Research findings suggest that the family context and communication patterns have high correlation with adolescent’s mental health indicators such as anxiety. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the mediator role of coping strategies in relation between family communication patterns and students social anxiety. 140 students of Shiraz guidance schools were studied they completed th...

We seek to bridge the gap between basic statistical data mining tools and advanced statistical analysis software that requires an expert operator. In this paper, we explore the automation of the process of statistical data analysis via model scoring functions and search algorithms through the space of statistical models. In particular, we focus on automated modeling using generalized linear sta...

Objective. To develop a predictive model for the risk of complications after thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Study Design. Case series with planned chart review of patients undergoing surgery, 2007-2013. Setting. Kaiser Permanente Northern California and Kaiser Permanente Southern California. Subjects and Methods. Patients (N = 16,458) undergoing thyroid and parathyroid procedures were randoml...

we examined the demographic characteristics of couples, ovarian response and sperm quality to determine the predictors of clinical fertilization in ivf cycles. a descriptive and analytic study was conducted using data and biologic specimens obtained fatemeh-alzahra of babol infertility center from 2004 to 2005. only data from 315 women who had medical indication for conventional ivf treatment w...

Past change in remnant vegetation patches was modeled using remotely-sensed MSS and TM imagery and G.I.S. The images covering 27 years from 1973 to 2000 were used in detecting change in vegetation through post-classification comparison and modeling it through neural networks and logistic regression methods. Physical factors, image-based layers and landscape metrics provided the 19 predictor var...

PREP (Prediction of risks in early onset pre-eclampsia) is a multicentre prospective cohort study aiming to develop and validate a prediction model in women admitted with early-onset pre-eclampsia for risk of adverse maternal outcome at 48 hours and until discharge. The primary outcome was a composite of adverse maternal outcomes and the secondary outcome a composite of adverse fetal outcomes. ...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: In spite of different reforms and programs, the evidence indicates that Iran dental health sector has not been able to improve the dental situation and decrease the unmet needs. This study assessed the factors which affect the avoiding dental visit during one year ago because of its costs.METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed on 1158 household heads which were se...