Observational studies indicate that psychologic factors strongly influence the course of coronary artery disease (CAD). In this review, we examine new epidemiologic evidence for the association between psychosocial risk factors and CAD, identify pathologic mechanisms that may be responsible for this association, and describe a paradigm for studying positive psychologic factors that may act as a...

entrepreneurship has long history in human life and related studies have been conducted primarily in scientific circles by industrialized countries. however, this topic has been discussed recently in our country. the main objective of this study was to assess the behavioral and personality characteristics of entrepreneurship in order to identify entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs of dairy catt...

A theory-based protection and risk model was applied to explain variation in college students' cigarette smoking. Key aims were to examine whether psychosocial and behavioral protective and risk factors can account for cross-sectional and developmental variation in smoking, and to examine whether protection moderates the impact of risk on smoking involvement. Data for this three-wave longitudin...

inhibitor development is a lifelong challenge for patients with bleeding disorders who received replacement therapy. most commonly, inhibitor formation was observed in hemophilia a patients but patients with rare bleeding disorders (rbd) especially patients with deficiency of factor xiii (fxiii) and factor v (fv) can develop an inhibitor against exogenous factors. several factors considered as ...