The ICDAR Robust Reading Competition (RRC), initiated in 2003 and re-established in 2011, has become the defacto evaluation standard for the international community. Concurrent with its second incarnation in 2011, a continuous effort started to develop an online framework to facilitate the hosting and management of competitions. This short paper briefly outlines the Robust Reading Competition A...

The relationship between eating disorders and female intrasexual competition (ISC) was studied. More specifically, it was predicted that Female ISC for mates would be the strongest predictor of bulimia, and that, in contrast, Female ISC for status would be the strongest predictor of anorexia nervosa. A group of 202 undergraduate women, attending the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, participa...

background:     purpose:       methods:       results:     conclusion:     eywords : faculty evaluation , student ' s survey the finding of this study showed there were no statistically differences between the dependent and independents variables. however the weak negative correlation was found between age and teaching experience. it means young and less experienced faculty gets better score in...

the main aim of this study was to identify and present indicators and standards necessary for security management of sport facilities. these standards were recognized via a set of interviews and questionnaires through delphi method. the revised questionnaire of panteza et al. (2003) with 0.89 of reliability and interviews were used to collect data. the subjects were selected from purposeful sam...

A comprehensive evaluation of 62 spirometers from 37 different sources was performed using a two-part protocol: calibrated syringe, and dynamic waveform testing. All testingwas done with ambient air. Calibrated syringe testing examined the ability of the spirometers to accurately measure the output of a 3 L calibrating syringe under varying conditions. The accuracy, FVC volume linearity, and st...

In observational studies on cancer patients, progression of performance status over time can be described by using a multistate model in which state-to-state transitions represent changes in a patient's health condition. Although a patient experiences transitions in continuous time, assessments on the patient are often made at irregularly spaced time points. In this paper, the authors formulate...