psychological correlates of cancer: worry, life style, self-eficacy   ranjbar noushari f[1]*, mohadesi h [2], asadi majareh s [3], hashemi ss[4]   received: 6 jul , 2013 accepted: 16 sep , 2013 abstract background & aims: cancer, as one of the most current century diseases, is determined by the unnatural deformation of cells and by the loss of cellar distinction. some research show that psychol...

Purpose This study examines handmade clothing consumption as a means of self-expression by exploring the interrelationships between consumers' self-expression, brand love and word mouth. Design/methodology/approach Using descriptive research design, data were collected from 295 respondents in South Africa who posted about fashion on social media had bought 6 months prior to collection. Structur...

The geometric mean and the function (det(·))1/m (on the m-by-m positive definite matrices) are examples of “hyperbolic means”: functions of the form p1/m , where p is a hyperbolic polynomial of degree m. (A homogeneous polynomial p is “hyperbolic” with respect to a vector d if the polynomial t → p(x+ td) has only real roots for every vector x.) Any hyperbolic mean is positively homogeneous and ...

background: while young men are at higher risk of developing testicular cancer (tc), testicular-self examination (tse) is an easy, cost effectiveness method to early detection of this disease. the aim of the study was to investigate medical sciences student`s awareness, attitude and self-efficacy about tc and tse. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out among full time young student...

background: the infertility is associated with psychological consequence including depression, and lack of self-efficacy. objective: the aim of this study was to compare the pharmacological and no pharmacological strategies in promotion of self-efficacy of infertile women. materials and methods: a randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 89 infertile women who were recruited from f...

background: reducing drug-related issues less than 18 years of age and increasing population of this group of addiction emphasizes importance of educating social skills for reinforcing drug assistance self-efficiency in this social group. the study was aimed to measure impact of social skills on drug abstinence self-efficacy amongst male students in ahwaz city, southwest iran. methods: with sem...