sensitivity analysis might be considered as one of inevitable steps in modelling since it would help to determine the behaviour of model, which was developed for further application. sensitivity analysis was not paid much attention in studies that have been conducted for modelling the relationship between stream water quality and land cover except machine learning techniques such as artificial ...

background: students' view is an important factor in assessing the quality of universities. servqual pattern is regarded as the most prominent for services quality measurement. this study aimed to review systematically studies that investigated the quality of educational services. methods: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating students’ viewpoint about quality of education...

background and objectives: considering the importance of medical education quality in achieving a healthycommunity, there is a need for the development of valid and reliable tools for efficient measurement of quality of medical education services. sevqual is a popular services quality measuring framework used in assessment of quality in various service sectors. the purpose of this study was to ...

background: unsustainable development of human societies, especially in arid and semi-arid areas, is one of the most important environmental hazards that require preservation of groundwater resources, and permanent study of qualitative and quantitative changes through sampling. accordingly, this research attempts to assess and analyze the spatial variation of quantitative and qualitative indica...

background: course plan is among the useful tools to improve the quality of education. this study is conducted to analyze the content of course plans presented by teachers in the school of health of mashhad university of medical sciences. methods:in this cross - sectional study, 98 out of 102 course plans of second semester of the academic year 2012-2013 were evaluated. the data was collected u...

selecting within local pomegranate accessions is the main method used to identify new cultivars. total of 76 pomegranate accessions from hatay, turkey, were collected and their morpho-pomological and chemical characteristics were determined. the results showed that there was significant diversity among the accessions in terms of fruit quality parameters. several accessions were notable for thei...

the objective of this study was to classify the shoosh aquifer to several zones with different water quality in khuzestan province, iran. in this regard, the performance of classification methods (discriminant function and cluster analysis) for the classification of groundwater based on the level of pollution with an emphasis on the problem of over-fitting in training data were considered. an o...

assessing the quality of groundwater is important to ensure the sustainablesafe use of these resources. however, describing the overall water quality condition isdifficult due to the spatial variability of multiple contaminants and the wide range ofindicators (chemical, physical and biological) that could be measured. therefore, in thiscase study, some water quality parameters including na, mg,...

background following the implementation of family physician plan in rural areas, the quantity of provided services has been increased, but what leads on the next topic is the improvement in expected quality of service, as well. the present study aims at determining the gap between patients’ expectation and perception from the quality of services provided by family physicians during the spring a...

this study determined the effects of carboxymethylcellulose gel on rheological properties of bread dough, quality parameters for barbari bread (volume, specific volume, hardness and softness of texture, cooking loss, water activity), and sensory properties of fresh bread. hydrocolloid carboxymethylcellulose (cmc) was added at 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% w/w (flour basis) to wheat flour. a farinograph was us...