This article introduces quasi-Darwinian selection as a new explanatory paradigm for marketing relationships. In this paradigm, established relationships are viewed as survivors of a selection process whose parameters are the conduct of the partners, dependencies between the partners, and external adversities in the markets. Selection has the effect of culling certain combinations of these param...

The currently adaptive mechanisms adapt a single acoustic model for a speaker in speaker-independent speech recognition system. However, as more users use the same speech recognizer, single acoustic model adaptation leads to negative adaptation upon switching between users. Such a situation is problematic (undependable adaptation). This paper, considering the situation of a smart home or an off...

conclusions findings of this research indicated that the roy’s adaptation model-guided education promoted the adaptation level of physiologic and role function modes in veterans with lower extremities amputation. however, this intervention could not promote adaptation in self-concept and interdependence modes. more intervention is advised based on roy’s adaptation model for improving the adapta...

abstract background: stroke is a stressful event with several functional, physical, psychological, social, and economic problems that affect individuals’ different living balances. with coping strategies, patients try to control these problems and return to their natural life. the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a care plan based on roy adaptation model biological dimension on...

background & aim: one of the factors of affecting maternal anxiety is a history of fetal death or neonatal death. this anxiety affects fetal and maternal health. by consideration the impact of anxiety on fetal and maternal health and the lack of protective activities in this field, this study was done to determine the impact of adaptation with pregnancy educational package on anxiety and matern...

One of the major objectives in multimedia research is to provide pervasive access and personalized use of multimedia information. Pervasive access of video data implies the access of cognitive and affective aspects of video content. Personalized use requires the services satisfy individual user’s needs on video content. This article attempts to provide a content-on-demand (CoD) video adaptation...

this purpose of this research is to explain adaptation with drought from sustainabilitydimensions in nomadic societies. a questionnaire was developed from a review of literature,observations and open and semi-structural interviews with public and informant nomads,local leaders and with experts from the local and provincial institutions. prior to theapplication of factor analysis, two internal r...