Background: Osteoporosis is characterized by low bone mass and loss of the quality of bone microarchitecture. These changes increase the probability of bone fracture. This study aimed to determine the effect of an empowerment program based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) on the self-efficacy of older adults to prevent osteoporosis. Methods: It was a randomized controlled trial with pre-test, ...

abstract background: beginning and continuing pregnancy with obesity and being overweight has some known side effects for the mother and the fetus. preventing these complications requires medical interventions before pregnancy. because designing health improvement interventions requires understanding of the related factors of the behavior, the aim of this study was to determine the relation bet...

Abstract To qualify as a fully rational agent, one must be able rationally to revise one’s beliefs in the light of new evidence. This requires, not only that right way, but also do so result appreciating evidence on basis which is changing mind. However, very nature belief seems pose an obstacle possibility satisfying this requirement – for, insofar believes p , any not- will strike misleading ...

background: despite the effectiveness of drug therapy in diabetes management high rates of poor adherence persist. the purpose of this study was to determine the factors influencing the medication adherence and dietary regiment in type2 diabetic patients. methods: this cross sectional study was conducted on 300 type2 diabetic patients referred to general internal medicine clinic, yazd shohdaye ...

We introduce the problem of self healing, in which a system is asked to self diagnose and self repair. The two problems of computing the diagnosis and the repair are often solved separately. We show in this paper how to tie these two tasks together: a planner searches a prospective plan on a sample of the belief state; a diagnoser verifies the applicability of the plan and returns a state of th...

aims: diabetes as the most common diseases caused by metabolic disorders is an important global challenge. this is a disease that requires lifelong self-care; because the self-care and improvement of the life quality is cost effective .the aim of this study is to determine the effects of the self-efficacy education program on reducing blood sugar levels among the type 2 diabetic patients. it wa...

The authors reviewed more than 70 studies concerning employees' general belief that their work organization values their contribution and cares about their well-being (perceived organizational support; POS). A meta-analysis indicated that 3 major categories of beneficial treatment received by employees (i.e., fairness, supervisor support, and organizational rewards and favorable job conditions)...

Evolving fuzzy systems (EFSs) are widely known as a powerful tool for streaming data prediction. In this article, novel zero-order EFS with unique belief structure is proposed stream classification. Thanks to new structure, the model can handle interclass overlaps in natural way and better capture underlying multimodel of streams form prototypes. Utilizing data-driven soft thresholds, self-orga...