In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the scientific study of happiness and wellbeing. However, so far, there has been only little discussion about the relevance and applicability for design. This paper provides a brief overview of related developments in the field of psychology and user experience, before it introduces and illustrates the emerging field of positive design. ...

The aim of the research was analysis of rural women’s role in paddy cultivation practices in Tonekabon Township. Research population was consisted of paddy farmers women in Tonekabon Township (N=14539), whose 130 ones were selected using Cochran’s formula. Data were gathered by cluster random sampling method. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire which its validity was confirme...

Introduction: Pharmacists and pharmaceutical services are among the most important resources and programs in providing health for a society. Pharmacists as the key players in presenting health services, greatly impact on the health of a society and if they suffer low job satisfaction, their dissatisfaction may relatively threaten health in a society. This study was conducted to determine Irania...

Introduction: Pharmacists and pharmaceutical services are among the most important resources and programs in providing health for a society. Pharmacists as the key players in presenting health services, greatly impact on the health of a society and if they suffer low job satisfaction, their dissatisfaction may relatively threaten health in a society. This study was conducted to determine Irania...

this research offers a comprehensive model to investigate the relationships between services quality, hedonic affect, perceived value and behavioral intentions. the purpose of this study is to build a broader understanding of the determinants of customer satisfaction and behavioral intentions throughout the restaurant services by incorporating the perceptions of hedonic affect in service delive...

According to error management theory (Haselton & Buss, 2000), natural selection will often produce adaptively biased systems of judgment, even when these systems produce more errors than alternative designs. In a study of naturally occurring events, evidence of one such bias in men—the sexual overperception bias—was documented. Women (n 1⁄4 102) and men (n 1⁄4 114) reported past experiences in ...

services require high involvement of consumer in consumption process. when consumers experience a service, their evaluation of service quality will change. the propose of current study is to provide a conceptual model for measuring hardware and software quality of banking services in the context of iran’s banking industry. current study is descriptive-applicable one in which has been done by a ...

This study shows that a significant portion of youth exiting the foster care system face serious difficulty transitioning to life on their own. Many live on the streets, lack the money to meet basic living expenses, fail to maintain regular employment, are involved with the criminal justice system, are unable to obtain health care, and experience early pregnancies. Although youth reported expos...

The purpose of the paper is to study current state audit services market in Ukraine, identifying problems and making suggestions for its improvement terms European integration. Methodology. General scientific economic mathematical methods (analysis, synthesis, abstraction, concretization) as well special (comparison, tabular) were used. Results. Audit one important types becoming increasingly i...