Background: Infertility is one of the major problems in reproductive health. This research was carried out to evaluate the relationship between infertility, attachment, identity, sexual function, and sexual self-esteem in married women. Methods: In this causal-comparative and correlational study, 300 voluntary married women (fertile=150, infertile=150) in Mashhad were selected through random s...

A mediation model using a sample of 1059 adolescents (56% girls; M age=16.02, SD=1.37) tested relations between parenting, adolescent moral identity, and the formation of psychological distance towards others. In short, adolescent moral identity mediated relations between parenting and the ways in which adolescents oriented others in their psychological space. Specifically, adolescent-report pa...

We trace the evolution of extreme illiquidity discounts among Treasury securities during the financial crisis, when bonds fell more than six percent below more-liquid but otherwise identical notes. Using high-resolution data on market quality and trader identities and characteristics, we find that the discounts amplify through feedback loops, where cheaper, less-liquid securities flow to invest...

In this paper we introduce two-wavelet constants for square integrable representations of homogeneous spaces. We establish the orthogonality relations fo...

Any musical community or other style-driven society should have a theory of how styles emerge, evolve and disappear. The model proposed in this paper differentiates between changes in fashion and changes in style. The former are driven by insiders in order to prevent imposers mimicking the insider’s style. The latter are created by outsiders trying to create alternative styles to the mainstream...