Measuring Individual Performance with Comprehensive Bibliometric Reports as an Alternative toh-Index Values

Measuring Hospital Performance Using Mortality Rates: An Alternative to the RAMR

Background The risk-adjusted mortality rate (RAMR) is used widely by healthcare agencies to evaluate hospital performance. The RAMR is insensitive to case volume and requires a confidence interval for proper interpretation, which results in a hypothesis testing framework. Unfamiliarity with hypothesis testing can lead to erroneous interpretations by the public and other stakeholders. We argue t...

Within plant migration as an alternative counter-measuring avoidance behavior in Zetzellia mali (Ewing) (Acari: Stigmaeidae)

خطر شکارگری بسته به گونه شکارگر و سایر عوامل برهم کنشی مانند حضور رقیب متغیر است.بنابراین، لازم است که افراد مورد حمله ، نسبت به ترکیب بندپایان موجود، پاسخ مناسبی از خود بروز دهند. در باغ های آلبالوی برغان (کرج، ایران)، کنه (Zetzellia mali (Ewing از خانواده Phytoseiidae به عنوان یکی از گونه های شکارگری محسوب می شود که از افراد جوان کنه Amphitetranychus viennensis (Zacher) از خانواده Tetranychid...

Measuring Adolescent Individual Values with Rating and Constant-sum Scales

Measuring Canada ’ s Arctic Research Performance : A Bibliometric Study

Cloze-Elide Test as an Alternative Test Method: Linking Personality Types to Test Method Performance

More innovative test methods may measure language learners’ test performance more accurately, contributing to much fairer decisions. This study examined Iranian language learners’ performance on cloze-elide test as an innovative, integrative test method. It specifically focused on investigating whether personality types correlated with their performance and whether personality types could predi...