The "Quantitative Global Scarring Grading System for Postacne Scarring" was developed in English for acne scar grading, based on the number and severity of each type of scar. The aims of this study were to translate this scale into Brazilian Portuguese and verify its reliability and validity. The study followed five steps: Translation, Expert Panel, Back Translation, Approval of authors and Val...

Here we introduce a new, instrument controlled valving scheme for the centrifugal platform which is based upon dissolvable film (DF) technology. Liquid, restrained at any point upon the disc, is prevented from wetting a DF via a trapped gas pocket. From this pocket a pneumatic channel runs to a sealed vent located on the top surface of the disc. Controlled scouring of this seal by a robotic kni...

This paper reports on recent work undertaken to study the use of virtual environments for the prediction and assessment of aesthetic quality within the automobile industry. This paper builds on previously reported work and focuses on the recent development and evaluation of two new simulation modules that extend an existing system to facilitate the visualisation of non-nominal product variants....

We explore how financial distress and choices are affected by noncognitive abilities. Our measures stem from research in psychology and economics. In a representative panel of households, we find that people in the bottom decile of noncognitive abilities are five times more likely to experience financial distress compared to those in the top decile. Relatedly, individuals with lower noncognitiv...

This paper analyzes the second order bias of instrumental variables estimators for a dynamic panel model with fixed effects. Three different methods of second order bias correction are considered. Simulation experiments show that these methods perform well if the model does not have a root near unity but break down near the unit circle. To remedy the problem near the unit root a weak instrument...

the present study aimed to study guidelines for jihad-e-keshavarzi organization of gilan province to become learning organization through strengthening organizational citizenship behavior and attitudes of employees. a questionnaire based survey was applied to 159 employees estimated through stratified random sampling. the face and content validity of questionnaire was confirmed by panel of expe...

this article outlines the government facilitator roles in ecopreneurship functions inenvironmental ngos. target group was environmental ngos in iran (key actors, committed to preservingecological and environmental integrity). accelerating innovation way for improving the environmentalconservation by environmental ngos is the conceptual mean of ecopreneurship in this research. questionnaireas a ...

the main purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting entrepreneurial motivations of agricultural students at razi university. statistical population of this study consisted of all agricultural undergraduate students (senior) (n=186), that 164 of them were selected as research sample using proportionate stratified sampling method. the main instrument in this study was questionnair...

awareness of the perception of farmers toward cooperation is an important step for developing the role of cooperatives in rural economy. the purpose of this descriptive-correlational study was to investigate perception of farmers toward cooperation. the statistical population for the study consisted of farmer heads of families in the rural society of kermanshah township (n=24391). three hundred...

drought, known as one of the serious natural disasters, has adversely affected climatic equilibrium of the countries during recent years, bringing about various economic and social losses. the purpose followed in this study was to assess the effective factors involved in the adoption of the type of management wheat farmers of varamin township choose to alleviate the situation. the methodologica...