conclusions our study suggests that the personality traits of patients with ms and healthy individuals are not significantly different. patients with ms are likely to use the same coping strategies as healthy individuals, except in the subscale of distancing. results no significant differences in personality characteristics were observed between patients and healthy controls (all p > 0.05). onl...

Abstract In educational measurement, various methods have been proposed to infer student proficiency from the ratings of multiple items (e.g., essays) by raters. However, suitable models quickly become numerically demanding or even unfeasible as separate latent variables are needed account for local dependencies between same response. Therefore, in present paper we derive a flexible approach ba...

we compare two approaches for a markovian model in flexible manufacturing systems (fmss) using monte carlo simulation. the model which is a development of fazlollahtabar and saidi-mehrabad (2013), considers two features of automated flexible manufacturing systems equipped with automated guided vehicle (agv) namely, the reliability of machines and the reliability of agvs in a multiple agv jobsho...

in spite of pivotal position of effectiveness construct in organizational theory this concept has been appropriately developed yet and there is less consensus on the criteria for its definition in organization. the varieties of effectivenss models and approaches to its utilization are many. discussion on preferring one model of effectiveness to another is a continuous process. for instance advo...

In this research, a bi-objective model is developed to deal with a supply chain including multiple suppliers, multiple manufacturers, and multiple customers, addressing a multi-site, multi-period, multi-product aggregate production planning (APP) problem. This bi-objective model aims to minimize the total cost of supply chain including inventory costs, manufacturing costs, work force costs, hir...

Appendix A.1 A Snippet of Data Types Type/Sub-Property Type Definition IncidentSpecificsType extends u:ActivityType A structure that describes the specific characteristics of the incident IncidentCategory nfirs:FireIncidentCodeSimpleType A code identifying the fire incident type such as "structure fire" AlarmDate u:DateType A code identifying the date when fire is first reported AlarmTime niem-...

Treatment of polytrauma patients remains a medical as well as socioeconomic challenge. Although diagnostics and therapy improved during the last decades, multiple injuries are still the major cause of fatalities in patients below 45 years of age. Organ dysfunction and organ failure are major complications in patients with major injuries and contribute to mortality during the clinical course. Pr...

Background: Study in design to incorporate accelerated proliferation correction factors into linearquadratic and multiple-component models. Materials and Methods: Accelerated proliferation rate correction factor has been incorporated into the linearquadratic and the multiple component models by applying accelerated exponential cell growth to explain the tumor cell kinetics and estimates proper ...