FACTOR ANALYSIS OF CATEGORICAL DATA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

The Analysis of Ordered Categorical Data: An Overview and a Survey of Recent Developments

This article reviews methodologies used for analyzing ordered categorical (ordinal) response variables. We begin by surveying models for data with a single ordinal response variable. We also survey recently proposed strategies for modeling ordinal response variables when the data have some type of clustering or when repeated measurement occurs at various occasions for each subject, such as in l...

Factor Analysis for Categorical Data

An Analysis of Recent Developments in Countries with Islamic Awakening

Having mentioned some of major achievements by Islamic awakening, the author has studied developments in countries where Islamic awakening has occurred including Egypt, Yemen and Bahrain as case studies. Finally he has covered Syria's developments in detail and has compared its developments with other countries with respect to Islamic awakening. He has concluded that unlike claims by western co...

Phytoestrogens: recent developments

Phytoestrogens are polyphenolic non-steroidal plant compounds with estrogen like activity exerted through estrogen receptors. These receptors are distributed in several tissues such as male and female reproductive systems, bones, cardiovascular and central nervous systems. These natural phenolic compounds include isoflavonoids, flavonoids, lignans and stilbenes. Isoflavonoids are the most studi...

Phytoestrogens: recent developments

Phytoestrogens are polyphenolic non-steroidal plant compounds with estrogen like activity exerted through estrogen receptors. These receptors are distributed in several tissues such as male and female reproductive systems, bones, cardiovascular and central nervous systems. These natural phenolic compounds include isoflavonoids, flavonoids, lignans and stilbenes. Isoflavonoids are the most studi...