background religion and health have recently received much attention in modern medicine. several studies in various parts of the world have supported the role of religion as a protective factor against mental disorders. one of the common traumas in the field of mental health is suicidal behaviors. adherence to religious beliefs plays an important role in preventing suicidal behaviors. objective...

Background and objectives : Relatively little is known about the relationship between religion and abstinence. The aim of this study was to examine the correlation between religious beliefs and behaviors and the intention of premarital sexual abstinence among Iranian youths. Methods: The current study was a cross-sectional one carried out among youths of five universities in Shiraz, Iran. 577 p...

A meta-analysis of 63 studies showed a significant negative association between intelligence and religiosity. The association was stronger for college students and the general population than for participants younger than college age; it was also stronger for religious beliefs than religious behavior. For college students and the general population, means of weighted and unweighted correlations...

This paper introduces the reader to a new class of space science missions employing a telescope and one or more mobile external occulters. Issues important for proper science and mission planning are discussed in light of the inherent mission constraints. Recommendations for software to analyze and optimize mission efficiency and construct integrated long-range plans are provided.

Religious belief in its most ideal form can be seen as a powerful force to create purposive transformations by transmitting ecologically positive habit of practice and attitudes of mind to succeeding generations that share similar religious beliefs. This concept assumes even greater significance on considering howmore than half of the world’s population embraces some sort of religious beliefs t...

â  â  â  â â â  abstract â  hafiz ibrahim is one of the famous egyptian poets who were influenced by sami al-baroodi and ismail saberi in his poetry and in his religious poems by sheikh mohamad abdu's thoughts. these effects are displayed in the fields of veil, charity, consultation, religious reform, jihad, religious leniency and petition . according to hafiz, the problem of society is pe...

Manned spacecraft will require a much improved ability to forecast solar particle events. The lead time required will depend on the use to which the forecast is put. Here we discuss problems of forecasting with the lead times of hours to weeks. Such forecasts are needed for scheduling and carrying out activities. Our present capabilities with these lead times is extremely limited. To improve ou...

Citation Sameera Ponda, Nisar Ahmed, Brandon Luders, Eric Sample, Tauhira Hoossainy, Danelle Shah, Mark Campbell, and Jonathan How. "Decentralized Information-Rich Planning and Hybrid Sensor Fusion for Uncertainty Reduction in Human-Robot Missions" AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference. August. As Published http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/10.2514/6.2011-6238 Publisher American Institute...

We present a spaceand ground-based study exploiting data from the coordinated Cluster and Double Star missions in order to investigate dayside magnetic reconnection under BY+ dominated IMF conditions. In-situ observations of magnetosheath flux transfer events combined with measurements of pulsed poleward and dawnward directed flows in the pre-noon sector high-latitude northern hemisphere ionosp...

the present study was an attempt to assess religious orientation and life satisfaction as well as to find out relationship of religious orientation with life satisfaction among university students. university students were also compared on religious orientation and life satisfaction with respect to their gender. the data for the present study was obtained from university students [n=200 (males ...