the main purpose of this research was to study the variables and factors that affect adaptation of university to external environment and to develop a model for assessment of tehran public universities adaptation to external environment. a mixed method research approach involving a three-round delphi study was used to record responses to the closed-questions and open-ended-questions. other data...

background in addition to physical adaptation and psychosocial adjustment to chronic renal disease, hemodialysis (hd) patients must also adapt to dialysis therapy plan. objectives the aim of the present study was to examine the effect of roy’s adaptation model-based patient education on adaptation of hd patients. patients and methods this study is a semi-experimental research that was conducted...

For various reasons such as ideology of patronage, fear of censorial measures and specific cultural and literary plans, authors may present their original texts as translation, and sometimes translators manipulate the original text to the extent that it can not be considered as translation anymore. This research was aimed at investigating Bastin's adaptation as a kind of pseudo-translation. He ...

introduction: marginal adaptation of cast restorations is essential for their long-term success. as dentists usually assign ditching of dies to laboratory technicians, and ditching has a significant effect on marginal adaptation, the aim of this study was to compare ditching by laboratory technicians and standard approach on marginal adaptation of cast restoration. materials and methods: in thi...

most people have experienced anxiety in their lives. anxiety is necessary to continue the life but intense anxiety can be reduced person’s efficiency and avoided rational thinking and decision making. the goal of this study was to determine the relationship between levels of anxiety and social adaptation in female students of science and research branch, islamic azad university, tehran, iran. 1...

the present study is an attempt to analyze the characters in the novel blindness and its cinematic adapta- tion from intersemiotic viewpoint. to this end, the researchers provided a synthesized model, which is a combination of bernando (2012) and forster's (1927) classification of characters in order to analyze the two main characters from intersemiotic viewpoint. considering the differenc...

conclusions although the cmr was originally designed for use in tc treatment, this study suggests that it is also applicable, with some modifications, in short-term residential camps. also, it is concluded that the persian translation of the cmr can be applied for studies among persian addicts. background treatment motivation has always been an important issue in substance abuse treatment. in r...

conclusions it is likely that learning social skills in adolescents with deafness would improve their sense of competence, and emotional well being. results the intervention led to significant improvement in total perceived competence scores of adolescents with deafness (p < 0.001) as well as in three domains of socio-emotional competence (p = 0.003), communication competence (p < 0.001), and s...