New home buyers in United States are becoming more discriminating in their home buying decision. They are demanding quality construction at reasonable prices. The current state of construction market also gives construction buyers more ammunition to be more discriminate when they choose to purchase homes.  To be competitive and remain in business, housing contractors and developers must meet th...

Background & aim: To have successful pregnancy, it is necessary to focus on the mother’s quality of life during pregnancy. This study was conducted to determine the predictors of quality of life among Iranian pregnant women.  Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 565 pregnant women visiting health centers of Tabriz, Iran, 2015. The participants were selected using the cluster sam...

In this paper, the variation transmission model is introduced to build the key quality characteristics identifying model in multistage manufacturing process. Then the PLSR (Partial Least Squares Regression) method is used to solve the multicollinearity problem of the quality characteristics, make model analyzing and identify the key quality characteristics. At last, the aircraft parts manufactu...