Definition.

شیوع سندرم متابولیک بر اساس تعریف جدیدIDF و همخوانی آن با تعاریف ATPIII و WHO در مطالعه قند و لیپید تهران

In April 2005, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has formulated a new worldwide definition of the metabolic syndrome in a global consensus statement built on earlier WHO, the ATPIII definitions. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of this syndrome using the IDF definition among Iranian adults and to compare it with the prevalence estimated using the two other definiti...

Towards an Operational Definition of Critical Thinking

This paper offers a state-of-the-art working definition for the concept of Critical Thinking (CT hereafter) in an attempt to provide a framework for the development of an operational definition for this complex concept. Having studied various definitions and models, proposed for CT by major figures in the field, the key defining features of this rich concept were identified and classified. Base...

Comparing the word definition skill between children with cochlear implant and normal children.

Background:word definition is a linguistic and Meta linguistic skill related to the development of language, academic success and intellectual function. There is a littleresearch in the field of word definition in children with cochlear implant (CI) in Iran. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine and compare the word definition in children with CI with normal children. Methods: In...

Comparative Critique and Examination of Different Types of Definition Studies of Ethics in Islamic Thought

Ethics is one of the fundamental theoretical and practical sciences that is used in various sciences and is considered as “objective obligation” in religious teachings. Contrary to the simplistic notion of morality, its definition studies is heeded by Islamic and Western thinkers and is met with various views. While examining and analyzing the maximum and minimum definitions of ethics from the ...

Nosocomial Infections: The Definition Criteria

A Preferred Definition of Conditional Rényi Entropy

The Rényi entropy is a generalization of Shannon entropy to a one-parameter family of entropies. Tsallis entropy too is a generalization of Shannon entropy. The measure for Tsallis entropy is non-logarithmic. After the introduction of Shannon entropy , the conditional Shannon entropy was derived and its properties became known. Also, for Tsallis entropy, the conditional entropy was introduced a...