In this paper we study how to characterize ethical agents in normative multi-agent systems. We adopt a proposition control game together with input/output logic. Norms create the normative status of strategies. Agents’ preference in proposition control games are changed by the normative status of strategies. We distinguish four ethical types of agents: moral, amoral, negatively impartial and po...

background: the family as the basis of children’s personality has an important role in creation or prevention of tendency towards anomaly and social damages. this study performed with aimed to determine the role of fathers’ subjective norms, normative beliefs and motivation to comply in prevention of tendency children toward addictive drugs. methods: this was a descriptive cross sectional study...

Cognitive processes are complex and difficult to study because multiple variables can interact and confound the effect of the independent variable. To avoid this potential problem, experimental conditions are rigorously controlled and normative stimuli from standardized data-sets are preferably used. However, norms characterize the stimuli, but they do not prevent potential confounding effects....

The human brain displays stereotyped and early emerging patterns of cortical asymmetry in health. It is unclear if these asymmetries are highly sensitive to genetic and environmental variation or fundamental features of the brain that can survive severe developmental perturbations. To address this question, we mapped cortical thickness (CT) asymmetry in a group of genetically defined disorders ...

BACKGROUND A nurse's commitment is the most important factor that influences her performance and depends on other variables. The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between length of service of the nurses with the amount of occupational commitment and organizational commitment. METHODS From Winter 2012 to Spring 2013, 266 nurses were chosen in selected hospitals of Social S...

OBJECTIVE This article offers a developmental perspective on college drinking by focusing on broad developmental themes during adolescence and the transition to young adulthood. METHOD A literature review was conducted. RESULTS The transition to college involves major individual and contextual change in every domain of life; at the same time, heavy drinking and associated problems increase ...