We study preferences over opportunity sets. Such preferences are monotone if every opportunity set is at least as good as its subsets. We prove a representation theorem for monotone preferences. The representation suggests that the decision maker optimally contemplates his mood before making his ultimate choice from his opportunity set. We show that our model reduces to that of Kreps (1979) whe...

The paper deals with the relationship of Orthodox theology and science throughout history also considers contemporary dialogue science. foundational principle laid in thought Cappadocian Fathers emphasizes theosis as communion man God. next segment paradox search high knowledge: highest thing we are looking for is beyond our knowledge, which exact reason why Basil Caesarea has approved human re...

love for God. From the evaluation results of Sunday school teachers and parents, it is known that changes in Character building children can be done many ways. However, unfortunately there are still not servants God who have succeeded designing an activity fun, boring, full entertainment but also teaches spiritual character depth This paper discusses three methods used children's character-buil...

The Book of Lamentations is a book rich in theological reflections on condemnation and hope. reflection enriched by the type literature used, poetry with lamentation subgenre, an acrostic stratified text structure. richness depth his contemplation encourage research this biblical theology. purpose study to find theology punishment hope according Lamentations. method used synthesis finding liter...

Background The world-wide prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents has reached an alarming level and become a major health problem in today’s world. The aim of this study was to identify the stages and processes of change as well as their relationship with weight controlbased on a Trans- theoretical Model (TTM) in overweight and obese Iranian adolescents. Materials an...

background: this study examined the applicability of trans-theoretical model (ttm) to understand exercise behavior among female college students in hamadan university of medical sciences, iran in 2007. methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted. the dependent variables analyzed were exercise efficacy expectation, decisional balance (pros and cons). the independent variable was s...

When I was a medical student 42 years ago my neurological textbooks were replete with diagrams of the motor, sensory, visual, and speech areas of the cerebral cortex. It occurred to me then that perhaps the viscera might also have cortical representation and therefore why not try to find out if this were so? Sad to say I was dissuaded from investigative attempts on the grounds that time in medi...

Despite a decrease in incidence, smoking remains the most serious public health problem worldwide. Identification of the factors contributing to changes in willingness to quit smoking may aid the development of strategies that encourage smoking cessation. Pooled cross-sectional data from 11,924 smokers from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey II-V were analyzed. The stag...

Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy, decision-making balance, and change processes with stress management in middle-aged women. Instrument & Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in 2019 on 600 middle-aged women covered by Bushehr Comprehensive Health Services Centers. The method of sampling was stratified. Data was gathered by demogr...