PURPOSE This study examined dimensions of written composition by using multiple evaluative approaches such as an adapted 6 + 1 trait scoring, syntactic complexity measures, and productivity measures. It further examined unique relations of oral language and literacy skills to the identified dimensions of written composition. METHOD A large sample of 1st-grade students (N = 527) was assessed o...

There is a requisite need to document the health literacy status and its determinants for making recommendations for public health promotions. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of limited health literacy and its associated factors in Iranian studies. Search queries were made in PubMed, SCOPUS, SID, Irandoc, IranMedex, and Magiran from 2000 to 1 April 2016. The quality of the...

INTRODUCTION Linguistically adapted oral health literacy tools are helpful to assess oral health literacy among local population with clarity and understandability. The original oral health literacy adult questionnaire, Oral Health Literacy Adult Questionnaire, was given in English (2013), consisting of 17 items under 4 domains. The present study rationalizes to culturally adapt and validate Or...

Data mining is the process of extracting non-trivial patterns from large volumes of data. It generates insight and turns the data into valuable information. A critical yet common flaw when performing data mining is to disregard the geographic origin of the data. When this geospatial attribute is taken into consideration, the process is called geospatial data mining. This task essentially deals ...