objective: the purpose of this study was to examine the role of parenting styles in predicting behavioral and emotional problems in adolescents.  methods: this study is a descriptive, cross sectional, and correlation research. all students enrolled in the first grade in boys’ guidance school of district 3 in tehran city and their parents constituted the population. one hundred and eighty partic...

Power consumption costs takes upto half of operational expenses of datacenters making power management a critical concern. Advances in processor technology provide finegrained control over operating frequency and voltage of processors and this control can be used to tradeoff power for performance. Although many power and performance models exist, they have a significant error margin while predi...

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Many empirical studies have established that state dependence varies across consumers, brands, and categories. Previous analytic models have assumed that state dependence is a customer characteristic that does not vary across firms. In contrast, we take the view that state dependence varies by firm. That is, a well-known national brand, such as Tide detergent, may be able to attract more repeat...

aim : this study compared pr and nb in predicting hcv patient costs. the objective of this study was to predict the direct cost of the hcv patient in iran. background : hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a common and expensive infectious disease in iran. cost associated with hcv and its complications has not been well characterized. analysis of cost data is important in providing consistent information...