The tremendous increase in smartphone usage is accompanied by an the need for more energy. This preoperational relationship between modern technology and energy generates energy-greedy apps, therefore power-hungry end users. With many apps falling under same category app store, these usually share similar functionality. Because developers follow different design development schools, each has it...

OBJECTIVE Irritability is a prominent symptom in the spectrum of female-specific mood disorders, and in some women, irritability is serious enough to disrupt their lives and warrant treatment. The objective of this research was to develop a new, female-specific state measure of irritability. METHODS We constructed self-rating and observer rating scales using items derived from spontaneous des...

With the advancements in internet facilities, people are more inclined towards use of online services. The service providers shelve their items for e-users. These users post feedbacks, reviews, ratings, etc. after item. enormous increase these reviews has raised need an automated system to analyze rate items. Sentiment Analysis (SA) is a technique that performs such decision analysis. This rese...

This study compared farmers’ rating of extension effectiveness in technology dissemination to the level of adoption. In conducting the study, 180 farmers participating in extension programme in Cross-River State were randomly selected through multi-stage random sampling technique. The data collected through a structured questionnaire were analyzed using the t-test of significance of difference ...

The objectives of this study were (a) to examine the writing performance of L2 learners on the level-specific tasks based on Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and (b) to study the likely difference between students' self-assessed level of writing and those reported by raters. The study was conducted with 138 Iranian students at BA and MA levels in Alborz Institute of Higher Educatio...

The respective study covers three aspects; factors determining credit rating, credit rating impact on performance of entities and the relation between stock returns and credit rating. The study focuses on the firms listed in Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) of Taiwan. The empirical analysis uses the data of 50 firms rated by Taiwan Ratings Corporation (TRC) for the period 2010-2015. Two estimation t...

This report is in the public domain. Permission to reproduce is not necessary. Overview This Brief compares three hypothetical Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) that use different rating structures: block, points, and hybrid. Because the quality standards in the hypothetical QRIS are held relatively constant across structures, analyses can be conducted to determine how structure rel...

This study concerns the problem of aspect-level opinion (sentiment) mining from online reviews. The problem consists of two fundamental sub-tasks: aspect extraction (identify specific aspects of the product from reviews), and aspect rating estimation (offer a numerical rating for each aspect). Solving this problem is important and useful for many applications, e.g., providing aspect-level revie...

Background: It is important to use reliable, valid, and responsive instruments to assess the treatment outcomes. The functional rating index (FRI) is a patient reported outcome measure to assess the pain and function in patients with neck and low back pain. The FRI has been translated and culturally adapted into Persian language. The purpose of this study was to investigate the responsiveness o...