introduction: successful interaction between people requires motivation and social influence. therefore, the purpose of the present research was to study the relationship between the 11 indices of social influence of heads of departments from the viewpoint of faculty members at isfahan university of medical sciences and its relation with demographic characteristics in academic year of 2008-2009...

background: faculty members are the main sources of universities. determination and promotion of their competencies lead to the overall performance promotion of universities. faculty members’ teaching competencies have the greatest role in the improvement of education, research and universities social services quality. therefore, in order to investigate this issue more carefully, this study aim...

The Association between Use of Virtual Social Networks and Social Isolation among High School Girls in Shahrekord   K. Karimian [1] M. Parsamehr, Ph.D. [2] S.A.R. Afshani, Ph.D. [3]   This study [4] sought to examine the association between use of virtual social networks and social isolation among high school girls in Shahrekord. The research method was survey. The statistical population ...

1 Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel 2 Clalit Health Services, Yaski Community Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel 3 Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel *Correspondence: jmerrick@za...