This research was concerned with two issues: first, whether cardiovascular response patterns to a social stressor (i.e. self-presentation under evaluative circumstances) differ as a function of one's ability to control the impression one makes on others; second, whether cognitive appraisals are necessary or sufficient for the cardiovascular components of emotional arousal. Forty-two male subjec...

Invariant natural killer T cells (iNKT cells) are innate-like T cells important in immune regulation, antimicrobial protection, and anti-tumor responses. They express semi-invariant T cell receptors, which recognize glycolipid antigens. Their positive selection is mediated by double-positive (DP) thymocytes, which present glycolipid self-antigens through the noncanonical MHC class I-like molecu...

this research develops a two-level model based on hypotheses, which concern relationships among role ambiguity, role conflict, job involvement and salesperson performance at individual level and collective sale self efficacy, customer orientation and competitive climate at sale unit level in iranian food industry. data was drawn from 482 sales people in 30 companies , using a 51-item self-repor...

Hundreds of studies have documented disparities in medical treatment in the USA. These findings have generated research and initiatives intended to understand and ameliorate such disparities. Many articles examine disadvantaged patients' beliefs and attitudes toward health care, but generally limit their investigation to how these beliefs and attitudes influence adherence and utilization. Thus,...

Introduction: Suicide is a major challenge to public health worldwide, and self-inflicted burn is one of the most violent suicide methods. Case Presentation: In this case, a self-inflicted hot oil burn in a male with schizotypal personality and major depressive disorder is reported. Conclusion: Psychiatric disorders, marital problem...

abstract background: gifted individuals have exclusive personality traits and need various experiences to achieve more information about themselves and their ability into developmental process from giftedness to talent. also, they can increase mental experiences and obtain greater self- actualization with recognition of the level of challenges, values and their personality traits. the aim of th...

case presentation an elderly woman in a manic phase of bipolar disorder without a previous history of psychiatric disorders was concomitant with problematic sexual over stimulation in the context of hyper sexuality. she had traumatized her genitals and underwent surgery for their repair. following her admission and psychopharmacologic therapy, she recovered. introduction late onset bipolar diso...

objectives the aim of this paper was to survey the relationship between attachment styles, self-monitoring and cybercrime in social network users. patients and methods the collins and read adult attachment scale, and the snyder self-monitoring and cybercrime scales were sent to 500 social network users. of these, 203 users (103 men and 100 women) filled out the questionnaires. results the resul...