social anxiety (or social phobia) disorder is defined as a constant fear of being embarrassed or negatively evaluated in social situations or while doing activities in the presence of others. several studies have examined the role of certain variables that might predict response to treatment and may affect treatment outcome. the purpose of this study was to identify predictive variables of chan...

introduction: construction phase in industries is a dynamic process that is naturally and intrinsically dangerous and as it becomes more complicated, the accidents rate also increases. one should note that without considering a model, one could not obtain useful and reliable information and method to prevent accidents. therefore, to achieve useful methods for preventing accidents, it is desirab...

the present research analyzes air quality in ahvaz, a city in the south of iran, paying special attention to sulfur dioxide (so2). in order to prepare the average data in the city, measurements have been carried out between 2009 and 2010 in two different locations. relations between sulfur dioxide and some meteorological parameters have been calculated statistically, using the daily average dat...

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a method used to monitor and predict project completion time. This uses linear approach in predicting time completion. Unfortunately, most of the projects run dynamic environments with complex characteristics, causing progress require non-linear approach. That why use EVM monitoring less effective. study proposes more realistic alternative using non-Linear based...

BACKGROUND Childhood growth is a cornerstone of pediatric research. Statistical models need to consider individual trajectories to adequately describe growth outcomes. Specifically, well-defined longitudinal models are essential to characterize both population and subject-specific growth. Linear mixed-effect models with cubic regression splines can account for the nonlinearity of growth curves ...