An Index to B. F. Skinner’s Particulars of My Life

To my F amily and P arents

iii Preface I would like to thank all the people who helped me make this thesis a fact. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Professor Peter Funk at Mälardalen University, Västerås who has contributed with lots of ideas and valuable discussions. I'm grateful to my assistant supervisor Dr. Ning Xiong, without them this thesis work would have been impossible. A special thanks to Profes...

My Life

ارزیابی پایایی و روایی نسخه فارسی پرسشنامه شاخص کیفیت زندگی (quality of life index)

چکیده مقدمه : پژوهش حاضر با هدف ترجمه و تعیین پایایی و روایی نسخه فارسی پرسشنامه ژنریک " شاخص کیفیت زندگی"(quality of life index) برای اندازه گیری کیفیت زندگی در ایران طراحی و انجام شد. روش : پس از اخذ اجازه از طراحان پرسشنامه ، بر اساس روش توصیه شده forward-backward، پرسشنامه مذکور ترجمه و در مطالعه ای آزمایشی به کار برده شد و پس از اعمال تغییرات لازم، پرسشنامه نهایی در بین 130 نفر از دانش...

My Life with an Automatic Theorem Prover

Sledgehammer integrates third-party automatic theorem provers in the proof assistant Isabelle/HOL. In the seven years since its first release in 2007, it has grown to become an essential part of most Isabelle users’ workflow. Although a lot of effort has gone into tuning the system, the main reason for Sledgehammer’s success is the impressive power of the external provers, especially E, SPASS, ...

“My quality of life is worse compared to my earlier life”

Weight loss surgery is commonly regarded as improving individuals' health and social life, and resulting in a happier and more active life for those defined as "morbidly obese." However, some researchers have started to doubt whether these positive outcomes apply to everyone and this article explores this doubt further. More specifically, we focus on the experiences of women whose life situatio...