context-dependent modeling is a well-known approach to increase modeling accuracy in continuous speech recognition. the most common way to implement this approach is via triphone modeling. nevertheless, the large number of such models results in several problems in model training, whilst the robust training of such models is often hardly obtained. one approach to solve this problem is via param...

introduction. it is important for the managers to know about the most important needs of their employees. many authors believe that one of the most important aspects of working and progressing in an organization is motivation. considering the important role of clinical teachers in educating the medical students, investigating their teaching quality is important. one of the most effective factor...

There has been a paradigm shift in the teaching strategies fromdidactic or teacher-centered to more vibrant student centeredapproaches. For the last five decades, small group teaching(SGT) has been a hallmark of this reorientation of educationalstrategies especially in medical schools, which use problem-basedlearning as a core educational tool. The key strength of ...

introduction. clinical education is a process by which students obtain clinical experiences and ideas on the patients' bedside to be prepared for patient’s problem solving. continuous evaluation and identification of strengths and weaknesses of this process by different methods is necessary for development of an effective medical education and assessment of student satisfaction (ss) is one...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To compare continuous versus intermittent administration of piperacillin-tazobactam with regard to clinical, microbiologic, and economic outcomes. DESIGN Prospective, open-label controlled study SETTING Community teaching hospital. PATIENTS Ninety-eight hospitalized patients prescribed piperacillin-tazobactam. INTERVENTION Substitutions were implemented so that 47 patien...