Citation: Al Disi ZA, Jaoua S, Bontognali TRR, Attia ESM, Al-Kuwari HAAS and Zouari N (2017) Evidence of a Role for Aerobic Bacteria in High Magnesium Carbonate Formation in the Evaporitic Environment of Dohat Faishakh Sabkha in Qatar. Front. Environ. Sci. 5:1. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2017.00001 Evidence of a Role for Aerobic Bacteria in High Magnesium Carbonate Formation in the Evaporitic Environme...

Plants live in fixed locations and survive adversity by integrating growth responses to diverse environmental signals. Here, we show that the nuclear-localized growth-repressing DELLA proteins of Arabidopsis integrate responses to independent hormonal and environmental signals of adverse conditions. The growth restraint conferred by DELLA proteins is beneficial and promotes survival. We propose...

This study tested the relationships among ethnic identity, other-group orientation, fatalism, and 2 dependent variables: attitude toward education and school, and grade point average (GPA). Mexican-origin adolescents (N = 222) completed the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (J. S. Phinney, 1992), the fatalism scale of the Multiphasic Assessment of Cultural Constructs-Short Form (I. Cuellar, B....

aim and background: achieve coherent identity is effective in many dimensions of life  and many factors are effective in it . for this ,  study  about  effective  factors at  identity status  in students is necessary and aim of this study  is prediction of identity statuses in high school female / male students which relate with other sex friend based in  their demographic and psychological cha...

A number of models about identity development have been proposed based on Erikson’s theory such as Marcia’s (1966) Identity Status Model, Waterman’s (1992) Optimal Psychological Functioning Model and Berzonky’s (1992) Identity Styles Model. Marcia’s Identity Status Model is the model most frequently used in studies. Marcia (1966; 1989; 1994; 2002) defined four identity statuses based on explora...

introduction: spiritual identity, defined as self-identification based on spirituality and spiritual experiences, has gained increasing attention during the past few years. the aim of this study was to assess several predictors and outcomes of spiritual identity based on a causal model. methods: for this purpose, parent and peer attachment were considered as exogenous variables, spiritual ident...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to evaluate the depression levels in mothers of children with leukemia. MATERIALS AND METHODS This single centred, cross-sectional study was conducted among mothers of children with leukemia at the Hematology and Oncology research center, Baghaie-Pour clinic in Yazd City during February through December, 2013. The study sample included 58 mothers with 1-12 ...

Two hundred thirty-eight first-year college students were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Thirty students meeting the BDI criteria for moderate to severe depression were randomly assigned to either a treatment or control group. The treatment group received four 90-minute group sessions of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), a novel treatment that combines exposure, cognitive...