The effectiveness of choice theory group therapy of glasser on divorced women self-efficacy

The purpose of the present research was to study the effectiveness of choice theory group therapy by William Glasser (1998) on divorced women self-efficacy between 18 to 23 years old. The research was semi experimental type along with pretest-past test. Using self-efficacy questionnaire (SGSES), 30 women who was of low self-efficacy were chosen on simple random and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Experiment group received 8 sessions treatment of Choice Theory group therapy for two months while the control group did not receive any training. After receiving training, self-efficacy was measured for next time. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS v.21 and by applying multivariate analysis covariance. The results revealed self-efficacy (P<0.05) significant effect. The present investigation clarified choice theory group therapy increased divorced women self-efficacy

Comparison of death anxiety, self-concept and attitudes to old age in the elderly living on their own, residing in nursing homes full-time or part-time, or living with extended families in Kermanshah, Iran

Background and Objective: Old age is an important period of life, and paying attention to the issues and needs of this course is a social necessity. Therefore, the present study aimed to compare death anxiety, self-concept and attitudes to old age in the elderly living on their own, residing in nursing homes full-time or part-time, or living with extended families in Kermanshah, Iran. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive and causal-comparative study, the statistical population consisted of the elderly living on their own, residing in nursing homes full-time or part-time, or living with extended families in Kermanshah, Iran over 2016-2017. A total of 304 subjects were selected through random sampling and convenience sampling. As for data collection, three questionnaires were employed:  Templer's Death Anxiety Scale  (1970), Beck’s Self-concept Inventory (1990), and Kogan's Attitudes toward Older People Scale (KAOPS) (1961). Results: The mean scores of just death and general factor of the variable of death anxiety and the mean scores of negative and positive attitudes of the elderly residing in nursing homes full-time were lower than those of other groups. In addition, the mean score of self-concept of the elderly living on their own was higher than those of other groups. Discussion and Conclusion: The levels of death anxiety and attitudes towards old age in the elderly residing in nursing homes were lower than those in other groups. It was also concluded that the level of self-concept of the elderly living on their own was higher than those of other groups

Investigation into the relationship between knowledge management process and strategic thinking capacity in Mazandaran Gas Company

The main object of this research is investigation into the relationship between knowledge management process and strategic thinking capacity in Mazandaran Gas Company. The object of this research can be considered in development and application of two angles. This research is an extended study because of its new subject especially in management studies since the results of its analysis results can help in practice, this research can be an applied research too. This research is descriptive and correlational from method view point. The results indicated there is a relationship between knowledge management process and strategic thinking capacity in Mazandaran Gas Company. Pearson's correlation between two variables of knowledge management process and capacity for strategic thinkingis 0/41 with the significance level lower than 0/05, indicating that the relation between them is positive .Knowledge management causes organization find strategic problem-solving ability and also apart from the ability to identify key issues The organizations can achieve their objectives through understanding the relationships and implementing effective mechanisms at risk management, planning, definition of performance indicators and achievements, performance evaluation, comparison, and providing information

Investigation into the relationship between knowledge management process and strategic thinking capacity in Mazandaran Gas Company

The main object of this research is investigation into the relationship between knowledge management process and strategic thinking capacity in Mazandaran Gas Company. The object of this research can be considered in development and application of two angles. This research is an extended study because of its new subject especially in management studies since the results of its analysis results can help in practice, this research can be an applied research too. This research is descriptive and correlational from method view point. The results indicated there is a relationship between knowledge management process and strategic thinking capacity in Mazandaran Gas Company. Pearson's correlation between two variables of knowledge management process and capacity for strategic thinkingis 0/41 with the significance level lower than 0/05, indicating that the relation between them is positive .Knowledge management causes organization find strategic problem-solving ability and also apart from the ability to identify key issues The organizations can achieve their objectives through understanding the relationships and implementing effective mechanisms at risk management, planning, definition of performance indicators and achievements, performance evaluation, comparison, and providing information

Visual servoing with safe interaction using image moments

The problem of image based visual servoing for robots working in a cluttered dynamic environment is addressed in this paper. It is assumed that the environment is observed by depth sensors which allow to measure the distance between any moving obstacle and the robot. Also an eye-in-hand camera is used to extract image features. The main idea is to control suitable image moments and to relax a certain number of robot's degrees of freedom during the interaction phase. If an obstacle approaches the robot, the main visual servoing task is relaxed partially or completely, while the image features are kept in the camera field of view by controlling the image moments. Fuzzy rules are used to set the desired values of the image moments. Beside that, the relaxed redundancy of the robot is exploited to avoid collisions. After removing the risk of collision, the main visual servoing task is resumed. The effectiveness of the algorithm is shown by several case studies on a KUKA LWR 4 robot arm

Screening of the aerodynamic and biophysical properties of barley malt

An understanding of the aerodynamic and biophysical properties of barley malt is necessary for the appropriate design of equipment for the handling, shipping, dehydration, grading, sorting and warehousing of this strategic crop. Malting is a complex biotechnological process that includes steeping; ger-mination and finally, the dehydration of cereal grains under controlled temperature and humidity conditions. In this investigation, the biophysical properties of barley malt were predicted using two models of artificial neural networks as well as response surface methodology. Stepping time and germination time were selected as the independent variables and 1 000 kernel weight, kernel density and terminal velocity were selected as the depen-dent variables (responses). The obtained outcomes showed that the artificial neural network model, with a logarithmic sigmoid activation function, presents more precise results than the response surface model in the prediction of the aerodynamic and biophysical properties of produced barley malt. This model presented the best result with 8 nodes in the hidden layer and significant correlation coefficient values of 0.783, 0.767 and 0.991 were obtained for responses one thousand kernel weight, kernel density, and terminal velocity, respectively. The outcomes indicated that this novel technique could be successfully applied in quantitative and qualitative monitoring within the malting process

Establishment of Brucellosis Relapse and Complications Registry: A Study Protocol

Brucellosis is an endemic bacterial zoonotic disease in developing countries; that is a serious public health problem in Iran. Brucellosis is a life-threatening multi-system disease in human with different clinical manifestations, complications and relapse. The incidence of brucellosis in Hamadan province, west of Iran is high. In addition, there is few reliable and population-based studies regarding relapse and complications of brucellosis in developing countries, therefore establishment of the registry system in areas with adequate occurrence of cases is needed to better understand the predictors of brucellosis relapse and complications and management of the disease. Detecting occurrence of relapse and complications over time and by geographical area provide information for further investigations and identification of health system deficiencies in the management of patients