Modifying the Qualitative Delphi Technique to Develop the Female Soldier Support Model

Utilize the modified Delphi technique to develop trauma care indicators.

OBJECTIVE Develop performance indicators reflecting the quality of trauma-patient-care in the emergency room and hospitalization within the first 48 hours. MATERIAL AND METHOD A two-round Delphi technique was conducted. A panel of 11 expert surgeons experienced in the fields of trauma care was consulted. The panel was initially asked to rate performance indicators that reflected the quality o...

Sensors to Support the Soldier

The Female Soldier

Since the 1970s, women have been increasingly integrated into the military; in Iraq and Afghanistan many women served on the frontline in combat. This article argues women’s integration has been facilitated by the all-volunteer professional forces in which individuals are judged purely by competence. Female soldiers have been accepted in all military roles if they perform competently. There are...

willingness to communicate in the iranian context: language learning orientation and social support

why some learners are willing to communicate in english, concurrently others are not, has been an intensive investigation in l2 education. willingness to communicate (wtc) proposed as initiating to communicate while given a choice has recently played a crucial role in l2 learning. it was hypothesized that wtc would be associated with language learning orientations (llos) as well as social suppo...

Modifying the Black-Scholes model to valuate preemption right

In this paper, we try and valuate preemption rights by modifying the Black-Scholes model, which is widely used to valuate options and other derivatives. Here we first present the basics of the Black-Scholes model and then we discus modification of the model to be fit for preemption right valuation. At the end, we valuate four of the preemptive rights using the proposed model