displacement coefficient method (dcm) stipulated in the asce 41-06 standard is becoming the preferred method for seismic rehabilitation of buildings in many high-seismic-hazard countries. applications of the method for non-building constructions such as bridges are beyond the scope of this standard. thus its application to this kind of structure should be approached with care. target displaceme...

objective: the forgivingness questionnaire has been designed to assessforgivingness in a variety of cultural contexts. this questionnaire was based on common western conceptualizations of forgiveness. in western communities, when one is the victim of an intentional offense, a feeling of resentment seems logical. the intensity and duration of this feeling of resentment usually depends on the cir...

in order to increase the efficiency of the conveyance of the granular solids, a new experimental set-up is designed. the test rig has longitudinal trapezoidal slots in its conveying pipes. through experimentation, a correlation for friction factor in terms of solid mass flow rate, fluid flow rate and froude number is presented. it is shown that the mixture friction factor for pipes with inner t...

conclusions the nursing workload is influenced by many factors. the clear responsibilities and authorities of nurses, patients' admission according to the capacity of wards, use of the new technologies and equipment, and providing basic training for new nurses can decrease the workload of nurses. results twenty-five factors were divided into three major categories through efa, including structu...

the present study pursued two goals: first, to discover the subscales underlying the teacher status scale (tss); and second, to reveal the status of the teachers of persian, arabic, and english in iranian junior high school students’ perceptions in order to determine the relative roles of national, religious, and western influences in the identity construction of the students. the data was coll...

background: beck scale for suicidal ideation (bssi) is a widely used instrument to assess suicidality. however, there is only limited information about the psychometric characteristics of bssi in the persian language. in this study, we investigated the validity, reliability and factor structure of the bssi in the general population of tehran.   methods : initially, 900 questionnaire packages we...

business cost is acknowledged as one of the priorities in smes research. in thisstudy, the business cost of smes in shanghai was primarily measured using factor-entropy analysis method. the purpose of this study is to effectively resolve the issueof simplification and assignment evaluation index system on business costs of smesin shanghai. however, this study uses factor analysis to interpret t...

background: these findings from several observational studies, investigated the association between red meat consumption and gliomas, were inconsistent. we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies to summarize available date on the relation between meat intake and risk of glioma. materials and methods: a systematic literature search of relevant reports published ...

background: the effects of the vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) gene ?2578c/a polymorphism on colorectal cancer (crc) risk have been investigated in some studies; however, the results of these studies were conflicting and ambiguous. therefore, we aimed to do a meta-analysis to investigate the association of vegf ?2578c/a polymorphisms with crc risk from all eligible case-control studie...