Introduction to Special Issue, Vol. 15, Issue 1

Cover Special (1) Issue vol. 15, no. 7, October 2018

Persian-translation Special Issue vol. 15, no. 7, October 2018

Introduction to Special Issue

Although recent frameworks for test validation have emphasized utilization as a key component (e.g. Bachman & Palmer, 2010; Chapelle, 2012; Kane, 1992), what happens in the sometimes messy contexts where assessments are carried out is often not documented. This is perhaps because test developers are more focused on defining and operationalizing test constructs than on issues of implementation. ...

IMJM Vol. 15, Supplement Issue

Introduction: Leaves of mempelas paya (Tetracera indica) (family: Dilleniaceae) is traditionally used in diabetes management in Malaysia. However, no attempt has ever been made to discover an active principle responsible for its blood glucose lowering effect. Hence, this research deals with the isolation, in vivo antidiabetic and toxicological evaluation of an active principle. Methods: Chemica...

Preface: Introduction to Special Issue

Demands for flexibility, greater variety of products, and advanced production processes complicate the logistics and planning of manufacturing systems; this also increases the number of alternatives that should be formalized in a model. The evaluation of all the possible alternatives of the planning problem is often considered an NP-hard combinatorial problem. Practical problems often contain n...