aim: regular physical activity has several physical, psychological and social benefits. however, it is a global health problem, especially among icu nurses. therefore, in order to improve nurses’ physical activity, it is required to determine the effective correlated factors. the aim of this study was to delineate predictive factors on the physical activity of icu nurses based on a trans-theore...

A general formalism is presented for the solution of boundary value problems arising in the description of transport of mass or energy through multiphase media, which consists in identifying physical conditions of interfaces with criteria for self-adjointness of the operators concerned. Several examples have been presented which demonstrate the advantages of the formalism.

In the theory of living systems, any description of self-organizing processes is confronted by the central problem of self-generated system/environment boundaries. This contrasts with non-living systems where the boundary is always generated by an observer. A formal representation of the simultaneous existence of the inside and the outside of the system is required, i.e. the distinctions which ...

background: lifestyle-modification programs including physical activity are essential for both treatment and prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus ( t2dm ). however, factors associated with physical activity among patients are poorly understood. this study applied social-cognitive theory (sct) for predicting determinants of physical activity among women with t2dm in iran, 2013. methods: in thi...

A review of the research activities and achievements at Shenzhen University is conducted in this paper concerning the creation and further development of novel microcapsule based self-resilience systems for their application in concrete structures. After a brief description of pioneering works in the field starting about 10 years ago, the principles raised in the relevant research are examined,...

background: although hemodialysis has a therapeutic effect on esrd, but these patients encounter many physical, psychological, and social stress full factors that lead to a decrease in their quality of life (qol). one of the factors that are effective on increasing of qol is self care ability. review of literature demonstrates that there have been done a few studies on different aspects of qol ...