The tensile creep behavior is extremely important in crack prediction and stress analysis of concrete. The main objective is investigating the effects of the silica fume on the tensile basic creep of early-aged concrete. The effect of silica fume on tensile creep was studied using lever-type tensile creep tester. Silica fume amount by weight of total cementing material was 0%, 5%, 10% and 15%. ...

conclusions this study showed that mbsr training can reduce mean depression, anxiety and stress scores in patients with ms. these findings suggest that mbsr is useful for psychological problems such as depression, anxiety and stress in patients with ms. patients and methods this randomized controlled clinical trial was performed in 2013 in ahvaz ms society. forty eight patients were selected by...

Operation of any kind of machinery is always connected to efficiency and losses. The part of energy is always being dissipated to the surroundings. In the case of electric machines the losses result in heat generation. Present contribution introduces the numerical method for predicting and analysing the heat transfer including conduction, convection, and radiation at the specific operating regi...

the aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (act) on reducing internalizing symptoms in children and reducing parental stress (ps) in mothers. research design of this study was quasi-experimental research with a pre/post test design with a control group. using cluster sampling from among all the school children of the 2013-2014 school year at isfa...

the purpose of this study was development and assessment of the effectiveness of the de– stress training program. on the mothers stress and marital satisfaction of parents with deaf children experimental study design with follow- up. 20 mothers were chosen and assigned to two experimental and control  groups trained to de-stress training program in 15 session .all mothers completed parental str...

The aim of this study was assessing the effectiveness of child-centered play therapy (CCPT) on reducing internalizing symptoms in children and reduced parental stress in mothers. The method of this study was Quasi-experimental research study using a pretest-post-test along with the control group. A group of 20 children with 7 and 8 age in 2012-2013 school year (n=10 experimental and n=10 contro...

background : nursing is one of the most stressful jobs. the present study aimed to determine the effect of a cognitive -behavioral stress management training program based on precede model on stress reduction among nurses. methods : in this quasi-experimental study, which was conducted in 2010, 58 female nurses in hamadan, northwest iran were enrolled in the study and were divided into two equa...