The current article was an attempt to investigate the effect of semantic mapping strategy instruction on reading comprehension performance of EFL learners. To this end, thirty homogeneous Iranian intermediate EFL learners attending a language school in Bonab, Iran, were randomly assigned to two groups, one as the experimental and the other as the control. The experimental group received instruc...

In this article we present a study case on the use of concept maps as a strategy for the development of technical reports on industrial engineering problems. These problems occur in complex, multidisciplinary environments that require the application of technical and social systems knowledge which is analyzed by an engineer in order to propose effective and efficient solutions. This case seeks ...

Intelligent, automated analysis of data is a critical task in modern data-intensive sciences. The work presented in this thesis is a contribution to this body of research, focusing on automatic geomorphic characterization of planetary surfaces (particularly Mars). We present a framework for automated generation of geomorphic maps from topographic data. Our approach first segments the topographi...

The current article was an attempt to investigate the effect of semantic mapping strategy instruction on reading comprehension performance of EFL learners. To this end, thirty homogeneous Iranian intermediate EFL learners attending a language school in Bonab, Iran, were randomly assigned to two groups, one as the experimental and the other as the control. The experimental group received instruc...

One of the main challenges of strategic management is implementing the strategies. Designing the strategy map in Balanced Scorecard framework to determine the causality between strategic objectives is one of the most important issues in implementing the strategies. In designing the strategy map with intuition and judgment, the link between strategic objectives is not clear and it is not obvious...

Making sense of concept maps is an ongoing challenge for the concept mapping community. This paper introduces a multilevel analysis strategy by combining quantitative and qualitative methods to triangulate changes in students’ concept maps. Quantitative analysis includes overall, selected, and weighted propositional analysis using a knowledge integration rubric (Linn, 2000) as well as network a...

Aligning business strategy to enterprise models requires explicit models from both areas, mapped to each other. Mapping existing business strategy definition approaches to requirement engineering practices improves strategy dissemination towards development. In this paper we present an illustration of such a mapping using the Strategy Maps and Balanced Scorecards as a business strategy approach...

The mechanisms by which experience guides refinement of converging afferent pathways are poorly understood. We describe a vision-driven refinement of corticocollicular inputs that determines the consolidation of retinal and visual cortical (VC) synapses on individual neurons in the superficial superior colliculus (sSC). Highly refined corticocollicular terminals form 1-2 days after eye-opening ...

This paper presents a new method for integrating terrain maps into a reactive navigation strategy offield mobile robots operating on rough terrain. The method incorporates the Regional Traversabilify Map, a f u z v map representation of traversal difficulty of the regional terrain, into the navigation logic. A mapbased regional navigation behavior provides speed and direction recommendations ba...