BACKGROUND Dental appearance satisfaction is important among young adults because judgment concerning the personal characteristics of individuals is influenced by their dental appearance in the absence of other information. AIM The aim of the study was to determine the self-evaluated dental appearance satisfaction among young adults. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This cross-sectional survey of finan...

This paper presents an approach based on cooperative selforganization for arti cial systems, in order to tackle openness and dynamics. We propose to use cooperation as a local criterion enabling parts of the system the cooperative agents to reorganize as to modify their interactions and then the global function. We underline the di culty of de ning cooperation and the means to reestablish a coo...

Flexible work schedules give nurses the freedom and control to manage the demands of work and home, allow organisations to meet their staffing needs and can improve job satisfaction. This article reports the results of an integrative review of published peer-reviewed research and personal narratives that examined nurses' perceptions of the relationship between job satisfaction and a self-schedu...

BACKGROUND Health related quality of life (QoL) has now been considered as a main tool for outcome measurement in infertility. The present study aimed to determine the association between general and specified QoL with different psychological aspects of self-esteem, social support, sexual satisfaction, and marital satisfaction in a sample of Iranian infertile couples. METHODS This cross-secti...

BACKGROUND Although human resources for health have received increased attention by health systems decision-makers and researchers in recent years, insufficient attention has been paid to understanding the factors that influence the performance of health workers. This empirical study investigates the factors that are associated with health worker motivation over time among public sector primary...

Web portals provide an efficient gateway to a broad range of Eservices, resources and information. Web portals need to evolve towards being adaptive in nature, so that the ensuing E-services provided by them are dynamically tailored to meet the diverse needs of its users. This paper explores the use of intelligent techniques, in particular constraint satisfaction methods, to develop adaptive E-...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Cognitive behavioural models of eating disorders highlight low self-esteem as a maintaining factor. This study explored the impact of positive and negative self-imagery on aspects of the working self (implicit and explicit self-esteem and self-concept clarity) in individuals with high body dissatisfaction (an important aspect of eating disorders). The impact of these i...