an important issue in power generation and petrochemical industries is the monitoring of pipe wall thickness and corrosion/erosion rate. the pipes are usually subject to erosive and/or corrosive environments and any failure could be catastrophic. while periodic manual ultrasonic thickness measurement is the common practice in many industries, in certain cases, where higher accuracies are requir...

abstract introduction: neuro-occupation is one of the newest models in occupational therapy (ot). the nature of this model is based on the coexistence and dynamic interactions between brain’s neural system functions and engagement of an individual in occupations. neuro-occupation model holistically views the individual as a blending of neuroscience and occupation. the human brain is perceived t...

background: healthcare authorities, in all around the world, are faced with resources limitations and limitless needs of citizens. therefore, optimal resources allocation, particularly in the health sector and emergency system, seems to be of great importance. the present study aimed to determine the optimality rate of patients' distribution to hospitals by emergency stations based on the trans...

background: precise diagnosis of disease risk factors via efficient statistical models is the primary step for reducing the heavy costs of breast cancer, as one of the most highly prevalent cancer throughout the world. therefore, the aim of this study was to present a recently introduced statistical model in order to assess its proficiency for model fitting. methods: the information of 1465 eli...