objectives: the main purpose of this study was to determine the interactive role of physical activity and personality traits inpsychosocial development of elders. methods & materials: this research was a casual comparative with 300 elders (150 active and 150 non-actives) with 60-85 years old from tehran selected as statistical sample on available bases. all subjects completed psychosocial devel...

This paper applies Reckless’ theory of containment to the problem of unethical business decision making. Containment theory asserts that deviance will occur when controls are weakened to the point of being insufficient to contain motivated behavior in the presence of an unethical opportunity. The theory accounts for the presence of inner controls and outer controls, as well as factors that push...

Content Analysis of Seventh Grade’s Science Textbook in terms of Problem Solving Stages M. Sami’ee Zafarghandi, Ph.D. F. Khojasteh The national curriculum in science is not geared solely toward the development of scientific skills and transfer of knowledge products. Accordingly the learning of scientific methods is among the main objectives of science education. To...

In this research, we have developed the data driven computational walking model to overcome the problem with traditional kinematics based model. Our model is adaptable and can adjust the parameter morphological similar to human. The human walk is a combination of different discrete sub-phases with their continuous dynamics. Any system which exhibits the discrete switching logic and continuous d...

Push back design as a complex task, is one of the major steps in the open pit mines planning. Push backs can be generated by varying economic factors such as commodity price, mining cost, processing cost, etc. Another important issue in generating push backs is grade uncertainty, which can cause the problem be more complex. Conventional methods of push back design ignore grade uncertainty. To o...

This article analyses the push and pull factors that bring visitors to the Iranian national parks. The study used a structured questionnaire to collect data on these factors and the socio-demographic profile of the visitors. Survey conducted in Boujagh National Park, an area of 3177 hectares located in the north of the Iran, produced 400 questionnaires. The factor analysis identified four push ...

this article analyses the push and pull factors that bring visitors to the iranian national parks. the study used a structured questionnaire to collect data on these factors and the socio-demographic profile of the visitors. survey conducted in boujagh national park, an area of 3177 hectares located in the north of the iran, produced 400 questionnaires. the factor analysis identified four push ...