construction plans are regarded as the basis of the economy in the society. any delays in the utilization of projects can cause to waste the investments and the loss of technical and economic justifications. in this paper, the barriers of on-time delivery in water projects will be scrutinized in mazandaran regional water company. so, the independent variables such as management obstacles, cultu...

INTRODUCTION While seasonal influenza vaccination is recommended for individuals with asthma, uptake in this population is low. We examined how self-rated health impacts reasons for not being immunized against influenza in Canadian adults with asthma, focusing on those who have never been immunized. METHODS We pooled four cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey (cycles 3.1(2005), 2007/...

feature extraction is a main step in all perceptual image hashing schemes in which robust features will led to better results in perceptual robustness. simplicity, discriminative power, computational efficiency and robustness to illumination changes are counted as distinguished properties of local binary pattern features. in this paper, we investigate the use of local binary patterns for percep...

Effective communication creates a positive working environment and thus increases the job performance of staff. However, absence proper between members an organisation or company would result in failure to achieve agreement while working. Therefore, this study aims investigate how perceptual factors, verbal, non-verbal can be barriers effective workplace. A set questionnaires is used distribute...

Social cognitive career theory (SCCT) emphasizes the potential impact of contextual barriers on vocational self-efficacy, interests, and goals. However, most tests of SCCT to date have focused exclusively on person-level, perceptual barriers rather than objective, macroeconomic barriers that may influence large groups of people. In this study, we examine how the effects of personal experiences ...

The goal of this tutorial is to reduce the "barriers of entry" for cognitive scientists interested in studying perceptual/ cognitive processes with complex, real-world stimuli and in doing so with confidence in their underlying techniques and conceptual approach. The content of this session will span basic topics in the selection/creation and (crucial) preprocessing of complex images; powerful ...

Despite numerous opportunities for health information systems research (HISR) and mainstream IS to inform each other's theoretical and empirical work, very little HISR work finds its way into mainstream IS journals. In this paper, we discuss ways to get the two fields to "dance" by examining a number of benefits to HISR-IS cross-fertilization, a number of possible perceptual and intellectual ba...

PURPOSE to evaluate the proportion of self-referred screening participants having various psychological barriers and the factors associated with these barriers. METHODS A territory-wide bowel cancer screening centre sent an invitation via the media to all Hong Kong residents aged 50-70 years who were asymptomatic of CRC to join a free screening programme. Upon attendance they were requested t...

An evidence-based review was undertaken to answer the question, "What is the evidence for the effect of interventions designed to modify and maintain perceptual abilities on the occupational performance of people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias?" A systematic search of electronic databases and application of inclusion and exclusion criteria guided the selection of 31 articles. Ea...

Through advances in production and treatment technologies, transparent glass has become an increasingly versatile material and a global hallmark of modern architecture. In the shape of invisible barriers, it defines spaces while simultaneously shaping their lighting, noise, and climate conditions. Despite these unique architectural qualities, little is known regarding the human experience with ...