introduction: today, with increasing emphasis on learning organizations, knowledge and learning are considered important factors in organizations and having updated knowledge and information have become an unavoidable necessity to continue the life and stability of these organizations. hence this study was conducted to study  the relationship between learning organization & leadership styles ed...

Melanoma patients are subject to different degrees of psychosocial distress. The emotional impact of malignant melanoma can be long lasting and profound, with the most common reactions to melanoma being depression, anxiety and deterioration in quality of life. Coping styles have been shown to have a significant influence on patients' quality of life and their emotional reaction to the illness. ...

Humor and mental health are interconnected as is evidenced by a large number of studies. However, associations are only small and inconsistent as the operationalization of humor poses a methodological challenge. The Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) differentiates four humor styles that might be beneficial or harmful to mental health. The aim of the present study was to meta-analytically aggrega...

An empirical classification of certain coping strategies from Ch. Carver’s studies is presented. Hierarchic approach to behavior (coping-actions, strategies, styles) was used. The sample consisted 1 469 students. Using the method cluster analysis, we identified productive, unproductive styles, as well externally-oriented coping-style, which positively correlates with both productive and styles....

Acytota is a kingdom of life covering satellites, plasmids, transposable elements, viroids and viruses, all outside the conventional tree of life but satisfying most life definitions. This review focuses on some aspects of Acytota, their "genomes" and life styles, the dominance of transposable elements and their evolutionary influence on other life forms in order to vindicate the Acytota as a l...

PC-Life, a dialect of the LIFE language designed by A t-Kaci, extends the original design by some features, the most important of which are distributed disjunctions. LIFE integrates the functional and the logic-oriented programming styles, and feature types supporting inheritance. This language is well suited for knowledge representation , in particular for applications in computational linguis...

public authorities should assess what recreational services can be offered citizens visitingaprotected natural area. therefore, the characterisation of visitors as well as the economic valuation of apark’srecreational use would allow the proposal of management strategies to satisfy visitors. for this purpose,410 surveys were taken of visitors to the calaresdelmundoandsimanatural park (spain). t...