Abstract Introduction: The negative experience of childbirth has many consequences for the mother and the baby. This study analyzed the relationship of childbirth experience with mother-infant bonding and the child's growth and development. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the participants were 216 eligible women selected from all health centers in Zanjan City, Iran (36 h...

Phyllodes tumors are biphasic fibroepithelial neoplasms of the breast. While the surgical management of these relatively uncommon tumors has been addressed in the literature, few reports have commented on the surgical approach to tumors greater than ten centimetres in diameter – the giant phyllodes tumor. We report a case of giant breast tumors and discuss the techniques utilized for pre-...

Background: Gender identity disorder and its treatment with sex reassignment surgery is a profound experience, which can affect the mental, interpersonal, social and religious aspects of one’s life.   Methods: This was a qualitative content analysis study focusing on the various dimensions of the experiences of seven patients suffering from gender identity disorder in a female-to-...

Phenomenology is a recommended methodology when the study goals are to understand the meanings of human experiences or to explore concepts from new and fresh perspectives. However, existing methodology guidance is often conceptual and abstract. Few procedural instructions exist regarding data coding and interpretation. In this paper, the author reports on his experiences with phenomenology in t...

This paper discusses our experiences regarding the design and implementation of the MultiView system { a framework for the speciication, creation, and management of updatable views in object-oriented databases (OODBs) { using commercially available OODB technology. MultiView, which simpliies view schema design and maintenance by breaking view speciication into the tasks of class derivation, glo...

Content analysis is now also popular in LIS research. It is a flexible and unobtrusive method to analyse the meanings of narratives objectively. However, the objectivity of analysis relies heavily on a well-constructed coding scheme as well as the consistency of coding behaviour. In this paper, we shared our experiences with content analysis in three very different LIS research. We emphasized o...

Ever increasing complexity, higher demand for proactiveness, and high speeds of innovation resulting from heavy competition, demand the adoption of more intelligent systems, which are capable of producing optimal results, in all fields. B2C E-Commerce applications are no different. The major challenge in transitioning a brick and mortar business to an online environment is to provide the same u...

Ambient Intelligence or ubiquitous computing is the technology vision of the future. Ambient Intelligence will provide applications and services to users anywhere and anytime. To ensure acceptability and pleasurability, Ambient Intelligence systems should also be socially intelligent. This requires research and design sensitive to the user’s emotions. 3E is an emotion assessment method for coll...

31 cases of sacrococcygeal teratoma from the children's hospital of ziirich and 25 cases from the children's hospital of tehran are evaluated and compared. in seven cases the tumors were organized. they contained parts of organs or rudimentary extremities. according to general experience the malignancy of tumors is higher in children who are operated on after their second to fourth mo...