happiness underlying factors are considerable from two dimensions: endogenic factors (biological, cognitive, personality and ethical sub-factors) and exogenic factors (behavioral, socialcultural, economical, geographical, life events and aesthetics sub-factors). among all endogenic factors, biological sub-factors are the significant predictors of happiness. existence of significant differences ...

in current research relationship between eicosapentaenoic acid (epa) and docosahexaenoic acid (dha) (% of total fatty acids) in edible tissue (muscle) of green tiger shrimp (penaeus semisulcatus) and lobster (thenus orientalis) collected from persian gulf, was investigated with some biological factors (total length, total weight and sex). results showed that in all two species, epa and dha perc...

objective: the prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing worldwide. this study investigated the prevalence of obesity and its associated factors in schoolchildren of neishabour, winter 2006. materials and methods: in a cross–sectional study, 1471 students, aged 6-12 years, were selected by a two-stage cluster sampling. height and weight of the students were measured and bmi was calculated. ...

background blood born viral infections such as hepatitis b virus (hbv) are major concerns in chronic hemodialysis (chd) patients and hemodialysis units. undetected hbs ag in the presence of viral dna, occult hbv infection (obi), is a concern in the care of chd patients and hemodialysis unit as a mode of transmission. objectives in this case-control study we compare the frequency of obi in the c...

The aim of this review was to offer a critical evaluation of the literature and to provide the clinician with scientifically-based diagnostic criteria for monitoring the implant condition. The review presents the current opinions on definitions of osseointegration and implant failure. Further, distinctions between failed and failing implants are discussed together with the presently used parame...

to identify important attributes/factors that contribute to grain and biological yields of wheat, 9912 sets of diverse data from field studies were extracted, and supervised attribute-weighting models were employed. results showed that when biological yield was the output, grain yield, nitrogen applied, rainfall, irrigation regime, and organic content were the most important factors/attributes,...

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