was  a correlative study. samples of 80 patients aged 18 to 40 years, at least primary school level and also in the final stages of life were selected. this study...

background : today the psychological factor is one of the controversial subjects in tendency to cosmetic surgery. objectives : this study aimed to compare the hardiness, defense mechanisms and negative self-portrayal scale among cosmetic surgery applicants with non-applicants. patients and methods: this causal-comparative study carried out in tehran, iran from april to june 2015. the samples of...

developmental periodsof thegrapevine aphid, aphis illinoisensis shimer (hemiptera: aphididae) on the grape, vitis vinifera l., and its two parasitoid species, lysiphlebus testaceipes (cresson) (exotic) (hymenoptera: braconidae: aphidiinae) and aphelinus albipodus hayat and fatima (indigenous) (hymenoptera: aphelinidae) were studied at two constant temperatures (20 and 25 ± 2 oc), 70 ± 5 % r.h. ...

with the aims of protecting and exploiting the effects and values of imposed war and preventing the destruction and distorting them, the foundation for the preservation and publication of sacred defense works and values was established on february 26, 1991 by a command of the supreme leader and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. then, the central headquarters of the rahian-e noor was c...

this paper examines the impact of government expenditure on the nigerian economy for the period 1983 - 2012. the government expenditure components used as the explanatory variables in the model are: expenditures on health, education, defense, agriculture and transportation and communication. the gross domestic product (gdp) was used as a parameter for measuring economic growth. in order to esta...