suspension polymerization processes are significantly important in polymer bead formation. one of the important factors for bead size control in these processes is variation in surface tension. in this research, the prediction of optimum concentration of a surface active agent was investigated on the basis of the experimental surface tension diagrams. the experimental data show that the desired...

This paper introduces how to apply OMG’s Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) to develop a cross-platform workflow solution. A workflow solution first is modeled as a PIM Platform Independent Model model. The PIM model will be translated into a PSM (Platform Specific Model) model according to the selected workflow platform and then the corresponding process definition is automatically generated. I...

The present study was an attempt to identify a model of the political and socio-economic factors influencing Iranian EFL learners’ motivation to learn English. To achieve this, 20 EFL learners were interviewed about their motivation of learning English and based on these interviews, a questionnaire was designed and piloted among 221 EFL learners. Exploratory factor analysis w...

Please cite this article in press as: P. Mo doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2008.08.003 This paper describes a model-checking approach for adventure games focusing on he-Adventurei, a platform for the development of adaptive educational adventure videogames. In he-Adventurei, games are described using a domain-specific language oriented to game writers. By defining a translation from this language to suit...

abstract background: the increase in breast cancer incidence has enhanced attention towards breast cancer risk. the aim of this study was to determine the risk of breast cancer and risk perception of women, factors that affect risk perception, and to determine differences between absolute risk and the perception of risk. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out among 346 women whose ...

This study aims to identify the factors affecting government support for Iranian automotive industry. Initially, based on the research literature, a set of factors was identified and designed as an analytic network process model. To investigate the analytic network model using the Delphi method, the opinion of 25 experts associated with government support for the automotive industry was used to...

conclusions: the environmental factors were barriers for doing healthy behaviors. these factors need to be considered to design health promotion interventions. policymakers should not only focus on patients’ education but also should provide specific facilities to enhance economic, social and cultural status. results: lack of behaviors like stress control, healthy eating and physical activity w...

background: smoking and its related diseases account for annual death of 4 million people around the world. beliefs, attitude, subjective norms, enabling factors (basnef) model is considered as one of the comprehensive models of behavior study. the aim of the current study was to explain smoking among students living in dormitories of golestan university of medical sciences based on basnef mode...

electronic banking has many benefits for government, banks’ stakeholders and customers. many banks in many countries such as iran increasingly develop their infrastructures to provide e-banking services. also, there are many researches that have been conducted to explain how we can encourage people to use e-banking services. in this paper, we explore the effects of various factors on both custo...