objectives: some studies have recognized factors that are effective on academic achievement. the aim of the present study was to determine the relationship among personality factors, motivational strategies and achievement goals in predicting academic achievement of 2nd grade high school intellectually disabled students in tehran province. methods: in present correlation study, 200 intellectual...

objective: recent studies have emphasized the important role of cognitive beliefs in etiology and ‎maintenance of obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd). ocd has different subtypes, but the ‎specific role of cognitive beliefs in ocd symptomatology is not clear. the aim of the current ‎study was to determine whether the cognitive factors proposed by obsessive compulsive ‎cognitions working group (o...

abstract background: esophageal anastomosis leaks continue to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy. the purpose of the present study was to identify the predisposing factors of esophageal anastomotic leakage. materials and methods: 95 patients who underwent surgical resection for esophageal or cardia cancer were included for the study. the mean age of the patien...

In order to deliver the promise of Moore’s Law to the end user, compilers must make decisions that are intimately tied to a specific target architecture. As engineers add architectural features to increase performance, systems become harder to model, and thus, it becomes harder for a compiler to make effective decisions. Machine-learning techniques may be able to help compiler writers model mod...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Radiation dose in oncology protocols is different for each patient according to the type and grade of the tumor, as well as adjuvant therapies. In the current treatment regimens, some predicting factors of individual radiosensitivity have not been considered. Individual radiotherapy can lower side effects through radiation dose reduction with respect to tumor control. ...

In this paper, we investigate the predictive power of different prosodic factorization schemes with respect to pitch movement. We will use this to propose an extension of a standard diphone database with diphones that have been recorded in different prosodic contexts. The goal of this research is to reduce the amount of pitch modification required, thereby improving the segmental quality of the...

SIR—The paper by Supervia et al. [1] published in Age and Ageing showed that the Barthel Index could predict the length of stay (LOS) of elderly patients in a Short Stay Unit (SSU). Strict admission criteria are applied in these units because their expected average stay is 4–5 days. Frequently, patients with perceived 'social problems' are excluded from admission [2], assuming that social needs...