introduction: the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of patience and its components (transcendence, tolerance, contentment, persistence, and hesitation) in predicting bullying among primary school children in shiraz, iran. another purpose was to compare patience and bullying between male and female students. method: the participants were 317 elementary school students (169 female...

using quarterly data from 2002:1 to 2013:2 we study the persistence in the inflation rates in iran based on the total cpi and the cpi in 12 subgroups. the persistence is investigated using two different tools: (i) the adf unit root test and (ii) bootstrap confidence intervals. we calculate a 90% confidence interval for the sum of the autoregressive coefficients, as a measure of persistence, usi...

The main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of income smoothing on investors reaction to Earnings Persistence of companies listed on the Stock Exchange in Tehran. The population of the study was companies listed on the Stock Exchange in Tehran, the sample size due to screening method and after removing outliers is equal to 118 companies. In this study, earnings persistence an...

objective: the current study aimed at investigating the role of patience and its components in predicting self-control among high school students in shiraz, iran. methods: the statistical population of the study included all high school students of shiraz. three hundred and thirty-two students (161 females and 171 males) were recruited via cluster sampling method. the subjects participated in t...

the purpose of this study was the introduction of seed accumulation index as a new approach in the evaluation of soil seed bank consistency in the populus caspica in noor reserved forest park. sampling were made above ground vegetation at peak vegetation cover during june 2010 by systematic- selective method. soil samples were collected during late june, late november and early february by hamm...

persistence of benthiocarb in soil as affected by uv and sunlight exposure was studied. treated soil was placed in petri plate, brought to field capacity moisture and then exposed to uv and sunlight. residues of benthiocarb in soil dissipated with half lives of 2.10, 11.85 and 43.63 days under uv, sunlight and dark condition, respectively. soil samples kept under dark showed the slowest dissipa...