background: anthropometric kits are extensively used in workstation and product design projects, and with the advancement of technology, they have turned into highly complex and effective instruments. however, there are still many challenging problems in usability and reliability of application of these kits in real-world settings. objectives: to identify the usability and accuracy issues with ...

background the critical role that the board plays in governance of universities clarifies the necessity of evaluating its performance. this study was aimed to evaluate the performance of the boards of medical universities and provide solutions to enhance its performance.   methods the first phase of present study was a qualitative research in which data were collected through face-to-face semi-...

We present a new interaction metaphor for object-centric tasks in the form of a prototype VR system, ALCOVE. Through analytic calculations, we quantitatively demonstrate the benefits of restructuring the interaction volume offered by current systems. Our metrics show that many applications’ interaction volume increases by 1.5 to 2.6 times when using the ALCOVE system. We also offer an informal ...

a long-standing debate among the vocabulary researchers is the depth of processing to learn vocabulary. this paper is a quantitative research which considers a revision in the “involvement load hypothesis” proposed by laufer and hulstijn in 2001. it investigates the role of proficiency and evaluation in this hypothesis in order to better reveal its potential contribution to vocabulary learning....

the ph.d. entrance examinations of islamic azad university in iran are administered annually to select the best applicants for ph.d. programs. in consideration of the important decisions, which are made on the basis of the results of these examinations, the present study was conducted to provide a qualitative evaluation of field-specific language subtests (flss) of four entrance examinations ad...

This study attempts to examine the effects of task characteristics and accountability on audit judgment. We found that when the audit task is less structured, such as in analytical reviews, auditors will manifest an attitudinal shift toward the preference of the agent to whom they are accountable. When the audit task is structured such as in internal control evaluations, an attitudinal shift wi...

In this paper we evaluate the Parallel-Horus parallelization strategy, and propose some approaches for further optimization. Also, we compare the Parallel-Horus approach with other strategies described in the literature. Furthermore, we investigate if adding automatic task parallelization is possible, and if this can be done in a user-transparent way.

The purpose of this qualitative exploratory study was to identify factors that influenced prospective and experienced secondary level science teachers’ reasoning as they evaluated or selected tasks to formatively assess their students’ understanding of scientific concepts. The analysis of the coded written responses revealed two categories of factors that influenced the teachers’ reasoning: (1)...

the purpose of this research was to analyze efl writing tasks in two of the most popular english for speakers of other languages (esol) exam preparation courses in iran, namely ielts and toefl. having collected the criteria of writing task appropriateness in light of the process-oriented approach to writing instruction, we asked 60 learner participants to rate efl writing tasks in 3 ielts and 3...