spatial planning system of a country is the array of its planning systems. getting familiar with spatial planning system of different countries and their experiences could help for comparison and accommodation so that making decision and defining appropriate planning system could be done. this article has studied the spatial planning system of portugal and since there are different factors affe...

The psychometric properties of the Perception of Teasing Scale-Underweight, a modified version of the Perception of Teasing Scale (1), were examined. One hundred eighty-three college students (81 male; 102 female; age range 17-57 years) completed questionnaires about underweight-related and competency-related teasing experiences, eating attitudes, body image, self-esteem, and mood. Factor analy...

Observing another person performing an action can lead to a false memory of having performed the action oneself - the observation-inflation effect. In the experimental paradigm, participants first perform or do not perform simple actions, and then observe another person perform some of these actions. The observation-inflation effect is found when participants later remember performing actions t...

Appearance-related use of Social Networks (SNs) exhibits a clear relationship with the risk eating disorders (ED). To determine which components appearance-related are most important for detection and prediction ED, it is necessary to measure concern about appearance on SNs in detail. The two main objectives this study develop validate Concern scale (CONAPP), analyze relationships between ED. A...

methods the current cross sectional study included all female high school students in tehran in the 2014 - 2015 academic year. of these, 477 females were selected by multistage cluster sampling. results the results of the correlation matrix was indicative of a significant negative relationship between self-esteem and self-concept clarity with social comparison (p < 0.000). there was a significa...

We investigate how price ceilings and floors affect outomces in continuous time, double auction markets with discrete goods and multiple qualities. Since competitive equilibria need not exist in markets with price contols, we investigated the nature of non-price competition and how markets might evolve in its presence. We develop a quality competition model based on matching theory. Equilibria ...

Although the commonly used Internet Service Provider’s business models based on price comparison may prove to be a successful strategy for organisations in the short term, it may be argued that a sustainable business model for the long term requires a detailed understanding of the various factors that may help ISPs in attracting future customers. This paper therefore examines the influence of a...

When women diagnosed with breast cancer undergo mastectomy and adjuvant medical treatment, they are confronted with multiple side-effects causing appearance related issues that have a profound impact on their identity, implicitly in terms of their sense of self and explicitly in terms of their social self. Therefore the aim of the study was to explore how the altered appearance of female breast...