introduction: the purpose of this study was to examine the possibility of implementing operating budgeting in shiraz municipality. method: the population of this study was consisted of four groups of individuals who were aware of the various phases of budgeting in shiraz municipality including: (1) senior managers and administrative and financial assistants, (2) financial managers along with ac...

AIM Assessment of factors affecting the degree of illness acceptance in patients with epilepsy and determination of whether the diagnosis of epilepsy influenced the functioning of this population group. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS) and authors' own questionnaire were used in this study. The study included 264 patients with epilepsy aged 20-40 years. The study wa...

business process reengineering (bpr) –the key mechanism for fundamental redesign in processes has a critical role in productivity improvement. but it needs some enablers in initiation phase including human resources acceptance. there are two behavioral theories containing factors for acceptance promotion: innovation diffusion and technology acceptance model. in this research we have used these ...

this research was performed to study the effect of murray red gum tree age (4, 6, 8 years) on the chemical components, viscosity and the cellulose degree of polymerization. the eucalyptus trees were cut at the ages of 4, 6, and 8 from hand planted forests. the contents of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, extractives and ash for each age were then determined. the results show that with increasi...

This study concentrates on investigating the degree of awareness, future adoption and uptake of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) (in particular Motes) in the Health Monitoring arena via the use of our second Weo-based survey. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) has been applied to determine how viable this technology will be for health monitoring in healthcare institut...

aim and background: recently, “third wave” behavioral and cognitive interventions have received extensive attention between researchers.to evaluation of the efficacy of one of these treatments, acceptance and commitment therapy (act), this study compares this treatment with cognitive - behavioral therapy (cbt) in obsessive- compulsive disorder (ocd).   methods and materials: in this study a qua...

The main aim of this study was to examine the relationship of emotional instability with illness worry and perceived limitations due to chest pain, and investigate to what degree any associations are mediated by the following chest pain-related coping styles: acceptance, seeking emotional support, seeking instrumental support, and avoidance. Self-reported measures from 94 participants with non-...