in the first part of this thesis we explored wetting and its dynamics for small droplets. first, we showed how a simple feature of water droplets on a surface, i.e. laplace pressure, can be exploited to build a micropump. we investigated capillary pumping in microchannels both experimentally and numerically. putting two droplets of different sizes at the in/outlet of a microchannel, will ge...

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to study the relationship between hopefulness and self esteem in patients posted for renal transplants Methods: In this correlation – descriptive study, a sample of 80 renal transplant recipients was studied. The instruments used included: The sample selection, demographic data, The Herth hope index and Cooper Smith’s self - esteem inventory. Result...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of educating self-assertive skills on improvement of assertiveness and self-esteem of third- to fifth-grade girl students with low assertion in Tehran. For this purpose, one region was randomly selected among regions of Tehran through cluster sampling method and tow schools were randomly select-ed among girl primary schools located in t...

Background and Purpose: Risky decisions play a pivotal role in personal and social life, and disruptions in these decisions may lead to impulsive behaviors in individuals. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between spiritual health, self-esteem and impulsivity in students of Shahid Chamran University in Ahwaz, Iran. Materials and Methods: This correlative study was conducted on 28...

 The purpose of this research is compare self-esteem and social skills in deaf and blind students at the intermediate level in the city of Karaj during 2009-2010 academic years. For this purpose, 36 deaf and 36 blind students were selected using the simple random sampling method. The data were collected using Cooper Smith’s self-esteem questionnaire and the positive and negative social skills’ ...

this thesis examines the significances and implications of inflicted physical pain in waiting for the barbarians (1980) by john maxwell coetzee (1940 - ). the researcher tries to show how body becomes a site for exercising violence. in this way, the government’s representatives turn bodies of the barbarians into blank pages through torturing in order to create the truth of the empire. in this p...

the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between teachers’ immediacy behaviors and iranian students’ willingness to talk in english classes. analysis of the results from willingness to talk scale represents a relatively high level of willingness to talk in english classrooms among iranian language learners. the total mean score of students’ willingness to talk was 66.3 ou...

چکیده نمایشگاه های جهانی یا اکسپو عنوانی ست که از سال 1851 میلادی در لندن توسط همسر ملکه انگلستان شکل گرفت ، هدف اولیه این نمایشگاه ها نمایش دستاورد های صنعتی بود، اما در طول 165 سال که این نمایشگاه های برگزار گردیدند ، رویکرد آنها تغییر کرده است . در هر دوره به یک شعار که در واقع دغدغه اصلی جهان، در آن زمان بوده است ، پاسخ داده شده و راه حل کشور های مختلف در مورد آن موضوع به نمایش گذارده شد...

      Background and Purpose: Spiritual intelligence and self-esteem are complementary to human’s life, which give meaning to its various aspects. They enable people to use their experiences for finding a solution to life’s difficulties and feel satisfied. Regarding this, the aim of the present study was to predict life satisfaction based on spiritual intelligen...