The importance of Iranian ancient as architectural heritage have to competent international prestige a nd respect due this is important with regard to proper conservation met hods based on non-destructive evaluation methods and non-contact testing providing enough accuracy and speed to bri ng performance to stabilize while correct location and age value of valuable architectural aspect of...

general knowledge of at risk people regarding malaria is key element to facilitate appropriate treatment and prevention behaviours. the aim of this study was to assess the family heads' understanding of malaria transmission, signs and symptoms, and preventive measures in malaria-affected districts of iran.in 2009 in a cluster randomized cross-sectional survey data were collected from the heads ...

one of the major problems for the implementation of infrastructure projects in various sectors of the economy, especially the energy sector, is the lack of liquidity. to solve this problem, project financing is created. bot contracts comprise one of the most common methods, particularly in infrastructure and energy sectors, and build-lease-transfer (blt) is a relatively new method of this appro...

background and purpose: delirium is a clinical syndrome with cognitive disorder, which occurs within a short time in the admitted patients, specially the elderly. regarding the fact that one third of the delirium incidences is preventable, applying nursing preventive measures is an issue of fundamental importance. the present study aimed to perform a systematic review over the nursing preventiv...

Abstract Across her body of work in film, television, and digital media, Desiree Akhavan has captured the awkward politics cultural production for female filmmakers media-makers. Yet she also refused to straightforwardly align with feminist critiques dominant practices, however much is interpellated by them. Akhavan, a queer woman color racist, sexist, homophobic industry, negotiates both conte...

Introduction: Application of biofeedback techniques in rehabilitation has turned into an exciting research area during the recent decade. Providing an appropriate visual or auditory biofeedback signal is the most critical requirement of a biofeedback technique. In this regard, changes in Surface Electromyography (SEMG) signals during wrist movement can be used to generate an indictable visual b...

Various measures have been used to evaluate the effectiveness of automated text scoring (ATS) systems with respect to a human gold standard. However, there is no systematic study comparing the efficacy of these metrics under different experimental conditions. In this paper we first argue that measures of agreement are more appropriate than measures of association (i.e., correlation) for measuri...

We propose two novel distance measures, normalized between 0 and 1, and based on normalized cross-correlation for image matching. These distance measures explicitly utilize the fact that for natural images there is a high correlation between spatially close pixels. Image matching is used in various computer vision tasks, and the requirements to the distance measure are application dependent. Im...

We sketch a novel and improved version of Boorse’s biostatistical theory of functions. Roughly, our theory maintains that (i) functions are non-negligible contributions to survival or inclusive fitness (when a trait contributes to survival or inclusive fitness); (ii) situations appropriate for the performance of a function are typical situations in which a trait contributes to survival or inclu...

BACKGROUND Exercise programmes are frequently advocated for the management of musculoskeletal disorders; however, adherence is an important pre-requisite for their success. The assessment of exercise adherence requires the use of relevant and appropriate measures, but guidance for appropriate assessment does not exist. This research will identify and evaluate the quality and acceptability of al...