Comparative Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy on Emotion Regulation, Positive and Negative Affection, Aggressive and Self-Harm Behaviors of 13-16-Year-Old Female Students

This study was aimed to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy with dialectical behavior therapy on emotion regulation, positive and negative affection, aggressive and self-harm behaviors of 13 to 16-year-old female students. The results showed that both CBT and DBT have a significant effect on increasing emotional regulation and positive affect, and decreasing negative affect, reducing aggressive behavior and self-harm. Also there was no significant difference between two treatments in increasing the positive affection and decreasing negative affection, but the effect of DBT on increasing emotional regulation and reducing self-harm and aggressive behaviors was significantly more than CBT

Crop Production Planning Combining Economic and Environmental Priorities Case study: Varamin Agricultural Complex

As societies grow, human survival and well-being depend heavily on the efficient management of natural resources and the pursuit of sustainable agricultural dimensions. The aim of this study was to develop an optimal model of crop production planning in Varamin Agricultural Complex as one of the leading units in the agricultural sector of this city, with simultaneous integration of economic and environmental priorities. For this purpose, the statistical information of this agricultural unit was used during the 2015-2016 in formulating a multi-criteria mathematical programming model. In this model, it's possible to explicitly address all the priorities of future production plans. Therefore, the results showed that in optimum conditions for planning the production of crops in this unit, the goals of maximum gross margin, maximum net energy generated and minimum utilization of agricultural machinery as economic ideals and the minimum use of chemical pesticides as an environmental goal will be available simultaneously. Moreover, by combining economic and environmental priorities, wheat, barley silage, herbs and forage corn are the main combinations of optimal planning pattern

Does Quantum Mechanics Breed Larger, More Intricate Quantum Theories? The Case for Experience-Centric Quantum Theory and the Interactome of Quantum Theories

We pose and address the radical question that whether quantum mechanics, known for its firm internal structure and enormous empirical success, carries in itself the genome of larger quantum theories which have higher internal intricacies and phenomenological versatilities. That is, on the basic level of closed quantum systems and regardless of interpretational aspects, whether standard quantum theory (SQT) harbors quantum theories with context-based deformed principles or structures, having definite predictive power within broader scopes. We answer the question in affirmative following complementary evidence and reasoning arising from quantum-computation-based quantum simulation and fundamental, general, abstract rationales in the frameworks of information theory, fundamental or functional emergence, and participatory agency. In this light, as we show, one is led to the recently proposed experience-centric quantum theory (ECQT), which is a larger and richer theory of quantum behaviors with drastically generalized quantum dynamics. ECQT allows the quantum information of the closed quantum system's developed state history to continually contribute to defining manybody interactions, Hamiltonians, and even internal elements and ``particles'' of the total system. Hence the unitary evolutions are continually impacted and become guidable by the agent-system's experience. The intrinsic interplay of unitarity and non-Markovianity in ECQT brings about a host of diverse behavioral phases, which concurrently infuse closed and open quantum system characteristics and even surpasses the theory of open systems in SQT. In the broader perspective, an upshot of our investigation is the existence of the quantum interactome--the interactive landscape of all coexisting, independent context-based quantum theories which emerge from inferential participatory agencies--and its predictive phenomenological utility.Comment: 54 page

The Impact of Environmental Stimuli on Hotel Service Employees’ Service Sabotage:Mediation Role of Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Dissonance

While scholarly inquiries into Service Sabotage (SS) have received ample attention in the literature of various industries, the role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Emotional Dissonance (ED) in employee-customer relations in the context of Environmental Stimuli (ES) in the tourism accommodation sector has remained unexplored. The role of employee–customer interaction in tourism is paramount for a hospitality organization’s growth, sustainability, and profitability. We hypothesized hotel service employees’ EI and ED can be influential factors to SS. Adopting the Mehrabian–Russell model (M–R) and Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) framework as conceptual paradigms, we tested the effect of hotel ambiance on employees’ emotions, which can have significant effects on SS. The study revealed that ES links to behaviors and elicits EI and ED as human emotional responses to environments that have a parallel mediating effect on mitigating or neutralizing the negative effect of SS in an organization. The findings provide important insights into an organization’s awareness of the provision of ES as a positive factor for employees, subsequently forming their behavioral consequences of EI and ED which can mitigate the negative impacts of SS. The study yields important implications on how hospitality organizations should pay attention to the impact of rule-breaking behaviors. Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed.This article belongs to the Special Issue Intention and Tourism/Hospitality Developmen

