In this paper, we propose a spatially accurate definition of scale for images. The proposed definition of local scale relies on the hierarchical structure of the topographic map, the set of all level lines of an image. Namely, a connected component of a level line is associated to each point of the image and the scale at this point is then computed from the corresponding shape. Level lines are ...

patients and methods the current methodological study went through three consecutive phases. in the first phase, the concept of sexual satisfaction was defined and analyzed by the hybrid model approach. in the second phase, an item pool was generated by the findings of the first phase. finally, the psychometric properties of the scale were evaluated in the third phase. all data analyses were pe...

the purpose of the present study was to develop and estimate the psychometric properties of the faith in marital life scale as an instrument for evaluation of religious attitudes toward marital relationship. to this end, a sample of 243 students together with their spouses was selected using the cluster random sampling method from among the students of universities in tehran province. the data ...

objective: the purpose of this study is to examine the factor structure, internal consistency, and construct validity of preschool, first and second grade versions of berkeley parenting self-efficacy scale. method: the subjects were 317 mothers: (102 mothers of preschool children, 111 mothers of first grade children and 104 mothers of second grade children) who were randomly selected from schoo...

Factor analysis was carried out on the National Adult Reading Test (NART) and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) performance of 139 normal subjects. The NART loaded very highly on factor I extracted by principal components analysis (PCA), suggesting that the NART has high construct validity as a measure of general intelligence. Varimax rotation of the three factors extracted by PCA produc...