background: iran is one of the countries that has ratified the world health organization framework convention of tobacco control (who-fctc), and has implemented a series of tobacco control interventions including the comprehensive tobacco control law. enforcement of this legislation and assessment of its outcome requires a dedicated evaluation system. this study aimed to develop a generic model...

objectives: mastectomy as a treatment for breast cancer can disturb marital satisfaction of many couples. in this way, existential anxieties stemming from this potentially deleterious event, and inefficient responses to them, could be mediating. the purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation method based on existential approach and olson's marital enrichm...

as claimed by many behavioral scientists, designing should be based on the knowledge of interaction between human and environment. environmental quality is also created in the context in which humans interact with their environment. to achieve such quality, designers should develop appropriate models for explaining this relationship, and this requires an understanding of human nature and the en...

there are many approaches in economic literature for investigation of firm performance. in general, those theories very useful for investigation the nature and role of competitive advantage. resource based view, dynamic capability, entrepreneurial theory, neoclassic theory, industrial organization approach are some of those theories. todays, banks try to attract customers through various new me...

nowadays, the audience plays a key role in the interpretation of cultural products including movies. thus, discovering how the audience make sense of and interpret things can lead us to the social world underlying such interpretations. women are among audience who could have different readings based on their cultural and generational experiences and background. based on the interpretive paradig...