BACKGROUND Although hemodialysis has a therapeutic effect on end stage renal disease (ESRD), these patients encounter many physical, psychological, and social stressful factors that lead to a decrease in their quality of life (QOL). One of the factors that are effective on increasing the QOL is the self-care ability. Review of literature demonstrated a few studies done on different aspects of Q...

When comparing digits of different physical sizes, numerical and physical size interact. For example, in a numerical comparison task, people are faster to compare two digits when their numerical size (the relevant dimension) and physical size (the irrelevant dimension) are congruent than when they are incongruent. Two main accounts have been put forward to explain this size congruity effect. Ac...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to present a model of factors affecting barriers to organizational vitality in government organizations (Case study: government organizations in Mazandaran province). Method: The method of this research was combined (qualitative-quantitative). In order to conduct this research, in addition to the documentary study, the content analysis technique with MA...