ôbjective: the problem of runaway girls is one of the social problems which has become more prevalent and is considered a serious challenge for families, welfare centers and governmental organizations in ïran. this study aimed at determining the demographic, personality and psychopathology characteristic of a sample of runaway girls in shiraz, ïran. methods: fifty girls who had escaped from the...

Performance Based Logistics (PBL) is an acquisition reform that is intended to improve weapon systems logistics by reducing cost, improving reliability, and reducing footprint. PBL is an extension of a broad process of rationalizing and, in many cases, outsourcing government services. As with other examples of governmental service outsourcing, measurement issues arise in the gap between governm...

BACKGROUND Living with patients of chronic diseases such as heart failure (HF) is a difficult situation for the caregivers. This study explored the Iranian family caregivers' burden of caregiving for patients with HF. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighteen family caregivers of the HF patients from two governmental medical training centers in Isfahan, Iran were recruited using purposive sampling. Data...

background: factors that influence men’s childbearing intentions have beenrelatively unexplored in the literature.objective: this study aimed to determine the influencing factors about the firstchildbearing timing decisions of men.materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 300 men who were referredto private and governmental healthcare centers in shahrood, iran were randomlyrecruited...

The present study has objectively investigated and reviewed 164 managers, employees and workers of Tuka Steel Investment Holding Company (TSIH Co.) as one of the most successful companies in Iran's steel industry. The Survey approach has been adopted to serve the following purposes of this study: a) to define the prevailing organizational culture in steel industry; and b) To review alignment do...