Generalized linear models are a powerful tool to measure relationships between variables, as they can handle nonnormal distributions without altering the properties of variables involved. When applied to risk factor analysis, they can help determine the most important factors contributing to the incidence, prevalence or acquisition of a particular medical condition. This paper presents a partic...

This paper presents our recent work on the investigation of affective speech along the pleasure-displeasure (P) dimension in the PAD emotional space. First, 76 conventional features are taken as candidates. And a novel feature, F0 Dominant Ratio, which is designed to reflect the dominant pitch, is also introduced. Correlative coefficients are calculated and a preliminary selection is done. Fact...

The high population growth rate can impact various fields due to several factors. Some of the impacts this are poverty rates, unemployment, consumption levels, inequality in education figures, gender empowerment index, and increasingly narrow land or area. Therefore, research on using data poverty, area makes sense. This was taken from official website Central Statistics Agency for six province...

the present research is concerned with the determination of ductility, over-strength and response modification factors of coupled steel shear wall frames. three structural models with various numbers of stories, bay width and coupling beam height were analyzed using static pushover and incremental nonlinear dynamic analyses. the ductility, over-strength and response modification factors for the...

  Background: An important factor in the prevention of industrial accidents is the ability of employees to maintain awareness of the work situation, understand the information it holds, and predict how situations will develop. In the present study, we examined the role of fatalistic beliefs and safety climate in predicting occupational situation awareness (SA) among workers.   Mate...

background: this study aimed at investigating the simple and multiple relationships between   personality traits and addic­tion potential in university students. methods: three hundred and forty two students were selected by cluster sampling from the shahid chamran university (iran). the scales used for this descriptive study were neo-ffi personality inventory and iranian addiction potential sc...

measurements of pb, cu, zn, as, ni, hg, and fe heavy metals and major elements and components such as ca, hco3, so4, na, k, mg and cl in soluble rain fractions were performed on rainwater collected at arak plain during the rainy seasons of 2012. concentrations of the heavy metals in the soluble fractions decreased for fe, pb, zn, ni, cu, as and hg, respectively and the major elements and compon...

This study presents a new inventory to assess thought-action fusion (TAF). 160 college students ages 18 to 22 (M = 19.17, SD = 1.11) completed the new Modified Thought Action Scale (MTAFS). Results indicated high internal consistency in the MTAFS (Cronbach’s α = .95). A principal component analysis suggested a three factor solution of TAF-Moral (TAFM), TAFLikelihood (TAFL), and TAF-Harm avoidan...

Objective: An important factor in the prevention of industrial accidents is the employees’ ability to maintain their awareness of the work situation, understand the information it holds, and predict the development of the situations. In this study, we examined the role of work stress and sleepiness in predicting work situation awareness among workers.  Methods: The present study was a cross-...