the economic and social impact of public participation in hableh roud project has been assessed in the current study. this is a practical-operational research implemented as based upon descriptive method. the study population included 187 individual residents in 8 villages within the hableh roud catchment basin in tehran province. random sampling was utilized and the recommendations of experts ...

INTRODUCTION Limited research has examined primary care providers' communication with patients about maintaining cognitive functioning. Our study's objective was to compare the perceptions of consumers and primary care providers related to beliefs and communication practices about lifestyle behaviors beneficial for overall health and for maintaining cognitive functioning. METHODS In 2009, we ...

Marijuana is one of the most commonly used drugs in the United States, and use during adolescence--when the brain is still developing--has been proposed as a cause of poorer neurocognitive outcome. Nonetheless, research on this topic is scarce and often shows conflicting results, with some studies showing detrimental effects of marijuana use on cognitive functioning and others showing no signif...

AIM Cerebral palsy (CP) is defined as a primary disorder of posture and movement; however, approximately 45% of children with CP also have an intellectual impairment. Prevalence estimates are limited by a lack of guidelines for intelligence testing. This systematic review aims to identify and examine intelligence assessments for children with CP. METHOD Electronic databases (PubMed, PsycINFO,...

Peer instruction is a cooperative-learning technique that promotes critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills. Benson's think-pair-share and Mazur's peer-instruction techniques are simple cooperative exercises that promote student's participation in class and increase student's interaction with each other and with the instructor in a large classroom. We borrowed concepts fro...

The objective of the article is to show the impact of various categories of risk factors related to intellectual resources, i.e. the components of intellectual capital, on their safety and going concern. Following an analysis of the literature on this subject and the authors' own observations, an attempt was made to define three types of risk models related to intellectual assets. A substantial...