Evaluation of the Housekeeping Genes; β‐Actin, Glyceraldehyde‐3‐Phosphate‐Dehydrogenase, and 18S rRNA for Normalization in Real‐Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis of Gene Expression in Human Adipose Tissue

Background: Several studies suggested that beta-actin, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), and 18S rRNA are expressed constitutively and contribute to the fundamental reference actions essential for cell viability and maintenance. However, there are inconsistency in this regard. Hence, we aimed to evaluate the accuracy of these three potential reference genes for Real‐Time quantitative reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction (qRT‐PCR) application for normalization in two types of human adipose tissues.Materials and Methods: Subcutaneous and visceral fat tissues were derived from 19 healthy and 20 obese subjects and RT-qPCR was applied to determine the expression levels of beta-actin, GAPDH, and18S rRNA.Results: The gene expression level of beta-actin, GAPDH, and 18S rRNA was essentially the same in the subcutaneous and visceral fat tissues of all participants (P>0.05). Hence, all considered housekeeping genes displayed high expression stability and the analysis revealed that normalization to all of these three housekeeping genes gave a result that satisfactorily reflected the acceptable mRNA expression levels in adipose tissues.Conclusion: Collectively, our findings suggest of beta-actin, GAPDH, and18S rRNA as reference genes applicable in human adipose tissue in the context of obesity

Investigating the geographical distribution of skin cancer (BCC type) in Ardabil province via GIS

Background: Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in most countries and it holds the first or the second place in terms of frequency in different areas of the country. BCC is the most usual type of tumor in the white skinned people, and its incidence rate rises as individuals get older, especially after age 40.Thistype of skin cancer mostly occurs in the white skinned people and, in85% of cases; it develops on the head and neck. This study aimed at examining the geographical distribution of skin cancer (BCC type) in Ardabil province through GIS.Methods: This cross-sectional study has been done on 131 cases of skin cancer with type BCC in 2007-2014. The required information such as age, sex, occupation, and the locus of BCC, was extracted from the patients' records based on their place of residence. Data analysis was performed using SPSS (version 20). ARC GIS (version 10) was used for drawing geographic maps.Results: 50.4% of the subjects were men and the mean age of them was 62.8±14.5 years. Of the subjects, 66.4% were from Ardabil city, 80.2% from urban population and 15.3% of the subjects were smokers. Of the patients, 78.5% had developed cancer in their face.Conclusions: Results showed that for control of cancer, educational interventions should be given priority, and people should be instructed about the use of personal protection equipment, like proper sunscreen cream, hat and sunshade in the workplace, as far as it is possible.

The Nonlinear Relationship between Bank Credits and Agricultural Employment in Mazandaran Province

Mazandaran province is one of the most important agricultural areas in Iran. Researches findings show that the role of bank credits is really important due to the lack of available funds in agricultural sector. In this study, the relationship between allocation of Agricultural Bank credits of Iran as professional bank section and agricultural employment was studied in the Mazandaran province based on a threshold error correction model during 1981-2011. The results show that the impact of credits on agricultural employment has been significantly different in upper and lower level of estimated threshold. The estimated threshold is about 44 percent for bank credits. The impact of bank credits on agricultural employment will be significantly negative when they exceeds from the threshold point. The results confirm transfer of capital from agriculture to other sections, resulting in a lack of integrated management for credit allocation system

Comparison of Face to Face vs. Group Training on Self-pulse Rate taking Ability of Patients

Introduction: Determining the rate and regularity of peripheral arterial pulses has a major role in assessing the clinical status of patients with cardiovascular disorders. We compared two training methods on the ability of patients to take their radial pulse rate accurately.Methods: Three-hundred patients were randomly divided into two arms. One arm received individual face-to-face training and the other arm received group training via displaying an animation movie. Immediately after the training and then after 48 hours, the patients were tested by a nurse to find out whether they have learned the correct technique of taking radial pulse rate or not.Results: Immediately after the intervention, 84.9% in face-to-face arm and 81.8% in group training arm were able to correctly count their radial pulse rate (P = 0.536). After 48 hours, 71.7% in face-to-face and 60.8% in group training arm were able to correctly count their radial pulse rate (P = 0.051).Conclusions: Both methods were effective to improve the ability of the patients to count their radial pulse rate correctly though face-to-face method was marginally superior to group training