conclusions these findings demonstrated that metacognition had an important role in predicting alexithymia in the substance abusers, which underscores the necessity of precautionary measures. patients and methods the research sample included addicts (males and females aged 10 to 70 years) who referred to the addiction treatment and counseling centers of three iranian cities of zahedan, sari, an...

This paper presents an original interactive analysis method consisting of mathematical calculation based on theoretical mechanics and mechanics of materials, and dynamics simulation for quantifying outrigger reaction forces of a kind of hydraulic mobile crane, aiming to avoid the eventualities during normal operation as far as possible, for example, tipping-over. First, a three dimensional dyna...

conclusions the study concluded that there were certain criteria related to development of obesity during a specific period of childhood and taking certain precautions could be effective in preventing it. results the median age was 10.3 ± 2.1; 47.6% of the children were female and 52.4% of them were male. about 70.2% of the students consumed fast food. it was identified that 67.1% of the studen...

background exposure to the excessive levels of occupational noise is one of the principal harmful agents affecting the workers’ health. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between the occupational noise exposure and the hearing loss caused by working in small-scale service industries in the city of damavand, close to the metropolitan capital city of tehran, iran. methods this descr...

background: the primary objective of this study was to determine the association between risk factors and the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorder (msd) among auto repair mechanics in klang valley, malaysia. methods: overall, 191 mechanics from eight auto repair centers in klang valley, malaysia were stratified sampling as participants of this study. a modified version of the general standard...

This paper investigates kinetic behavior of a planetary rover with attention to tire-soil traction mechanics and articulated body dynamics, and thereby study the control when the rover travels over natural rough terrain. Experiments are carried out with a rover test bed to observe the physical phenomena of soils and to model the traction mechanics, using the tire slip ratio as a state variable....