most of the environmental threates and resources depletion are direct consequences of human behavior, so altering the behavior could decrease environmental problems. in this regard, identification of the effective factors on behavior would be the first step. lake urmia as a public good, needs public contribution to prevent its more deterioration that could have serious impacts on social welfare...

In a six-month, multicenter, double-blind study involving 340 patients, auranofin, 3 mg twice daily, was compared with placebo in the treatment of adult-onset rheumatoid arthritis. All patients were continued on a therapeutic regimen of salicylates and/or a newer nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Patients in both treatment groups who completed six months of therapy with coded medications sho...

Our goal in this study is to provide insight into the motivational profiles of open source contributors. Adopting a functionalist view of motivation, we identify five functional dimensions from the literature on volunteerism that are relevant to the open source context and three functional dimensions from the literature on open source development. To assess the salience and relative strength of...

the main purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting entrepreneurial motivations of agricultural students at razi university. statistical population of this study consisted of all agricultural undergraduate students (senior) (n=186), that 164 of them were selected as research sample using proportionate stratified sampling method. the main instrument in this study was questionnair...

Based on induration of less than 10 mm at 48 and 72 hours, 49 of 200 (25 percent) patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis failed to respond to intermediate (5TU) strength PPD. Distribution of reactors vs nonreactors was similar with regard to sex but not race, with more white subjects proving to be nonreactive. Additional comparisons between the two groups revealed significantly higher valu...

The main purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting entrepreneurial motivations of agricultural students at Razi University. Statistical population of this study consisted of all agricultural undergraduate students (senior) (N=186), that 164 of them were selected as research sample using proportionate stratified sampling method. The main instrument in this study was questionnair...

Students' motivations in choosing a career in the health professions are of great interest for educators and admission committees, particularly in the field of dentistry. This study conducted in four private dental institutions in India was designed to investigate dental students' motivations in their choice of dentistry as a career and their perceptions regarding dentistry in India. A total of...

BACKGROUND Research on health worker migration in the Irish context has categorized migrant health workers by country or region of training (for example, non-EU nurses or doctors) or recruitment mechanism (for example, actively recruited nurses). This paper applies a new typology of health worker migrants - livelihood, career-oriented, backpacker, commuter, undocumented and returner migrants (E...