non-performing assets (npas) have been a major cause of concern for indian commercial banks in the recent past years. many studies have been reported on the different aspects of npas in indian banking system. however, there is a crucial lack of investigation on the comparative assessment of various types of banks such as public sector banks, private sector banks and foreign banks so that the tr...

background and purpose: candida albicans is the most common causative agent of candidiasis. candidiasis management is dependent on the immune status of the host, severity of disease, and the choice of antifungal drug. antifungals, specifically triazoles, are widely administered for the treatment of invasive fungal infections. herein, we aimed to evaluate the in vitro susceptibility of c. albica...

shape and movement features of sperms are important parameters for infertility study and treatment. in this article, a new method is introduced for characterizing sperms in microscopic videos. in this method, first a hypothesis framework is defined to distinguish sperms from other particles in captured video. then decision about each hypothesis is done in following steps: selecting some primary...

Memories are most important building blocks in many digital systems. As the Integrated Circuits requirements are growing, the test circuitry must grow as well. There is a need for more efficient test techniques with low power and high speed. Many Memory Built in Self-Test techniques have been proposed to test memories. Compared with combinational and sequential circuits memory testing utilizes ...

enhanced oil recovery using nitrogen injection is a commonly applied method for pressuremaintenance in conventional reservoirs. numerical simulations can be practiced for the prediction ofa reservoir performance in the course of injection process; however, a detailed simulation might takeup enormous computer processing time. in such cases, a simple statistical model may be a goodapproach to the...

the present study was an attempt to investigate the washback effect of the tefl ma university entrance exam on the teaching and learning behaviors of students and professors. the tefl ma uee consists of three sub-components that deal with particular aspects of applied linguistics; each of these parts measures the participants’ knowledge in linguistics, language testing, and teaching methodology...

salmonella enterica serotypes are one of the most important food borne pathogens and significant public health concerns around the world in humans and other animal species. a total of eighty three epidemiologically unrelated clinical isolates of salmonella enterica serovars were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing. eleven isolates (13.1%) which were resistant to at least 4 groups ...

there are many situations for statistical process in which we have both random and vagueinformation. when uncertainty is due to fuzziness of information, fuzzy statistical control charts play animportant role in the monitoring process, because they simultaneously deal with both kinds of uncertainty.dealing with fuzzy characteristics using classical methods may cause the loss of information and ...