this study investigated the characteristics of effective secondary school iranian efl teachers from students’ and teachers’ perspectives. to this end, 376 junior secondary school students and 32 efl teachers teaching at various iranian secondary schools participated in the study. a validated open-ended questionnaire was distributed among the student and teacher participants and asked for their ...

abstract purpose of this paper: the purpose of this article is to review some of the most prominent applications of rfid in industries and to provide a comprehensive review of the work done from 1985 through 2007 and the research trend on that. the effectiveness of rfid and the challenges that it is facing with are also discussed. some applications of radio frequency identification in supply ch...

OBJECTIVE The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) demonstrated that intensive lifestyle and metformin interventions reduced the incidence of type 2 diabetes compared with a placebo intervention. The aim of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of the lifestyle and metformin interventions relative to the placebo intervention. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Analyses were performed from a h...

Although a healthcare system crippled by lack of resources cannot perform effectively, spending more money in an ineffective system may not lead to better outcomes. To ensure systemwide resource maximization, evidence-based medicine and guidelines that consider treatment cost-effectiveness and recommend treatment for persons with the most to gain are required. To demonstrate that increasing use...

effectiveness of military is function of training system effectiveness. notice to training system and knowledge about effectiveness and efficiency is one of the important functions of top military leaders. goal of this study is achieving a performance appraisal model for measuring effectiveness and efficiency of military university training system. for achieving this goal, we design two main qu...

The paper presents a general methodology for the evaluation of the reduction in electricity consumption and its market value, as well as the reduction of the peak power demand in case of the mass use of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), illustrated on the Serbian power system. The evaluation was based on the assumption that the two most used incandescent lamps in each of 25–50% of the total num...

abstract. this study aims to identify and prioritize the factors affect the effectiveness of human resources at islamic azad university of karaj. the research is descriptive-survey method because researchers use a questionnaire, content validity and the experts’ point of views are used to assess the validity of questionnaire and cronbach's alpha was used to assess the reliability. to measu...

abstract this study uses annual data over the period 2005-2014 and the panel vecm approach to examine financial inclusion and monetary policy effectiveness in africa. the study shows that financial inclusion and monetary policy effectiveness are linked by a set of long-run relationships. policy reaction to the positive financial inclusion shock is not significant. policy reaction to the positiv...

Desiccant wheels are widely used in buildings to control humidity and reduce energy consumption. A model is presented based on transient coupled heat and mass transfer, to model, design and analyze the effects of geometrical characteristics of a honeycombed rotary desiccant wheel and its performance. Governing equations are solved numerically using finite volume method and the model is validate...