Agile methods emerge as an alternative to improve quality and performance in software development processes. However, as agile methods are essentially focused on human aspects, their application in companies depends mostly on their adequacy to the current organizational culture. This study explores the view of the organizational culture in three levels as a theoretical framework to allow early ...

the iranian government has placed new emphasis on urban renewal through participatory approaches in recent years. the main target areas are called deteriorated urban fabrics, characterized by micro-lots, impenetrability, and lack of sustainability. in tehran, renovation of deteriorate urban fabrics has been initiated through dedicated neighborhood facilitation offices. this paper analyzes the a...

introduction: since weight management is affected by various factors, including social and behavioral ones, this study aimed to explore the peoples’ experience of barriers and facilitators of weight management. materials and methods: this qualitative content analysis was conducted as the initial step of tabassom study. participants, who tried to reduce their weight at least once, were selected ...

the aim of this study was to use ahp method to rank the obstacles to improving professional ethics in sport media. in the first step, the existing obstacles were identified by review of literature, searching the authentic websites and finally interview with sport media experts. after this step, the hierarchy tree was portrayed to rank the obstacles and then the analytical hierarchy process (ahp...

background and purpose: physical activity may be classified as intense, moderate, and low. despite their health-related benefits, iranian women have a low rate of physical activity. women face numerous obstacles and challenges for participating in physical activity programs, most notably are household chores and taking caring of children, long distance between home and workplace and the other p...

Facilitators are oligonucleotides capable of affecting hammerhead ribozyme activity by interacting with the substrate at the termini of the ribozyme. Facilitator effects were determined in vitro using a system consisting of a ribozyme with 7 nucleotides in every stem sequence and two substrates with inverted facilitator binding sequences. The effects of 9mer and 12mer RNA as well as DNA facilit...

Objective With the advancement of information and communication technology, use telepractice has expanded to provide speech, language, swallowing services. In different countries, studies have been conducted in field disorders, including stuttering, these confirmed effectiveness this method providing treatment mentioned some problems. To present more effectively, challenges should be examined. ...

Background: Pain management is among the key tasks of nurses. Numerous studies have investigated the barriers and facilitators of pain management with conflicting results. The current study investigated the Iranian nurses’ perspectives in terms of the barriers and facilitators of pain management in hospitalized patients. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 321 nurses working ...